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"We know who called Sunday’s Tyrod Taylor-to-rookie Nathan Peterman switcheroo: coach Sean McDermott. Ooops. Peterman threw five interceptions in the first half and Buffalo lost 54-24 at the underrated Los Angeles Chargers, who said they were insulted and inspired by the Taylor-to-Peterman switch.
Three weeks ago, the Bills were 5-2, thinking playoffs and McDermott was a hot candidate for NFL Coach of the Midseason. The main reason for the team’s success was an NFL-best plus-14 in turnovers.
Then Buffalo suffered lopsided losses to the Jets and New Orleans. They were total team lack-of-efforts.
Taylor was ineffective. So were most of his teammates. But Tyrod became the scapegoat.
I hated McDermott’s explanation before and after Sunday’s 54-24 loss: He was making the switch for the present and for the future.
Most of the fans and western New York media were ripe for the move: Taylor can’t do this. Can’t do that. Can’t take us to the Super Bowl.
I was in the other camp. Before McDermott leads the Bills to Super Bowl glory, could he please make ending the hideous 17-year playoff drought the top priority?
I get why McDermott isn’t nearly as frustrated by that playoff drought as some of us are. He just got here. He gets a free pass for a few years.
But the AFC is incredibly weak this season. 9-7 almost surely would be good enough for a wild-card playoff berth. 8-8 might be good enough.
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