12/14/2025 GAMEDAY Bills at Patriots* Post Game Game Thread AFCE Battle

[Sierra Foothills]

12 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

However, the kid Maye is in year two and looks to be in his way to being a franchise QB. The Pats fans have a lot to be optimistic about. 

 

12 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

I thought the Bills got a few favorable penalties at very key moments. It's about time is my initial thought process. I'd be a little pis$ed off if I were a Pats fan. 

 

11 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

I thought it was an interception by the Pats defender. The hold on Coleman was marginal. The Bills definitely got some breaks today. I don't hate it either. 

 

11 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

I'd be happy if the Bills traded him for a 4th or 5th round pick. He might be decent on the right team who can utilize his skill set. That's not Brady. Right now he's dead weight. That's the problem isn't it? 

 

Boy, Newcam. Your posts are really annoying me today. Is someone paying you to be magnanimous towards the Cheating phaqs? I'm gonna need to see your fan card, dude.

 

12 hours ago, buffalo2218 said:

It's only a matter of time before Diggs starts tearing in to Maye the way he did Josh. Then the wheels are gonna really come off

 

As soon as he drops a few critical passes he'll show his true colors.

 

12 hours ago, FLFan said:

There was not a single call against the Pats that was not deserved.  

 

Agreed... especially in the historical context and particularly including week 5. The game was decided by the players and coaches, not the officials.

 

12 hours ago, davefan66 said:

The bobbled pass?

 

NE got to the line before he could make a decision. He stated in post game there was no replay to see and the Jumbotron showed it was close.  Should he have thrown it? Yeah, but with lack of info, he didn’t.

 

If he had thrown it, and it wasn’t overturned pitchforks would be waiting at Prior Aviation for him.

 

Patsies were juiced for this game, as well as the fans. Many poor decisions in the first half on offense and defense. Thankfully they adjusted big time 2nd half and played a heck of a half.

 

Remember, patsies had the bye. Great win by our team for sure!

 

I agree with your take Dave. The non-challenge was a non-issue for me too.

 

12 hours ago, Success said:

This game gives me so much confidence for the postseason.

 

That was a playoff atmosphere, on the road.  We were down 21 and still pulled it off.

 

No team scares me in January.  Winning 3 on the road won't be easy - but this is the team to do it if it comes to that.

 

Agreed, This was a great win!

 

12 hours ago, muppy said:

I don't recall there being any serious injuries today either. That and getting  healthier down the stretch would be Major

 

We just have to hope that the Bills stop practicing on the same field as Ed Oliver's polo club.

 

12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Fine. But just remember, everything good that happens is because of the players and everything bad that happens is because of the coaches.

 

11 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

People are calling the wgr postgame and complaining about wr.  

 

this wr obsession is an epidemic in this fanbase.  I will never understand it.  

 

why would this be the topic you as a fan are worried about tonight after another great win?

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

After The Comeback Game, we were all so happy.

 

I really don't know what this world has come to that people want to embrace the negatives after a great win... in what should be a joyous moment.

 

It's like you husband /wife makes you a great dinner to apologize for something but you can't let go of the grudge. Pretty pathetic IMO.

 

11 hours ago, muppy said:

what has been a solace the last 2 weeks are plays by Knox and Kincaid in lieu of official WR's catching passes. Feed the TE's! Good things happen more often than not lately. 

 

The TE's AND the RBs are both contributing more heavily as the season has progressed. Lots of fans fixated on other position groups aren't appreciating this subtle and effective change in the offense. They're too busy embracing their unhappiness.

 

11 hours ago, Ralonzo said:

How many shady asterisk championships over the years and these entitled brats are going on like this?

 

I wish them nothing but sports heartbreak forever.

 

Here's some of that *****:

 

 

For those that didn't notice, our "old friend" Jerry Sullivan is right near the top posting "Coaching, advantage Pats. Quarterback, advantage Pats."

 

That guy always sucked and now he's just a bitter little piece of yesterday.

 

10 hours ago, finn said:

Did anyone else notice that on the long TD run by Henderson in the fourth quarter Hairston, the fastest guy on the Bills, didn't make a move to run after him? What's up with that? 

 

There's no way Hairston was gonna catch Henderson.

 

Could he have "made it look better?" Yes.

