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    Bills’ Sean McDermott criticized his clumsy clock against Texans

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    The Buffalo Bills rallied for 17 straight points to tie the game. They had the ball on a first-and-10 with 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Overwork seemed inevitable.

    Buffalo lost in regulation.

    The Bills didn’t run the ball once and didn’t force the Houston Texans to call any of their timeouts. They passed, passed and passed again. Maybe that’s why they missed an opportunity for an extension.

    Offensive coordinator Joe Brady opted for three long passes — all of which fell incomplete — that ticked 16 seconds off the clock. Buffalo punted and the Houston Texans got a solid return with 7 seconds left. Houston made a 5-yard completion called a timeout, and Ka’imi Fairbairn scored a 59-yard field goal as time expired for a 23-20 walk-off victory.

    Bills head coach Sean McDermott took the blame.

    “That’s on me,” said McDermott, who avoided pinning the blame on Brady. “The end of the game situation on attack, difficult situations. They held three timeouts and got a good field goal kicker. We had to keep the clock running and the chains moving and that’s on me. We didn’t do that there and that’s my fault.”

    “I have to do my job better in that situation.”

    NFL reporters and analysts agreed.

    “Baffling game management decision by the Bills late in the game,” three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and current CBS analyst JJ Watt said on X.

    “There will be bigger losses in the NFL this year than the Bills just suffered.” tweeted ESPN’s Mike Greenberg. “But maybe there isn’t a dumber one.”

    The NFL Red Zone showed the end of the game.

    “What are they doing, just throwing the ball up here?” asked stunned host Scott Hanson. “That’s wild, ladies and gentlemen. Two dangerous throws in his own end zone from Josh Allen.”

    “This is almost like they don’t know the outcome of the match here, ladies and gentlemen… I’m astounded by this decision here.”

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