12/14/2025 GAMEDAY Bills at Patriots 1:00pm Gameday Thread AFCE Battle

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Just don’t want to be in this state after the game..

 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

6 minutes ago, muppy said:

So the team had lockdown drama last night. 

What did I miss?

[BearNorth]

Vrabel with Derrick Henry was the definition of smash mouth.  

[Mailman]

3 minutes ago, NeverOutNick said:

How ridiculous is it that people like Kurt Warner and all these other media pundits say the Patriots have the more complete team after finishing 4-13 last year and getting owned by us for years. Just shows how much Beane has failed as a GM

I give no effs about anything Kurt Warner says. 

[muppy]

1 minute ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

What did I miss?

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/buffalo-bills/bills-patriots-nfl-shooting-brown-university/

[MikePJ76]

49 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

There is little doubt that Vrabel has brought back the “ cheap shot” that NE used for many years. Allen is used to it and any such antics won’t be taken lightly. The Officials were pretty awful in that NYG game ( and the first Bills /NE game earlier this year ) but I think they’ll be on point today with a better crew. Besides, Allen is used to it. He’ll be fine. 

Allen is going to be fired up.  They were talking crap to allen all throughout the 4th quarter last time and anfernee jennings hit allen in the head and then said something to him that Josh didn't like.  Allen is going to be hoping for this I bet.  I won't be surprised if the pats got an unsportsman like late hit today.  

 

its going to be a bad day to be anfernee jennings.

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

go Bills!

[EmotionallyUnstable]

2 minutes ago, muppy said:

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/buffalo-bills/bills-patriots-nfl-shooting-brown-university/

Never made the connection between the news and the Bills. Thanks for sharing 

[Chandler#81]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19vY29KbZ2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[muppy]

3 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Never made the connection between the news and the Bills. Thanks for sharing 

I am a bit surprised it hadn't come up.  It delves into a shooting with might go towards PPP. But it did happen last night to the Bills at their hotel. a lockdown

 

SMH

 

 

[TheWei44]

Two Bills disadvantages: away and catching them after bye.  Two Bills advantages: weather seems perfect for ground and pound with some P/A mixed in (running is our strength); we usually roll in December especially when Josh is fully unleashed.  Bills win!  Go Bills!

[Nihilarian]

27 minutes ago, finn said:

Maybe. I think the bottom line is that no one really knows how good the Patriots team is, despite the mindless hype. They were promising but bad last year. Are they suddenly elite, in one year? That seems unlikely, even with improvements to the roster, a new coach, and Maye a year more experienced. More likely is that they've gotten a lot better but are not yet in the top tier, a good team that has stacked up wins against bottom feeders while staying exceptionally healthy all year. An up-and-coming 9-4 or 8-5 team for whom the stars have aligned so far this season. A team overdue for a reality check. Regression to the mean, baby. 

The Patriots were 4-13 last year, and media types couldn't stop talking about how good Drake Maye looked on a bad team with a very bad offensive line. This year's Pats Coaching staff underwent a major overhaul, with a solid ex-Patriot player and ex-Tennessee HC who led his Titans to the playoffs a few years ago in Mike Vrabel. 

 

While the new HC has brought stability to the team with a solid culture to boot. The Biggest upgrades have been ex-NFL HC, now OC, Josh McDaniels, who was also Tom Brady's OC for a lot of those SB seasons. Their DC looks to be pretty solid, also. The problem with the Titans under Vrabel was the QB position with Ryan Tannehill, who was an ex-Dolphin and a middling QB.  

 

New England QB Drake Maye looks to be the real deal and could be a top NFL QB. It doesn't help Buffalo with all the injuries, along with their best CB being limited this week.

 

Still nervous...

[JohninMinn.]

[Rockinon]

I say the Bills are going to jump ahead early and force Maye to play hero ball. Lets see if he is on Josh Allen's level.

Edited 6 hours ago by Rockinon

[Psautcsk]

8 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Never made the connection between the news and the Bills. Thanks for sharing 

There is only one current NFL player who played at Brown University and he is on the Bills, though injured. Michael Hoecht. 

[Joe Ferguson]

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

First I heard of this bully ball, but I got to say I wouldn’t mind that being a label the Bills had.

No thanks we already went through that with Rex Ryan 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

All the games count the same.  The teams who earn the #1 seed generally come to play as readt for the fifth game of the season in the same way they do the 15th game of the season.  The Patriots had the same pressure the first time they played the Bills. This is not an elimination game for the Patriots.  They will be ready to play.  But they are not under some immense pressure.  It is fair to say they are untested.  Its not clear the Bills have been fully tested either.  Other than our loss to the Patriots we have not played a game against any of the currently projected divisional winners this season (corrected, the Steelers, whom the Bills beat).  The Texan's are in the hunt.  But the Bills failed that test too.  The Bills have more pressure on them, than the Patriots. Hopefully that fuels them to victory.  

Disagree that Bills have more pressure

[Chaos]

50 minutes ago, finn said:

Maybe. I think the bottom line is that no one really knows how good the Patriots team is, despite the mindless hype. They were promising but bad last year. Are they suddenly elite, in one year? That seems unlikely, even with improvements to the roster, a new coach, and Maye a year more experienced. More likely is that they've gotten a lot better but are not yet in the top tier, a good team that has stacked up wins against bottom feeders while staying exceptionally healthy all year. An up-and-coming 9-4 or 8-5 team for whom the stars have aligned so far this season. A team overdue for a reality check. Regression to the mean, baby. 

What is the top tier.  Because it does not include the 2025 Chiefs and 2025 Ravens? 

[RiotAct]

10 minutes ago, Rockinon said:

I say the Bills are going to jump ahead early and force Maye to play hero ball. Lets see if he is on Josh Allen's level.

that would be amazing, but I don’t see it.  I think we’ll be down by a couple scores at some point in the first half.  Our defense always takes a while to get going.