WideNine

Deep breath folks. Smells like dead fish, but we knew we were not going anywhere this season, the "D" did not get the Pats to rely on Brady's noodle-arm, and we all knew the Bills are the walking dead and need to re-tool this off season. It sucks though - I know, I get it, but the sky is not falling and Belichick is making a rookie look like one.

No. Totally on Josh... there are folks that do see both the good and the bad.

he did not have the best game. If the Bills had not given up over 200 yards of rushing... his coach knows his arm ain't what it was and knew he could beat the Bills running it. Smart move. I hate the Bills D getting that great ranking... thought they sucked against the run all year. Just shows you what a pass-happy league it is.

Another penalty.. but its the Patriots we just give them a do-over

Off the hands..... off the hands.... off the hands....

He's made some mistakes, but he also made enough plays that with some help could have been game-changers... and no push or running game to speak of really. He needs to learn to hit those underneath routes, but that will come. Weird that we have a QB that you have to "teach" to check it down.

I know, but this guy is shanking 30 yarders... how is that better. How long is that guy with the Spanish name going to be on IR, wonder why he hasn't been activated. Not very knowledgeable about those rules as many on the wall, but he could boot it.

I would've run Ford at least twice when we were backed up. Not a fan of the play-calling there.

Yeah, I don't see this guy as an upgrade.. what is their deal with Schmidt? He is not great, but he is better than this.

Interesting that the announcers said that the Bills wanted to get Brady one-dimensional "throwing" and they planned on stopping the run. One it shows that teams are no longer scared of Brady's arm, but also shows how badly the Bills suck at run D. Has to be corrected in the off season.

Edelman is eating our lunch on the dump off passes - folks really know where it is going ... execute already.

Not the brightest players.. I can almost guarantee you that the coaches were yelling at Croom to get down. When coaching you see this from pop warner all the way thru college, you always have players who carry the ball in one hand like a handle or who always struggle for more yards when they have the 1st down and don't need to fight for extra yardage. And yes, you are yelling at them to get the "F" down and take what the defense gave you.

Literally the sole bright spot other than ST's found their coverage skills

This is what bad teams and rookies do... they try to do too much and then come the injuries and the turnovers.

Keep Ford out there - the rest of our RBs are done.

As many have noted in this defense you count on the "Edmunds role" for a lot of stops. He is not getting it done this year and is lacking a lot of fundamentals. He is either late attacking his gap, attacking the wrong gap, or he is in position but misses tackles. He has a lot of the raw tools, but he is very raw and I hope he makes a jump because this "D" does not work without that position being more than solid.

Edmunds still playing too much on his heels... needs to hit those gaps before the blockers get to him. Growing pains.

Truth, but if those were our corners the flags would be a' flying.

Receivers getting mugged, but I am so tired of hearing through the hands

That is part of it, it looked like it was there for Jones, but he didn't execute... otherwise, not the best match-up and Josh keeps going Gilmore's way. May need a talk from the sideline that goes something like, "there are better options out there son"

OK keep that Rice guy on STs

on the positive side, we know the o-line needs to have guys that can get some push. The QB coaches will work with Josh on actually taking the check down options on short yardage... it is what it is - a clinic being put on by Belichick on the weaknesses of this team. The frustrating thing is the Pats are more vulnerable than I have ever seen them - if we could stop the run this would be a game of field goals

Not going to try to convince you that the coaches do not tell Josh "the ball goes to this receiver", from that empty set he is supposed to look over the matchups and pick the best. Josh is not there yet, or he may have looked over at Foster and seen who he was up against and gone elsewhere. There was a man on Shady, but he had a step on him.. that would have been a better option. If anything, one could say that we went from QBs that checked down too often to one that does not take enough of the check-down options. IMO that will be an easier thing to teach than teaching how to push it past the sticks.

Not sure - Allen was not told to go to Foster, just the guy he is most comfortable throwing to with man coverage. It does show that the coaches do not think this O-Line can get 3 yards worth of push for our RBs and that tells you something.

No, he changed the alignment, but still went blitz and cover-0. Not that it mattered as Josh went to Foster and that was not the best option - though it did hit him on the hand - coverage was good.