With the Bills trailing 21-10 in the third quarter Sunday night, offensive coordinator Joe Brady called a trick play in which quarterback Josh Allen lined up at wide receiver and receiver Curtis Samuel lined up at quarterback. field. Samuel threw the ball to Allen, who was hit while trying to throw it and lost the ball. The Ravens recovered and the Bills were never really in the game again after that.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott acknowledged after the game that he and Brady needed to talk about that call.
“I think that’s something that Joe and I will talk about and something that we’ll learn from,” McDermott said. “There’s certainly a shift in momentum right there.”
McDermott said he wishes that decision hadn’t been made at that point in the game.
“That’s something Joe and I will discuss at length. I’m sure he wants a call back. So do I. We’ll learn from that and move forward,” McDermott said.
After the Bills started the season 3-0, the 35-10 loss to the Ravens showed McDermott how much his team needs to improve.
“The Baltimore Ravens came out and beat us. They outplayed us, they outcoached us,” McDermott said. “We have to identify the problems and solve them.”
