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So afraid were the Patriots coaches of Buffalo’s speed advantage, they refused to bring pressure on Allen for fear of getting burned. 

“We had a number of third-down opportunities: third down and eight, nine, 10 yards… to get off the field on and we couldn’t do it.”

The Patriots’ run defense is a major point of concern entering the playoffs and regardless of who their opponent is,

“Mondre has improved a lot.-pass protection, blitz pickup, patience in the running game, decision-making, and ball security,” Belichick said.

The Patriots did start well with the defense notching a 3-and-out with the offense scoring TDs on their first five drives in a 50-10 win

“He’s a great person to coach because he’s so responsive to do everything the way you want to do it,” Belichick said.

“They’re (McCourty/Hightower) great professionals. They know how to work. They know what it takes to win. They help us get on track.”

If both Stevenson and Harris are able to go there is no reason to believe that the running game wouldn’t be successful once again.

When they absolutely, positively had to have a stop, Jonathan Taylor blew through the defense for a game-clinching 67-yard touchdown.

“I don’t know. Maybe you know what went wrong. I don’t know. Obviously, we didn’t do anything well enough, I don’t know how else to say it.”

“We didn’t do anything well enough to win… Too many penalties, fumbles, interceptions, over 200 yards rushing.

“They should just name the award Bill Belichick and when he retires, bring that back,” Kingsbury said to the media

the Patriots returned to the old style of power football, throwing just 3 times and running 46, and grinding out 222 yards on the ground.

Jones didn’t have his best game and yet he completed 23-32 for 310 yards with 2 TDs and 0 INTs for a passer rating of 123.2

Bill Belichick said, “Look, eight games ain’t enough to win anything or clinch anything, so we’ve got a long way to go,”