MNF pregame thread: Pats @ Buffalo

[ashley]

Good morning everyone, getting you ready for Wednesday:

 

[venecol]

 

[mikey m]

Just hoping to see no covid cases today

 

[sb1]

I love this guy's twitter account So salty about the Pats. To be fair I'm sure we'd have one just like it here if the Bills and Pats were switched







https://twitter.com/salmaiorana/status/1465051670300221443?s=20

 

[Sicilian]

I love this guy's twitter account So salty about the Pats. To be fair I'm sure we'd have one just like it here if the Bills and Pats were switched







https://twitter.com/salmaiorana/status/1465051670300221443?s=20

When you don't know how a machine works, it always looks like magic.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

Because I'm a huge nerd who doesn't have a day job...

OFFENSE
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Passing
BUF 281.7/gm | 7.4 per att
NE 257/gm | 7.9 per att

TD:INT
BUF 25:11 (2.27:1)
NE 18:8 (2.25:1)

Sacks Given Up
BUF 17/118 Yd
NE 24/204 Yd

Rushing (Just FYI this includes Allen's rushes)
BUF 118.3/gm | 4.6 ypc
NE 115.3/gm | 4.1 ypc

Rushing TD
BUF 12
NE 14

Rush 1st%
BUF 27.7
NE 26.3

Rush FUM
BUF 7
NE 3

DEFENSE
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Passing
BUF 178.6 | 5.7 ypa
NE 200.9 | 6.5 ypa

TD:INT opposing QBs
BUF 8:16 (0.5:1)
NE 14:19 (0.7:1)

Opp QB Rate
BUF 62.8
NE 70.6

Sacks
BUF 21
NE 30

Rushing
BUF 96.6/gm | 3.9 YPC
NE 115.75/gm | 4.5 YPC

Rushing TD Allowed
BUF 11
NE 6

Fumbles forced
BUF 3
NE 5

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SPECIAL TEAMS
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FG%
BUF 87%
NE 91.2%

XP%
BUF 100
NE 87.9

Kickoffs

Avg Return Against
BUF 20
NE 21.5

Avg Return For
BUF 23.4
NE 23.9

Punting
Net Avg
BUF 38
NE 41

Punts Inside 20
BUF 9
NE 19

Avg Punt Ret For
NE 12.3
BUF 9

Buffalo is a little better than I thought. Interesting!

 

[denverpatsfan]

It still amazes me. All those wins in the 90s. All those Super Bowls. All those Pro Bowls full of Bills players. Cheap tickets available in old Foxboro Stadium. 10 to 15k fans used to come down. And they are so angry about the Pats? They had years and years and years of dominance. Why not let another team enjoy their brief time at the top?

 

[WaterfallJumper]

I live in Bills country after growing up outside of Boston. The hate is strong, but delicious. Articles like this just show how far gone they are. Let's hope for another two decades of domination.

Erik Brady: 'Hate' is such a strong word. But when it comes to the New England Patriots, it fits

The Patriots are like the movie monster that keeps coming back to life in all the sequels.

buffalonews.com

 

[sb1]

I remember when Brady said this LOL

Tom Brady: Buffalo's hotels 'not the nicest places in the world'

News Senior Sports Columnist Jerry Sullivan called from the road this morning to relay this nugget from the Patriots’ morning news conference in Indianapolis: It seems that quarterback Tom Brady

buffalonews.com

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

It would be hilarious if the Bills lost to Belichick and then Brady in consecutive weeks. Too funny.

 

[reflexblue]

I

I live in Bills country after growing up outside of Boston. The hate is strong, but delicious. Articles like this just show how far gone they are. Let's hope for another two decades of domination.

Erik Brady: 'Hate' is such a strong word. But when it comes to the New England Patriots, it fits

The Patriots are like the movie monster that keeps coming back to life in all the sequels.

buffalonews.com

I never realized that the bills and they're fans hated the patriots right from the jump. I have never hated the bills, i automatically hated the jest. My hate for the jest was immediate as soon as i started following the pats in 1974.

 

[sb1]

I

I never realized that the bills and they're fans hated the patriots right from the jump. I have never hated the bills, i automatically hated the jest, my hate for the jest was immediate, as soon as i started following the pats in 1974.

I hated the Bills more in the 90's for obvious reasons. LOL

 

[reflexblue]

I hated the Bills more in the 90's for obvious reasons. LOL

You have a fondness for folding tables?

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

Buffalo is a little better than I thought. Interesting!

Yeah, I was unpleasantly surprised too. I'd heard their o-line was trash and they couldn't run. That's what I get for listening to the talking heads.

 

[ashley]

Updating some practice squad info:

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

I

I never realized that the bills and they're fans hated the patriots right from the jump. I have never hated the bills, i automatically hated the jest, my hate for the jest was immediate, as soon as i started following the pats in 1974.

My own personal heirarchy of franchise hatred, most to least:

Indianapolis - Deflategate liars, Manning rump swabs
NY Jets - Just a pathetic franchise, top to bottom
Buffalo - obnoxious little brother syndrome for 20 years running
Baltimore - so, so, SO full of themselves, worship a murderer, whiny coach
Miami - pathetic, but a thorn in our backside too often, especially down there in December, clinging to 1970s glory, Shula was a mouthy tool
Pittsburgh - see Baltimore, so, so, SO full of themselves, won titles this century only with unprecedented help by refs and when Brady's knee was blown out, yet still think it's the 70s.
Kansas City - Once a nothing burger, but the media Mahomes love fest and his obnoxious girlfriend have them rising
Raiders - also full of themselves for 1980s achievements and still irrationally salty about the Tuck Rule
NY Giants - dropping down the list, since 2014, 2016, 2018 have eased the pain
Green Bay - Just so sick of Aaron Rodgers
Denver - more of a problem than they should have been. over the years, Peyton added a stench
Cleveland- enough of the Baker commercials, for one totally average QB
Dallas - the most full of themselves, but less often an issue since their most recent titles were in the Jurassic era
everyone else

 

[jmg17]

The Pats need to make the Williams think RUN. Even if they don't produce much for 3 quarters. They need to be thinking run for the whole f'in game.

 

[ashley]

Jamie is back:

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Both BUF games will be a challenge but missing White is huge.

Sweet feet?