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The vanilla defense was on purpose and planned, I doubt it was an accident. Now why McD wanted to go vanilla, I'm not sure. Was he afraid of Brady? I'm not so sure I believe that; he wasn't back in Sept when he constantly harassed, hit, and sacked Brady. Did McD treat this like a pre season game? Almost seems like it, just sitting back and thinking about it. It's almost like McD wanted to stress fundamentals rather than game planning. Agree, Belichick has a ton of Bills film to look at from earlier this season.

Yeah, because many analysts commented that it felt like a playoff game. Unreal. How about this, Phil, maybe because NE is always in the playoffs, will be in the playoffs, and we may have to face them again in the playoffs in the near future at Foxboro? Beating NE would have given the team much needed momentum and confidence that they could beat any team on the road. The Bills laid an egg.

Winning or losing doesn't change anything for the Bills. However, this game needed to be treated like a playoff game. It wasn't by the players or coaches.

McD is a long way from outthinking BB. I do hope he gets there.

Like I mentioned, fundamentals (poor tackling, errant passes, etc) were part of the problem, but so was coaching, especially on defense. We brought no pressure against Brady, who is vulnerable to it up the middle. No stunting. I didn't even see the defensive line putting their hands in the air to bat down Brady's passes on a consistent basis. Our run game sucked, the Pats have been vulnerable against the run and we did not take advantage of it. It was a team loss, coaching included.

I really don't know what McD was doing today. He should know the Pats better than this by now.

poor fundamentals contributed to it, but a terrible game plan on offense and defense was as much to blame...if not more.

No, Baltimore will take care of them.

When will this Metcalf crap ever end? Effing annoying.

Not yet, we don't.

The defense today was very vanilla, and frightened of Brady. Marsha has struggled his entire career with pressure up the middle and the front seven putting their hands in the air when he throws. We didn't do anything remotely aggressive, which is worse than being too aggressive.

White does not cover the slot. It seems like Hyde got those duties, but he doesn't do it well, IMO.

You're shocked we sat on a lead? That is what McD does.

And this is why we're not ready right now for anything past the divisional round, both coaching and player personnel wise.

Because no one covers him, or does a good job of trying to cover him, in the slot

Defensively, McD and Frazier pick the wrong games to be vanilla on the defensive line. Murphy got abused all game long and Star was invisible.

I'm not sure I want to hear Ford is a work in progress at RT. He got killed tonight by the left DE

FU Cheaters**** Still too much help from the refs

FU Cheaters***

pass blocking, yet again

Clock management is not Daboll's or McD's strong suit

FIFY.

Allen is all heart, have to give that to him

FU N.E.***

Great tackling