Dumb Decisions: The DUMBEST Ending of Week 5 | Bills @ Texans (2024)

Pass deep 3 times in your own end zone with a concussed quarterback instead of playing for overtime. Genius
During week 5 of the 2024 NFL season between the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Texans, with the game tied at 20, the Bills decided to let Josh Allen throw nothing but deep passes in a situation where it made no sense to do so. It ended up costing Sean McDermott and company the game. This is a breakdown of that dumb decision
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[@jams3076]

You know it’s bad when Scott Hanson is yelling “WHAT ARE YOU DOING??” While this happened live on RedZone.

[@honusbakewell7546]

Mcderpitt strikes again!!! Also playing a concussed quarterback might be a bad decision

[@SPTO]

No NFL team sends out their QB when they're concussed unless they're the Dolphins.

[@jimfeldhouse4038]

and hardly a peep about the concussion from journalists that have "relationships" with the NFL, so far. hold my beer level hypocrisy. jeez, Bills, just look at Tua.

[@danmount9462]

It's time for Bill Bellichick. He doesn't cower in big moments. Plus, he love Allen.

[@neildalessandro8196]

Absolutely not. Have you seen how much worse Belichick was without Tom Brady? Besides, he and Allen wouldn't mesh very well because Belichick ran the Patriots more like it was a boot camp whereas Allen thrives by being relaxed and letting loose and playing like the world's biggest, strongest, fastest toddler. You know how the Chiefs became a dynasty? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't by becoming a clone of the Patriots. It was by becoming the best version of themselves they could be. Same goes for what the Bills need in order to win it all.

[@TogoWolf11]

I'm a Bills fan, and I haven't been this angry after a game in a long time. 😡 After seeing how it ended, I thought, "This better be on Dumb Decisions tomorrow." I'm impressed it took you less than 24 hours to post this, lol

[@DolFan316]

Not sure what you're angry about seeing as your starting QB isn't allowed to have a concussion and your team is on the NFL's most favored list.

[@erikreinhardt7955]

Bills fan here. Something happens to Mcdermotts brain in close games against good teams. It’s REALLY depressing to have one of the finest qbs of all time and he has to work against his coach, and with terrible wideout options. Mack hollins is not an NFL wideout and he had SEVEN targets. Barf

[@lightsabermetrics]

3:26 Yeah, there was some extra OOMPH to "Welcome to Dumb Decisions" this time.

[@quigonkenny]

It's a DD that resulted in a Texans win. He's a Jags fan, and this hurts their position.

[@Cardsfanfromqc]

I knew immediately this video was coming when i saw that on redzone

[@guttmana9767]

If I had a nickel for every time Ryans did something stupid and got bailed out of dumb decisions because the coach on the opposing side did something stupider (or because JG9 wants the Texans to continue to make their mistakes), I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@blakkjack21]

I knew when this happened that it would make "Dumb Decisions", LOL.

[@hunterbolton2680]

Like Ive been saying since yesterday: FIRE SEAN MCDERMOTT

[@barbaracaroll]

Buffalo and Cleveland should fire their HC

[@koldonn1111]

Absolutely not Cleveland lmao ydkb

[@tywalraven4936]

The dumbness was even better rewinding one series. I knew this ending would land on DD by JG9, but it was a battle of dumb decisions where Houston went from being in game winning FG position, where all they needed to do was sneak twice, run the clock down to 4 seconds, and kick… to punting! It was briefly mentioned, but a Dueling Dumb Decisions would have been nice to see.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Got into a really dumb comment argument with some dude last night who wanted to pin the DD solely on the Texans and my response was "ok neat so the Bills saw that and said "hold my beer"

[@billsfever]

At first I said the Texans would end up on here after losing our on the FG attempt, but then McDermott clutched victory from the jaws of defeat for him

[@guttmana9767]

He would’ve if the Texans game went to OT, but yet again Ryans gets bailed out. Second time this year, third time in total he gets spared for doing something absolutely moronic

[@Brownie1904]

Never ever was I more sure about a DD Video than when I saw what the Bills were doing yesterday.

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

The moment I saw this ending, I knew it would be here. Houston's punt at midfield was a tough decision that was ultimately correct, but I do not think Ryans foresaw this decision leading to the game being handed to him on a silver platter.

