Game Day Thread Official Post Game Thread- Bills beat the Pats

[Bill Lee]

Other than Harris the whole team just sucked,Mac had a good 4th quarter last week but other than that he's been terrible the last 2 games
The defense has been awful its probably best to not make the playoffs to get the higher draft pick,minor rebuild in the off season

Would be nice to see a game where we had Harris and Stephenson again.

Don't think JJ Taylor got mentioned all game.

The experience he’s gained this season and his showing he can play in the NFL should only help, so hopefully he’ll be able to put it all together.

Showing he can play is fine, but he's going to be against Allen twice a year. Either we have to build a D that can just take Allen out of the game, or we need Mac to develop to the point where he can play series after series at Allen's level.

 

[State]

Then why do they keep trying idiotic shootout formations. With Agholor out should have played a lot of Jonnu, Bourne, and Onwenu in big personnel. Not force it to NKeal Crappy 6 times today.

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Yeah, but he had that one reception for five yards.

I had to look up who this McKenzie guy was for Buffalo. They claimed the former fifth-rounder off the waivers from the Broncos in 2018.

Poor drafts in the past like the selections of N’Keal Harry and a game time inactive Joejuan Williams are holding the team back.

I focused on Harry in the second half. I know the dude is slow out of the gun. But he looked to be lackadaisical out there. He didn’t have his mouthpiece in the whole time. Like he is daring the Patriots to release him.

And McKenzie would have been even more wide open if the second-rounder Joeslow Williams was covering him.

Bill the GM had a tingle go up his leg and _traded up_ to draft Williams whom he elected not to play today. I don’t think he is injured or in quarantine.

 

[Since1960]

Well not even the Bruschi jersey could help this defense. Dropped interception - couldn’t stop the most important 3rd down and 10 of the season - and here we are hoping to beat the 2 Florida teams not named Buccaneers in order to get a Wild Card spot. Maybe we should have asked if we could have just forfeited our “Bye” week since we haven’t woken up from our “rest”.. Oh well - new “Pat Patriot” Christmas jersey will have to take us the rest of the way - we’re gonna have to do it “old school” to win this Championship!

 

[Dingleberry]

The refs were scandalously bad. And yet, I can't bring myself to blame them. The defense was worse. Remember when Adalius was a FA hit for a while in 2007? Would love for Judon to not go the Adalius route.

If you want to look on the bright side....this was supposed to be a rebuilding year with a rookie QB. Wild card team was really the best case scenario at the beginning of the season. Amazingly, the #1 seed and Division was a reality until it wasn't. This has been a giant leap forward this year.

The Bills are at their peak. And they are not a SB team. For two years, the division is theirs. Bravo. I do not see a team good enough to lose one SB much less four in a row.

 

[Sciz]

Did Bourne practice this week? He was non existent the first half

No, he didn’t clear protocol until yesterday.

 

[RobertWeathers]

It’s clear Mac and this offense is not built to win shootouts. Not right now.

No question

 

[Bill Lee]

Did Bourne practice this week? He was non existent the first half

Nope, he wasn't cleared to play till yesterday.

 

[ausbacker]

Whatever they paid Jonnu Smith is too damn much.

Biggest bust in BB's tenure.

 

[Ross12]

Biggest bust in BB's tenure.

It's only year 1 of the deal, I'd reserve judgment on that one. He'll be here at least a couple more seasons, we'll know by then.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Its been getting worse since godell became commish, i honestly believe that the front office in NY wants certain matchups, matchups that would bring in the most money for the owners. The pats have been winning for twenty years, the sporting public is sick of them. I can see NY trying to slant a game in the direction of one team or the other, like reffs in basketball. All the front office would have to do is tell a crew that to call a game tighter against one team or another

We definitely saw that in 2006. The league really wanted Manning to get to a Super Bowl. Down 21-6 in the 3rd facing a 3rd and 7ish, Manning gets bailed out on a made up face guarding call on a deep pass that gave them life. That call was the turning point as the Colts looked dead to rights.

 

[RobertWeathers]

That’s the spirit

No need to be miserable. There was enough of that last year.

I'm treating this year like 1994. Good progress towards ultimate goal but expectations must be tempered.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

The Pats were never really in this game. They did not force a single punt. The Bills executed the Eagles game plan against the bend don’t break, they just kept going for it in 4th down.

