How did they convert third-and-long?
Sure, it could’ve been a delay of game. But it wasn’t and it was still third and very, very long. So how did the Bills mess that one up?
McDermott said his team will learn from it and potentially called out Tremaine Edmunds on the play as the linebacker was far too deep in coverage, allowing a massive gain on the play on a short pass.
“We got too soft in there with underneath coverage and then just, we’ve got some young players in there that got too deep in coverage and we played zone on third-and-18, which is probably what most… what we believe in to do and keep the ball in front of us but we didn’t react fast enough, and again, tackling came into play… and then, he knock us back and we didn’t knock him back and we should have been on the scene a little quicker. It’s young players in that situation recognizing situational football, taking away the deeper routes that would, throw and catching without the running for the first down, and being able to react quicker underneath. They made a play and we didn’t,” McDermott said.
Al Riveron has explained the controversial delay of game non-call in overtime in the Bills-Texans game. The officials correctly officiated this play on the field: pic.twitter.com/1C4xQs3vqW
— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) January 5, 2020