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

[PatsFanSince74]

If you need to sit, go right ahead. We're all happy to pile on.

I don't have a problem with it...they need to take out their frustration somewhere...Drake Maye with the ball in his hands, four points down, a chance to pull off a game-winning drive, two minutes on the clock and timeouts in his pocket...a "Brady moment."

 

[Ring 6]

2nd half scoring offense has been bad for a while and it was going to catch up with us against a good team which it did. Our run D is also pretty rough at the mo. I never thought we were quite at the level our record suggests and injuries are exposing that. I'm still happy, we are getting the most out of what we have but we need to add more talent to make the next step.

I'm going to get killed for this but as the refs made a lot of calls that are being questioned but I think Jones was PI even though he ended up with the ball i don't think he played the ball and was impeding their WR, the hold on Davis is light but it is a hold

Now look at our last play on offense and tell me how they could not call holds on both Hollins and Diggs defenders if a shirt tug means “but it is a hold”. They were mauled.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Why are people assuming we lose to Baltimore? They don’t seem that good

 

[KCSVEN]

Why are people assuming we lose to Baltimore? They don’t seem that good

Yeah, maybe because Baltimore is favored? And it’s on the road?
I agree with you I don’t think the Ravens are very good and unlike the Bills game I’m not really afraid of anything the Ravens are doing these days.
Lamar Jackson is not 100% so not like facing Josh Allen
I expect a big bounce back game and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Patriots dominate this game

 

[BobDigital]

Good stuff Bob. Hit on everything perfectly. Adding that the team is the best road team all season I don't think they lost on the road this season...

No team in the league can say that. The first round bye sure you always want that.. however I for some odd reason enjoy watching this team play on the road more than I do at home.. weird..

Maybe it's the stank of 4-13 but I just haven't felt Gillette is the " home field advantage " like it once was... JMO

So as a fan I embrace them having to go on the road should they need to..

What i think is going to happen:

We win the division and host a home playoff game. We draw the 7 seed.. Texans..

We beat them and get the bills in a rematch this time we have Williams back and Spillane...

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Texans Bills and Denver be the toughest possible road. So i hope they don't have to go through that. Much rather Steelers, Jags, LAC (not in that order of course).

 

[Real fan 02]

Texans Bills and Denver be the toughest possible road. So i hope they don't have to go through that. Much rather Steelers, Jags, LAC (not in that order of course).

Agreed.. however unless a major 2021 esque collapse.. they likely will be stuck at the #2 seed.. currently that draws Houston.. Houston defense is a problem.. thier offense no so much.. Denver same deal thier defense.. but I'd rather the path of least resistance too

 

[PatsFan2]

Agreed.. however unless a major 2021 esque collapse.. they likely will be stuck at the #2 seed.. currently that draws Houston.. Houston defense is a problem.. thier offense no so much.. Denver same deal thier defense.. but I'd rather the path of least resistance too

Houston is keeping the heat on the Jags: that Division is going down to the wire. Has Trevor Lawrence finally figured things out?? I don't know I would rather face the Jags than Houston early on.

 

[Real fan 02]

Houston is keeping the heat on the Jags that Division is going down to the wire. Has Trevor Lawrence finally figured things out?? I don't know I would rather face the Jags than Houston early on.

Agreed.. if Houston overtakes the division then they flip flop seeding.. we likely end up #2.. ans we draw the #7 seed.. Hopefully JAGs. But... if we have to face Houston.. I felt better about facing Houston offense then having to defend Josh Allen...

 

[PatsFan2]

Now look at our last play on offense and tell me how they could not call holds on both Hollins and Diggs defenders if a shirt tug means “but it is a hold”. They were mauled.

A.J. If our WR's weren't so invisible I think we get those calls. Maye had what 155yds total: take away that Kayson Boutte catch that should have been an Incompletion: Maye would have what?? 125yds total *so unlike him*. Also almost nothing from TE's H Henry and bagel Austin Hooper our pass catchers were horrific. We need a Big Boundary WR and a Good Young TE in 2026.

 

[GreenCow]

No offense man but you literally disappeared from the board the day before NE beat Buffalo the first time, and didn’t show up again until after Buffalo beat NE over 2 months later? No posts between 10/05 and 12/15. That’s some weak stuff.

Just busy

 

[Diffs4]

Holy overreaction Batman. No one should be happy with the result but some of the conclusions here have gone off the deep end. Man, there are 17 games and not everything is going to go well in every game. This game sucked in the second half, no question there. The special teams let them down bigtime and the defense was gassed because the offense could not stay on the field in the second half. Even the TD was a one play drive. Plus sorry, the officials were terrible yesterday. I mean it almost looks like the NFL has said, OK the Chiefs are out, the Bills will get all the calls. I mean, not one, not two, but three DPI's or holdings that were on third down and would have ended drives or resulted in a field goal instead of a TD. The Davis one was a joke, it had no impact on the play and was a terrible call. The one on Woodson, who knows, they never showed it. Will have to check out the All 22 to see if that call was BS. But if no replay shown, I am always suspect of the call. And the Jones one, hey, this could go either way, what a shock that it went the Bills way. But what is BS, and done to keep the penalties from looking even more lopsided than they were, is to call that a catch. BS it was an interception, it was not a catch, which was overturned by the DPI call. So add one more penalty and 38 more yards to the penalty stats. They look bad now, they would look awful if that was accounted for properly. And not one holding penalty called on the Bills when they were mugging guys all day. Oh, there was one when the guy was tackled they had to call. Vrabel is right, this team leads the league in holding calls and gets one all day.

