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Bills head coach Sean McDermott wants everyone to pump the brakes on calling Bill Belichick a genius for his playcalling on Monday night.
During the Bills-Patriots game, Belichick decided to run the ball forty-six times and only attempted three passing plays all game in the Pats’ 14-10 victory.
During New England’s seventh straight win, a 14-10 victory in Buffalo, Patriots’ QB Mac Jones completed 2-of-3 passes for 19 yards.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 7, 2021
Patriots’ 3 pass attempts were their fewest in franchise history and tied with the 1968 Chiefs for 2nd fewest in a game in Super Bowl Era. Bills once attempted two passes in a game vs. Jets in 1974.
Patriots also became first team since 1978 Saints to rush on 90% of their plays.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 7, 2021
During his postgame press conference, McDermott downplayed the effectiveness of Belichick’s game plan and basically said the Bills beat themselves by playing “sloppy football.”
Sean McDermott: "Let's not give more credit than we need to give Bill Belichick in this one."
— Matthew Fairburn (@MatthewFairburn) December 7, 2021
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) December 7, 2021
“Let’s not give more credit than we need to give credit to Bill Belichick in this one. Whether it was Bill or anybody else, they beat us, right? But you sit here and you tell me when we start with an average starting field position of the 40-yard line and he starts with the 23-yard line — I’m rounding up in both cases — and we were 1-for-4 in the red zone and they were 0-for-1 in the red zone? You give me that ahead of time, I’d say I like my chances. I like my chances. I don’t think, with all due respect, it’s not a Bill Belichick-type thing. It’s what are you doing with the opportunities you got? What are you doing with the opportunities you got? We turned the ball over on the plus-30-something yard line. Sloppy football. Sloppy football. I’m very comfortable in that situation.”
McDermott’s quote didn’t sit well with fans who felt he got outcoached by Belichick on Monday night.
McDermott is great but he got too juiced up for this matchup, got clearly outcoached and should just take the L https://t.co/yytFzpBdUy
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) December 7, 2021
Bill Belichick clowned Sean McDermott tonight. Don't get it twisted. Beat him in his house and had his rook QB throw it 3 times. What a joke.
— Matt Parrino (@MattParrino) December 7, 2021
Same guy who said last year surviving Cam Newton and a lesser Patriots roster, "I’m going to go home tonight and take an hour or two to enjoy this with my family."
Belichick owns swaths of land in McDermott's head. https://t.co/0mGBoRkSne— Greg A. Bedard (@GregABedard) December 7, 2021
Bill owns a house, three apartments and a condo complex with a pool/rec center/tennis court – all inside this man’s head https://t.co/Wjx8wvg7Tb
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) December 7, 2021
Sean McDermott got REAL used to being the “resident genius” of the AFC East that one year the #Patriots were rebuilding.
He, his staff and his team got embarrassed tonight. Embarrassed. Do better. #Bills https://t.co/OTcg6sNJfj
— Jeff Mans (@Jeff_Mans) December 7, 2021