Pats Oline Injury Update

[Billsfanatic8989]

20 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

I think it's cute how the Pats play Cincy without Burrow and we get to play him after he warms up for a week or two.

 

Count your blessings PatsFan!!

Burrow could still be rusty. And the Bills tend to.play better vs good QB's this season.

[PatsFanNH]

15 minutes ago, Billz4ever said:

Yeah, great OL depth isn't something a lot of teams think about first, but having at least a couple guys that can immediately step in and keep the offense rolling at close to normal is huge.  If Spencer Brown is going to IR, that's a big loss for the Bills OL, but Ryan Van Demark, while obviously not the same, can hold his own.

Well the OLine was beyond terrible last year, so bad that 4 of the 5 starters this year are new and 2 of those are rookies. So they did a great job making it a competent group but only so much you can do in 1 off season..  I am just hoping the Oline coach was part of the issue last year and Lowe is at least serviceable enough where he doesn’t get Maye killed back there

[frostbitmic]

Cool, maybe they'll run for under 150 against us instead of 200+ yards.

 

With all of our injuries we might be starting a Defense of street FA's by the time we face them.

[buffblue]

8 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

I think it's cute how the Pats play Cincy without Burrow and we get to play him after he warms up for a week or two.

 

Count your blessings PatsFan!!

And Chase. And Higgins for a stretch. Maybe Chase will spit on someone from Baltimore Thanksgiving night?

 

Jokes aside you know we'll be playing both those guys plus Burrow by the time our game rolls around, then we get the Pats coming off the bye

[PatsFanNH]

1 minute ago, buffblue said:

And Chase. And Higgins for a stretch. Maybe Chase will spit on someone from Baltimore Thanksgiving night?

 

Jokes aside you know we'll be playing both those guys plus Burrow by the time our game rolls around, then we get the Pats coming off the bye

Higgins injury looked scary I think he was knocked out for a second.. he may not be back for a bit. 

[Billz4ever]

1 minute ago, PatsFanNH said:

Well the OLine was beyond terrible last year, so bad that 4 of the 5 starters this year are new and 2 of those are rookies. So they did a great job making it a competent group but only so much you can do in 1 off season..  I am just hoping the Oline coach was part of the issue last year and Lowe is at least serviceable enough where he doesn’t get Maye killed back there

 

Good coaching can do wonders.  Aaron Kromer is known for getting the most out of the guys he has even if they aren't all super talented.  He gets those five to play good together as a unit and that's all you can hope for.

[buffblue]

22 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

Higgins injury looked scary I think he was knocked out for a second.. he may not be back for a bit. 

Yeah it definitely looked rough. It's possible he could still be out.

 

Forgot to mention but Hendrickson missing another game certainly helped to offset the Oline injuries. I fully expect him back for the Bills too the way our season is going.

[boyst]

This was the worst injury I saw, but it's a former Patriot I think he's with the Chiefs now 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by boyst

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 hours ago, PatsFanNH said:

That’s a pretty nasty thing say about 2 young rookies.. you be peeved if someone said that about a bills player.. 

I think there is a vast difference in wishing injury on someone, which I would agree is nasty and hoping than an injured player misses more time.

 

You ever look at an injury report and see a questionable player on a team the Pats are facing and think, man hope he misses this week? I'll bet you have and it's the same thing.

[Warriorspikes51]

Pats winning 9 straight reminds me of the Steelers being 11-0 or whatever it was a few years back where they had crazy luck and a pathetic schedule
 

 

[Success]

14 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Pats winning 9 straight reminds me of the Steelers being 11-0 or whatever it was a few years back where they had crazy luck and a pathetic schedule
 

 

 

It's an illusion.

 

They're very improved, and a good team - but they're not what the hype suggests right now.   If they do win the division and get that 1st place schedule, I'd expect next season to be pretty different.

 

[PatsFanNH]

14 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Pats winning 9 straight reminds me of the Steelers being 11-0 or whatever it was a few years back where they had crazy luck and a pathetic schedule
 

 

Difference is the Steelers were an old veteran team, the Pats are a very young team and winning helps build confidence.. now will they make noise in the playoffs? Probably not but the goal this year was a winning record and maybe making the playoffs.. they already got the winning record.. and I am pretty sure they will make the playoffs.  

[PatsFanNH]

Just now, Success said:

 

It's an illusion.

 

They're very improved, and a good team - but they're not what the hype suggests right now.   If they do win the division and get that 1st place schedule, I'd expect next season to be pretty different.

 

Maybe not because so many other teams are having down years like KC and Baltimore and heck even the Texans.. you guys may end up facing the Texans since they look like the #2 team in their division.. and I rather face Indy than them.. that D is scary!! Division winners right now:

 

Ravens, Denver, Indy, Philly, Chicago, rams, Carolina/Tampa

 

only Philly, Rams, and Ravens scare me… (I have no idea who the 3 winners be.. but it’s only a 3 game difference.. people make to much of it.. the fact is the Bills have had an easy schedule too but you lost to 2 bum teams in Atlanta and Miami don’t lose those and it’s a tie in the AFCE right now)

[Mikie2times]

25 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Pats winning 9 straight reminds me of the Steelers being 11-0 or whatever it was a few years back where they had crazy luck and a pathetic schedule
 

 

They rank 17th in DVOA. It's a fringe wild card team masquerading as an actual contender. The fall will be violent.  

[mjt328]

They could play their entire backup O-Line, and our pass rush won't sniff Drake Maye.

 

I can't believe anyone would still be holding out hope for the AFC East title.  It's not going to happen.  I'm not even sure a Wild Card is realistic the way this team has been playing.

[jburt2625]

24 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

They rank 17th in DVOA. It's a fringe wild card team masquerading as an actual contender. The fall will be violent.  

What’s Buffalos DVOA ranking?  

[PatsFanNH]

19 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

They rank 17th in DVOA. It's a fringe wild card team masquerading as an actual contender. The fall will be violent.  

Thats for defense… which anyone with eyes has seen has underperformed this year (davis III has been meh at best most of the year not the solid 2 we expected) the difference is the Pats O went from like last in the NFL in every measurable category the last what 3 years? To a top 8 O in yards and Points per game.. thus a playoff team and fringe contender THIS year.. 

3 minutes ago, jburt2625 said:

What’s Buffalos DVOA ranking?  

If I looked it up right they are 5th

[Haslett_Stomp]

9 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

Thats for defense… which anyone with eyes has seen has underperformed this year (davis III has been meh at best most of the year not the solid 2 we expected) the difference is the Pats O went from like last in the NFL in every measurable category the last what 3 years? To a top 8 O in yards and Points per game.. thus a playoff team and fringe contender THIS year.. 

If I looked it up right they are 5th

 

McDaniels may not be a good head coach but he is a heck of an offensive coordinator.