There was a shootout in Los Angeles between the Buffalo Bills and Rams that left Tom Brady upset at the end.
The Rams outlasted the Bills, 44-42, with a questionable play-calling decision by the Bills at the end of the game that played a huge role in their defeat.
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A decision Brady vehemently disagreed with.
Facing a first-and-goal on the Rams one-yard-line, quarterback Josh Allen tried to QB sneak it.
A QB sneak that needed to finish in the end zone, as opposed to getting stuffed, which is what happened to Allen.
Instead of running back on the ball, McDermott called a timeout.
A decision that proved costly.
The Bills scored on the next play after the timeout, but never saw the ball again.
They never saw the ball again because they were forced to attempt an unsuccessful onside kick with only two remaining timeouts.
Brady didn’t agree with the play call before the timeout, and thought they should have just thrown it three straight times, to preserve all three timeouts.
“To me, you take three shots throwing it,” Brady said.
“Don’t use a timeout. Then you can kick it deep, use your three timeouts and still get the ball with good time.
“That changes the entire complexity of the last minute and two seconds of the game…
“You’re gonna have to go for a three percent chance onside kick.
“I did not like that one bit.”
With the win, the Rams move to 7-6, a game behind the 8-5 Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West.
Meanwhile, the Bills drop to 10-3.
Buffalo clinched the AFC East in Week 14, as they have their eyes set on the one seed, which the Kansas City Chiefs currently occupy.
If the Bills want the coveted one seed, they don’t have much room for error.
They need to be keeping pace with the Chiefs, but instead are now losing ground.
With just four games to go, they are running out of time.
In four weeks time, McDermott, Allen and the Bills may look back on this game and wish they would have handled the ending differently.
Time will tell.
