{"id":39187,"date":"2021-12-27T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=39187"},"modified":"2021-12-27T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:14:22","slug":"morse-15-observations-week-16-buffalo-bills-at-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2021\/12\/27\/morse-15-observations-week-16-buffalo-bills-at-new-england-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"MORSE: 15 Observations Week 16 – Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my preview of this game I asked the question \u201care they legit contenders or are they pretenders?\u201d they are pretenders.\u00a0 The Patriots couldn\u2019t make a stop and played from behind throughout the game.\u00a0 The play calling by Josh McDaniels was awful.\u00a0 Why wasn\u2019t Hunter Henry targeted until the third quarter?\u00a0 They had Kendrick Bourne back but didn\u2019t utilize him nearly enough.<\/p>\n

I also asked, \u201cHow will the Patriots respond in the Week 16 matchup with the Buffalo Bills?\u201d \u00a0They didn\u2019t, coming out flat with a 3 and out to start and then gave up an opening drive for a TD! \u201cWill they come out and dominate the offensive and defensive lines like they did in the awful weather in Buffalo?\u201d\u00a0 No, they were manhandled.\u00a0 \u201cWill they be able to run when the opponent knows they want to run?\u201d\u00a0 The running game wasn\u2019t the problem, playing from behind was the problem.\u00a0 \u201cWill the cold weather affect the Patriots’ young quarterback?\u201d\u00a0 I have to say that the rookie QB has a problem playing in the cold weather.\u00a0 That will come with experience playing in cold weather.<\/p>\n

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  1. That\u2019s one of the worst performances I have seen from a Patriots Defense. To give up 11 catches for 125 yards to Isaiah McKenzie, the 4th<\/sup> Wide Receiver on the Bills was atrocious.\u00a0 The Patriots didn\u2019t have containment or any pressure on Josh Allen.\u00a0 Allen was not sacked once on 41 dropbacks.<\/li>\n
  2. Myles Bryant, the hero of the win in Buffalo was torched all day by McKenzie. Some of those plays were Allen extending plays or having all day to pass.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t the Patriots make a switch? Instead, they had Joejuan Williams and Shaun Wade inactive.<\/li>\n
  3. Matt Judon was invisible except for the hit on Allen that was correctly ruled an incomplete pass. He was double and triple-teamed and held on the last Knox TD.\u00a0 If the opposition is doubling him, then other players need to step up and they didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Is he hurt?\u00a0 I also noticed they removed him from the field especially inside the 19-yard line.<\/li>\n
  4. Don\u2019t\u2019a Hightower is looking old and washed up. He doesn\u2019t have the reactions he use to have before he took the year off for COVID.<\/li>\n
  5. The blown reversal of the Personal Foul \/ late hit out of bounds on Mac Jones was just plain awful. Then to give Trent Brown an Unsportsmanlike conduct \/ Taunting call made the call even worse.\u00a0 That\u2019s a 30-yard penalty when the Patriots were driving.\u00a0 \u00a0Some other calls or non-calls affected the game.<\/li>\n
  6. Trent Brown\u2019s undisciplined Taunting penalty ruined that drive. David Andrews Unsportsmanlike Conduct \/ Taunting standing up for his QB was also a brutal call.\u00a0 Andrews didn\u2019t do anything that should have been a penalty. \u00a0Christian Barmore\u2019s offside on 4th<\/sup> and 7, helped keep a drive alive.\u00a0 Barmore jumped on Mitch Morse\u2019s head bob.\u00a0 Morse was looking through his legs and simulated a hike of the ball when he snapped up.\u00a0 That penalty could easily be on Morse.<\/li>\n
  7. Mac Jones had a very rookie-like game. Yes, the Bills have the number one secondary, but some of his throws were way off-line.\u00a0 He was 14 of 32 for 145 yards, no TDs, and 2 INTs.\u00a0 Several of his throws were weak.\u00a0 This was one of the big knocks on Jones in the draft, that he didn\u2019t have the arm strength.\u00a0 The wind was a factor and Jones isn\u2019t strong enough to cut the throws through the wind.\u00a0 It was also a cold-weather game and he never had to play in cold weather before this year.\u00a0 Luckily, one of his next two games is in Florida. \u00a0They were 1 for 10 on 3rd<\/sup> down, but they were 5 for 6 on 4th<\/sup> down.<\/li>\n
  8. You have to give Damien Harris cudos for the game he played. He ran for 103 yards on 18 carries (5.72 avg).\u00a0 He just didn\u2019t run enough because the Patriots were chasing the score.<\/li>\n
  9. The Bills didn\u2019t punt once. That is the 1st<\/sup> time this has happened to a Bill Belichick team.<\/li>\n
  10. Jakobi Meyers makes the tough catches and he paid the price for it every time. He had 6 catches on 8 targets for 59 yards.<\/li>\n
  11. N\u2019Keal Harry has to go. I have given up on him and the Patriots should too!\u00a0 He is stealing a roster spot.\u00a0 I would rather have seen Wilkerson there and see what he could do.\u00a0 The big drop was followed up with a lazy effort on a tipped ball that resulted in a big interception.\u00a0 They were throwing to him because the Bills DB Wallace was hurt on his drop.\u00a0 He should have toasted his replacement.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care if he can block, that\u2019s not enough when he is constantly making negative plays.<\/li>\n
  12. I didn\u2019t think the Patriots came out with the intensity they needed. I heard after the game that the players spent the night before the game at home with their families for Christmas. \u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s soft and they weren\u2019t tough enough at the start of the game.\u00a0 Amazingly, the Patriots have a 3-5 record at home this year, the second time in the Belichick era with the Patriots.\u00a0 The only other time was in 2000.<\/li>\n
  13. Josh Allen played a great game. He was 30 of 47, 314 yards, 3 TDs, and no INTs.\u00a0 They were 6 of 7 in the Red Zone (the only miss was a dropped pass by Sanders).\u00a0\u00a0 It was Allen\u2019s running ability that shaped this offense.\u00a0 He had 12 rushes for 65 yards and several scrambles that he extended plays.\u00a0 He also got off a couple of shuttle passes as he appeared to be running. \u00a0This was the perfect game for Allen.\u00a0 If he continues to play like this the Bills will be tough to beat.\u00a0 He got lucky on the Patriots’ missed opportunity on the dropped Interception by JC Jackson.\u00a0 He also threw across his body while rolling right, to the middle of the field and got away with it.<\/li>\n
  14. Watching the game on TV, I thought the crowd noise was minimal. The fans were not into the game and that was a factor in the team’s play.\u00a0 The Patriots never induced any procedure penalties because of crowd noise.\u00a0 I also felt the Patriots should have used a no-huddle offense.\u00a0 Wear down the Bills’ defense.\u00a0 I also wanted the team to snap the ball well before the 40-second clock was near the end.\u00a0 This would have reduced some of the Bills’ last-second blitzing \/adjustments.\u00a0 They did that once.\u00a0 At the end of the game, it appeared they were not in any hurry to get plays off.<\/li>\n
  15. In Post-game comments by Greg Bedard, he stated that Hunter Henry was blanketed by the Bills with a concerted effort to take him out of the game. They did a good job as Henry was targeted 6 times with only 1 reception.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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