Week 5 included plenty of examples of how not to best manage the clock in late-game situations. Most of the coaches who learned lessons did so the hard way, by losing their games.<\/p>\n
Bills coach Joe Brady learned a lesson while still winning.<\/p>\n
In a Tuesday session with reporters, Brady expressed regret for attempting the game-winning 45-yard field goal on second down, with two minutes left in overtime.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t want to run two QB sneaks with the fall process of, again, getting \u2014 putting the ball in harm\u2019s way, taking some shots on Josh, just to get \u2014 we knew we were already in line,\u201d Brady said. \u201cSo it\u2019s like, hey, do I just, hey, center the ball and just take two knees? You know, you go back two yards, but you don\u2019t give them, you know, they end up worse if you miss. They get 45 seconds to, you know, to go 20 yards for the field goal. Big difference in two-minute, and, you know, the 45-yard field goal and a 47-yard field goal percentages, you should still be good to go, right? <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, you know, so if I had that opportunity again \u2014 look, I was convicted about it. You know, [Tyler Bass] was good to go. The conversation we had in the huddle and upstairs was like, \u2018Let\u2019s just go win the game right now.\u2019 But, you know, to not give them that shot again, if we do miss, the best thing would be is to take two knees and say, \u2018Hey, the 45 and the 47 is not of big difference.\u2019 Be a completely different story if the ball was a little further back. I\u2019d be no indecision on taking knees if we were a little closer. We were just in that. It is a long field goal. We had just missed an extra point, but had the confidence in [Bass], but that\u2019s when I do wish I probably took two knees, and then we kicked the game winner. And if anything, they\u2019d have 45 seconds and not two minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n