Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has revealed he warned his team to be wary of the referees during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Bills won’t live down their loss to the defending champions anytime soon, given the controversial manner in which the tides were turned.
McDermott, who previously indicated he felt Josh Allen got that critical first down he was denied in the fourth quarter, held his official end-of-season press conference on Thursday in which he claimed he knew his team would be up against it where officiating was concerned.
The head coach told reporters he told his team to be prepared not to get calls.
“We went into the game and one of my messages to the team, and this happens from time to time, is you’re going to have to — ,” he said, per ProFootballTalk. “We’re not going to get calls. And I think just when you prepare a team, you prepare them ahead of time, mentally, for this is the way it’s going down. And you live with that.”
🚨BREAKING: #BILLS HC SEAN MCDERMOTT SAYS THAT HE TOLD HIS TEAM THE REFS WOULD FAVOR THE #CHIEFS.
“You’re not going to get calls. We’re not going to get calls.”
“You prepare them ahead of time, mentally, for this is the way it’s going down” – Sean did blame the loss on the team pic.twitter.com/uFSLlPyTme
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) January 31, 2025
