Week 8: Patriots at Bills

[Ya Digg?]

12 minutes ago, DDCC said:

There is zero doubt in my mind the Patriots will beat us on Sunday.  The hoody has our number and unfortunately he will be inside Josh’s head.  I have to believe that is a major concern of the bills staff this week.  I wouldn’t be surprised if our offense tries to protect Josh more this week. I would look for a more balanced attack.  I wouldn’t be surprised if Singletary runs for over 100 yards.   Problem is down close.  We don’t have a big back. Maybe we can get one this week

There’s zero doubt in your mind that the Pats win this week?? So you are fully confident that the Pats offense, which has ZERO playmakers, will score more points than the Bills offense. Did you watch their game Sunday or the highlights of their game the week before? It’s fine to have some doubt that the Bills will win, but to 100% proclaim they will win is just ridiculous.

 

Belichek is in his head-just a weak response. Allen has clearly improved since last year, when he went into Foxboro and almost beat the Pats

 

absolutely zero doubt...yikes

[Greg S]

Just now, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

DiBella's>>>>>>>

 

Is DiBella's a WNY thing? I live about 20 minutes from MetLife. Next time I go to a Bills game in OP I will keep them in mind.

[Putin]

2 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

There’s zero doubt in your mind that the Pats win this week?? So you are fully confident that the Pats offense, which has ZERO playmakers, will score more points than the Bills offense. Did you watch their game Sunday or the highlights of their game the week before? It’s fine to have some doubt that the Bills will win, but to 100% proclaim they will win is just ridiculous.

 

Belichek is in his head-just a weak response. Allen has clearly improved since last year, when he went into Foxboro and almost beat the Pats

 

absolutely zero doubt...yikes

I think Belichick is more in his head then he is in Allen’s 

[wjag]

8 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

I want to see this team pour it on Belichick. How many times have they run it up on us. If we have a chance to embarrass him you do it.

 

This is the one seared into my brain:

 

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER		NE	BUF
	TD 12:19 Laurence Maroney rush for a 6 yard Touchdown. 2 plays, 13 yards, 0:34	6	0
	XP 12:17 Extra Point 2 plays, 13 yards, 0:34	7	0
	TD 8:12 Tom Brady pass complete to Randy Moss for a 43 yard Touchdown. 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:17	13	0
	XP 8:04 Extra Point 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:17	14	0
	TD 3:46 J.P. Losman pass complete to Roscoe Parrish for a 47 yard Touchdown. 8 plays, 82 yards, 4:26	14	6
	XP 3:38 Extra Point 8 plays, 82 yards, 4:26	14	7
SECOND QUARTER		NE	BUF
	TD 15:00 Tom Brady pass complete to Randy Moss for a 16 yard Touchdown. 8 plays, 72 yards, 3:45	21	7
	XP 14:53 Extra Point 8 plays, 72 yards, 3:45	21	7
	TD 6:37 Tom Brady pass complete to Randy Moss for a 6 yard Touchdown. 10 plays, 74 yards, 6:12	27	7
	XP 6:33 Extra Point 10 plays, 74 yards, 6:12	28	7
	TD 0:16 Tom Brady pass complete to Randy Moss for a 17 yard Touchdown. 12 plays, 63 yards, 2:39	35	7
	XP 0:10 Extra Point 12 plays, 63 yards, 2:39	35	7
THIRD QUARTER		NE	BUF
	TD 8:56 Tom Brady pass complete to Benjamin Watson for a 3 yard Touchdown. 12 plays, 72 yards, 6:11	41	7
	XP 8:49 Extra Point 12 plays, 72 yards, 6:11	42	7
	FG 6:07 52 yard field goal by Rian Lindell is good. 7 plays, 18 yards, 2:47	42	10
FOURTH QUARTER		NE	BUF
	TD 15:00 Kyle Eckel rush for a 1 yard Touchdown. 10 plays, 74 yards, 6:07	48	10
	XP 14:55 Extra Point 10 plays, 74 yards, 6:07	49	10
	TD 14:10 Fumble by Dwayne Wright, recovered by Ellis Hobbs. Returned for a 35 yard Touchdown. 1 plays, 35 yards, 0:56	56	10
	XP 13:59 Extra Point 7 plays, 24 yards, 3:02	56	10

[thebandit27]

2 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

DiBella's>>>>>>>

I’ll go one step further and say Jonny C’s >>>>>>> DiBella’s (I know, I know...trust me)

[Greg S]

The Bills should win this game. They are the better team but they need to start playing better. NE did almost beat Seattle on the road so they are capable of playing tough. You have figure they are desperate. The Pats know if they lose then they have no shot (realistically) to catch Buffalo. So I expect the Bills will get their best. I think the Bills win but it will be a close game throughout. 24-17 Bills is my guess.

