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Hindsight haunts Bills
Lots of what-ifs center on play-calling
By Mark Gaughan NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
The what-ifs were haunting the Buffalo Bills a day after their incomprehensible loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
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Dallas’ final pass completion was an 8-yarder from Tony Romo to Patrick Crayton to the Buffalo 35. The play began with seven seconds left, and Crayton got out of bounds with 2 seconds left. Crayton was lined up in the slot on the right, and Bills nickel cornerback Kiwaukee Thomas was well off the line of scrimmage opposite him in zone coverage, rather than playing closer to the line and defending the sideline. It was an easy completion.
“We were playing Cover 2,” cornerback Terrence McGee said of the Bills’ two-deep zone. “In that, you basically don’t want to give up the deeper route. [Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell] kind of touched on that in meetings. He wished he would have had a man coverage. That probably would have helped us out. That’s the way it goes.”
On the onside kick, tight end Michael Gaines missed his block on the front line of the Bills’ return team, and that allowed Dallas’ Sam Hurd to get the first touch on the ball and help Dallas recover.
“The front three block the three [Cowboys], so the man who got his hands on the ball was supposed to be blocked earlier,” Jauron said. “Two of the guys attacked and unfortunately Michael Gaines stayed at the line. That’s the man that touched the ball.
Lots of what-ifs center on play-calling
By Mark Gaughan NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
The what-ifs were haunting the Buffalo Bills a day after their incomprehensible loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
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Dallas’ final pass completion was an 8-yarder from Tony Romo to Patrick Crayton to the Buffalo 35. The play began with seven seconds left, and Crayton got out of bounds with 2 seconds left. Crayton was lined up in the slot on the right, and Bills nickel cornerback Kiwaukee Thomas was well off the line of scrimmage opposite him in zone coverage, rather than playing closer to the line and defending the sideline. It was an easy completion.
“We were playing Cover 2,” cornerback Terrence McGee said of the Bills’ two-deep zone. “In that, you basically don’t want to give up the deeper route. [Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell] kind of touched on that in meetings. He wished he would have had a man coverage. That probably would have helped us out. That’s the way it goes.”
On the onside kick, tight end Michael Gaines missed his block on the front line of the Bills’ return team, and that allowed Dallas’ Sam Hurd to get the first touch on the ball and help Dallas recover.
“The front three block the three [Cowboys], so the man who got his hands on the ball was supposed to be blocked earlier,” Jauron said. “Two of the guys attacked and unfortunately Michael Gaines stayed at the line. That’s the man that touched the ball.
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