Anyhow, this team is way ahead of schedule. Allen is a beast, no question there, and the conditions were ripe for Buffalo yesterday. With no Williams and no Spillane going against the best run team in football, they got worn down in the second half. The offense could not get in a rhythm in the second half, and the Bills got quite handsy with our receivers and did not get one penalty all day. Sorry, I am not one of those guys that complain about the officials constantly but Sunday was egregious. I know, don't blame the officials, only losers do that, it had no impact on the game, whatever, I will disagree. That is often the case, but not Sunday.

 

[Ring 6]

A.J. If our WR's weren't so invisible I think we get those calls. Maye had what 155yds total: take away that Kayson Boutte catch that should have been an Incompletion: Maye would have what?? 125yds total *so unlike him*. Also almost nothing from TE's H Henry and bagel Austin Hooper our pass catchers were horrific. We need a Big Boundary WR and a Good Young TE in 2026.

What does that mean? The holding on Hollins was very visible. Wide out in the open.
Diggs was right in the middle of the field.

We ran for 250. Maye was 8/9 in the first half. If you want to judge a unit by 14 drop backs while abandoning the run, getting sacked on 3 of them, a dropped first down, a drive killed by a penalty go ahead, but what does that have to do with a defense raping our receivers and not getting called?

Boutte was a catch, Buffalo would have challenged if not. The ball can move, he never lost control. The idiot announced saying “looks like the right hand came off the ball” is meaningless you obvisously can control the ball with 1 hand.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

2nd half scoring offense has been bad for a while and it was going to catch up with us against a good team which it did. Our run D is also pretty rough at the mo. I never thought we were quite at the level our record suggests and injuries are exposing that. I'm still happy, we are getting the most out of what we have but we need to add more talent to make the next step.

I'm going to get killed for this but as the refs made a lot of calls that are being questioned but I think Jones was PI even though he ended up with the ball i don't think he played the ball and was impeding their WR, the hold on Davis is light but it is a hold

Yes 2nd half offense has been a problem. Even despite Maye, this offense is still limited by his weapons.

I think McDaniels is really good at game planning and coming up with a good plan to attack teams in the 1st half. That’s why they have been so good in the 1st half. But when teams make adjustments at halftime and the offense has to play « conventional » offense it is becoming more complicated to scheme guys open.

 

[PatsFan2]

What does that mean? The holding on Hollins was very visible. Wide out in the open.
Diggs was right in the middle of the field.

We ran for 250. Maye was 8/9 in the first half. If you want to judge a unit by 14 drop backs while abandoning the run, getting sacked on 3 of them, a dropped first down, a drive killed by a penalty go ahead, but what does that have to do with a defense raping our receivers and not getting called?

Boutte was a catch, Buffalo would have challenged if not. The ball can move, he never lost control. The idiot announced saying “looks like the right hand came off the ball” is meaningless you obviously can control the ball with 1 hand.

Well I'm sure Vrabel will show that tape to the head of Officials. I'm over the loss we're on to Baltimore.

 

[Ring 6]

Agreed.. if Houston overtakes the division then they flip flop seeding.. we likely end up #2.. ans we draw the #7 seed.. Hopefully JAGs. But... if we have to face Houston.. I felt better about facing Houston offense then having to defend Josh Allen...

Way to early protection if we are 2 seed
Round 1
We play LA
JAX vs Houston
Pitt vs Buffalo

Jax and buff win its Buff at Denver
Jax at NE

We can get Buffalo at our house for the AFCGG.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Way to early protection if we are 2 seed
Round 1
We play LA
JAX vs Houston
Pitt vs Buffalo

Jax and buff win its Buff at Denver
Jax at NE

We can get Buffalo at our house for the AFCGG.

I don’t care how good Denver’s D is, a Bo Nix lead time is not beating Josh Allen in the playoffs.

 

[PatsFan2]

I don’t care how good Denver’s D is, a Bo Nix lead time is not beating Josh Allen in the playoffs.

Bo Nix have turned into a good Game manager he's not losing the game for his Team. He's making some good throws too.

 

[PatsFan2]

I don’t care how good Denver’s D is, a Bo Nix lead time is not beating Josh Allen in the playoffs.

Denver's Defense is very close to Houston's...Defense wins you know.

 

[condon84]

Now look at our last play on offense and tell me how they could not call holds on both Hollins and Diggs defenders if a shirt tug means “but it is a hold”. They were mauled.

The hold on Davis was a correct call and they missed a bunch of calls on that last play.

 

[obgod3]

Why are people assuming we lose to Baltimore? They don’t seem that good

For me my biggest worry is Henry, not sure our guys can stop him, and then Lamar running outside since our guys cant seem to contain a QB.