PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots Beat Bills 23-20

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

"There's an old Klingon proverb; revenge is a dish that is best served cold. It is very cold... In Buffalo."
-Stefon Diggs

 

[sb1]

It's still a long season, but it's still there's for the taking by default. Ravens are imploding, Bengals have already tapped out, Chargers have too many injuries and Texans are hanging on for dear life. Steelers and Colts aren't taken seriously by anyone. Chiefs could came back out of nowhere as well.

However, if the Pats go on a run and beat the Bills again, I'd panic if I were a Bills fan.

Ya I think it's looking like another down year for the AFC. Could be an opportunity.

 

[maust]

weird flex considering the first time in forever we had a good looking wr we won our biggest game in half a decade

FWIW you haven't been here long enough to know just how right @Steve102 is lol

 

[Salsalife]

Diggs. What a leader...in the mold of Bruski.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Ya I think it's looking like another down year for the AFC. Could be an opportunity.

Pats have the @Saints (1-4), @Titans (1-4), Browns (1-4), Falcons (2-2). This could be a good opportunity to go 7-2 or 6-3 at worst.

 

[TommyD4207]

Pats have the @Saints (1-4), @Titans (1-4), Browns (1-4), @ Falcons (2-2). This could be a good opportunity to go 7-2 or 6-3 at worst.

Atlanta game is here.

 

[chasa]

its really strange I was watching the post game locker room speech by vrable, and its SO opposite of what Mayo would say after wins.

Vrable talks about how its all about the players.
Mayo talks about how hes "coaching there asses off and not to get mad at him for it"

I am so ****ing happy Mayo is gone.

 

[State]

Pats have the @Saints (1-4), @Titans (1-4), Browns (1-4), @ Falcons (2-2). This could be a good opportunity to go 7-2 or 6-3 at worst.

But then again we lost to the 1-4 Raiders who were shellacked by the Colts, 40-6. Genno Smith leads the nfl with 9 interceptions. How’d we lose to those clowns?

 

[dliverey44]

I love that Vrabes greets every player before they go into the locker room after the game.

 

[Steve102]

FWIW you haven't been here long enough to know just how right @Steve102 is lol

@FoxboroFan23 either you're a noobie and we can forgive you for not understanding @PatsFan2 fixation on all things wideout, or... you're a sock puppet for PF2.

 

[italian pat patriot]

I am speechless. This felt like a playoff win

Sorry for delay
I would have written the same
What an extraordinary win
Grazie ragazzi

 

[mike_usagisan]

I love that Vrabes greets every player before they go into the locker room after the game.

I don't mean this in a belittling way, but it's like those teachers who greet each student at the door. Shows respect, which then goes both way.

 

[dliverey44]

This play needs to be talked about more. Diggs made a tremendous adjustment on the route when he saw Maye roll out. This is utterly impressive and I don't think there are more than 5-7 QBs that could make this throw. Something else that was impressive is how fast the Safety closes on Diggs.

 

[TommyD4207]

@FoxboroFan23 either you're a noobie and we can forgive you for not understanding @PatsFan2 fixation on all things wideout, or... you're a sock puppet for PF2.

Why would he need a sockpuppet though...just to talk about all the wide receivers ever?

Like, if he made a sockpuppet to talk about line play or something, I'd believe it.

 

[Steve102]

Why would he need a sockpuppet though...just to talk about all the wide receivers ever?

Like, if he made a sockpuppet to talk about line play or something, I'd believe it.

Sock Puppet to say Toldjya.

 

[patfanken]

I remember Willie and teddy B..talking during an ESPN episode one time.. and they both talked about how they became addicted to the exhilarating feeling of winning, like all that hard work and what the dog days of training camp taught them.. this team now has some taste of winning... we have enough vets to keep the young guys focused.. no need to go celebrating or in the strip clubs.. stay focused and continue to try and win.. if they do that.. come December they will be a playoff team no one wants to see.

Unfortunately there ARE no longer any "dog days of training camp", just no pad walk throughs and occasional no taking to the ground days and 4 days of full speed padded practices with other teams and 2 preseason games that accounts for 95% of the contact for the entire preseason these days. Hard to bond over that day camp event.

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[Patsfan1645]

But then again we lost to the 1-4 Raiders who were shellacked by the Colts, 40-6. Genno Smith leads the nfl with 9 interceptions. How’d we lose to those clowns?

I chalk it up to the first game of the season. I think it would turn out much different if we ran it back now.

 

[Simpelton]

Ya I think it's looking like another down year for the AFC. Could be an opportunity.

you know what's cooking in the kitchen right?

you guys ready for another first round matchup against the Colts?

Cuz I can see it happening. If we don't win the division, but are one of the better wild card teams, we could end up reigniting the old rivalry.

Really kinda hoping things fall that way.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Normally I'd completely agree.

I think this is a far more flawed Bills team than in years past, and I don't think anyone realized it until now. They've got real games against real defenses coming up.

I wasn't even talking about this year. Even if BUF was flawed, I think it's fair to say they were FAR better than us in 2023 and 2024 (BB last year and Mayo season). Yet the results in those years wouldn't reflect that gap at all. We'll see that the talent gap proves to be over the course of the full season this year, but was just citing those years as a further example to the original poster's point that sometimes those division games and be wonky and not reflective of the actual gap between teams.

 

[patchick]

It is looking to be a case that people focused way too much on Campbell's arm length and ignored his freakish athleticism and his strength.

Yeah, I think of Campbell’s genuinely tiny wingspan kind of like Brady’s genuinely slow running speed. It’s relevant, a negative in evaluating a prospect, but you have to look at the whole player and his strengths.

Fun Combine stats:
Tom Brady, 5.28 40, 24.5” vertical
319-lb. Will Campbell, 4.98 40, 32” vertical