Week 7 Preview New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills
Coming in to Orchard Park fresh off a bye, the New England Patriots (4-1), look to take a strangle hold on the AFC East with a win. Frankly, I dont see them not getting that W.
The Bills have struggled against the run and have played acceptable against the pass, while having a top 5 running back and a passing offense run by JP Losman, argueably one of the worse QB's in the league, ranked #29 in the league.
The Patriots however, have a stout running defense and a less than stellar secondary. Their strengths on offense this season have been the running game, while the passing game has struggled.
What does all this mean, apparently the Bills are out matched at every facet of this upcoming game. Atleast it's at the Ralph and the Bills did play the Patriots tough week 1 on the road. However, looking at the Bills record vs. the Patriots in their last 12 games (1-11) history isn't on their side. Also, according to one of my pals this is "probably the second biggest quarterback/coaching mismatch in NFL history". The worst we assume was Belichick/Brady v. Losman/Mularky last season.
But seriously, for the Bills to win (Which apparently some people think that could happen or atleast think the game will stay close, since the line in Vegas has actually gone down from 5.5 to 5[Personally I think that 5.5 was way to low to begin with]) they need Willis to run the football. That means 20 carries by half time, 30-35 touchss in the game. Also the Bills need to run the ball more than they pass, which hasn't been the case. (18 rushes to 34 passes v. Detroit) I can't believe I'm saying this, but the Bills have to make Brady and the Pats beat them through the air by containing Maronney and Dillon if that's possible.
AND FOR GOD SAKES CAN THE DEFENSE MAKE A BIG PLAY
Bills 20 Patriots 21
The Bills have struggled against the run and have played acceptable against the pass, while having a top 5 running back and a passing offense run by JP Losman, argueably one of the worse QB's in the league, ranked #29 in the league.
The Patriots however, have a stout running defense and a less than stellar secondary. Their strengths on offense this season have been the running game, while the passing game has struggled.
What does all this mean, apparently the Bills are out matched at every facet of this upcoming game. Atleast it's at the Ralph and the Bills did play the Patriots tough week 1 on the road. However, looking at the Bills record vs. the Patriots in their last 12 games (1-11) history isn't on their side. Also, according to one of my pals this is "probably the second biggest quarterback/coaching mismatch in NFL history". The worst we assume was Belichick/Brady v. Losman/Mularky last season.
But seriously, for the Bills to win (Which apparently some people think that could happen or atleast think the game will stay close, since the line in Vegas has actually gone down from 5.5 to 5[Personally I think that 5.5 was way to low to begin with]) they need Willis to run the football. That means 20 carries by half time, 30-35 touchss in the game. Also the Bills need to run the ball more than they pass, which hasn't been the case. (18 rushes to 34 passes v. Detroit) I can't believe I'm saying this, but the Bills have to make Brady and the Pats beat them through the air by containing Maronney and Dillon if that's possible.
AND FOR GOD SAKES CAN THE DEFENSE MAKE A BIG PLAY
Bills 20 Patriots 21
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