Bills' Fourth-Quarter Decision Making
We get it. These wounds are still fresh for Buffalo Bills fans, but that's part of what makes this an abject failure.
Down 27-24 in the fourth quarter, Josh Allen had eight minutes to get the Bills into scoring position. Buffalo has been playing a possession-driven game all season, so it wasn't out of character for them to milk the clock and give themselves a chance to win or tie it late. But there were a few missed opportunities precipitating the Bills' demise.
First, the Bills wasted a timeout too early in the second half. It's easy, in retrospect, to reconsider turning points, but Allen needs to be more aware of circumstances. Second, Stefon Diggs and Trent Sherfield had dropped/missed passes that negated significant gains. Third, Allen again made a desperation throw to the endzone instead of hitting a wide-open Diggs on a crossing route. Lastly, and most prominently, Tyler Bass aimed dead center with the winds blowing right.
No singular play sunk Buffalo, so we blanket it all into ineffective Bills' decision-making.
