Game week thread - Bills at Patriots*

[Psautcsk]

3 hours ago, Instincts said:

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-qb-rankings-index-week-14-2025-nfl-season

NFL Odds

NFL Championship Game winner

2/9, 6:00 PM

Los Angeles Rams+400

Seattle Seahawks+750

Green Bay Packers+800

Buffalo Bills+850

Denver Broncos+1000

 

[oldmanfan]

Strap em up boys.  Play no mistake football and win physical battles up front.  December football time.

[Gregg]

It will be either all whites or white over blue this Sunday at New England.

 

 

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=weekly&year=2025&week=15&league=NFL

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

10 minutes ago, Psautcsk said:

NFL Odds

NFL Championship Game winner

2/9, 6:00 PM

Los Angeles Rams+400

Seattle Seahawks+750

Green Bay Packers+800

Buffalo Bills+850

Denver Broncos+1000

 

Man the situation NE is in reminds me so much of us vs KC.  We occasionally had the better record and thought we had the better team, oddsmakers always favored the chiefs though even on the road and we’d get mad and all defensive then they’d beat us haha 

 

Edited 59 minutes ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[newcam2012]

15 hours ago, PatsFanNH said:

You could be right! But the Bills are a running team and the Pats have not given up a 100 yards rushing to a RB yet. The one part of the Bills O scares me is the TE as that is the weakness of the defense is covering TE. Again I expect a good game that could go anyway unless one of the teams doesn’t show up sharp.. 

I don't think this is an unreasonable take. The Bills do lack weapons on offense. They don't really have offensive stars that teams fear. Allen and Cook maybe a healthy Kincaid. I'm not getting all giddy about this offense because of the Bengals game. The Bengals D stinks and Allen was unbelievable. The Bills defense made a couple of plays that flipped and changed the game. That's likely not sustainable but at the same time give them credit. 

 

The Pats aren't the Bengals. Maye looks like a young version of Allen. He's still learning and of course in that process he makes young mistakes. However, he makes plays too. Just look at the previous meeting. He shredded the Bills defense with his arm and legs with his mobility. 

 

The Pats have a great coaching staff and they will be prepared. I expect a close hard fought game. Regardless of the outcome of this game, the Pats will win the division. They earned it. Yet, the Bills have as good as a shot to make a super bowl appearance as any team in the AFC. It's wide open...

 

Go Bills!!!!

Edited 54 minutes ago by newcam2012

[MiltonWaddams]

I have Henderson in a FF league so I have taken more interest in NE games this year. The team that came into Buffalo and delivered a win is legit. They should be considered top tier in the AFC and their fans who are puffing their chests have a valid case to do so. I love our Bills, but I am not blind. The defense will have its hands full once again. Maye is cerebral, strong-armed and athletic. He doesn’t make many mistakes. The run game behind a good OL can be explosive. Rhamondre can still play too loose with the ball so that is an opportunity. We know the prick at WR1 all to well and he knows McD’s vaunted defense just as well. Henry is a solid TE1. The Pats defense is stout and disciplined and they have a strong secondary anchored by Gonzalez who has a case for top 3 cb in the league. We should wish that Josh was surrounded by the talent they have assembled in NE. The Pats fans should be confident this year.

All that being said, ***** New England and ***** *Pats fans. Every last one of them.

[billieve420]

Just get as healthy as possible for the postseason for once. AFC is wide open and it would be nice to have a home game but I am not worried about seeding let the chips fall where they will.

 

If there is any year for this team to finally do it and reach the Super Bowl it is now.

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

I don't think this is an unreasonable take. The Bills do lack weapons on offense. They don't really have offensive stars that teams fear. Allen and Cook maybe a healthy Kincaid. I'm not getting all giddy about this offense because of the Bengals game. The Bengals D stinks and Allen was unbelievable. The Bills defense made a couple of plays that flipped and changed the game. That's likely not sustainable but at the same time give them credit. 

 

The Pats aren't the Bengals. Maye looks like a young version of Allen. He's still learning and of course in that process he makes young mistakes. However, he makes plays too. Just look at the previous meeting. He shredded the Bills defense.

 

The Pats have a great coaching staff and they will be prepared. I expect a close hard fought game. Regardless of the outcome of this game, the Pats will win the division. They earned it. Yet, the Bills have as good as a shot to make a super bowl appearance as any team in the AFC. It's wide open...

 

Go Bills!!!!

 

The Pats will probably win the division but if the Bills win on Sunday, then it will get interesting. The Bills remaining schedule after NE is at Cleveland, Philly and the Jets.

The Bills should handle business against the Browns and Jets. That Eagles game isn't looking to tough right now as they have been struggling lately. If the Bills can beat the Pats, then there is a good chance, they run the table and finish 13-4.

[atlbillsfan1975]

12 hours ago, Juice_32 said:

pats* fans* are the worst

They appear arrogant from what I have observed. Perhaps they think since the team was good for a while they have superior knowledge of the game. Heck the @PatsFanNH argued a few years ago that McCorkle was a better option for Belichick at quarterback than Josh. They are fans blinded by their passion for their team, just like Bills fans. 

[Neo]

2 hours ago, BritBill said:

I once saw one in a Brady jersey and a Manchester United tattoo on their leg. How much of a c**t can one person be?

