Archives for November 3, 2020

‘After the game, they said that it was their plan all week, knowing that the weather could be an issue. The fact that the Patriots defense has been suspect against the run this year, they wanted to attack them on the ground. To be able to execute their game plan the way they did is excellent execution by the offense. It was great by the offensive line opening up holes, and the running backs showed great vision and the ability to break tackles. Devin and Zack both ran with toughness and were able to pick up extra yardage at the end of runs. Brian Daboll featured more of an under-center ground game this week. We’ve seen so much more shotgun by the Bills this year, and maybe that was part of the reason the run game has struggled at times. They weren’t under center as much, but the passing game was so dynamic that it wasn’t an issue. But in a day when you needed the run game, they went back to more under-center runs, and they were able to be effective.’

‘”Well there’s certainly things we’ve done well,” McDermott stated. “Winning six games doesn’t come easy so you’re doing a lot of things well, and there are some things, certainly we can improve on. I think overall, I like how we developed in terms of offensively with the passing game early, now the run game and I think that bodes well moving forward. Then defensively, I like how our defensive line is doing some things up front as of late with the quarterback and the rush element. Our special teams overall, I think they’ve continued to play fast and physical and fundamentally sound. There’s certainly a lot to work on and I know as a staff today we tried to outline those key points so that we can go to work on those for the next couple of days here.”‘