{"id":39378,"date":"2022-01-17T08:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=39378"},"modified":"2022-01-17T08:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:24:47","slug":"morse-15-observations-from-the-patriots-playoff-loss-to-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/01\/17\/morse-15-observations-from-the-patriots-playoff-loss-to-buffalo-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"MORSE: 15 Observations from the Patriots’ Playoff Loss to Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of this game, many talking heads have said that if the Pats lose to the Bills that it was a disappointing season.\u00a0 I don\u2019t see it that way.\u00a0 Our expectations were pretty low when the season started.\u00a0 The play of rookie Mac Jones at QB and the surprising improvement of the defense over the 1st<\/sup> 13 games gave us false hope of going deep into the playoffs.\u00a0\u00a0 When the team went up against the iron of the league, the Patriots’ weaknesses got exposed.\u00a0 Despite the playoff loss, this was a very good season considering where we came from.<\/p>\n

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  1. This was the worst playoff loss and the worst overall loss in the Belichick era. The Patriots’ defense had no answers for the Bills and Josh Allen.\u00a0 This is the second straight game the Bills didn\u2019t have to punt.\u00a0 The Bills had 8 trips into the Red Zone and score 7 TDs.\u00a0 This loss is squarely on the defense and to some extent directly on Bill Belichick as the head coach and player personnel chief.<\/li>\n
  2. Josh Allen had another great game against the Patriots. As I wrote in the Preview, I was leery of Josh Allen ability to run the ball and extend plays.\u00a0 He had 66 yards rushing and faked out Matt Judon for a big 26 yard gain.\u00a0 Later he bought time, evaded a missed tackle by Kyle Van Noy (a total of 10 seconds), and looked to be throwing the ball away, but he nestled that throw to Dawson Knox over a one-armed Kyle Dugger at the back of the end zone.<\/li>\n
  3. Allen ended up with a QB rating of 158.3, which is perfect! 21 of 25 for 308 yards.\u00a0 At one point in the 1st<\/sup> half, the Bills had 18 1st<\/sup> downs on 31 plays.<\/li>\n
  4. Micah Hyde\u2019s interception was extraordinary. Did Mac Jones throw too much of an arc that allowed Hyde to get over there?\u00a0 I would have liked to see Nelson Agholor high point that throw rather than try and let it drop right in his breadbasket.\u00a0 Go out and get the ball.\u00a0 Make the effort and show you want it more.<\/li>\n
  5. The Patriots were too passive and they let the Bills dictate. Damien Harris not reaching forward to get the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0 down showed me the Patriots didn\u2019t want it bad enough.<\/li>\n
  6. The Bills’ drives in the 1st<\/sup> half were 70 yards, 80 yards, 81 yards, and 89 yards. The Bills had 300 yards of offense in the first half.\u00a0 The Defense had no answers.\u00a0 They are a bad combination of old, inexperienced, and lack speed.\u00a0 I think you need to look at the defensive coaches as well.\u00a0 How good is Steve Belichick or is it just nepotism by Bill Belichick?\u00a0 What is the role of Jerod Mayo and what is his future with the team?<\/li>\n
  7. I highlighted the improved play of Devin Singletary in my preview and he didn\u2019t disappoint. He had 81 yards on 16 carries, 5.1 yards per carry, and 2 TDs.\u00a0 He ran angry, hard, and determined.\u00a0 \u00a0The Patriots gave up 174 yards on the ground, with Allen accounting for 66 yards.<\/li>\n
  8. Dropped passes by Brandon Bolden and Jakobi Meyers put the Patriots in a difficult spot. Jones overcame a lot of bad plays by his backs and receivers.<\/li>\n
  9. Kendrick Bourne had a great game. He was targeted 8 times and had 7 catches for 77 yards and 2 TDs.\u00a0 He has solidified his position as an important cog in the future of this team.<\/li>\n
  10. Injuries have caught up with the Patriots’ defense and it showed up in this game. The loss of Jon Jones at slot corner was a huge loss.\u00a0 The sickness of Jalen Mills hurt. I was not impressed with Mills during the season.\u00a0 Kyle Dugger made great strides this season and played one-handed with a club on his right hand.\u00a0 Ja\u2019Whaun Bentley went down in the 2nd<\/sup> quarter and trying to stop the run without him was fruitless.\u00a0 Christian Barmore was a real trooper and played through the knee injury he sustained last week but struggled.\u00a0 The Patriots linebackers are old and slow.\u00a0 When Bentley went out with an arm injury, Josh Allen recognized that and ran right at Kyle Van Noy for a 1st<\/sup>\u00a0down.\u00a0 Donta Hightower is a shell of himself and Jaime Collins was invisible.\u00a0 Bentley had 17 tackles last week vs Miami and he is the only one I would bring back.<\/li>\n
