It’s more good news for a defence that is coming off its best and most dominant performance of the season in a 16-0 win over the Patriots (3-1). Not the other way around.
PATRIOT REIGN: Beating the Patriots won’t be easy for the Bills.
Buffalo won the coin toss and elected to defer the ball until the second half. The Bills placed WR Sammy Watkins (foot) on injured Saturday, got OT Cordy Glenn back after he missed two games with an ankle injury.
New England Patriots star Tom Brady was spotted practicing on his last day of four-game Deflategate suspension, just days after he was seen frolicking in Italy with his wife Gisele Bundchen.
As much as the team has rallied behind Brady understudies Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett the past month, there is also no denying the eagerness in the Patriots’ locker room to see No. 12 back in uniform.
One day after a big shutout victory on the road against the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus returned from a four-game suspension. “How about that? I’ll stir some stuff up”.
Of course his answer was code for, he had no idea, which is why, during the week, he prepared for all three.
Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan, left, speaks at midfield with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick after an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass.
The result was the Patriots being shut out at home for the first time in 23 years. Especially when he worked so hard to make us believe in his sources.
Brissett finished 17 of 27 for 205 yards, with tight end Martellus Bennett gaining 109 of those yards on five catches – the fourth 100-yard game of his career. It definitely wasn’t a ideal game by any means. Who is it?’ I was B.S. -ing the whole time.
“We wanted to get’em one dimensional and take’em to the deep end of the pool”, Steelers linebacker Vince Williams said. “You know we handled a lot of it well, and today we didn’t, so that’s that”. “It’s allowing us to play fast and it’s showing”. “I haven’t played in four weeks”.
It’s now clear that Taylor is more comfortable with offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn than he was in the past with previous coordinator Greg Roman’s play calling and management during games.
Ninkovich, who has become one the top playmakers and team leaders on the Patriots defense, has been a starter since 2010.
How good do I believe Belichick is at his job?
The Bills also hurt the Pats by being up 13-0 at intermission.
He had trouble reading coverages and throwing the deep ball earlier in the season, but didn’t exhibit those issues in picking apart a veteran New England defense that is having trouble defending the pass this season. Bills RB Reggie Bush was inactive for the first time.
After consultation with Tom Brady, the NFL Players Association has dropped its appeal of Deflategate, the organization announced Sunday.
For Ryan, the fast start was critical. To open the season, they lost 28-0 to the San Francisco 49ers (1-3) on Monday Night Football.
Then again, that still doesn’t take away from the Bills offense.