In 2017, when the Buffalo Bills snapped their 17-year playoff drought, strong and consistent play on special teams played a major role in Buffalo posting a 9-7 record. On Sunday, in a 20-13 loss to the Houston Texans, in a game the Bills had every right to win, the Bills were done in by bad performances on special teams.
Danny Crossman, Buffalo’s special teams coach since 2013, is going to have a lot of explaining to do for a unit that gift-wrapped 10 points to a Texans squad that struggled to move the ball against a stout Bills defense.