PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots Beat Bills 23-20

[Hammer of Thor]

He’s been an upgrade over Godchaux, and I was a Godchaux defender for the most part other than the much too large salary. Tonga is only making $2m which may be extreme in the other direction.

 

[sb1]

Pats really aren't that far from being .500 or better vs Buffalo in the regular season since Brady left. Cam Newton also literally fumbled away one game. The only real stinkers were #2, #4, and #5

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Just had to look it up, The last punt by barringer went for 73 yards after a brutal 3 and out. Huge swing at that juncture

 

[brdmaverick]

It's been awhile since we've had a "FEEL GOOD WIN" as good as this one.

Did the Bills have some self-inflicted wounds....for sure, but we capitalized and earned a gritty road victory over the last remaining undefeated team in the league.

Great STUFF!!!!

I honestly didn't know Stef Diggs still had it in him, but he came up huge.

And the evolution of Drake Maye....this was a character win.....he made some big plays down teh stretch.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Pats really aren't that far from being .500 or better vs Buffalo in the regular season since Brady left. Cam Newton also literally fumbled away one game. The only real stinkers were #2, #4, and #5

2020-2022 was a brutal stretch, only win was the wind game and the only loss that was really close was the one you mentioned. The other 4 they pretty much owned us. But the last 4 meetings since (not counting the joe milton game) have all been tight and we’ve split with them. For now their dominance over us is gone

 

[sb1]

2020-2022 was a brutal stretch, only win was the wind game and the only loss that was really close was the one you mentioned. But the last 4 meetings since (not counting the joe milton game) have all been tight and we’ve split with them. For now their dominance over us is gone

Even in Brady's prime they were kind of a pest to play. Hopefully that's what we are to them now.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

I am very happy! I thoroughly enjoyed the game last night.

It was far from perfect but it was good.

 

[brdmaverick]

Pats really aren't that far from being .500 or better vs Buffalo in the regular season since Brady left. Cam Newton also literally fumbled away one game. The only real stinkers were #2, #4, and #5

I like your positive spin, but we 1/5/25 was a glorified pre-season game. So if we exclude that going into last night we would have been 2-7 heading into the game. Now 3-7, great win!

 

[mgteich]

I'm glad that I don't understand what it means for a QB to be "in the grasp".

 

[Patsfan1645]

Just had to look it up, The last punt by barringer went for 73 yards after a brutal 3 and out. Huge swing at that juncture

Barringer has a leg. He just needs to stop that 1 out of 10 shanking. Also speaking of kicking I was very impressed after Borrgales kicked the go ahead field goal to drop that kickoff kick on the 1 yard line. Two great kicks back to back that were very much needed.

 

[Bill Lee]

While I understand its function, and have used it myself, I just wanna be forward and say: it is still annoying how this same theme makes it into every thread and invariably drags discourse in its direction because it becomes inflammatory or a petty argument (which seems to be the point of bringing it up at this point), which is always going to draw more posters to respond.

It's a dog whistle more than a genuine attempt at discussion.

The theme makes it into every thread IMO because, like it or not, Bill is a huge part of our football heritage, is still a big part of how we view football, and still shapes what the current product on the field looks like. Clearly Vrabel picked up a lot of what he does and what he likes from his time with Bill, our current executives are hugely influenced by their time with Bill, etc.

And as @Ian suggests, go ahead and hit that thread mute button on me and others if we annoy you. It's better than trying to brow-beat people into only talking about the things you want them to talk about the way you want them to talk about them. I use his blocking/ignoring/muting features all the time and my experience here is far better for it.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Barringer has a leg. He just needs to stop that 1 out of 10 shanking. Also speaking of kicking I was very impressed after Borrgales kicked the go ahead field goal to drop that kickoff kick on the 1 yard line. Two great kicks back to back that were very much needed.

There were plenty of these last night, but Borregales was definitely a huge development. Hopefully we have our kicker

 

[Real fan 02]

He didn't budge, it was a bad call.

You can go back to any game lowe played last season and find him doing the exact same thing.

 

[mgteich]

Just had to look it up, The last punt by barringer went for 73 yards after a brutal 3 and out. Huge swing at that juncture

I would have preferred 65 yards,

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

They had to stack the box to stop the run, and run blitz, and blitz to generate pressure. (That's another 'I told you so' from all last week.)

Bills defense sucks, and they got set up by a crafty, patient OC.

The bills were also gassed like hell. Conveniently the NFL took 3 TV timeouts when they were huffing and puffing. Two on defense and one on offense. Cook was sitting next to the fan looking like he just finished a marathon

 

[sb1]

The Refs and this “rigged” league UPDATED 12/7 end of Raiders game

You will not convince me otherwise after that joke last night. The network (thus the league) had its narrative ready and did everything they could to make the team that lost at home to Vegas and Pittsburgh relevant again. Robert Kraft was in attendance. Is that normal for him on road games? You w...

www.twobillsdrive.com

Oh dear. They're not taking it well lol

 

[PatsFan2]

There were plenty of these last night, but Borregales was definitely a huge development. Hopefully we have our kicker

He has a 53 and 52 yarders in his name already this young season: Andy B is alright in my book.

 

[Patsfan1645]

You can go back to any game lowe played last season and find him doing the exact same thing.

But yet the entire game the bills had a lineman false start on almost every play and was never called.

 

[mike_usagisan]

But yet the entire game the bills had a lineman false start on almost every play and was never called.

They were doing that Chiefs thing of starting a half second early every time.

 

[VJCPatriot]

He’s been an upgrade over Godchaux, and I was a Godchaux defender for the most part other than the much too large salary. Tonga is only making $2m which may be extreme in the other direction.

Godchaux moves like a slug compared to Tonga. I don't see his signing as defensible in the face of the evidence on what you could have on the DL instead.