 

Would it have been a pointless waste of energy simply for the sake of show?

 

Yes.

 

[juno999]

8 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

We've seen it called often. I've always hated that it's more often than not called pass interference. 

 

On this specific play I think the contact was marginal and the defender made a great play. He turned around and found the ball. I also don't think it was duel possession. Rather, I think he took the ball from Shakir. I think the Bills got a huge break there. 

If you see the play from the sideline, it’s clearly DPI. Contact by defender way before ball arrives and defender does not look back for the ball. On the endzone shot where you see defenders back, it’s hard to see the contact by defender.

[Cray51]

11 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

We've seen it called often. I've always hated that it's more often than not called pass interference. 

 

On this specific play I think the contact was marginal and the defender made a great play. He turned around and found the ball. I also don't think it was duel possession. Rather, I think he took the ball from Shakir. I think the Bills got a huge break there. 

It’s a break for sure.  Reminds me of te Worthy catch last year in the playoffs where bishop looked to have intercepted the pass but the tie went to Worthy.

 

even so, the egregious miss on the first drive where replay assist didn’t… assist, was crazy.  Took them from a punt situation to the redzone

[atlbillsfan1975]

18 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

Come on now. Maye is in his second year. The fact that he's in the MVP conversation tells you how good he is.  If you can't see his talent then you don't know football. 

I didn't see anything special today. The runs were not special. The throws he made any NFL qb can make. He turtled up and played bad in the second half. Reminds me of a young athletic Kirk Cousins. 

 

The MVP hype is media driven. Something the Boston market has a ton of pull at controlling the narrative.

Edited 2 hours ago by atlbillsfan1975

[newcam2012]

1 minute ago, Cray51 said:

It’s a break for sure.  Reminds me of te Worthy catch last year in the playoffs where bishop looked to have intercepted the pass but the tie went to Worthy.

 

even so, the egregious miss on the first drive where replay assist didn’t… assist, was crazy.  Took them from a punt situation to the redzone

The replay assist has to go or be changed. It's too arbitrary and applied unevenly. That was clear yesterday. 

[atlbillsfan1975]

14 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

We've seen it called often. I've always hated that it's more often than not called pass interference. 

 

On this specific play I think the contact was marginal and the defender made a great play. He turned around and found the ball. I also don't think it was duel possession. Rather, I think he took the ball from Shakir. I think the Bills got a huge break there. 

Sorry pal, but after 20 years of getting those calls against the Bills, your argument is falling on death ears. Go back to your teams board and commiserate with them. 

[Cray51]

1 minute ago, newcam2012 said:

The replay assist has to go or be changed. It's too arbitrary and applied unevenly. That was clear yesterday. 

The NFL (and other leagues) trying to allow potential overhead influence on every play has now created even more feeling of bias.

 

just throw that crap out and let’s play ball

[newcam2012]

2 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

I didn't see anything special today. The runs were not special. The throws he made any NFL qb can make. He turtled up and played bad in the second half. Reminds me of a young athletic Kirk Cousins. 

 

The MVP hype is media driven. Something the Boston market has a ton of pull at controlling the narrative.

Well then maybe go back to the Bills game in Buffalo. Tell me if you seen something special there. The Maye hate is kind of kind of crazy here. I hate that he's really good but I'm not afraid to acknowledge it. 

[atlbillsfan1975]

Just now, newcam2012 said:

Well then maybe go back to the Bills game in Buffalo. Tell me if you seen something special there. The Maye hate is kind of kind of crazy here. I hate that he's really good but I'm not afraid to acknowledge it. 

Nothing special there either. He played a nice game, Kirk does it all the time, in particular early in games/year. 

[newcam2012]

1 minute ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

Sorry pal, but after 20 years of getting those calls against the Bills, your argument is falling on death ears. Go back to your teams board and commiserate with them. 

Oh I agree about the 20 years commitment. I stated that I've always hated that PI call. It really bails out an offense. By the letter of the law it was PI. However, refs have lots of discretion as they probably could call penalties on every play. I thought the little hold of Coleman wasn't much either. Overall, I thought the Bills caught a few breaks by the refs. Maybe it was payback from game 1 where I thought the refs sucked. 

[juno999]

2 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

I didn't see anything special today. The runs were not special. The throws he made any NFL qb can make. He turtled up and played bad in the second half. Reminds me of a young athletic Kirk Cousins. 

