Bills head coach Sean McDermott says team's goals are 'still within our reach' going into the bye week

"Still within our reach"

The team met Monday before going on their bye week and McDermott shared that his message to the players was that their goals for the season are still within reach. At 6-6, the Bills are still in the thick of the playoff race, even though they aren't one of the top 7 seeds at the moment.

"We know we'd rather have a better record than what we have," he said. "But we are who we are and the encouraging thing is all the goals that we set for ourselves are still within our reach."

The bye is a chance to reset and recover for a challenging stretch run. The Bills are 6-0 in the McDermott era off their bye week.

"Get away, get a break, you know, it's a later bye than all of us are used to and kind of get away from football a little bit, take care of yourself so when you come back you're ready to roll and you know, obviously we have some adjustments we need to make," he shared.

One of the positives he took away from the Eagles game was that the offense scored over 30 points for the second week in a row.Â

"I just think we're moving the ball better than we were before and a little bit more consistently than we were before," he said. "I think the defensive takeaways have helped, but that's when you talk about playing team ball and I think that's important."