Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

’81 — The Bills point total is their third-lowest in team history through seven games. The Patriots have scored 86 points in the second quarter alone of their seven games.’

‘If the Patriots win, Tom Brady will have 15 career victories in games played in Buffalo, meaning he will have the third-most wins of any quarterback who has ever played at New Era Field, behind only Jim Kelly (59) and Joe Ferguson (46). Think about that for a second, and you realize just how bad the Buffalo quarterback situation has been for most of the last four-plus decades.’

‘In fact, Daboll has experienced just one winning season away from Foxborough, that as quarterbacks coach of the New York Jets in 2008. The year a 39-year-old Brett Favre was summoning the strength to buckle his chin strap, leading the Jets to a 9-7 record while leading the NFL in interceptions.’

‘Now, here’s the good news. While Edmunds has made several mistakes in the first seven games of his NFL career, he has also made several eye-popping plays that give the Bills every indication that he is the star in the making they believed he’d be when they picked him No. 16 overall with the second of their two first-round draft picks.’

‘“I felt prepared and I said that after the game, I didn’t have any self-doubt,” Anderson said. “I went into the game, I knew what they were gonna do, or I thought I knew what they were gonna do. And, you know, as far as our offense, our plays, our play calls, I knew every detail that needed to be known.”’

‘After a 43-40 shootout win over high-flying Kansas City, the Patriots defeated Chicago with two special teams’ touchdowns and just enough defense as a swarm of defenders kept Bears’ receiver Kevin White out of the end zone at the 1-yard line after a completed Hail Mary pass from Mitchell Trubisky.’

‘For the Bills, if they were completely healthy, you could make the easy argument that at least 15 players could realistically be considered for inactive status because they have no business playing. That’s how lacking in legitimate talent the Bills are.’

‘Brady recorded his 27th career victory over the Bills on Dec. 3, 2017, setting a record for most wins by a starting quarterback against a single opponent, reporaccording to ESPN. Three weeks later, he led the Patriots to a 37-16 victory over the Bills.’

‘It wasn’t bad enough that the Bills were a 7.5-point underdog to a team that had a worse record, but then to allow the Colts to spit in the face of that point spread as if it wasn’t enough, because clearly it wasn’t, was a disgrace.’

‘McDermott would have been better served to call out his players for a performance that was downright embarrassing, way worse than the 47-3 opening day loss to the Ravens because those were the playoff-contending Ravens, and these were the 1-5 Colts.’

‘It appeared his left ankle buckled underneath him but the Bills announced that McCoy was being evaluated for a head injury. Later in the half McCoy was downgraded to out for the rest of the game. Coach Sean McDermott said after the game that McCoy has been placed in the league’s concussion protocol.’

‘It is uncertain what happened with McCloud. But whether he broke a team rule, or perhaps his attitude wasn’t proper after the move to elevate Phillips, he’ll be watching the game on television from 500 miles away.’

‘The Bills are a team that seems on the brink of disintegrating. There wasn’t a moment in the final 50 or so minutes of the game where you thought the Bills had a chance to win. They fell behind, kept digging the hole deeper, and by midway through the second quarter it looked like the entire roster had checked out. That’s a problem, and one that Sean McDermott never had to deal with last season, even during that dreadful three-game losing streak in November when Buffalo allowed 135 points. There needs to be some major soul-searching this week at One Bills Drive.’

‘Colts 20, Bills 10.’

‘The Bills offense has now gone six straight games without totaling at least 300 yards of total offense, and in those six games they have failed to reach 20 first downs.’