Following Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the Houston Texans, in which quarterback Nathan Peterman imploded again, Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott was not his normal, tight-lipped self.

McDermott spoke to WKBW-TV and made an interesting statement in which he discussed possible changes needing to be made.

“You either grow and get better or you don’t… and then decisions have to be made.”

While McDermott was speaking generally about young players on the team, the message seemed to relate most directly to Peterman.

One of the biggest issues with Peterman is the fact that there has seemingly been no growth whatsoever. The same horrendous mistakes happen every time he steps on the field in a regular season football game.

Jordan Reid from Inside the Pylon pointed out just how similar of a throw the Peterman pick-six was to what we’ve seen from him in the past.

The Nathan Peterman pick-6 vs. the Texans yesterday was the same exact mistake he made on a similar concept vs. the Jaguars in the Wild Card playoff game last season. pic.twitter.com/iMPXS0V87s — J Reid (@JReidNFL) October 15, 2018

Peterman met with reporters following the game and sounded like a guy who doesn’t expect to be playing professional football much longer.

“At the end of day I know where my true identity lies: in Christ… Being a child of God, basically. Not finding my identity in football. Just trying to find it in who I really am. I love this game and put everything I have into this game, but can’t let it define me.”

While it is admirable of Peterman to stand in front of the media and face the music following another awful outing, for better or for worse, professional football players are in fact defined by how they play on the field. If he doesn’t want to be, that’s fine, but it comes with the job.

While McDermott has preached that culture matters most when it comes to his team, in this instance, it is time for the Bills to move on. No matter how great of an individual Nathan Peterman is, he’s just not an NFL quarterback.