{"id":19948,"date":"2025-01-28T03:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T03:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2025-01-28T03:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T03:12:43","slug":"the-sean-mcdermott-decisions-that-burned-bills-in-crushing-afc-championship-game-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19948","title":{"rendered":"The Sean McDermott decisions that burned Bills in crushing AFC Championship game setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four times now, Sean McDermott has stood behind a podium and answered questions about why his team could not solve Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

No matter whether the teams clash in Missouri or New York, who has the ball last, whether the game ends in regulation or overtime or even if the Bills have a 99 percent chance to win and just have to prevent a field goal for just 13 seconds, McDermott and the Bills can\u2019t get over the hump that is the Chiefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a good football team, they\u2019ve won two Super Bowls, they\u2019ve been to seven straight AFC Championship games. That\u2019s no excuse, this is a good football team. We got to keep working at it to get over that hump, there\u2019s no doubt about it,\u201d McDermott said after\u00a0Sunday\u2019s 32-29 setback<\/a>\u00a0in the AFC Championship game. \u201cWe\u2019ve won a lot of tough games this year against really good opponents, really good coaches and I\u2019m proud of this team for it. This is obviously a challenge for us. We\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sean McDermott\u2019s Bills are 0-4 in the postseason vs. the Chiefs.AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bills being the \u201990s NBA playoff contender running into the\u00a0Chiefs\u2019 Michael Jordan Bulls teams<\/a>\u00a0each postseason brings coaching decisions under the spotlight, especially when McDermott has yet to out-duel his Kansas City counterpart in Andy Reid in the postseason.<\/p>\n

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McDermott didn\u2019t catch flak like he did three years ago when the Bills couldn\u2019t bring home the victory with 13 seconds left, but he made some debatable and questionable decisions Sunday.<\/p>\n

Four times now, Sean McDermott has stood behind a podium and answered questions about why his team could not solve Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

No matter whether the teams clash in Missouri or New York, who has the ball last, whether the game ends in regulation or overtime or even if the Bills have a 99 percent chance to win and just have to prevent a field goal for just 13 seconds, McDermott and the Bills can\u2019t get over the hump that is the Chiefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a good football team, they\u2019ve won two Super Bowls, they\u2019ve been to seven straight AFC Championship games. That\u2019s no excuse, this is a good football team. We got to keep working at it to get over that hump, there\u2019s no doubt about it,\u201d McDermott said after\u00a0Sunday\u2019s 32-29 setback<\/a>\u00a0in the AFC Championship game. \u201cWe\u2019ve won a lot of tough games this year against really good opponents, really good coaches and I\u2019m proud of this team for it. This is obviously a challenge for us. We\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sean McDermott\u2019s Bills are 0-4 in the postseason vs. the Chiefs.AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bills being the \u201990s NBA playoff contender running into the\u00a0Chiefs\u2019 Michael Jordan Bulls teams<\/a>\u00a0each postseason brings coaching decisions under the spotlight, especially when McDermott has yet to out-duel his Kansas City counterpart in Andy Reid in the postseason.<\/p>\n

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McDermott didn\u2019t catch flak like he did three years ago when the Bills couldn\u2019t bring home the victory with 13 seconds left, but he made some debatable and questionable decisions Sunday.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a realistic scenario in which the Bills are the ones leading 32-29 before the Chiefs kicked the late field goal, which then would have tied the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a good football team, we\u2019re a good organization, we\u2019ve had a heck of a season, there\u2019s momentum going into next year,\u201d McDermott said. \u201cWe\u2019re thankful for the success we had this year. It hurts when you come up short of the Super Bowl or winning a Super Bowl, it hurts. The games come down to inches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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