The Official Patriots vs. Bills Post Game Thread

[NEPatriot]

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YAY!!!

Awesome...just awesome...

Let's a playoff win first. We're going to need to play much better in the 1st half.

 

[Ring 6]

Let's a playoff win first. We're going to need to play much better in the 1st half.

So the poster isnt allowed to discuss setting a record for regular season wins until after winning a playoff game? What other rules am I not aware of?

 

[NEPatriot]

So the poster isnt allowed to discuss setting a record for regular season wins until after winning a playoff game? What other rules am I not aware of?

I was stating my thoughts going into the playoffs. If my post came across differently, I offer my apology to the poster and to you.

 

[DaBruinz]

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YAY!!!

Belichick's record: The Patriots finish the season at 13-3, with Bill Belichick becoming the first coach in league history to lead a team to 13 wins in the regular season five different times.

Rapid Reaction: Patriots 49, Bills 21 - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

Awesome...just awesome...

That is amazing to me. In his 11 year tenure, he's surpassed Landry, Shula, and Walsh in terms of the number of 13 win seasons.

 

[NEPats1]

I was stating my thoughts going into the playoffs. If my post came across differently, I offer my apology to the poster and to you.

No worries bro, I'm just so pumped about this team. Unlike last year who played so well and so much in front, this team has comeback many times and played through a lot of adversity. Hopefully we see a mentally tough team in these playoffs.

I agree though, they gotta stop getting down by double digits so early!

Hopefully everyone whos banged up gets healthier during the bye and the team is ready to go.

 

[Uncle Rico]

That is amazing to me. In his 11 year tenure, he's surpassed Landry, Shula, and Walsh in terms of the number of 13 win seasons.

Yup; they started 16-game seasons in '78, so you could make a case that Landry, Shula and Noll could be up there. But still -- doing it in 11 years is .. .wow. PLUS, only one other coach (Seifert) has FOUR 13-win seasons.

EDIT: TO clarify, Belichick has five now. In 11 seasons.

 

[Ring 6]

I was stating my thoughts going into the playoffs. If my post came across differently, I offer my apology to the poster and to you.

OK, it seemed you were saying shut up loser and win a playoff game.
The negative crowd around here has taken up the rallying cry of 2 1st round losses as justification for every argument they make and as the basis of their opinion being the only valid one.

 

[Ring 6]

Yup; they started 16-game seasons in '78, so you could make a case that Landry, Shula and Noll could be up there. But still -- doing it in 11 years is .. .wow. PLUS, only one coach (Seifert) has FOUR 13-win seasons.

I wonder if it would change the answer if you called it 3 or fewer losses rather than 13 or more wins?

 

[NEPatriot]

No worries bro, I'm just so pumped about this team. Unlike last year who played so well and so much in front, this team has comeback many times and played through a lot of adversity. Hopefully we see a mentally tough team in these playoffs.

I agree though, they gotta stop getting down by double digits so early!

Hopefully everyone whos banged up gets healthier during the bye and the team is ready to go.

Understandable to be excited. That said, home feild hasn't meant much to us in the playoffs. Let's hope we can play a complete game in 2 weeks.

 

[Patspsycho]

Was that the explanation? I was at a Bears bar with the only sound Bears sound and nobody could figure out what the BS penalty was for. Egregious.

McCourty had his eyes on the ball the entire play and ran into the WR by accident (that's why he was also shaken up on the play). A very poor call by the line judge.

 

[Fball]

Game didn't reveal that much about the Pats, imo.

Bills dominated until they benched Johnson, then folded.

 

[IllegalContact]

OK, it seemed you were saying shut up loser and win a playoff game.
The negative crowd around here has taken up the rallying cry of 2 1st round losses as justification for every argument they make and as the basis of their opinion being the only valid one.

LOL.......talk about obsessing on other people

 

[IllegalContact]

Game didn't reveal that much about the Pats, imo.

Bills dominated until they benched Johnson, then folded.

Did Johnson play defense?

 

[JJDChE]

Our defense is frickin' awesome!

when down by three scores.

We should petition the league to allow us to start our playoffs games down 17-0. We'll roll!

 

[NEPatriot]

OK, it seemed you were saying shut up loser and win a playoff game.
The negative crowd around here has taken up the rallying cry of 2 1st round losses as justification for every argument they make and as the basis of their opinion being the only valid one.

I would never call another fellow fan "a loser". I try to respect fellow fans and when my posts don't come across that way I will apologize, as I did in this case. We have different opinions and views on this forum, which I think is a good thing.

 

[Rob0729]

As I said in the gameday thread, if the Bills were playing for something, the Pats would have probably given up only 7 points today. The only reason the Bills got 21 was because they faked a punt on their side of the field (which a head coach would rarely if ever do that early in a game if they needed to win the game) and went for it on fourth and four (coaches also almost never go for it on fourth and four in the first quarter). If the Bills treated this like a real game, they would have punted on both those drives rather than converting fourth downs.

 

[NEPatriot]

As I said in the gameday thread, if the Bills were playing for something, the Pats would have probably given up only 7 points today. The only reason the Bills got 21 was because they faked a punt on their side of the field (which a head coach would rarely if ever do that early in a game if they needed to win the game) and went for it on fourth and four (coaches also almost never go for it on fourth and four in the first quarter). If the Bills treated this like a real game, they would have punted on both those drives rather than converting fourth downs.

True. I need to go back and look at the fake punt. It seemed like we weren't prepared for that one.

 

[patchick]

McCourty had his eyes on the ball the entire play and ran into the WR by accident (that's why he was also shaken up on the play). A very poor call by the line judge.

That was definitely a poor call, but the one that really baffled me went the other way, after the Buffalo INT. How could Florence be called for anything like roughing the passer once the passer was playing defense? The ref specified that it was a hit on the quarterback, but isn't that designation moot at that point? Looked like a perfectly normal downfield block.

 

[Sciz]

That was definitely a poor call, but the one that really baffled me went the other way, after the Buffalo INT. How could Florence be called for anything like roughing the passer once the passer was playing defense? The ref specified that it was a hit on the quarterback, but isn't that designation moot at that point? Looked like a perfectly normal downfield block.

By definition, the quarterback is a defenseless player on the runback after an interception.

 

[Rob0729]

True. I need to go back and look at the fake punt. It seemed like we weren't prepared for that one.

I don't think the Pats were prepared. I was yelling at my screen to watch for the fake, but they left the middle of the line pretty wide open.