Oh, boy.   I confess to the usual American lack of understanding of football (see what I did, there?).   I do live in Tampa, and have a familiarity with the Glazers, however.   I will trust your judgment.   Who shall I root for?

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

21 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

I don't think this is an unreasonable take. The Bills do lack weapons on offense. They don't really have offensive stars that teams fear. Allen and Cook maybe a healthy Kincaid. I'm not getting all giddy about this offense because of the Bengals game. The Bengals D stinks and Allen was unbelievable. The Bills defense made a couple of plays that flipped and changed the game. That's likely not sustainable but at the same time give them credit. 

 

The Pats aren't the Bengals. Maye looks like a young version of Allen. He's still learning and of course in that process he makes young mistakes. However, he makes plays too. Just look at the previous meeting. He shredded the Bills defense with his arm and legs with his mobility. 

 

The Pats have a great coaching staff and they will be prepared. I expect a close hard fought game. Regardless of the outcome of this game, the Pats will win the division. They earned it. Yet, the Bills have as good as a shot to make a super bowl appearance as any team in the AFC. It's wide open...

 

Go Bills!!!!

Idk the bills are kinda well suited for the pats defense tbh.  2-3 TEs that can catch the ball is kinda what you want against them  and a pretty good wr  outside gets locked up by Gonzalez and doesn’t really help you much anyway.  
 

Really think schematically it’s not a bad matchup at all…they basically sell out in run support because their linebackers are old school run stuffers that can’t really cover well but it leaves the middle of the field vulnerable because the safeties can’t cover all the big targets. Kind of a holdover from the previous folks in charge…i think vrabel is trying to get better hybrid type linebackers but it’s a work in progress.  
 

it’s a good defense but one where all the stuff Brady does that everyone hates actually could work 😂. Kincaid and/or Knox will probably go off…obviously the cincy defense is much worse but the weaknesses are kind of the same 

Edited 35 minutes ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

19 hours ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

I hate to break it to y'all.

 

We been in playoff mode since the Kansas City Chiefs game. Hell, maybe the week before that game. Y'know with us having terrible defense, ton of injuries, McD's mental short comings, and Joe Brady's useless screens to Shakir and designed hand offs on 3rd and 4th downs.

Na…bills never quite got into a ‘backs against the wall’ situation this year despite how many times the more pessimistic fans assured us it would happen.  In fact it was to our detriment I think because we straight up slept-walk through that dolphins game 

im all for people being negative but that first statement just straight up isn’t true 

[eball]

19 hours ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

I hate to break it to y'all.

 

We been in playoff mode since the Kansas City Chiefs game. Hell, maybe the week before that game. Y'know with us having terrible defense, ton of injuries, McD's mental short comings, and Joe Brady's useless screens to Shakir and designed hand offs on 3rd and 4th downs.

 

Thank god I stopped in this morning; now I know exactly what's going on with this team.

 

[PatsFanNH]

1 hour ago, Blank Stare said:

Cheats have played a soft schedule (so have the Bills), but they are legit. Difference between them and us is that they got all their “brain fart” games out of the way early in the season and have taken care of business since. Good on them. They should win the division barring a loss this week and another misstep. I came to grips with that after the Bills dumb loss to the fish. 
 

Honestly, while I’d obviously love to have the division for nothing other than getting another game at Highmark, I really just want us to come out and match Diggs intensity and get Josh his first W over him since he’s left. 

Funny thing is being the 5 seed COULD be better than the 2 seed.. I rather face Pitt or Baltimore over the Texans.

1 hour ago, Psautcsk said:

NFL Odds

NFL Championship Game winner

2/9, 6:00 PM

Los Angeles Rams+400

Seattle Seahawks+750

Green Bay Packers+800

Buffalo Bills+850

Denver Broncos+1000

 

When will people stop looking at this like some sort of true measurement? This also had the chiefs in the top 5 till like 2 weeks ago.. it’s just a bogus as anything.. because who have the Broncos beaten that are current playoff team? 

[Gregg]

4 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

Funny thing is being the 5 seed COULD be better than the 2 seed.. I rather face Pitt or Baltimore over the Texans.

When will people stop looking at this like some sort of true measurement? This also had the chiefs in the top 5 till like 2 weeks ago.. it’s just a bogus as anything.. because who have the Broncos beaten that are current playoff team? 

 

The race for the AFCS is going to be a good one to watch between the Jaguars and Texans.

[strive_for_five_guy]

4 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said:

When will people stop looking at this like some sort of true measurement? This also had the chiefs in the top 5 till like 2 weeks ago.. it’s just a bogus as anything.. because who have the Broncos beaten that are current playoff team? 

I think bettors are figuring they have as good a shot as any to get the 1 seed in the AFC, which is a huge bump in a team’s chances to get to the Super Bowl.

[PatsFanNH]

39 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

They appear arrogant from what I have observed. Perhaps they think since the team was good for a while they have superior knowledge of the game. Heck the @PatsFanNH argued a few years ago that McCorkle was a better option for Belichick at quarterback than Josh. They are fans blinded by their passion for their team, just like Bills fans. 

That has always gotten misunderstood.. and I still stand by what I meant.. BB would take Jones over Allen (in the draft with the same write up for both going into the draft as they had when drafted) because he believes he only needs a game manager and someone who won’t turn the ball over.. that was never ever meant to mean Jones. Is better than Allen..