Bills’ coaching staff gets real about the play everyone hated during Ravens loss

The trick play that the Buffalo Bills attempted to run during their Sunday Night Football beatdown by the Baltimore Ravens not only didn't work, but the play, which resulted in a fumble by Josh Allen, completely killed any chance at a comeback.

On Monday, both head coach Sean McDermott and offensive coordinator Joe Brady talked about the play, and they're in agreement that it should not have happened.

"We talked we talked about it after the game, and we talked about it again today," McDermott said when asked about the play. "We feel pretty strongly that that's a situation that we want back, and that we can learn from. And we will, we will learn from it. We had some momentum there at that point in the game, we were doing a fairly decent job at that point, at least in the second half, of moving the football – that's one we want back, for sure, and that's something we can learn from."

Brady said more of the same. After saying that he should have had a better feel and understanding of the situation and what the Ravens were doing on their defensive line and that he should have gotten out of that play call, Brady said it was a "poor play call."

"Ultimately, it kind of cost us a football game right there, because you had an opportunity right there to cut it to a one score game. So, I've got to be better," Brady said. "Not only that I just want it back, but I just got to be better in those situations, and there's no one to blame but myself."

That's all you can ask from a coaching staff. The play didn't work. The head coach trusts his offensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator made the call, it didn't work, the head coach and the offensive coordinator have discussed it and will learn from it and grow from it.

The play didn't work. Part of that is on Brady for calling it, part of it is on the players for not executing it. Dion Dawkins got beat bad off the edge by Kyle Van Noy, who interrupted that lateral and continued to cause the fumble by Allen.

The coaching staff will learn from it. It was a crucial moment in the game, and now it's on to the next one.

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