HOUSTON — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott took responsibility for the game management that led to the Houston Texans getting the ball back in time for a winning 59-yard field goal Sunday. «That's on me, the end-of-game situation on offense,» McDermott said after the 23-20 loss. «We're in a tough situation… they were holding three timeouts; they got a good field goal kicker.
We needed to run the clock and move the chains, and that's on me. We didn't do that there, and that's my fault.» Tied 20-20, the Bills forced the Texans to punt with 41 seconds remaining after quarterback C.J.
Stroud was called for intentional grounding. McDermott chose to decline a potential 10-second runoff that could have come with the penalty, but he said they did contemplate it.
After getting the ball back at the Buffalo 3-yard line with 32 seconds remaining, the Bills' offense had three straight incomplete passes by Josh Allen. «I love Josh with the ball in his hands — you know I do,» McDermott said. «And again, efficient offense was the right approach there and… I didn't have us do that.