  11. How about that block by Mac Jones on DE Mario Addison. Jones pancaked Addison and knocked him out of the game with a shoulder injury.<\/li>\n
  12. A few missed calls by the officials.\u00a0 On one of Allen\u2019s TDs, Deitrich Wise had beaten his man on a direct line to the QB and he was tackled from behind \u2013 no call.\u00a0 Damien Harris was forced out of bounds and was nailed by a Bills player wearing an overcoat.\u00a0 Harris was knocked into the bench on the hit \u2013 no call<\/li>\n
  13. I was looking at the replay of the Kendrick Bourne TD and he is pointing to a flag. Wait that\u2019s not a flag, it\u2019s a \u201cMarital Aid\u201d!\u00a0 Keep it classy Buffalo!\u00a0 I am sure the NFL is proud of that being shown on National TV games.\u00a0 Doesn’t all stadiums have cameras that can identify who threw it and punish them by revoking their tickets?\u00a0 Wait this is not the first time this has happened, which means the Bills ownership condones this type of behavior.<\/li>\n
  14. One of the biggest problems with the Patriots’ defense is the lack of speed, especially the linebackers. The Patriots like the 6\u20193\u201d or better, 250 lb linebackers.\u00a0 That\u2019s not how the game is being played now.\u00a0 This is an indictment of Bill Belichick the GM.\u00a0 The Patriots have a very narrow criterion for being a \u201cPatriots Type\u201d prospective draft pick.\u00a0 Their Draft Board is usually about 75 players deep.\u00a0 It varies from year to year but is well under 100.\u00a0 I am convinced that the Patriots ran out of \u201cPatriots\u201d prospects early in this past draft.\u00a0 They drafted three players that were going to need a \u201credshirt\u201d year because of injuries.\u00a0 Ronnie Perkins, Cameron McGrone, and Joshua Bledsoe will be ready to play next year, but they can\u2019t afford to do that again.\u00a0 The disaster of the 2019 draft of 1-3 round picks, N\u2019Keal Harry, Jojuan Williams, and Chase Winowich has come to haunt the Patriots.\u00a0 All three players will be gone next year.<\/li>\n
  15. Beating the Patriots, no let\u2019s say embarrassing the Patriots is the Super Bowl for the Bills and their fans. They are likely to fall flat on their faces next week when they come down from the high of winning this game.\u00a0 Bill Belichick will not forget the amount of passing the Bills were doing late in the game when there was no doubt in the outcome. \u00a0Passing to O lineman Tommy Doyle as an eligible lineman late in the game won\u2019t be forgotten.\u00a0 This will be bulletin board material for next season.\u00a0 This was just sticking it to the Patriots.\u00a0 Remember this next year when the Pats meet the Bills.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Mac Jones will forever be compared to Tom Brady, fair or not.\u00a0 I will just say this, Tom Brady had a full year under Drew Bledsoe as his mentor.\u00a0 There was no expectation of Tom Brady as a 4th<\/sup> string on the depth chart, 199th<\/sup> player selected in the draft.\u00a0 In year two, when Bledsoe went down in week 2, Brady stepped in and the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    Jones numbers are actually better without the benefit of having a year to acclimate to the life in the NFL.\u00a0\u00a0 Jones didn\u2019t have Drew Bledsoe as his mentor.\u00a0 The expectations heaped upon Jones when he was selected with the 1st<\/sup> round, # 15 pick were tremendous.\u00a0 I think the future is bright with Mac Jones at QB.\u00a0 He will get stronger, as Brady did after year one.\u00a0 Some of those passes that have not been fired in there will get fixed in year two.\u00a0 Jones has that same intangible, doggedly doing everything he can to get better and improve.\u00a0 Jones is a true rookie.\u00a0 The last rookie to win a playoff game was Russel Wilson in 2013, an upset of the Washington Redskins.\u00a0 No rookie has ever made the Superbowl.\u00a0 Brady was technically not a rookie, but a second-year player. \u00a0I am not saying Jones will be better than the GOAT.\u00a0 Just acknowledging the performance he has accomplished this season.<\/p>\n

    Over the course of the next few weeks, I will do a roster evaluation by position groups.\u00a0 First, will be the upcoming Patriots Free Agents.\u00a0 I will also be reporting on the draft and everything leading up to it.\u00a0 Two All-Star showcases are in the books already and the week of February 5th<\/sup>, the Senior Bowl practices, and game as well as the East\/West Shrine game on February 3rd<\/sup> will be held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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