Game week thread - Bills at Patriots*

[finn]

28 minutes ago, Boo Radley Boston said:

You mean like playing Pittsburgh with a QB who had 1 good arm?

And the Bengals minus Burrow and Chase. 

[PatsFanNH]

2 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I do think it's a bigger game for the patriots though.

 

Bills don't really have a lot of pressure as they are pretty firmly going to be a wild card team barring anything crazy happening.

Pats are playing for the 1 seed, and it's still a measuring stick game for them to see how really good they are.

 

 I think it will be gut punching for the Pats if the reigning 5X afc east champs came into their building in a December game, and made a statement

It would be for the team but fans would call it a learning experience for a young team learning to win..  either way I just want both teams come out as healthy as possible because nothing worse than having your season ruined by a terrible injury (like what happened to Indy)

2 minutes ago, finn said:

And the Bengals minus Burrow and Chase. 

You can’t control who you face and who’s healthy… mind you we’re the Bills that good against the Steelers or have the Ravens D regressed that bad?  That game yesterday was hard to watch

[DaVinci]

I hope Allen goes 10 -12 and the Bills run for 350 yards

[Matt_In_NH]

3 minutes ago, DaVinci said:

I hope Allen goes 10 -12 and the Bills run for 350 yards

Their defense is quite good vs the run.  

[Rockinon]

8 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

Their defense is quite good vs the run.  

Not since week 11

[Instincts]

Just now, finn said:

Has Maye been challenged by a tough defense yet, like Allen was by Houston and Atlanta? I don't watch their games on principle, but I do wonder how Maye would hold up against a ferocious rush. Not that we have that. I think you're right that McDermott likely to play more soft zones and hope for the best. 

Maye played Cleveland and Atlanta and still put up 30 points. He has also played extremely well with out his star left tackle, another lineman and without Kayshon Boutte for a little while

Just now, quincy said:

Last year after week 14 we were 10 and 3, this year we are 9 and 4. For all the angst we are only one game worse than last year at the same point in the season. 

 

This will be another close game, coming down to penalties, turnovers and sound decision making.  

 

My concern will be the special teams in general. Marcus Jones is really good and we seem to always get a flag or two for kickoff returns. 

 

I think it will be another high scoring game, one ascending QB against an elite QB, both wanting to show what they've got with 2 defensive HC's going nuts at times.  

2 defensive coaches.. Mike Vrabel is an excellent coach who also has one of the best offensive coordinators of all time in Josh McDaniels, with superbowl experience.