[@quigonkenny]

The Texans punt was the only decision, after the Dumb Decision on the previous play resulted in an intentional grounding and being knocked out of field goal range on a play that never should have been a pass play in the first place. Credit to Texans special teams, as they nailed the punt, and eventually the long field goal that ended up winning it, but TBH it never should have happened. They should have run the ball on third down, took the clock down to 3-4 sec and spent one of their time outs, then kicked the field goal from about 10 yards closer than they ended up doing. The only way the Bills should have even gotten the ball back is if they'd missed the kick (unlikely, the way Fairbairn is playing this season) and the game had gone to OT.

[@SPTO]

It was one of the worst clock management situations i've ever seen. I was thinking "Okay, let's play for OT" and THAT happens. McDermott is rightfully getting roasted by Bills Mafia. A lot of fans are getting tired of how McD and his staff has consistently come up small in big situations to the point that they're legit calling for his head.

[@bigbearkat2010]

I can maybe understand doing a passing play the first time but 3 when you can play in overtime against a team whose offense has been stuck in neutral?

[@blindjustice8718]

"Were going to take a look at the brain of Bills coach Sean McDermott." Holds up polished bowling ball. Do like the yellow Steelers helmet. What year was that? 1952? The year they had gold helmets and applied the logo to one side to see which they preferred. Then went to black helmets and kept the one-sided logo the next year.

[@ANDX259]

I was so excited seeing the Texans Kicker KA'IMI FAIRBURN KICK A 59 YARDER FROM THE H-TOWN LOGO!!! That I completely forgot about this absolute gem of a dumb coaching call. Kudos JG9, Keep it up, HORNS UP!!! H-TOWN MADE!!!

[@JacobLico]

3:56 the first shot is an interview shit again

[@JacobLico]

Sorry didn't mean to say sh*t I meant to say shot

[@theawesomer8587]

When the second down play happened, a voice in my head said "welcome to dumb decisions."

[@sugarbear8574]

Thanks for not pulling any punches. I'm still puking over that ending. WTH were Brady (OC) and McDermott discussing in their headset? Yes, we will likely still win the AFC Least. Out in WC if they do this crap.

[@jimfeldhouse4038]

Five Timers Club! wtg congradulations

[@RicoCosta317]

Has a long way to go to reach Mike McCarthy's 12 (!). Hopefully he won't be coaching long enough to have a shot at that one.

[@jimfeldhouse4038]

@@RicoCosta317 Mike McCarthy is the 1st name that comes to mind when I think of 1st ballot DD hall of famers.

[@Torgonius]

Just knew this video had to be coming.

[@jeffreywinn3161]

I'd have my GM looking for candidates now.

[@MikeyKaos716]

The Bills offense was inept all game, with the exception of the first field goal drive and the third quarter. McDermott is good at making dumb decisions, but this game was lost long before this drive. And as bad as the offense was playing, trying to take it to OT felt more like delaying the inevitable instead of giving the Bills a chance to win. The passing game was off all game and the running game was doing nothing late in the game. Their field goal drive in the 4th quarter was a red zone start and they gained zero yards in a situation where they should have been able to convert the starting field position into a TD.

[@nintendo8127]

That whole last minute is lolcow of the week… well it would be if not for Bama losing to Vandy. Texans did not need to pass on 3rd down. Just run the ball, and kick the FG on the next play.

[@fumedrummer]

I watched this live and I was thinking of this channel before 3rd down. This Bills couldn't complete a deep pass all day.

[@joaodanielantunescardosodo8241]

A few things: only two of the three passes were deep. Two were intermediante (a back shoulder and a in - that was there). None of the concepts were four verts. The only thing that makes this a dumb decesion was the play and heath status of the QB. Better run three times.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

And it’s a less dumb decision when you consider that Houston had all 3 timeouts. They would have stopped the clock with 3 straight run attempts. This one isn’t that bad aside from the last passing play, and at least these were good shots to take. Dumb decision, but not as bad as it looks for sure

[@skylerward1671]

This will earn lolcow of the week on Sportsball

[@marcus813]

I was working while this was going on, so I didn't get to see much of this sequence as it happened. I didn't know that Josh Allen had a concussion until I watched NBC that night. McDermott needs to do better. That was one of the worst sequence of offensive plays I've ever seen given that Allen finished with only a 56.4 passer rating.

[@DolFan316]

The NFL doesn't want anybody to know he had a concussion for...reasons. Makes it impossble for me to take this season seriously. The rigging gets worse every year.

[@johngibson8636]

The Bills McCarthyied their game, and the Bengals Chargered theirs. And why couldn’t the Colts have beaten the Jags so they can fire Pederson and just get it over with.