He had a bad day yesterday. I believe it was his worst game this year statistically. He’s completing over 70% of his passes. What’s nice is the Bills had Tre White, who’s on 1.5 legs, and Hairston a rookie who admitted he’s still figuring things out. 

[juno999]

5 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

Well then maybe go back to the Bills game in Buffalo. Tell me if you seen something special there. The Maye hate is kind of kind of crazy here. I hate that he's really good but I'm not afraid to acknowledge it. 

In that game, Maye made some incredible throws rolling to his right.  I’m dumbfounded at how slow the Bills make in game adjustments. 

[newcam2012]

3 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

Nothing special there either. He played a nice game, Kirk does it all the time, in particular early in games/year. 

Nothing special? You got to be kidding me. He made every play in the book. Extending plays and making Josh Allen type plays. Geeze you can't even acknowledge how good he was that game. Unbelievable! 

 

Time will time how good he will become. I do think it's too early to crown him franchise. 

[wjag]

In game one, Maye found Diggs at every key moment.  Yesterday, Diggs had three catches on four targets.  Anyone have a sense on what changed?  I know he was going to Diggs on the 4th down pass Bosa tipped.  But outside of Diggs clearly beating Taron from the jump on the crosser, Diggs was largely not a factor in the play calling.  Curious what others think.  If your response is just, Diggs s**cks, save it.  I'm looking for some football analysis on either what the Bills did better or what the Patriots did/didn't do.

[stevewin]

2 hours ago, dcinmuncie said:

Even though I was throwing a toddler tantrum in the first half, I felt good about one thing 

 

 

the pats were throwing trick plays in the first half. To me, that’s a sign you either are overconfident or think you need to in order to win. I thought that was the only good omen for Buffalo in the first half 

It was also the height of arrogance in those conditions - a turnover just waiting to happen

[Billzgobowlin]

1 minute ago, wjag said:

In game one, Maye found Diggs at every key moment.  Yesterday, Diggs had three catches on four targets.  Anyone have a sense on what changed?  I know he was going to Diggs on the 4th down pass Bosa tipped.  But outside of Diggs clearly beating Taron from the jump on the crosser, Diggs was largely not a factor in the play calling.  Curious what others think.  If your response is just, Diggs s**cks, save it.  I'm looking for some football analysis on either what the Bills did better or what the Patriots did/didn't do.

Diggs time here was about him proving people wrong.  When he has lost that edge he is easy to become marginalized.  He wanted to prove the Bills made a mistake the first game, you just didn't see that fire this game when it wasn't in Buffalo

[Gregg]

14 hours ago, Playoffs? said:

Once again I took Josh’s Superman abilities lightly. I will never doubt him.  
 

Sean, on the other hand…. Can we please learn how to play in the first half?

 

I think it was more like Allen and Cook went Batman and Robin on the Pats defense in the 2nd half.

14 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

BTW Ravens beat Cin 24-0 today and look dangerous again.

 

They play NE next week so the division could still be there 

 

Hopefully the Steelers take care of business against the Fins tonight. The best matchup for the Bills on WC weekend is at Pitt in the 4 vs 5 matchup if they can't somehow comeback and win the AFCE. I could see the Pats losing at Baltimore but I doubt the Fins or Jets help us out.

[NeverOutNick]

13 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

I thought it was an interception by the Pats defender. The hold on Coleman was marginal. The Bills definitely got some breaks today. I don't hate it either. 

Even if you’re right that it was an interception, it was clear as day pass interference. Nothing favorable about the penalty. Shakir either had an amazing catch while getting molested or he couldn’t make the catch because of the said molestation 

[Gregg]

13 hours ago, billieve420 said:

All I want for Christmas is for the Bills to get healthy come playoff time. Path to the Super Bowl in the AFC is wide open.

 

Denver has made Mile High a tough place to play again. That was an impressive win over GB yesterday. That would be the one place I would want the Bills to avoid.

[NeverOutNick]

37 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

The NFL (and other leagues) trying to allow potential overhead influence on every play has now created even more feeling of bias.

 

just throw that crap out and let’s play ball

100% especially after the clear first down run by Cook. I was like what the heck is wrong with the replay assist on the field? Don’t trust it at all