[YoloinOhio]

 

11 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

Is DiBella's a WNY thing? I live about 20 minutes from MetLife. Next time I go to a Bills game in OP I will keep them in mind.

We have them in Columbus 

[Putin]

3 minutes ago, Greg S said:

The Bills should win this game. They are the better team but they need to start playing better. NE did almost beat Seattle on the road so they are capable of playing tough. You have figure they are desperate. The Pats know if they lose then they have no shot (realistically) to catch Buffalo. So I expect the Bills will get their best. I think the Bills win but it will be a close game throughout. 24-17 Bills is my guess.

To be honest I  want to win this game so bad I don’t care what the score is , 24-17 or 3-0  just want us to get that stinky monkey of our back 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

15 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

Is DiBella's a WNY thing? I live about 20 minutes from MetLife. Next time I go to a Bills game in OP I will keep them in mind.

https://order.dibellas.com/vendor/search?StreetAddress=buffalo&mode=Order

10 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

I’ll go one step further and say Jonny C’s >>>>>>> DiBella’s (I know, I know...trust me)

I'll have to check it out. But, my Sunday pregame DiBella's is undeafeated this year.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

If the Patriots run for 150+ yards I blame the coaching staff. Make Cam beat us with his arm.

[Back2Buff]

34 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

They really need to clean up the penalties. What did they have 11 penalties for 100 yards. They were able to get away with it playing a clown show but against an average team they will lose.

 

It's been week after week with all these mentally, unprepared errors.  Not only are the penalties bad, but when we are taking timeouts is even worse.  Too many times we waste a timeout to set up a defense, to get completely blown apart the next play.

[thebandit27]

19 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

https://order.dibellas.com/vendor/search?StreetAddress=buffalo&mode=Order

I'll have to check it out. But, my Sunday pregame DiBella's is undeafeated this year.

Definitely give it a shot...we’ve been straight Jonny C’s on Sunday evenings for 4 years now

[DDCC]

41 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

There’s zero doubt in your mind that the Pats win this week?? So you are fully confident that the Pats offense, which has ZERO playmakers, will score more points than the Bills offense. Did you watch their game Sunday or the highlights of their game the week before? It’s fine to have some doubt that the Bills will win, but to 100% proclaim they will win is just ridiculous.

 

Belichek is in his head-just a weak response. Allen has clearly improved since last year, when he went into Foxboro and almost beat the Pats

 

absolutely zero doubt...yikes

I want us to win. I have been following the bills since Jack Kemp and Minnie max Anderson.  The pats have our number

[YoloinOhio]

2 minutes ago, DDCC said:

I want us to win. I have been following the bills since Jack Kemp and Minnie max Anderson.  The pats have our number

The pats? Or Brady? 

[DDCC]

47 minutes ago, Putin said:

If Singletary rushes for 100 yards we probably win this game , as far as not having a Big back I think Moss fits that description and I hope he gets even more touches this week , he run hard against the Jests and IMO was more impressive then Singletary 

Moss is not a big back my friend. I think the bills are disappointed in his inability to break tackles.  If he was a big back, Josh wouldn’t  have to carry the ball so much in short yardage.  

[Stank_Nasty]

1 minute ago, DDCC said:

Moss is not a big back my friend. I think the bills are disappointed in his inability to break tackles.  If he was a big back, Josh wouldn’t  have to carry the ball so much in short yardage.  

anything over 220 is a bigger back. he's listed at 223. 

[DDCC]

1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

The pats? Or Brady? 

I hope I am wrong but I do believe they are in our heads.  You have to give me that.  I believe the bills are preparing much differently this week than in the past. The messaging will be different from McDermott. It is a ghost we have to get rid of.  You may even see coach more involved in calling some of the defense this week. He wants this one bad.  The guy in the hood has our number

1 minute ago, Stank_Nasty said:

anything over 220 is a bigger back. he's listed at 223. 

Do you remember Tyrone Wheatley. Big back. It is not the weight

[corta765]

11 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Just took a look back.  He is 53-66 without him.  .445 winning percentage.  Not easy without a good qb.  

 

Nope. I am a believer that a QB benefits from a good coach and vise versa. Virtually every QB in the history of football has had a good coach. I actually think John Harbaugh is maybe the best coach because he has won with multiple QBs.

[evek]

Won't be as satisfying beating them without Brady. It's just another game against a bad team to me.

