Why did the Bills lose Monday night when they played well enough to beat the Patriots?  Because Leodis McKelvin didn’t play smart football, or he wasn’t told to play smart football.  The smart football play would be to either take a knee when you’re two yards deep in the end zone on a kickoff with a minute left and a 5 point lead.  The smart football play, if you chose to return the kick, is to go down the minute you get hit.  Instead, McKelvin decided to fight for an meaningless extra yard.  While he did that, the Patriots stood him up, pulled out the ball, recovered the fumble and won the game.  Its that simple.  If McKelvin goes down, the Bills likely win the game.  Or at least, make New England drive the field after a punt.  McKelvin should have been told to go down, or he should have known to do that. That’s the smart football play.  He didn’t make it, and the Bills lost.  Smart plays win football games.