Week 16: On to Buffalo

[FCB02062]

can't wait to see the tv ratings for this one

 

[Triumph]

Sounds like you're looking forward to the game.

 

[denverpatsfan]

It's gonna be brutal. 3 hours of media felating Allen, The Bills and their fans. Even Denver is celebrating Buffalo. Sports outlets are calling on the Broncos to follow the Bills path to success. I don't think Joe Montana's Niners were this feted. It's like nothing I've ever witnessed. Juvenile behavior would get you thrown into the jail at Veterans Stadium back when I lived in Philly. Now these kids in Buffalo get national media exposure.

I will be praying and hoping for a Patriots upset. Not for us fans but for the children. This madness MUST end!

 

[captain stone]

Waiting for the PTS thread to emerge so I can post my Billdos-31 Patsies-0 prediction...

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

The 11-3 Bills are listed as a 7-point road favorite against the 6-8 Patriots. I'm guessing that has not happened since the **** MacPherson era.

New England holds an all-time record of 75-44-1 against Buffalo, plus 1-0 in the postseason. The 75 wins is the most by the Pats against any team in their franchise history.

The most lopsided game in the Pats favor occurred in 2007 when Randy Moss caught four TD passes en route to a 56-10 victory at the Ralph. It is one of three games the Patriots put a 50-burger on Buffalo (52-28 in 2012, 52-21 in 1961).

Buffalo's largest margin of victory came in a 1970 game at Harvard Stadium, 45-10. The Clive Rush Patriots did not score a TD until the 4th quarter when an over the hill Jim Nance scored on a 19 yard run. Fittingly, the Bills scored a TD on the ensuing kickoff return. Joe Kapp was his typical self, going 7-18 for 75 yards, two interceptions and a pick-six.

The Bills have held the Pats to under seven points four times in their 121 meetings, all shutouts; the most recent was the 16-0 Jacoby Brissett game in week 4 of 2016. There was also the infamous They Hate Their Coach 31-0 season opener in 2003, and an early 1960 season 13-0 game. In between was a near upset when the 1-9 Rod Rust Patriots played the 9-1 Marv Levy Bills, who were favored by 15. Marc Wilson (21-33, 234 yards) outplayed Jim Kelly (5-15, 79 yards), but also threw two picks. The game was 7-0 in the fourth quarter, but the Bills stopped Marvin Allen on a 4th down rushing attempt. In their next to last drive of the game the Patriots drove from their own 14 to the Buffalo 38, but Wilson was picked off an a deep pass intended for Irving Fryar. On the next play Thurman Thomas ran for an 80-yard TD to make it a two-score lead with less than two minutes to play to seal the outcome.

Conversely the Patriots have held Buffalo to less than seven points 16 times in their history, including four shutouts, the most well known being the 2003 31-0 bookend to the Tom Jackson game. The other shutouts were all at Buffalo: a 31-0 upset in 1983 when Steve Grogan threw two TDs to Derrick Ramsey and Roland James picked off Joe Ferguson three times; 23-0 in 1967 when the Pats defense forced six turnovers; and 13-0 in the final game of 2008 when Matt Cassel threw just eight passes due to winds so strong the goal post had to be re-centered three times.

BATTERED BILLS HAVE WORST TO COME

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Offense Is Off, But Bills Win, 14-0 (Published 1990)

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Great recap. Appreciated.
"Joe Kapp was his typical self, going 7-18 for 75 yards, two interceptions and a pick-six." Newbie fans should note that Cam is better than this over-hyped utter disaster of a QB. His passes literally tumbled, confounding MIT aeronautics engineers' analysis.
"There was also the infamous They Hate Their Coach 31-0 season opener in 2003,...Patriots have held Buffalo to less than seven points 16 times in their history, including four shutouts, the most well known being the 2003 31-0 bookend to the Tom Jackson game"
Both games were 31-0 blowouts. Opener, Brady threw a Pick 6, one of 4 interceptions he threw. It was the Lawyer Milloy, Drew Bledsoe revenge rout of the Pats. The season bookend game ended 31-0 Pats win with a Larry Izzo pick in the EZ. Pats went on to beat the Panthers in the SB.

 

[TomPatriot]

I think I have Alzheimer's.
I can't remember what a Pats TD looks like

Is it like this?

 

[TomPatriot]

I know I'm probably in the minority but I want us to beat the Bills and knock them out of the 2nd playoff seed. To me, does it really matter if we get the 15th pick in the draft or the 18th pick, probably not but beating the Bills will be nice!!!

