The Buffalo Payments had a less-than-convincing win within the chilly towards the New England Patriots on Sunday – per week after a dominant show over the Detroit Lions.
The Payments have been anticipated to blow the lowly Patriots out of the water.
However New England held its personal for at the least three quarters of the sport.
One pricey mistake from rookie quarterback Drake Maye within the fourth quarter let the Payments take benefit to choose up the 24-21 win.
Payments head coach Sean McDermott was requested concerning the group’s first-half efficiency on Monday.
He stated he was going to make a airplane comparability however didn’t need to step in it.
“Um, let’s see, I was about to use an airplane flying analogy but I’ll stay away from that,” he stated.
McDermott seemingly referenced a head-scratching story from final December when it was revealed he tried as an instance how the group may come collectively following a season by which they’d misplaced within the AFC Championship.
The second was chronicled in Ty Dunne’s Go Lengthy TD Substack.
“He told the entire team they needed to come together,” Dunne wrote of McDermott. “However then, sources on-hand say, he used a wierd mannequin: the terrorists on September 11, 2001. He cited the hijackers as a bunch of people that have been all in a position to get on the identical web page to orchestrate assaults to perfection.
“One by one, McDermott started asking specific players in the room questions. ‘What tactics do you think they used to come together?’ A young player tried to methodically answer. ‘What do you think their biggest obstacle was?’ A veteran answered, ‘TSA,’ which mercifully lightened the mood.”
This 12 months, Buffalo is once more among the many high groups within the AFC and the explanation for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ lone loss on the season.
