The Patriots moved to 10-0 on Monday Night Football while the BIlls dropped to 5-5 after a 20-13 decision went in New England’s favor. “Rex Ryan!” Asked if there was a message in it, Brady struggled to suppress a smile.
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“Every team goes through different things, and we’ve kind of withstood a lot”, Brady said.
“Like always, we have come up short many times, being here where you think you’ve got them [the Patriots] on the ropes”.
MI and Ohio State boast one of college football’s most storied feuds, and they’re set to clash again this weekend.
“He likes me, I know that”, said the coach, who was 4-9 against New England as the NY Jets coach before getting swept in his first season with Buffalo. However, Bills have only put opposing quarterback down only 14 times this season. When he goes on an insane tirade it’s just inexplicably hilarious, and the more you laugh the madder he gets and it’s a perpetual motion machine of anger and humor.
Yes, it’s impossible for the Bills to play a night game on the national stage without their fans getting kicked in the teeth with reminders of horrifying losses from the past. Buffalo and Miami are each 5-5. When you have the Patriots down, you can’t afford to leave points on the field against them then compound the mistake by letting them score on you to end the half when they receive the 2nd half kickoff too. Bring Jamie Collins back and this young, gifted, tough, smart and versatile unit might very well be the ride-or-die that carries this team to a championship. We’re not at that level right now, but I can promise you one thing, we’re gonna work our tails off to get there. Forget the inadvertent whistle for a second – let’s call it an innocent mistake – and let’s forget that for all the talk about integrity and all the money that the NFL rakes in, the league still refuses to hire full-time officials. Two plays stand out the most here, the first being Brady’s throw to Amendola, which was blown dead early, as the refs thought Brady ran out of bounds.
The officials in the Bills-Patriots game were already having a rough day, thanks to one of the most weird calls of the season that potentially cost the Patriots a touchdown in third quarter.
On the positive side, wide receiver Danny Amendola came up big, catching nine passes for 117 yards before leaving the game with a knee injury. There were other oddities in the game, including Brady’s fourth interception of the season; another was negated by offsetting penalties.
In the third quarter, both teams fumbled on the same punt.
The Patriots took over at the Buffalo 30 and took a 20-10 lead on Gostkowski’s 35-yard field goal. New England’s Jonathan Freeny picked up the ball and rumbled 5 yards before he lost the ball and it bounced out of bounds. Bills running back LeSean McCoy (20 carries for 82 yards and 1 score) took a Tyrod Taylor (20 of 36 for 233 yards and no scores) handoff and sped down the right sideline where met up with Pats free safety Devin McCourty, with McCoy then juking the defender and proceeding to dive into the end zone to complete a 27 yard scoring run. By the latter part of the third quarter of this game, he had a receiving and rushing touchdown.
“They are going to win the division”, Ryan said about the Bills this week during the Bills preparation for a rematch against the Patriots – a team that has tormented them for more than a decade now. Taylor hurt his shoulder and though Ryan said Tuesday he thinks he’ll be able to play, if he’s hampered, how productive can he be because the injury is to his throwing shoulder?
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– Jon Gruden Nickname of the Week: “I gotta tell ya, I love this kid Dominique Easley”.