I‘m not sure I care that much - something I don’t think I’ve said about a Pats game since . . . . forever. I‘m more interested in getting a better read on who deserves to stay and who goes.

 

[TomPatriot]

Joe Kapp. I need a drink.

 

[Calhoun44]

Ever since I found out that Santa Claus wasnt real, Ive leaned towards living in reality.

Damn, couldn't you have waited until after Christmas before spilling the beans about Santa and ruining my Christmas. 2020 strikes again.

 

[captain stone]

Looks highly unlikely now that Edelman plays Monday night...Same for Carl I have a boo-boo on my noggin Davis...No wonder that stiff hasn't done jack shyte in the league in his entire feckin lazy-ass career...

 

[Uptown]

 

[Calhoun44]

Home after 3 straight road games. I am expecting a better effort from this team. A win is possible, not expected, but the effort should be there. Go Pats, be the spoiler for the Bills seeding.

 

[jmt57]

Globe editor with a click-bait headline: "The Bills have earned this moment, and they should pummel the Patriots Monday night"

(Also note the lack of truth in the sub-headline below, as well as in the column; the billboard was paid for by Fox Sports, not Bills fans).

What a strange situation the Patriots are in as they face the possibility of being swept by the Bills

Welcome to Season 9, Episode 15 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious-yet-lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup. No other AFC East team got walloped with the butt-end of […]

www.boston.com

And Chad Finn can't help himself by showing his true feelings about Belichick:

There’s no reason whatsoever for the petulance he demonstrated on multiple occasions​

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[farn]

I know I'm probably in the minority but I want us to beat the Bills and knock them out of the 2nd playoff seed. To me, does it really matter if we get the 15th pick in the draft or the 18th pick, probably not but beating the Bills will be nice!!!

Wins ! Want wins.

100% - rather win and get 18th than lose and get 14.

 

[FCB02062]

people that want to "hurt" Buffalo's seeding are not seeing the big picture. do you want KC winning another super bowl and Mahomes repeating? do you want the "KC will surpass NE" stuff if KC wins from February through September? It's crystal clear that buffalo has the best chance at beating KC. Pats fans should not be rooting against Buffalo unless they want KC in the SB. We should want Buffalo to have the easiest path to the AFC title game.

 

[captain stone]

Globe editor with a click-bait headline: "The Bills have earned this moment, and they should pummel the Patriots Monday night"

(Also note the lack of truth in the sub-headline below, as well as in the column; the billboard was paid for by Fox Sports, not Bills fans).

What a strange situation the Patriots are in as they face the possibility of being swept by the Bills

Welcome to Season 9, Episode 15 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious-yet-lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup. No other AFC East team got walloped with the butt-end of […]

www.boston.com

And Chad Finn can't help himself by showing his true feelings about Belichick:

There’s no reason whatsoever for the petulance he demonstrated on multiple occasions​

A pox on all their houses.

 

[denverpatsfan]

people that want to "hurt" Buffalo's seeding are not seeing the big picture. do you want KC winning another super bowl and Mahomes repeating? do you want the "KC will surpass NE" stuff if KC wins from February through September? It's crystal clear that buffalo has the best chance at beating KC. Pats fans should not be rooting against Buffalo unless they want KC in the SB. We should want Buffalo to have the easiest path to the AFC title game.

Not sure it will matter one bit. KC has the bye AND actually has fans. So big uphill climb for any team to upset them this season.
Are you thinking Bills Titans in some order could present the toughest path?

 

[TheRainMaker]

people that want to "hurt" Buffalo's seeding are not seeing the big picture. do you want KC winning another super bowl and Mahomes repeating? do you want the "KC will surpass NE" stuff if KC wins from February through September? It's crystal clear that buffalo has the best chance at beating KC. Pats fans should not be rooting against Buffalo unless they want KC in the SB. We should want Buffalo to have the easiest path to the AFC title game.

I fear KC has a real shot of 3 peating.

 

[farn]

people that want to "hurt" Buffalo's seeding are not seeing the big picture. do you want KC winning another super bowl and Mahomes repeating? do you want the "KC will surpass NE" stuff if KC wins from February through September? It's crystal clear that buffalo has the best chance at beating KC. Pats fans should not be rooting against Buffalo unless they want KC in the SB. We should want Buffalo to have the easiest path to the AFC title game.

Some of us are fans of NE, and not fans of « wanting the opposition to fail »... Whether KC wins again or not doesn’t diminish two decades of NE excellence.

(Having said that : wanting to see Baltimore and Indy burn is fine.)