[@bigbearkat2010]

As a Texans, I'm fine with the division rivals sabotaging each other

[@big4horry]

Sean McCarthy

[@beast1160]

I knew when I watching it, it would be on Dumb Decisions. What Mcdumbmitt said about the plays is so stupid!!!!!

[@quigonkenny]

I agree with those aaying running the ball in that situation might also have been a bad idea, given the penetration of the Texans D all day made a TFL and thus a safety (which ends the game) about a 50/50 proposition, but what they did do was at least as wrong. They ahould have never let Allen get back in for that last "drive". McDRRmitt should have had Trubisky throwing short, high percentage passes to at least get far enough away from the end zone that a safety was unlikely, then pound the rock on the Texans' weary D-line to maybe get a first down and go to OT. Probably still would have been a three-and-out, but at least the punter would have had enough room to get off a decent kick, and maybe start the Texans on the other side of the field rather than already at rhe edge of Fairbairn's range.

[@scottybbadd]

I had a feeling that this 3 play sequence would be on Dumb Decisions.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

It would’ve been too easy for josh allen to keep playing elite he needed to bring back the overrated talk

[@dangeiger9796]

The dumbest decision of the game might have been the fact that Allen was in the game at all. It reminds me of a video you made a few weeks ago.

[@louisnemzer6801]

Time for a frequent flyer program😅

[@nintendopeachgaming1647]

I completely agree with this, the fact hat the Bills throw the ball 3x instead of running the ball 3x have Houston burn there timeouts and maybe get the first down to end it was the dumbest of dumb decisions a coach has ever made in history man.

[@neildalessandro8196]

What was really infuriating was not only that the Bills receivers couldn't catch the ball to save their lives (which is why Allen completed so few passes), but the fact that earlier in the game Dalton Kincaid caught a pass that was incorrectly ruled incomplete, and McDermott didn't challenge it. Even the announcers were surprised he didn't challenge it. It cost the Bills that drive when it could've led to another score.

[@Tubewings]

Has there ever been a member of the press that asked a head coach about a critical sequence of a game and the coach either ignores it or gives a non-answer, the press guy immediately calls him out on it?

[@alltheworldsastage]

As a Texans I’m glad McDermott bungled this drive and is the subject of this video… because it just as easily could have been the decision Bobby Slowik made the drive before this by throwing on 3rd down inside FG range, not only not burning clock to allow Buffalo to get the ball back in the first place, but that play wound up as a grounding penalty on Stroud which took away the Texans FG opportunity entirely. If the Texans ran the ball on that play and took the clock down to 5s, even if they didn’t gain any extra yardage, it would have been a 45ish yard attempt for Fairbairn to win the game.. not a chip shot, but if his 59 yard kick that actually ended the game has anything to say… he would have made that kick with little effort. That dumb decision to throw there by Slowik just as easily could have cost the Texans a sure fire win by throwing the game into OT where anything could have happened. Just an absolutely inexcusable play call there by the Texans OC

[@bigbearkat2010]

It was and it was like McDermott wanted to top that

[@mgb4692]

Give Schultz an honorary DD by going out of bounds, two plays after CD went hard over Ogunbowale sliding and staying in.

[@ShiloStigen]

For a team that knows the risk of leaving 13 seconds on the clock, you'd think they'd know the risk of mishandling 32 seconds, sheesh!

[@benjaminbrown1620]

I feel like we have another video coming for the decision to decline the 10 second run off and running clock to set this situation up.

[@ShiloStigen]

@OfficialJaguarGator9 you should get a job with Quality Control for an NFL team! It constantly amazes me how NFL teams spend billions of dollars, yet botch common sense decisions like this. And fans often instinctively know that the decisions are bad right when they happen, too!

[@jamesillenberg133]

I knew this was going to be here

[@brienmiller5129]

I knew this was coming.

[@elikramer9234]

The first dumb decision was the Texans throwing on third down with 43 seconds left at the Opp 37 yard line.

[@fumedrummer]

I think Coach's comment about relevance was more about his thinking that OC Brady might need to be fired. The question was whether he agreed with the call, not "why did you make the call." I don't know the communication process between the OC, Coach, and Allen. Does Coach have veto power on the play call? There's only so many seconds for that type of communication to happen. Coach knows the relevance of the sequence, but he didn't want to publicly get into a situation over personnel matters. Wouldn't Coach tell the OC, "Get me a first down." and then leave it to the OC to make that happen? I think this debacle belongs on OC Brady, especially if Coach gave him the authority. Rather than fire Coach, I bet Brady gets fired.