[Johnnycage46]

1 minute ago, DDCC said:

I hope I am wrong but I do believe they are in our heads.  You have to give me that.  I believe the bills are preparing much differently this week than in the past. The messaging will be different from McDermott. It is a ghost we have to get rid of.  You may even see coach more involved in calling some of the defense this week. He wants this one bad.  The guy in the hood has our number

 

This seems like you are possibly just creating this unwinnable scenario so your feelings/emotions are protected if the Bills lose.  The Patriots have had the Bills number for the last 20 years, sure.  But this year, is this year.  

[Stank_Nasty]

3 minutes ago, DDCC said:

I hope I am wrong but I do believe they are in our heads.  You have to give me that.  I believe the bills are preparing much differently this week than in the past. The messaging will be different from McDermott. It is a ghost we have to get rid of.  You may even see coach more involved in calling some of the defense this week. He wants this one bad.  The guy in the hood has our number

Do you remember Tyrone Wheatley. Big back. It is not the weight

ok so when you say somebody isnt a "big back", without any context, do you blame me for taking that literally and the referencing his size? physically he's a big back. And sunday i saw him run through some arm tackles. he'll get it.

[stevewin]

35 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

I'll have to check it out. But, my Sunday pregame DiBella's is undeafeated this year.

Every Bills fan's Sunday pregame ritual is undefeated this year  

[DDCC]

1 minute ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

This seems like you are possibly just creating this unwinnable scenario so your feelings/emotions are protected if the Bills lose.  The Patriots have had the Bills number for the last 20 years, sure.  But this year, is this year.  

N

 

Stop the psychology please.  I believe the Pats will be us and not sure it will be close.  Our defense is a mess and their short crossing routes will kill us.  The only positive is Milano will be back

[Johnnycage46]

4 minutes ago, DDCC said:

N

 

Stop the psychology please.  I believe the Pats will be us and not sure it will be close.  Our defense is a mess and their short crossing routes will kill us.  The only positive is Milano will be back

 

You are the one spouting psychology by literally saying the Pats and Billy boy are in the Bills heads.

 

It's ok, this weekend will be good.  Don't worry!

[Bigvinny]

2 minutes ago, DDCC said:

N

 

Stop the psychology please.  I believe the Pats will be us and not sure it will be close.  Our defense is a mess and their short crossing routes will kill us.  The only positive is Milano will be back

Short Crossing routes to who?. This would make sense if Brady was there. But Cam Newton has shown no ability to throw the ball. If Nkeal Harry is out with a concussion. Edelman is their only receiver?  Also Newton when he does throw only throws to one side of the field. 

[thebandit27]

1 minute ago, Bigvinny said:

Short Crossing routes to who?. This would make sense if Brady was there. But Cam Newton has shown no ability to throw the ball. If Nkeal Harry is out with a concussion. Edelman is their only receiver?  Also Newton when he does throw only throws to one side of the field. 

Not to mention that short crossers are typically man beaters, and the Bills play a ton of zone—mostly C-3 and quarters.

[Mrbojanglezs]

1 hour ago, Greg S said:

 

Jersey Mike's >>>>> Subway.

 

No Jersey Mike's in WNY that I am aware of, I never had it but seen commercials. We have a good local sub scene though. Rather support the locals instead of chains 

[cwchze]

The patriots and brady owned us not this new patriot team. We used to own them and it’s time to turn the table. Don’t let belichek gettin in your head. We are better and will show it this week!

Edited October 27, 2020 by cwchze
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[Coffeesforclosers]

29 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

If the Patriots run for 150+ yards I blame the coaching staff. Make Cam beat us with his arm.

 

There's something really funny about this.  "We're going to make New England's QB stand back there and play quarterback".  

 

"We aren't going to let the QB playing against Josh Allen beat us with his legs".

 

I hope Stidham plays, I really do. 

[YoloinOhio]

30 minutes ago, DDCC said:

I hope I am wrong but I do believe they are in our heads.  You have to give me that.  I believe the bills are preparing much differently this week than in the past. The messaging will be different from McDermott. It is a ghost we have to get rid of.  You may even see coach more involved in calling some of the defense this week. He wants this one bad.  The guy in the hood has our number

Do you remember Tyrone Wheatley. Big back. It is not the weight

Belichick has had the ability to affect Allen in the past. I don’t doubt that Allen will struggle a bit with his schemes. But Belichick’s m.o. is to take away the best weapon on the team. This will be Diggs. If brown plays that will help a ton. Overall the Pats defense is not as talented as it was last year, and that is showing on the field. Their ST isn’t as impactful either with blocked punts and that was the difference in the 1st game last year. There are holes to be exploited for Daboll. I think Allen will use his legs a lot. I’m not worried about their offense. DL needs to set the edge with cam. 
 

as far as McDermott, I don’t know if you are right in your belief about his approach but  I think he should want this one bad and I think the messaging should be different. That’s jmo. 

