Buffalo Bills:

Some thoughts coming off of Thursday night’s first round, with the New England Patriots likely spending some time today regrouping ahead of Friday night’s day two selections.

Brown had 88 catches for 1496 yards with 11 TDs in 2022. He followed that up with 106 catches for 1456 yards and 7 TDs in 2023.

Henry has been a reliable and productive red-zone target for the Patriots, scoring nine TDs in 2021 and six in 2023.

Maye has a prototypical build for a QB at 6’4, 229, possesses a cannon for an arm, and has above-average athleticism, 9 rushing TDs in 2023.

“Defense, defense, defense. We all know who designed the defense for those great teams. That’s what he did. That’s how he made his mark.

Buffalo was the first team 12 weeks to rush for more than 100 yards But the Bills rushed for 127 yards on 37 carries for a 3.4-yard average. 

If you practiced against him, you got better, or you got embarrassed, one of the two. He brought competitiveness, intensity, and focus.

“Defensively, Jones is a major problem. They have a good scheme. They put a lot of pressure on you with different looks and different blitzes

the new configuration with Onwenu at RT, Sow at RG, and getting back Strange at LG worked much better than any other combination has all season

With Parker and Smith-Schuster not producing, it is time to see what Bourne, Boutte, Douglas, and Thornton can do.

Belichick: “getting recognition like that is probably a good sign that things are going fairly well, but there’s still a lot to work on.”

“So give me a break on what they were doing offensively last year,” Herbstreit said. “I mean that he (Mac Jones) had no chance.

Some New England Patriots news and notes for 3/21/23.

What transpired in the kick coverage game can’t happen. Giving up one TD is bad, but two in the same game is absolutely inexcusable.

Slater got emotional at the podium discussing McCourty. “No one I’ve ever played with has impacted my life more. Simple as that.”