[@anthonyjkenn6319]

And, actually? McD is lucky he *got* 3 chances there, because if Keon Coleman doesn't break up that 1st down pass, that's probably an INT. And.... YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR FRANCHISE FIRE GOD QB IN THE GAME EVEN AFTER HE GOT CONCUSSED??? LIKE, TUA'S NOT IN YOUR DANG DIVISION??

[@bigbearkat2010]

Yeah i keep wondering why this shit happens to AFC East Qbs

[@kpettograsso21]

Thought it was dumb when they didn’t take the 10 seconds run off for the intentional grounding penalty before the punt. Get the ball with 21 seconds left. Run & force Texans to burn their timeouts. Even if they didn’t get a 1st, a punt may have been the last play of regulation. Then they throw it 3x to make it epically dumb

[@billyhill7630]

Almost half the coaches are like this. No game management skill. Unfortunately, playing not to lose, which this was a time for, is too beta for them to consider.

[@billsfever]

I wouldn't have thrown 3 passes there even playing on Madden against the computer in rookie mode

[@neildalessandro8196]

As a Bills fan, I can't wait for my team to win the NFL's next tank division! Smh.

[@crashxd1286]

Irrelevant????? Wild answer

[@DolFan316]

Regarding the rant beginning at 11:17 the people being allowed to control society are getting away with doing this more and more, to the point where they no longer even try to hide it. Reality itself has been declared irrelevant by this group.

[@DanielHicks-ts3kw]

If josh allen was having a concussion and playing bad, why didn’t the bills put in mitchell trubisky in the game so josh can I don't know heel up for the next game ahhhh

[@Boots1282]

ha ha knew this would be on dumb decisions

[@PGar58]

10:48 😎

[@allthingssports4957]

You don’t need to get into analytics to see how bad this was

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

Commies will win NFC East

[@christmashake8968]

Sean McDermott is increasingly revealing himself to be not just a bad in-game manager, but a terrible leader as well. No head coach worth their salt brushes off a question about the pivotal play call that cost their team the game without, at best, coming off as utterly clueless about the concepts of time and spatial awareness, or at worst, coming off as a scummy power-grabber looking to evade accountability for their own fuckups. Between this and his botched 9/11 speech, he needs to go before Josh Allen retires ringless.

[@DolFan316]

Not to mention shoving a clearly concussed QB back onto the field. I'm telling you, McDermott is pure evil.

[@tonythomas2391]

McDermott is going back to what he was before the bye last year. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. Belichick is waiting by the phone, Brandon Beane should make the call

[@neildalessandro8196]

Belichick isn't the answer for Buffalo. If they can't make things work with McDermott, they need to find another coach whose style will fit with Josh Allen and the rest of the players and will bring the best out of them.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

Coaching malpractice

[@sugarbear8574]

McDermott is an OK defensive coach, but he's made too many poor or idiotic decisions as HC. Time to upgrade. Bet Bill Belichick would love to have a crack at sticking it to New England.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Oh man the reactions from Jets fans

[@neildalessandro8196]

Belichick is not the answer. The Bills need to look to the future, not the past.

[@karlkelman4485]

How about running three times, then a slow intentional safety (scramble in the end zone until they catch you). You'd get to kick from almost 30 yards further out, and they have no timeouts. I realize a field goal would win it outright for the Texans then, but their odds of getting one would be tiny. A long ways to go with almost no time and no timeouts.

[@thatsmrtguy4935]

It was a tie game, an intentional safety loses the game

[@adampomietlarz1518]

Tie game. Safety gives Houston 2 points. Then the bills lose. Too much time to have Allen run around and avoid a sack. A penalty in end zone is also a safety.

[@karlkelman4485]

@@thatsmrtguy4935 My bad... ...got the score wrong.

[@karlkelman4485]

@@adampomietlarz1518 My bad, forgot the sequence of events. Maybe I'll get my own personal Dumb Decisions for comments episode! I'll be famous!

[@karlkelman4485]

I belong on Dumb Decisions!

[@mbkzion]

I will be here for saint chiefs whodat ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️

[@SummerCarsonfinsmarlins]

LOL BILLS YALL ARE TRASH

[@danmount9462]

So you must be sub-trash since you lost to us.

[@sugarbear8574]

No, that would be your Mother.

[@matthewshortle5274]

So are the Dolphins