Mac has folded up the last two weeks, he isn5 scaring anyone. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Pats face loaded boxes from here on out.

Exactly what I thought it, Eagles super bowl, no punts, cant win if the other team doesn't punt

 

[denverpatsfan]

At least I didn't get banned from the GDT. I have that going for me...

Brutal day for the defense as mentioned. Fecking brutal. Needed a turnover or 2. Got zilch.

 

[Bill Lee]

KVN looks like death warmed over...

 

[DropKickFlutie]

The last time the defense didn't generate a punt all game was the 2017 Patricia-defense Superbowl. Is Fat Matt helping out on defense now?

Players who suck:
- Godchaux.
- Bentley.
- Today, Bryant (hasn't been terrible all year).
- NKeal Harry forever.

Given this team isn't a contender, I am really pulling for Josh McDaniels to get a long deserved shot with another team. He really deserves it.

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[Hammer of Thor]

Showing he can play is fine, but he's going to be against Allen twice a year. Either we have to build a D that can just take Allen out of the game, or we need Mac to develop to the point where he can play series after series at Allen's level.

We need Mac to be the best QB he can be and hope it’s top 10 level in the NFL. If Allen is higher than that, we need to find other ways to beat him, but you can win with a top 10 QB. I know everyone is down on him now, but the offense *did* respond to the first two 2nd half Buffalo drives with TDs. No, Mac didn’t lead it the way other QBs have. But he didn’t mess it up either.

 

[skinnydog]

Hot take - I think Mac is playing injured. Some of those throws were so wildly off today. Reminded me of Brady in late 2018. I’m hesitant to say that Indy exposed us just yet. Mac was facing a lot of Cover-1 robber today without Agholor. Stacked boxes, bump and run, tight windows. He couldn’t make it happen. But he’s beat that before. His mechanics are regressing as well. Too much torque getting generated from his upper body, which typically tells you something is up with his legs/ankles.

I think, it’s just that his arm strength is below average And he’s getting exposed having to play in so many obvious passing downs.

 

[Dingleberry]

The last time the defense didn't generate a punt all game was the 2017 Patricia-defense Superbowl. Is Fat Matt helping out on defense now?

Players who suck:
- Godchaux.
- Bentley.
- Today, Bryant (hasn't been terrible all year).
- NKeal Harry forever.

Given this team isn't a contender, I am really pulling for Josh McDaniels to get a long deserved shot with another team. He really deserves it.

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On players who suck, you should just type "ibid" or "ditto" for brevity sake. We will know who you mean.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Yeah, but he had that one reception for five yards.

I had to look up who this McKenzie guy was for Buffalo. They claimed the former fifth-rounder off the waivers from the Broncos in 2018.

Poor drafts in the past like the selections of N’Keal Harry and a game time inactive Joejuan Williams are holding the team back.

I focused on Harry in the second half. I know the dude is slow out of the gun. But he looked to be lackadaisical out there. He didn’t have his mouthpiece in the whole time. Like he is daring the Patriots to release him.

And McKenzie would have been even more wide open if the second-rounder Joeslow Williams was covering him.

Bill the GM had a tingle go up his leg and _traded up_ to draft Williams whom he elected not to play today. I don’t think he is injured or in quarantine.

I was pulling for Bryant. His tipped pass to save a TD recently was impressive. But today he was torched. I have to go back and see if it was something correctable, maybe a flaw in the scheme or plays that Buffalo picked up on film. And Godchaux and Bentley still suck.

 

[TomPatriot]

I don’t want to rub any salt in any wounds so I don’t want to post much and unintentionally bother anyone. All I’ll say is that this is the game I expected - I said I expected the Bills to win by 10+ points because I felt very confident when I considered that it took a dropped TD, 5 dropped passes, an unforced fumble, a missed PI, a missed field goal, and hurricane winds during the first matchup for the Patriots to only win by 4 points.

I just didn’t see all those circumstances happening again, so I was confident. Plus, Josh Allen is so darn good and QB play is so important in this league.

Good game everyone. God Bless.

Really? You don’t want to rub salt in any wounds?

Congrats to the Bills. They came to play and deserved to win. Great game for Allen and good scheme by Daboll.

You, on the other hand, can go milk yourself.