Edited October 27, 2020 by YoloinOhio

[PaattMaann]

I know that the Patriots will do everything they can to confuse Josh. Likely very similar to what he saw last week with mixed half field coverages that made him question his eyes and hesitate on some throws, and thus not throwing to the correct guys. Josh's legs will have to keep us moving early on in this game until he/they can figure it out. Also I am sure there will be lots of short underneath throws all game again, which I am fine with. Cannot have the penalties and drops that have plagued us the past two weeks. 

 

I am still very confident we win this game. Might not be pretty, and I dont give a Sh#%. Just get to 6-2 with a stranglehold on the division. 

[DDCC]

4 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Belichick has had the ability to affect Allen in the past. I don’t doubt that Allen will struggle a bit with his schemes. But Belichick’s m.o. is to take away the best weapon on the team. This will be Diggs. If brown plays that will help a ton. Overall the Pats defense is not as talented as it was last year, and that is showing on the field. Their ST isn’t as impactful either with blocked punts and that was the difference in the 1st game last year. There are holes to be exploited for Daboll. I think Allen will use his legs a lot. I’m not worried about their offense. DL needs to set the edge with cam. 
 

as far as McDermott, I don’t know if you are right in your belief about his approach but  I think he should want this one bad and I think the messaging should be different. That’s jmo. 

Brown will play this week

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, DDCC said:

Brown will play this week

I only want him out there if he can be effective. Vs the chiefs he was limping and couldn’t run or separate and the chiefs knew that. But when healthy he really changes what they can do on offense. 

Edited October 27, 2020 by YoloinOhio

[Royale with Cheese]

2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

I only want him out there if he can be effective. Vs the chiefs he was limping and couldn’t run or separate and the chiefs knew that. But when healthy he really changes what they can do on offense. 

 

I saw that too.  Calfs scare me.  I remember when Victor Cruz had his about 7-8 years ago, he couldn't recover from it the entire season.

[DDCC]

He was held out last week due to the opponent.  They thought it would be a blow out so they didn’t want to rush him back.  I am sure he is doing fine and unless he hurts it during practice.  Brown and Milano will be back this week

[Blank Stare]

3 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I saw that too.  Calfs scare me.  I remember when Victor Cruz had his about 7-8 years ago, he couldn't recover from it the entire season.

I could be wrong, but wasn’t it his knee keeping him out?

[thebandit27]

2 minutes ago, DDCC said:

He was held out last week due to the opponent.  They thought it would be a blow out so they didn’t want to rush him back.  I am sure he is doing fine and unless he hurts it during practice.  Brown and Milano will be back this week

 

So he’ll be back unless he isn’t? Nice work.

 

Also, Milano was back last week.

[DDCC]

Milano played on a very limited basis,  he will start and take the majority of the reps.  Brown is running just fine Einstein but if you know anything about leg injuries you can tweak them easily.  As of today, Brown will start.  The trainers and coaches will be closely monitoring his reps during the week and extra treatment in the whirlpool. Why are you arguing about something so simple to grasp

[wjag]

16 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Belichick has had the ability to affect Allen in the past. I don’t doubt that Allen will struggle a bit with his schemes. But Belichick’s m.o. is to take away the best weapon on the team. This will be Diggs. If brown plays that will help a ton. Overall the Pats defense is not as talented as it was last year, and that is showing on the field. Their ST isn’t as impactful either with blocked punts and that was the difference in the 1st game last year. There are holes to be exploited for Daboll. I think Allen will use his legs a lot. I’m not worried about their offense. DL needs to set the edge with cam. 
 

as far as McDermott, I don’t know if you are right in your belief about his approach but  I think he should want this one bad and I think the messaging should be different. That’s jmo. 

 

The crazy thing about the Belichick is he pulls out a new wrinkle that you don't expect.  I fully expect him to use White as his featured back.  Instead we are likely to see Burkhead or Harris or something even crazier like J.J. Taylor.

[Royale with Cheese]

7 minutes ago, TheProcess said:

I could be wrong, but wasn’t it his knee keeping him out?

 

https://www.nj.com/giants/2016/02/giants_victor_cruz_had_very_rare_injury_that_requi.html#:~:text=Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz,serious but rare calf injury.&text=Cruz%2C 29%2C originally injured the,played in an NFL game.