Archives for October 31, 2016

'Brady has made the return from his four-game “Deflategate” suspension look as easy as climbing back on a bicycle. He is completing 73 percent of his passes and is averaging 330 yards and three touchdowns per game since being reinstated four games ago. Oh, yeah, and he’s also failed to throw an interception for the Patriots, who head into their bye week at 7-1.'

It was the same story we have seen for years as Brady just picked apart the Bills throwing 53 yard touchdown passes to Chris Hogan and Rob Gronkowski. Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman also caught touchdown passes. LeGarrette Blount also scored a touchdown for New England as they put up the most points of the season against the Bills defense. Tyrod Taylor, Jonathan Williams, and Mike Gillislee each had touchdown runs for the Bills. Dan Carpenter hit his 100th career field goal as a Bill but also missed one.

Quarterback: Tyrod Taylor had two overthrows on the opening field goal drive including a third down pass to Bush in the end zone. He had several other overthrows including a fourth down end zone pass to Clay. He finished completing 50% of his passes for just 183 yards and added 48 yards on the ground. Grade D: Had no weapons but his accuracy issues are a growing concern.'

'Buffalo had a couple of chances early to stay in the game in the first half, but couldn’t execute and match the consistency of the Patriots. The Bills had a dropped pass in the end zone, forced a fumble on a kick return that they couldn’t recover and Dan Carpentermissed a 49-yard field goal.'

'With LeSean McCoy out with a hamstring injury, Gillislee stepped up and provided a spark from the backfield. He finished with 85 yards on 12 carries. Gillislee’s biggest play was a three-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to bring the Bills within four of the Patriots. He now has six touchdowns in 13 games with the Bills.'

'Yeah. We definitely didn’t do a good job with extending drives. I think we left some plays out there on the field definitely early on in the game to get ourselves into a groove and that’s definitely something we have to be better at moving forward.'