Bills head coach Sean McDermott makes it clear everyone needs to step it up after they narrowly defeated the Dolphins in the Wild Card round.
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Head coach Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills looks on against the Miami Dolphins during the AFC Wild Card playoff game at Highmark Stadium on January 15, 2023.
The Buffalo Bills will continue on the next round of the playoffs after defeating the Miami Dolphins 34-31 on Sunday, January 15, however, such a narrow win against a team they were deemed 13-point favorites to beat didn’t exactly inspire confidence that this is a Super Bowl-bound franchise.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen committed three turnovers, two interceptions, and a costly fumble which led to a Dolphins defensive touchdown, giving Miami a 24-20 lead in the third quarter. There was a strip sack in the fourth quarter, but it was thankfully recovered by offensive tackle Spencer Brown.
With the Fins starting rookie third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson and their No.1 running back Raheem Mostert out injured, there was no reason for this matchup to be such a nail-biter.
During his postgame speech in the locker room, Bills head coach Sean McDermott issued a strong warning to his team that this will be a very short postseason run if they don’t cut out the self-inflicted mistakes.
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“We need to take some valuable lessons from this game right here. Big time valuable lessons,” McDermott said. “You can’t expect to do that again and get a win out of it, right? Each week is going to be harder and harder.
