Overview
- The Buffalo Bills beat the Los Angeles Rams 37-34 in overtime on Monday, Oct. 12, when Tyler Bass made the game-winning field goal after the Rams’ overtime attempt was blocked.
- Head coach Joe Brady said he ‘probably should’ve taken two knees’ before the final kick on the drive that preceded overtime and acknowledged the team ‘got away with’ the decision.
- Reporters and analysts pointed to Bass’s earlier missed extra point and the small distance difference between a 45- and 47-yard attempt as reasons the Bills should have drained more clock.
- Special teams played a decisive role when Greg Rousseau and others helped block Rams kicker Harrison Mevis’s overtime try, a stop that preserved Buffalo’s victory after the late-game risk.
- The team already employs a game-management specialist and Brady’s public regret raises pressure for clearer late-game protocols and safer choices in close or playoff games.