Giuseppe Tognarelli

Thoughts on defending the Patriots: 1. At this time, NE does not have a running game. 2. They are going to pass. A lot. 3. Brady is going to get the ball out in milliseconds, because he figures it out pre-snap. So: Don't bring heat. Play heavy pass coverage and mix it up. Make the Patriots go all the way down the field. You can hold them under 20. Again... Don't blitz! Against Brady, it's a waste of defenders. You're not going to get there on time. Thoughts on attacking the Patriots: Don't get cute. Play straightforward ball-control football. Stay ahead of the chains, give the young quarterback manageable third downs, and hope he uncorks a couple of big plays. If you come out trying to showcase Allen throwing the ball in this game, it's going to be lost quickly. He's a great player, but he's not far enough in his development to be "unleashed" as a passer against a Belichick defense. Overall: Right now, the Bills are the healthier, more talented team overall heading into this matchup. Unfortunately, that advantage does not extend to QB and coaching. The game result will depend on how far the Bills have come in those two areas.

Keeping it real... Despite a porous o-line and limited mobility, it's likely that Brady, somehow, will barely be touched.

Uh, yeah. Five tackles per game is extremely low for an MLB

The team hasn't been able to handle success in the past. If we were playing a bad team this week, I'd be super worried about a letdown -- but the fact that we're playing the Patriots guards against that and is very good IMO. Now, if we beat NE, I will be very concerned @TEN.

The Patriots have big weaknesses on offense. If it were any other team, we'd be licking our chops: Bad injuries on OL. Marshall Newhouse is their starting LT! No TEs No FB No running game Possibly injured Edelman, no AB, Gordon lost a step McDermott should be capable of shutting down this offense. Is he good enough? If the Patriots have success on offense, that probably means they have better coaching than us. I'm looking for McD to step up big this week and make Brady look 42. The big question will be, Can we score? The Patriots D is legit. If the Bills can score 20 points, they should win the game

I feel like we have fantasized about this many times in the past, only to have the offense come out and look worse/less imaginative. I don't buy it.

Who remembers this McDermott reaction in the Super Bowl? You can see the anger and anguish together.

Is that Murph giving him a shot? Why can BB "take away" players and other coaches can't? What's the magical difference...

A point that seemingly no one is making is that Seattle has a history of starting slow. I actually picked the Bengals to win that game because of Seattle's slow starts and the fact that it was the first game of the season for a rookie head coach and Seattle wasn't sure what to expect.

lol Marcus Mariota is ranked higher than Josh Allen. Let that sink in.

Let's freaking go!!! Saturdays are the WORST... buildup all week and then everything just goes radio silent on Saturday. But Sunday is FINALLY here!!!

Posted in the score thread, but just to spread the word... Andy Dalton is 4-1 against the Bills; in fact, 5-1 if you include the beat-down in the 3rd preseason game last year. We also shouldn't dismiss the fact that that was Josh's first game with the starters and it did not go well. Even though it was preseason, don't think for a second that that doesn't give the Bengals more confidence, and it probably puts a chip on Josh's shoulder as well, which could be good or bad.

Chris Simms talked me into it.

It almost doesn't matter who they put on the offensive line. Brady gets the ball out before defenders barely even make contact with the offensive linemen... it's ridiculous. I'm not sure they couldn't just hire literally anyone to block for pass plays.

Per NBC Nightly News right now (very unusual for any sports talk to cross over into national news), Kraft has some "regrets" for hiring Brown, yet will continue to play him... makes a lot of sense... ?

This is amazing news! Hopefully it will be solid highlights for each and every game, not 10 seconds for one and 3 minutes for another

I think some people are going a little too far in calling this sexism. Personally, I would complain about these mathematical predictions regardless of the gender of the person responsible. As others have hinted at, the issue seems to be that Frelund's model is talked about like it is groundbreaking and impressive, and because the results have been so bad, the question kind of becomes, How long is she going to be glorified for a bad predictive model? If guessing produces the same or better results, yeah, it's going to rub people the wrong way when it's put out there as a "thing" all the time (the NFL even pushes notifications each week to users on the app).

Bengals are always a tricky team for the Bills. I'm scared this could be one of those "should win" games that turns into an L.

very strange

I can only imagine the media firestorm if Josh Allen had played like Cam Newton did the other night. Veterans get a lot of benefit of doubt.

Wouldn't the Patriots cut any other player in this scenario, immediately?

I feel guilty reacting to this in a positive way. From a purely football standpoint, this is amazing news. No way he actually plays for the Patriots now, right? And they just traded D. Thomas! Haha!

And they think P. Gaines is going to be a better replacement? lol

I seen youse still sucking

MJS, why you confused? Does that look like you? lol ?