Sean McDermott Responds To Patriots’ Mike Vrabel’s Complaints About Ref

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott fired back at New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.

The Bills are coming off a 35-31 win over the Patriots on Sunday in a game Buffalo trailed 21-0 early. After the comeback win, Vrabel had complained about some calls the ref made, and that continued on Monday.

“It is a difficult job, they do have a difficult job,” Vrabel said on “The Greg Hill Show” on Monday. “The consistency. Sometimes I struggle with it. I’ll say this: the Bills lead the NFL in offensive holds, and I’ll leave it at that.

“That would be hard for me to understand how the team that is coming into the game leading, and that’s how they play, didn’t have one yesterday. That’s hard for me to understand.”

Buffalo did, in fact, have an offensive holding call that negated a Josh Allen rushing touchdown. However, Vrabel clearly wasn’t pleased with how the ref called the game.

Following Vrabel’s comments, McDermott was asked about it and tried to put it behind him.

“We go by what the officials call,” McDermott said on Monday. “We’re focused on the Cleveland Browns at this point. So, Mike can talk what he wants to talk about, all due respect. We enjoyed a good game yesterday, a hard-fought game, and we’re moving on.”

Buffalo is looking to move on from the Patriots game and try to chase down New England for the AFC East title.

The Bills will go on the road to play the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. New England, meanwhile, will go on the road to play the Baltimore Ravens.