McDermott admitted to holding his breath a little bit while Allen held the ball, until it ended up in Johnson’s hands.
"Probably like you, on Ty's touchdown, I was going, 'Oh, come on, come on, oh, yeah, good, good,'" McDermott said. “So the review was important right there, too, I know.
“Ty, he just makes plays, he makes plays. Josh has a lot of trust in him, as you saw."
McDermott also has a lot of trust in his quarterback.
“Hey, you tell me it's complete, and I'll sign up for it every week,” McDermott said of Allen. “Look, I trust Josh, you guys know that. I trust him, and I believe in him. That's where that is."
The Broncos went on to give up 10 more points and turn it over twice on downs in the fourth quarter as Buffalo cruised to a 24-point win.
“That kinda opened the floodgates,” Broncos defensive lineman Zach Allen said. “It was still close.”
The Bills converted both of their fourth-down tries on Sunday. They were 16 for 22 (72.7%) converting fourth downs during the regular season.
Now they’ll turn the page to start preparing for the Ravens. The way things went the first time, it might take the Bills weathering another early storm if they’re going to have a chance to exact some revenge.
“They’re resilient,” McDermott said of his team. “It starts up front.”
Cousins understands the disappointment in his first season in Minnesota. When asked last week on the Dan Patrick Show if he considered the year a success, the signal-caller was blunt.
"The short answer is no," Cousins said, via Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "We didn't make the playoffs. There were high expectations and we didn't deliver, and so I've been frustrated since the season ended."
Despite the propensity to flounder in primetime games, Cousins put up better numbers than Case Keenum did in a similar situation the previous year. Cousins finished with 4,298 passing yards (10th in the NFL) and 30 TDs to 10 INTs, while being sacked 40 times behind a porous offensive line.
Yet, the inability of the $84 million QB to raise the talent level around him to new heights continues to haunt Cousins.
"I wish the 2019 season started tomorrow," he said. "I'm ready to go and make amends for 2018. It's been frustrating to know I have to sit here for whatever it is, seven or eight months before we get back at it.
"It has been a tough January for me. I haven't been sleeping well, that kind of a thing, because, yeah, it just left a bad taste in my mouth the way the season finished up."