Brady may be confident about the Patriots ability to keep winning, but the blue print has been drawn up.
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85 yards on 22 carries isn’t that great, especially on a night where the Patriots could really use the ground game. “Of course everybody’s frustrated and we can point fingers: ‘He didn’t get the ball, ‘ or ‘This person didn’t get it.’ But at the end of the day, we’ve got to clean it up, and we’ve got to get prepared for K.C”. So we’ve got to get creative and think of different things. “We’re going to put it where the ball was caught and we’re going to enforce the penalty there, ‘” Blandino said.
With you look at the numbers even closer, it becomes even more clear how much more successful Brady is when he’s getting the ball out quick compared to when he isn’t.
Tom Brady called out Rex Ryan and then he beat the Bills – again.
However, the Bills tied it back up when LeSean McCoy capped a 27-yard run by diving at the pylon in the third quarter. With the 20-13 win over Buffalo comes an unavoidable truth: This is a Patriots team that must win games in the 20s going forward.
Patriots players have been uncharacteristically dependable this season and have been fantasy team cornerstones for their teams.
By the way, he told all of them half-jokingly, have you met Sammy Watkins? I’ve been on Watkins a bit, and nothing I saw last night is changing my mind.
■ I do hope the Patriots get White more involved in the passing game, particularly with screens. People have screamed at me that I’m an idiot about this. Taylor was not sharp, and his inability to utilize the middle of the field is becoming a problem. Perhaps that’s a reason why he doesn’t seem able to stay in contact with Watkins because seriously, how could he not have targeted Watkins at all for the first three quarters, or Charles Clay at all in the first half?
More often than not, Brady would set up the blocking correctly, but the above play is a flawless example of how the offensive line protection can make or break a play. Thigpen had nine returns for 47 yards in Buffalo’s first five games, plus he had four fair catches, one of those coming inside the 5-yard-line which drew the ire of Rex Ryan. This has become a joke. I think that was based on frustration, not being healthy and things. Not on this chilly New England night. He knew you can’t make mistakes against the Patriots.
The Buffalo Bills have Tyrod Taylor dealing with a shoulder injury heading into Week 12, but the quarterback is expected to start for Rex Ryan this weekend.
NOTES: The status of DE Mario Williams (foot) is uncertain after he missed practice on Wednesday…. The next-longest streak is 11, by the Rams and Vikings, both from 1970 to 1980. He is a hard guy to replace, although James White gave it a good go on this Monday night. Their last win came against Miami in 1999. What happens if the other team doesn’t swallow stupid pills before a playoff game?
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The Bills also effectively shut down tight end Rob Gronkowski, who is largely considered the biggest matchup nightmare in the league. But he proceeded to double down on the screw up: “They’re going to look at where was the football when the whistle was blown, and they determined that Amendola had the football when the whistle was blown”.
