‘Defensive turnaround: After a horrible start, the Patriots defense has looked promising the past few weeks. After starting the year allowing point totals of 42, 20, 33, and 33 to start the season, New England has allowed less than 20 points in their last seven-straight games. The Pats are 7-0 in that stretch. Their pass rush had a big game last week as well, notching seven sacks against Miami.’
Archives for November 2017
Tyrod Taylor is just the type of QB who gives Patriots problems
‘“You’ve got to defend him on every play, and in the running game, that always takes one less guy away from the running game when you have a player like him who you have to concern yourselves that he’ll keep the ball or bootleg it or that type of play,” Belichick said. “Schematically, it takes away a player that you would normally have to defend the running game. It’s just one less guy, so his presence, not only when he has the ball but even when he doesn’t have the ball, it affects you. He’s a hard guy to handle, a very good football player.”’
New England Patriots face a ‘huge challenge’ in stopping Bills QB Tyrod Taylor, according to Bill Belichick
‘”Big challenge. Huge challenge,” Belichick said. “That guy’s really a good football player. Really competitive, smart, tough, he’s got a good feel for the pocket, he’s obviously very athletic, hard to tackle, hard to contain, fast, he’s quick, he’s got good balance, he’s a good football player. He’s like I said a very competitive guy, so in critical situations, he makes a lot of the right decisions and he does a lot of the right things.”‘
Polar oppsites: Bills nearing two decades of looking up at Pats
‘The Bills own the trademark in selecting wrong GMs, coaches and starting quarterbacks.’
Gaines: ‘It’s a headache’ going against Brady
‘”He’s pretty much everything that you hear about and watch on TV,” Gaines said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White on WGR Tuesday morning. “He’s a great competitor, he knows the game inside and out, and he knows what you’re going to do before you do it. Everything you hear about is definitely true.’
Joe B: Buffalo Bills All-22 Review vs. Kansas City Chiefs (11/28/17)
‘CB Tre’Davious White: Snaps on the Field: 58/58 – Grade vs. Chiefs: A-
No Man’s Land
‘And so the Bills find themselves in the all too familiar no man’s zone between an extremely difficult strong finish to finally get them over the hump, and falling just short to draft in the middle of the pack again. The Bills have come so close to the playoffs over their epic drought – each year seems as if they were only one or two games away from making it happen. Games short of the playoffs is like the left on base statistic in baseball – a measure of frustration and lost hope.’
Brownie Points – Week 12
‘Hyde gets to Hill first and Lawson overlaps the penetrating Milano to finish the cornered Hill for a loss of two to force a punt.’
Bills Today: Frazier has never had a CB quite like White
‘“I can’t recall a rookie being asked to do some of the things we asked him to do this season,” said Frazier. “As you know, we’ve had to match him up on some top receivers during the course of the season. You don’t usually ask a rookie to do that. Maybe towards the end of the year, but we were doing this early in the season. He’s responded quite well.”’
For McDermott, Taylor’s starting QB ‘this week’
‘Clearly, McDermott has moved past Taylor, considers him gone at season’s end, and can’t wait to reinsert Peterman into the starting lineup. And it’s hard to disagree with his contention that “one (bad) game doesn’t define” the former Pitt star.’
Bills rookie CB Tre’Davious White wants to ‘put that gold jacket on’ someday
‘“He’s had a terrific rookie year, although there’s a lot more football to be played, but I can’t recall a rookie coming in and having this type of impact at corner when he’s been put in the fire as quickly as he was. It’s different than when you’re just a left corner or just a right corner and you just line up in your spot and you learn your responsibilities. We’ve asked him to match up on some big time guys and he’s held his own.”’
Bucky Gleason: Bills enjoy win over Chiefs, quickly turn attention toward Pats
‘If you’re pining for a nice, juicy migraine, Brady has a 26-3 career record with 66 touchdown passes against the Bills, by far his best record and most TDs against one team. Only the Jets have allowed more yards passing to Brady, who played in two more games against New York than he did against Buffalo.’
Jerry Sullivan: Pats even poach from Bills’ practice squad
‘Last Tuesday, New England signed defensive end Eric Lee off the Bills’ taxi squad. Yes, Lee wasn’t good enough to play for a defense that had just finished the worst three-game stretch in franchise history, but he was good enough to play for Belichick five days later.’
7 takeaways from McDermott briefing: Bills confirm WR Benjamin has a torn meniscus
‘”Day to day” has been rendered largely meaningless as a classification — that’s the same time frame McDermott has used on left tackle Cordy Glenn, who hasn’t practiced or played in three weeks.’
Mark Gaughan’s Film Breakdown: Explosive-run crisis extinguished by Bills front 7
‘On early downs, the Chiefs couldn’t run or stretch the field. The Bills protected deep against super tight end Travis Kelce. The Chiefs seemed scared to expose their suspect pass protection and kept quarterback Alex Smith working quick-game throws.’