Upon further review...was Bass supposed to pop the kick up?

[Hebert19]

The way that McDermott said it was an execution thing (and that starts with me) and seeing the way bass kicked it...I'm guessing he meant to do his normal pop up that lands by the 5...

 

Pure speculation but that was definitely the play and feels like thay was the intention. 

[Steptide]

I believe this also and believe McDermott was protecting his player. Don't think it was ever meant to be kicked to the endzone. Either way, having the ball at the 25 with 13 seconds is a tall task, and the bills D failed miserably 

[Billsfan1972]

When Bass was kicking it down to the 5-yard line he was taking a 3-yard approach. Yesterday was the usual seven yards and you could see that he was trying to kick it out of the end zone. And Pringle was back to receive not Hill.

 

How about someone asking Bass?

 

Just look at the kick there was no chance he was going to 5-yard line.

 

And then still all they had to do was stop two plays.  Epic failure.

[DeltaDigital]

7 minutes ago, Hebert19 said:

The way that McDermott said it was an execution thing (and that starts with me) and seeing the way bass kicked it...I'm guessing he meant to do his normal pop up that lands by the 5...

 

Pure speculation but that was definitely the play and feels like thay was the intention. 

 

Yes. Its coach speak. I believe he was supposed to pop it up and short of goal line

 

[RobbRiddicksTDLeap]

“That was discussed. And I’ll just say, again, it comes down to execution.”

[Rock-A-Bye Beasley]

I thought about this, but McDermott always says “execution”. I think he was just avoiding the question. He did it twice. 

[HoofHearted]

10 minutes ago, Hebert19 said:

The way that McDermott said it was an execution thing (and that starts with me) and seeing the way bass kicked it...I'm guessing he meant to do his normal pop up that lands by the 5...

 

Pure speculation but that was definitely the play and feels like thay was the intention. 

100%

[zow2]

Not having Tyreek back there kind of tells me that KC was not going to try a return and kill the clock.  No matter where they got the ball it was going to be immediately downed and they had 3 timeouts 

[Bangarang]

8 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

McD just refused to really discuss the last 13 seconds. From the kick off leading up to the field goal the coaching staff was abysmal. Just absolutely atrocious situational football. 

He’s just not the kind of coach that throws players and coaches under the bus publicly.  
 

His press conferences are so generic but I can guarantee that it was discussed internally. 

[Mat68]

Idk.  I think he could have hit it high but do to the excitement and adrenaline he could have murdered the ball into the endzone.  Somethings you never know.  

[Ya Digg?]

6 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said:

When Bass was kicking it down to the 5-yard line he was taking a 3-yard approach. Yesterday was the usual seven yards and you could see that he was trying to kick it out of the end zone. And Pringle was back to receive not Hill.

 

How about someone asking Bass?

 

Just look at the kick there was no chance he was going to 5-yard line.

 

And then still all they had to do was stop two plays.  Epic failure.

Yeah there was no way he was approaching that to kick it short. Bass is extremely good at that high kick, there’s no way he meant to kick it high to the 5 and end up kicking it 5 yards deep into the end zone 

[JMM]

No way, that was his normal kick and went halfway through EZ. Inexcusable by the coach to not either squib or attempt the short kick to 5 in a corner. Media and football experts all agreed on this today.

[starrymessenger]

I agree he’s against throwing coaches, including the HC, under the bus. He did say the ‘execution’ thing starts with him, so maybe he was sort of owning up. 

[WotAGuy]

Ever heard of the Music City Miracle?  Forget the kick, how about covering Hill and Kelce?

[PolishPrince]

44 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Not having Tyreek back there kind of tells me that KC was not going to try a return and kill the clock.  No matter where they got the ball it was going to be immediately downed and they had 3 timeouts 

I mean, I would take them downing the ball at the 15 yard line instead of the 25...

[st pete gogolak]

He hammered the kickoff.  No way was that an attempt to kick it short.  Even if it's not a "great" short kick and KC downs it at the 15 or so, it runs a second or two off the clock and KC starts 10 yards further out.  If they try to run it back, anything other than a kick return touchdown leaves time for either one play and a long FG or a Hail Mary.  

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Why is McDermott not answering questions about the kick ?

 

Bills fans deserve to know !!!

[Dopey]

58 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

I thought about this, but McDermott always says “execution”. I think he was just avoiding the question. He did it twice. 

Or you didn't like his answer? He answered twice. Maybe not the answer you wanted, but he answered. Twice.

[Mr. WEO]

1 hour ago, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said:

“That was discussed. And I’ll just say, again, it comes down to execution.”

 

 

In many threads...

[skibum]

I don't think so. Bass is pretty good at dropping balls inside the 5 - I remember the Bills doing it a lot this season. He wasn't holding anything back on that kick, he gave 'er the boot. 

 

On further review, I can understand why they decided to do it. It's a certain outcome that (should have been) very manageable for the defense. The finesse kicks can go horribly wrong once in a while.