Sean McDermott on Bills Loss to Jets: 'We Beat Ourselves'

The Buffalo Bills had four turnovers in their 22-16 loss to the New York Jets on Monday Night Football.

On a night when the New York Jets lost Aaron Rodgers for the season, the Buffalo Bills still gave the New York Jets every chance to stay in the game. 

Four turnovers by Josh Allen breathed life into the Jets on Monday Night Football at MetLife Stadium, and it eventually came back to cost Buffalo. A 65-yard game-winning punt return by Xavier Gipson sealed the Bills' fate as they lost 22-16. 

"We made it pretty hard on ourselves," Bills head coach Sean McDermott said. "When you turn the ball over four times, it's hard to win in this league. You're playing two opponents, the one on the other sideline and yourself, and that's what we did tonight. That's not the right formula to win games in the NFL...We beat ourselves."

Allen was 29 of 41 for 236 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He also lost a fumble, which led to the go-ahead 30-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein to put New York up 16-13 with 1:51 left in the game. 

It's not hard to argue that Buffalo (0-1) likely coasts to a win if Allen takes care of the ball. The Jets (1-0) couldn't get anything going with Zach Wilson at quarterback outside of a field goal on their first drive of the third quarter. 

Allen's third interception of the game to Jets safety Jordan Whitehead reinvigorated the fans and their offense with a short field. New York finally capitalized when Zach Wilson found Garrett Wilson for an acrobatic five-yard touchdown to tie the game 13-13. 

"You've got to play complementary football," McDermott said. We didn't do that either tonight. We've got to make the adjustments we've got to make and get ourselves ready on a short week."

Without Allen's final two turnovers, Buffalo likely gets a hard-earned divisional win on the back of their defense. Instead, they're already behind in a stacked AFC East.

Buffalo heads home to Highmark Stadium to host the Las Vegas Raiders at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.