Always go for it in OT

[DaggersEOD]

As soon as we kicked the FG, the game was over. Never once has our D made the game ending stop. If it has, I can’t recall when. 
 

We have better chance to win going for it on 4th and 10 on our own end of the field, hoping for a walk off TD drive than we would letting our D ever take the field needing a stop.

[QCity]

There is some merit to this. Both defenses were gassed. Allen and Davis weren't on the same page on our OT drive and Philly didn't make that mistake on theirs.

[streetkings01]

Based on this season the defense has made 1 stop against the Giants that should’ve been a DPI. Other than that all our losses consisted of teams driving down the field with a game winning or game tie-ing score!

[NickelCity]

Today was like clockwork. It's a shame. I'll forever be grateful for McDermott for making us a real team again. But it's over. 

[Nextmanup]

Just now, NickelCity said:

Today was like clockwork. It's a shame. I'll forever be grateful for McDermott for making us a real team again. But it's over. 

Time to find the guy who knows how to take a good team and make it a championship team.

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, DaggersEOD said:

As soon as we kicked the FG, the game was over. Never once has our D made the game ending stop. If it has, I can’t recall when. 
 

We have better chance to win going for it on 4th and 10 on our own end of the field, hoping for a walk off TD drive than we would letting our D ever take the field needing a stop.

Agreed. As a head coach, McD often loses perspective on the bigger picture, and has more belief in his defense than is warranted. The D played great for stretches. But you have to be blind to not see how the offenses took over late in the game. Neither D was stopping anyone. Have to go for it. 

[Billsturfwars]

1 hour ago, DaggersEOD said:

As soon as we kicked the FG, the game was over. Never once has our D made the game ending stop. If it has, I can’t recall when. 
 

We have better chance to win going for it on 4th and 10 on our own end of the field, hoping for a walk off TD drive than we would letting our D ever take the field needing a stop.

 

I had to bold this, because I can't recall many times either. I'd rather it be a game like Tennessee a few years back when Josh slipped. Better IMO to lose being aggressive then let a team drive the field on your defense and lose the game.

[Lionel Hutz]

That’s the problem with McDermot - he plays to not lose rather than playing to win.

[BarleyNY]

1 hour ago, DaggersEOD said:

As soon as we kicked the FG, the game was over. Never once has our D made the game ending stop. If it has, I can’t recall when. 
 

We have better chance to win going for it on 4th and 10 on our own end of the field, hoping for a walk off TD drive than we would letting our D ever take the field needing a stop.

 

When we kicked the FG in OT I thought that realistically our best possible outcome was a tie. There was of course a small chance that we would get a turnover, but an Iggles FG or TD was far more likely. If they got a FG there wasn’t going to be any time left to score again, so a tie. 

[BananaB]

I thought once they got over half they should have been in a 4 down offense.  Playoff hopes are slim and a win is much better than a tie. I also had no faith in our D to make any kind of stop at this point. 

[mead107]

Refs would have thrown a flag on the Bills 

 

[NewEra]

McD is 1 for 6 in OT.  Tied for the worst record ever for a HC with minimum of 7 OTs played

[Aussie Joe]

Still can’t believe they kneeled at the end of regulation with 20 secs and a timeout…

 

They lose the OT toss and they never get to see the ball.., been down that road a couple of times 

 

 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Aussie Joe

[Bferra13]

Just now, Aussie Joe said:

Still can’t believe they kneeled at the end of regulation with 20 secs abd a timeout…

 

They lose the OT toss and they never get to see the ball.., been down that road a couple of times 

Honestly, this is low on my list of complaints this game. But so many to pick from.

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, NickelCity said:

Today was like clockwork. It's a shame. I'll forever be grateful for McDermott for making us a real team again. But it's over. 

I'll forever be not-grateful for Sean wasting 6 years of Josh's career that he'll never get back.  Andy Dalton ended the drought.  Process and Culture was just an empty slogan.  A mission statement with no mission.

[mrags]

7 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

I'll forever be not-grateful for Sean wasting 6 years of Josh's career that he'll never get back.  Andy Dalton ended the drought.  Process and Culture was just an empty slogan.  A mission statement with no mission.

^——————omg this x1,000,000,000…

[Norcalbillsfan]

5 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

Still can’t believe they kneeled at the end of regulation with 20 secs and a timeout…

 

They lose the OT toss and they never get to see the ball.., been down that road a couple of times 

 

 

Just blows my mind, you have the most cannon armed player in the league with an elite route runner in diggs with a timeout and 20 seconds... so many people acting like it was a hail Mary situation and a pick could lose the game. You could have ran 3 ***** plays, that's not a hail Mary low probability situation. Just horrible. And that's not the most upsetting thing mcd did tonight.

[SCBills]

3 hours ago, QCity said:

There is some merit to this. Both defenses were gassed. Allen and Davis weren't on the same page on our OT drive and Philly didn't make that mistake on theirs.

“Both defenses were gassed”

 

We ran like 90 something plays on them.  
 

They ran 2/3rds of that on us. 
 

I do agree with the rest of you post though… aside from the fumble that wasn’t a fumble but was a fumble in the Chargers/Ravens game. 
 

Edited November 27, 2023 by SCBills

[ExiledInIllinois]

We made the stop. Caused a fumble and won the game. Unfortunately The League doesn't know what a catch is. Only they decide what it is.

 

Bills won the game. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way for some teams in the League... Especially ones visiting hostile Philly. 

 

How man death threats would that officiating crew get if they called it a catch & fumble???

[ShakAttack]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

McD is 1 for 6 in OT.  Tied for the worst record ever for a HC with minimum of 7 OTs played

It is irritating that this is Allen’s OT record too. Oh  sorry, 0 for 6 with Allen, because in at least a few of those games he did everything humanly possible to win. We NEEDED to get a TD on that first drive today. 
 

Damn shame that Cover 0 essentially beat us in the Denver game, but we couldn’t cash in against Philly.  Cover 0 - to me - is usually a gift in that situation.