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

[TomPatriot]

Don't want to be that guy, but this is on the officials. Plain and simple. Hard to get stops on defense when all of your stops get deleted. Gross stuff.

Bills outplayed the Pats in the second half, in part because the Pats went conservative on both sides of the ball. It felt like they never adjusted in the second half. Its a 60 minute game and it’s like we weren’t quite there.

What exactly does Buffalo do at halftime to play so much better in the second half in many of their games? Is Joe Brady so great? Are they just physically better? It’s all a little sus.

Allen > Drake right now. That’s gonna change.

The officiating was as bad as I’ve seen in a Pats game in a long time. Still. . .

Ah, 10 in a row. Still a fantastic achievement. Now let’s regroup and beat the Ravens.

 

[varjao]

Did Spillane play?

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

I disagree, comes with the territory playing that team.

Ok. I care if you disagree. LOL

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Looks serious.

WFRGAS about that ***got in the Patriots post game thread?
Idgas if his leg fell off.

 

[festy1986]

I disagree, comes with the territory playing that team.

You can't ignore the fact that the Patriots had 3 straight stops on 3 possessions in a row that ended with penalties that put 21 points on the board for the bills.

All the while not receiving that same treatment on their possessions.

Diggs was ****ing tackled on that 4th down clear as day. Just outright removed from mayes options.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Provided we don't gag away the Division the 2 seed is setting up alright.

Looks like we'd get AFC South runner up or Chargers in Wildcard followed by the AFC South winner in the Divisional.

Buffalo/Baltimore would most likely end up in Denver.

 

[stelfans]

Don't want to be that guy, but this is on the officials. Plain and simple. Hard to get stops on defense when all of your stops get deleted. Gross stuff.

The league wanted this to go to the wire and did it.
And the end of the day, the pats were caught on the wrong side of that because the defense just got gassed. Barmore could barely move.
But it was a good learning experience.

 

[Real fan 02]

Our defense was really bad today. The offense was a let down in the second half but giving up 5 TDs in a row. Gotta be kidding.

If that’s what they are we aren’t going far in the playoffs.

Got two words for you... JOSH ALLEN...

 

[NFL Mystique]

Disappointed in Diggs and Henry Today.

Patriots need an upgrade at TE and get #1 WR.

 

[Malua]

KC lost, out of play off, Kelce probably done playing, Ried coaching and Mahomes potentially out for year

 

[turkeyneck]

Chiefs lose.

They're out

Thought for sure the ref's were going to give them a bunch of sympathy flag, but nope. KC must have really burned some bridges at NYJFL HQ.

 

[upstater1]

Maye had time to throw on a lot of dropbacks but couldn't decipher the Bills zone.

Meanwhile Allen finds wide open guys down the middle against our zone.

The one thing I saw on the replays is everyone was deep. There was no one in the middle of the field for a 10 yarder. The Bills dropped people way back and we didn't hit them with 8-10 yarders.

 

[sambam94]

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

Henry dropped a key pass, how is that on Maye? Did you watch the replays? No on was open most of the game..maybe Maye should have ran more is the only criticism

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Special teams low key killer today. But defense was the worst. Offense was solid…for a half. Maye is on a Milk carton from the second half

 

[TommyD4207]

You can't ignore the fact that the Patriots had 3 straight stops on 3 possessions in a row that ended with penalties that put 21 points on the board for the bills.

All the while not receiving that same treatment on their possessions.

Diggs was ****ing tackled on that 4th down clear as day. Just outright removed from mayes options.

Sure, but again, comes with the territory.
It's just like the NBA these days. Have to earn those calls.

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

All we had to do was not have a complete meltdown on both sides of the ball and we win the game after the first half... Couldn't do it. Such a shame to lose this one. Maye had the perfect chance at a game winning drive and didn't do literally anything with it. All good though. Hopefully we at least learn from it in some big way.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Diggs showed when he was targeted, no complaints from me about him.

He was rarely open

 

[Shed83]

If that was a playoff game I’d probably be needing to buy a new tv!

Horrible horrible choke job but in the grand scheme of things it’s a division game where we still control our destiny. Bury the game ball move on and see if you can win out. We’re miles ahead of where we thought we’d be at this stage!

 

[MrBigglesWorth]

Frustrating loss in a game that obviously should have had a different outcome. Outscored 28-7 in the second half...just brutal.

We're on to Baltimore next Sunday night on SNF. Discuss.

2nd half scoring is definitely lower than first in most of our games

 

[TommyD4207]

Special teams low key killer today. But defense was the worst. Offense was solid…for a half. Maye is on a Milk carton from the second half

Oh no, I completely disagree - they were a high-key killer. Buffalo scored 3 TDs on drives starting on the Patriots side of the field. Unacceptable.