PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots Fall 35-31 to the Bills

[NFL Mystique]

They really missed Milton Williams today. And the refs truly sucked - every ticky-tack big call went against the Pats.

Terrible.

When is he supposed to return?

 

[sambam94]

One of the most brutal beatdowns I've seen in recent memory. The final score is a lie. It was not close to an even match.

what? Pats dominated 1st half, Bills the 2nd...

 

[TommyD4207]

Good news is that Henderson has officially arrived.

The bad news is that our defense looked like a punching bag against the Bills offense in the second half.

We badly need to add a real pass rusher. Can't give Josh Allen all day to throw like that.

Despite everything we had our chances but just could not get the job done with 2 minutes to go and the ball in our hands.

Our second half offense was nearly as miserable as our defense save the one homerun TD play by Henderson.

Too many 3 and outs and an INT that did not help matters.

Front 7 minus Williams has been a weak point all season - finally bit us.
Short fields due to terrible kick coverage, bad coaching job not just sending kicks to the endzone.

They had shots on offense in the 2nd half and came up small. That's the story of the shootout. Just not ready yet.

 

[alvinnf]

This game was lost by the kickoff coverage team.

 

[sambam94]

They need to figure out how to unleash Maye and let him make mistakes. All the runs I knew it was going to bite them. Never got him in a rhythm.

Defense, not even know what to say there. 5 straight TDs.

well, I'll take the 2 Henderson long TD's...didn't like those runs?

 

[ViperGTS]

Maye has a long, long ways to go. Zero passing TDs in 2 games against Buffalo. The offense goes in the toilet in the second half of game. Makes you wonder what lack of adjustments are there. Hendersons runs are all on him making guys miss. That has nothing to do with McD or Maye really. So I put ALL of this on Maye. He wasn't good in this game, far from it and needed to be to overcome the officiating. He needed to be the MVP.

I guess we see if he isn't at an MVP level, they have zero chance to win against a top level team. They literally broke a good record from the Pats with their putrid display today.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I could see this team losing to Balt AND Miami .

 

[upstater1]

Ive been saying for awhile and I this on the pre-game thread. Our D and the coaching is a potential weakness. We don't have a DC with experience, and it's a problem. That long ball that Marcus intercepted (but got a PI on) should have had a safety over the top.

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Mahomes hurt.

Left knee

Who fkn cares about that ***got?

 

[festy1986]

When is he supposed to return?

That **** ain't gonna change Maye throwing 20 yards down the field to nobody on third down with game on the line.

Take off and ****ing run.

Except he's got these demons in his ear telling him not to run because Vrabel don't want him doing that.

 

[sambam94]

They would have had a chance most likely if they didn't give up 6 freaken yards on 1st down when the whole stadium knew it was a run

 

[NFL Mystique]

Yeah but hard to win 3 straight if the agenda is to make sure Ratbirds are competitive, so Lamar can get views in postseason.
Next week could look a real lot like this week.

I think it's fair to say the defense is not good enough. This was coming but they were playing scrub QB's.

They need to let Maye loose. He seems to be on a leash. Let him air it out. If he makes mistakes....so be it.

 

[Snooky97]

That second half performance was horrible. Defence especially in the redzone was non-existent. That was a really bad performance. Special teams were poor.

 

[TommyD4207]

That **** ain't gonna change Maye throwing 20 yards down the field to nobody on third down with game on the line.

Take off and ****ing run.

Except he's got these demons in his ear telling him not to run because Vrabel don't want him doing that.

Could have done without the Hunter Henry drop too.

 

[VrabelJr]

This game was lost by the kickoff coverage team.

Underrated but important point.

 

[PatsfanTN]

Meh, good experience for the team. Need some players back, Milton Williams sorely missed and so is Campbell. Was disappointed on ST coverage, that needs to improve.

We will be better for it and ready for playoffs.

 

[NFL Mystique]

That **** ain't gonna change Maye throwing 20 yards down the field to nobody on third down with game on the line.

Take off and ****ing run.

Except he's got these demons in his ear telling him not to run because Vrabel don't want him doing that.

Yeah he should have ran more today.

 

[festy1986]

Could have done without the Hunter Henry drop too.

Plenty of blame to go around but maye choked with the game on the line.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

An entire team meltdown.

It’s started with Vrabel deciding to kick it coming out of the half while it was obvious we couldn’t cover.

Maye played small in the 2nd half. He played like a scared puppy. His MVP bid ended tonight. 7 points on a fluky run isn’t enough. It’s not the 1st time this year the offense disappears in the 2nd half. Everyone was quick to put it on we are up big while multiple game got close in the 2nd half and the D had to bail the O out.

The entire D was atrocious the 2nd half. I thought Gonzo was bad. He was trailing often. I start to get wary paying him 30M dollars.

 

[upstater1]

I can't understand how the refs throw a flag on Woodson that was a phantom call, kept one of the Bills' drives moving, and yet there were so many clear holds against the Bills, and never a call. It is incredibly inconsistent.

Not only, but on the bills short throws, their linemen are blocking 7 or 8 yards downfield.