Official Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Bills

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

I have no sympathy for the Josh Allen concussion at all. He decided not to slide and play hero. I hope that 15 yard penalty was worth it!

I remember Stevan Ridley got a penalty for being knocked out on a similar play vs. Baltimore.

Fouts was such a moron that he called him a "defenseless runner" which is, of course, not a thing.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Just watched a slo-mo replay, Josh Allen actually initiated the contact and he's 8 inches and 50lbs bigger than JJ.

 

[SBLIII]

Are you joking

no. Consistently got beat today by John Brown.

 

[sambam94]

He can afford to lose 12 lbs and do more sprints

thought he was ripped

 

[Antdawg]

I think we can all clearly see what was missing out there today. I mean, he would have had 3 TD's at least.

 

[ZoisKing]

Think you forgot one. Maybe you forgot because you never hear his name.

Gilmore definitely so far.

I was thinking Shelton has been very impressive so far as well.

 

[patfanken]

I think the penalty on Jones was the right call given the ****ification rules that are now running the NFL. I don't know what you can do if you are a 180lb DB trying to keep a 240lb QB from falling forward for a first down. Maybe you call it dumb if he had 5 yds to get the first down, but in this case if he hadn't hit him hard he'd have got the first down.

I mean if you look at it closely, it was Allen who initiated the contact to Jones' head. Allen had declared a runner. If the runner had been Gore would it have been called. Or worse penalizing Gore for lower his head.

I have no F*cking idea how this game is to be called. Extraordinarily hard game to call these days for the refs. I'm not angry at them, but angry at the rules that make every play suspect.

 

[captain insano]

That was so hard to watch. You have to wait 5 minutes after a play to react because of all the flags and reviews. And then a commercial break to get the decision on a review. It's brutal.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Brady had 2.5 receivers to throw to today ... with a fierce pass rush.
He had less than 3 seconds to throw ... most times it was less than 2 seconds with no legit TE.
Meyers is pretty well useless ... the right move was to keep AB here.

 

[Double TE]

Clearly watched a different game. I saw TEs blocking effectively in the run game but the Buffalo D still making plays. I saw receivers getting separation, but then dropping balls. Calling White and Michel "OK" is just laughable..

I meant in terms of generating big plays. They aren’t Barley and CMC. You obviously did see a different game. Open your eyes.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

Give credit where is credit is due. Bills played one of the best defensive games in a long time against us although we did help them at times. Idk I'll definitely look when I watch but it seemed like we tried doing a bit too much instead of sticking to what worked. As simple as that may sound some calls killed drives or just weren't working today.

Again I'll have to look when I rewatch. Running game wasnt bad. We had some success but it seemed when tried to run outside/OZ either they were too quick/ready or we weren't there. Sony did have a few nice runs, one towards the end there that might have been oz but again have to watch it again.


Both defenses were unbelievable! You don't see that nowadays.

Looked like Buffalo played some C3 w outside leverage. Pattern matching at times on different downs but its hard to tell from TV. They were absolutely told to get everything inside & just fire toward the ball. Their guys were trusting their instincts & not worrying abt help or we.
LBs were just flying around & hitting gaps before we had a chance. Again it seemed MM & TE were just on point flying to those gaps.

Can't wait to see thie from A22. You don't often see this from TWO defenses in today's game. Idk I thought both played fantastic.

 

[Mustangs84]

Newhouse is a terribly run blocker and the lack of anything resembling a tight end is killing our run game,

Hopefully Watson has something left in the tank, he has to be better than what they’re throwing out there right now.

 

[DaBruinz]

Gilmore is the league MVP through 4 weeks. Won't get a sniff at the award, but it's him.

Collins is the Defensive MVP at this point. Gilmore is an All-Pro.

 

[Deus Irae]

I think we can all clearly see what was missing out there today. I mean, he would have had 3 TD's at least.

The Patriots were playing with 2 injured WRs (Edelman, Gordon) and another WR (Meyers) who has no business being in the team's top 4. There's little doubt that having "he" would have dramatically impacted that Patriots offensive game, for the better. But that stll doesn't excuse the level of offensive suck we saw out there.

 

[catent]

I think the penalty on Jones was the right call given the ****ification rules that are now running the NFL. I don't know what you can do if you are a 180lb DB trying to keep a 240lb QB from falling forward for a first down. Maybe you call it dumb if he had 5 yds to get the first down, but in this case if he hadn't hit him hard he'd have got the first down.

I mean if you look at it closely, it was Allen who initiated the contact to Jones' head. Allen had declared a runner. If the runner had been Gore would it have been called. Or worse penalizing Gore for lower his head.

I have no F*cking idea how this game is to be called. Extraordinarily hard game to call these days for the refs. I'm not angry at them, but angry at the rules that make every play suspect.

It was the wrong call per the rules because Allen was not a defenseless player.

But I think it’s unfortunate to call rules in the interest of safety (which are desperately needed IMO) “****ification” of the game.

 

[SBLIII]

Brady had 2.5 receivers to throw to today ... with a fierce pass rush.
He had less than 3 seconds to throw ... most times it was less than 2 seconds with no legit TE.
Meyers is pretty well useless ... the right move was to keep AB here.

Meyers is a practice squad talent.

 

[stcjones]

won't be playing crap offenses forever..this offense needs to play much better

If Jills had a really good QB today....very good chance we lose....but....our defense was kick ass today...

 

[reflexblue]

Fouts being pretty deliberate with his Patriots hate. Every call should have gone against us according to him.

That ref could have was a throw back to the replacements from a few years ago. Hope we don't get him again, not because i thought he was trying to help the bills, because the calls were inconsitant.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

The offense will get fixed. Watson is now back, need to sure up the o-line.

The defense is phenomenal.

At the end of the day, the Pats are 4-0, 3-0 in the division with two road wins.

 

[patfanken]

BTW- did any Billdoes make an appearance today???????