The Buffalo Bills were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday, and now they’re dealing with the fallout.
Star receiver Sammy Watkins in particular was very critical of both his teammates and coaches in the wake of the team’s 35-25 loss to Washington, saying they need to be called out and even cut if they’re not doing their job.
“We need to forget about anybody’s feelings,” Watkins said, via Tyler Dunne of the Buffalo News. “We need to call people out. If I’m doing something wrong, call me out. If the line is doing something wrong or messing up, call them out. If the defense is doing something wrong, the defensive line, the secondary, call it out. Because at the end of the day, we’re doing it to win, not to get on somebody and make them feel bad. We’re grown men. This is our job. We get paid millions and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Forget the money. You’ve got to go out there each week and play for the guy next to you.
“Once we get to that point and realize that you could get fired the next day — and make it known. Hey, this is your job. If you’re not going to do your job, cut him. It needs to be a business. And I think once we get to that, we need some nasty coaches. If they’re not doing their job, get them out of here. If I’m not doing my job, step to me and get me out of here.”
Watkins pulls no punches here, and you can hardly blame him. Expectations were high for the Bills this season and it’s ending in disaster, with reported discontent in the ranks. That said, there’s not much wrong with Watkins’s comments. He holds himself accountable as well as everyone else, but it’s too little, too late for this year’s iteration of the Bills.
H/T Eye on Football
