“It’s Been a While Since I Have Been This Pissed,” Sean McVay Lashes Out in Frustration After Rams’ OT Loss to Bills

Sean McVay's decision to kick a field goal instead of letting Matthew Stafford throw a pass backfired in overtime.

“It’s Been a While Since I Have Been This Pissed,” Sean McVay Lashes Out in Frustration After Rams’ OT Loss to Bills

Sean McVay (Image via IMAGO)

Of all the ways the Monday Night fixture between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills could have ended, most would have expected a terrible coaching mistake by Sean McVay in overtime. And yet, McVay’s lapse in judgment cost his team the win.

There’s no other way to put it, because all the signs point to it. McVay’s decision to run the ball on third-and-5 at the Bills’ 30-yard line in overtime, settling for a 48-yard field goal, set up the Rams for failure.

The Rams’ special teams have been dreadful all year. In fact, they are the league’s worst in expected points added. Moreover, kicker Harrison Mevis was 3-for-7 on field goals, missing one from 50 yards in regulation.

Despite that, McVay still relied on Mevis, and the Bills blocked his kick. McVay said at the post-game presser:

I wish I would’ve had a better play call and gone for it, gotten it a lot tighter. I’m sick right now with myself. … I’ll be regretting kicking that and not having a better call to be able to go for it on third down and go to fourth [or whatever it was], and that’s on me.

Bills linebacker Greg Rousseau used his entire 6-foot-7 frame to tip Mevis’ kick. It landed before the goal line.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen gained about 35 yards on five plays to set up a 45-yard field goal. Tyler Bass successfully converted the FG to deliver a memorable victory to the Bills.

McVay said:

This is the one, this stings. It’s going to hurt but we can’t afford to let this team beat us twice. We’re going to have to regroup and reset ourselves. It’s been a while since I have been this [expletive] after a game.

The equation is simple: McVay trusted a shaky kicker over his veteran quarterback, Matthew Stafford, the reigning league MVP, who threw 3 touchdowns in the game. Sure, Stafford had 54 pass attempts. He completed 40. Stafford was the better option.

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Sean McVay and the Rams’ Super Bowl dreams are fading way fast

McVay became the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl in 2021 with Stafford as his starting quarterback. They nearly repeated that last year.

"It's Been a While Since I Have Been This Pissed" - Sean McVay Lashes Out in Frustration After Rams' OT Loss to Bills
(L) Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and (R) head coach Sean McVay (Image via IMAGO)

After going 12-5 in the regular season, the Rams defeated the Carolina Panthers and the Chicago Bears in the playoffs, setting up a blockbuster NFC Championship showdown against divisional rivals, the Seattle Seahawks.

Stafford threw 3 touchdowns and 300 yards. Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, and Kyren Williams scored touchdowns, but the offense still fell short. Seattle won by three points.

McVay aims to finish what he and Stafford started last year in 2026 in their own backyard. Despite losing two of the first four games, the Rams boasted the best odds (+650)—even better than the 5-0 San Francisco 49ers—to win Super Bowl 61 at SoFi Stadium.

The loss to the Bills could affect those numbers a little bit. Regardless, the Rams can still bounce back and go on a winning run. They should be favorites to win the next five games: the 1-4 Arizona Cardinals (twice), the 3-2 Las Vegas Raiders, the 0-5 Los Angeles Chargers, and the 1-3-1 Washington Commanders.

Winning those games is a must because they have a tough stretch of fixtures to end the year. They face the Chiefs, Niners, Seahawks (twice), Cowboys, and Packers.

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