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Like they know they can turn it on whenever they wish and feel the need.

Williams is a headcase and cancer who believes he's much better than he really is. No one should really be surprised that this is the result.

An alarming stat has to be Brady's 2nd half numbers .......15 for 17, 274 yards and 3 TD's passing.

Orton is what he has shown himself to be; an average QB. To fans, he is just good enough to be a tease but bad enough to cause frustration and ultimate misery.

No biggie. Williams was one of the most overrated players by people in here in years.

Themselves.

This is true of any gameplan for any QB ... pressure them and they are more apt to struggle than succeed. Even the great ones like Brady and Manning. Opposing coordinators know this yet, implementing a gameplan to ensure such pressure takes place is rarely successful with these guys because it's not just about pressure. It's getting pressure without getting harmed whilst trying to do so. This is what separates guys like Brady and Manning from the rest. They are so football smart that they get the proper calls and protections in and they make very quick reads and throws to complete passes before harm finds them. Having said this ... now is probably one of the best chances to catch the Pats with a suspect OL,

It certainly helped that the Pats won almost all key individual matchups that game. Revis handled Green and the Bengals couldn't get to Brady which meant they had no answer for stopping Brady -> Gronk and Wright.

Plenty of chess like strategy also plays into this as well but the reality is "if the front 4 DL can pressure the 5 OL sufficiently" then very good things can take place in coverage. Of course, this holds true for both defenses.

The simplistic answer is It all depends on how many defenders are allowed to be free to cover the spread options. This ultimately boils down to how many defenders it takes to apply pressure on Brady such that he doesn't have time to find those options. If the 5 Pats OL are unable to handle the front 4 of the Bills, then the Pats need to remove one of the spread options and replace him with a blocker thereby negating any benefit. If the 5 Pats OL are able to stop the Bills front 4, then the Bills will most likely choose to employ 1 of their 7 (spare) defenders to help apply pressure to Brady (unless they wish to allow Brady to stand in the pocket and dissect the play). This means 1 less defender to double up on, in our example, either Gronk or Edelman. This may or may not be a problem depending on how effective the m2m coverage is on them.

Not sure the Pats will win but if you are looking for a reason why people are picking them to win .... basing it upon last week's games is as good a reason as any I would think.

Key difference being that, in this case, they are trotting out two RB's (Vereen and White) who are as much receivers as they are runners. Kinda a Chip Kelly strategy where these RB's become the queen pieces on the matchup board.

OK, let me re-phrase this a different way. If both teams play like they did in their most recent games, who do you think most would pick to win this game?

A wrinkle to possibly expect this game from the Pats. Power run formation with dual TE's (Gronk and Wright) along with dual pass catching RB's (Vereen and White) and Edelman. If the Bills employ a base run defense to stop the strong run formation, then expect Brady to spread things out and pick the best matchup he can find via the air. If Bills counter with nickel/dime package to stop the pass, then expect Brady to run the ball.

CJ is really the only tradeable commodity of value to get a worthwhile return. Given CJ's UFA status after the season, the team that trades for him would view him as a rent a player, the one guy that gets them over the hump. The question then becomes, how many playoff caliber teams need such a RB and can afford to trade away a significant enough OG in return?

The Pats the 3rd most penalized team in the NFL this year so you might get your wish.

OK, the Bills have lost 2 of their last 3 games then. My point to atlbillsfan1975 is .... they are not exactly playing from a position of recent success themselves as they head into this game. Certainly, based on this alone (nevermind past history between these 2 teams) it should be clear why people are picking the Pats in this game.

... and the Bills are a crappy Lions kicker away from having lost their last 3 games. Not sure I follow your logic here.

The Pats LB corps (of Mayo, Hightower and Collins) are a strength and one of the better in the AFC. Combined with the secondary, it could be argued the Pats back 7 is the best in the AFC and top 3 in the NFL. Where they are "weakest" is up front on the DL though, with Wilfork and Jones, they have enough fire power upfront to be very disruptive if not dominating, depending on the OL matchup.

^^^^^ This. It's probably best that Spikes isn't on the field this game. Moreso if his physical ailment impacts his coverage ability negatively.

If by "today" you mean based on the last game played, I would say that the Pats are the better team. They dominated a team many felt to be the best in the AFC while the Bills were fortunate to win a game thanks to a struggling Lions PK.

True. usually BB is just messing with the dumbass media folk because his employer requires it. Sometimes, however, a Belichick PC is like a PHD class in football intelligence. I didn't listen to this one so have no idea where it falls in the above extremes.

Might well boil down to who wins the key battles inside. Can the Bills DT's exploit the Pats rookie OC? Will Wilfork make mincemeat of the Bills woeful OG's?

What a pleasure watching R Wilson play football. He is one talented player.

Here's Wright's TD catch from last night. He's in-line http://fansided.com/2014/10/05/tom-brady-finds-tim-wright-td-video/