Sean McDermott gives bizarre explanation for Bills' disastrous final drive in Week 5 loss

Well that was a mess!

At the risk of being That NFL Fan who overreacts to every single game, the Bills' Week 5 loss in Houston on Sunday is going to sting for a while. Houston's one of the best teams in football, and the Bills were in prime position to get the game into overtime.

Instead, with a little over 30 seconds left in a tie game and the ball on their own 5-yard line, the Bills decided to call back-to-back-to-back passing plays. They, uh, didn't work. Before anyone even had time to tweet about their anger at Sean McDermott's clock management, the Texans already had the ball back and were lining up for what would be the game-winning field goal. In a league where iffy late-game decision-making is a norm, the Bills took it to a whole new level.

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The worst part about it? (Fine, the second-worst thing about it?) McDermott's explanation. In his postgame presser, the Bills' coach gave an answer that was almost as confusing as the decision making itself.

Sean McDermott's explanation about Bills' final drive is tough to watch

"The end of game situation, on offense, we were in a tough situation," he said. "They were going with three timeouts, they have 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 ... efficient offense was the right approach there, and I didn't have us do that. So again, we learn from that.

"I probably should have run it on the first place and just said, 'Hey, where are we now?' Either way, we were probably going to have to move the chains one time to not give them a chance. But again, those are situations, and that's on me."

In a way, it's sorta admirable how much McDermott is just wearing it already. That's about the only good thing that can be said about him today, because this explanation is rough. McDermott also denied to give a real answer on whether or not he approved of the three straight pass calls – offensive coordinator Joe Brady is the guy who actually calls the plays – which is it's own little mini-controversy in and of itself.

There are good days and bad days in the NFL, and the Bills had a bad day. The good news is that it's nothing that playing the Jets next week can't fix.