Success

It’s a quality D. No weaknesses, but their secondary is the only unit I would call elite. They are sound and well coached, as always. They’re not scary, or the ‘85 Bears. They shut down Falk.

Saying the Pats would have done the same against Darnold is completely detached from reality. Kind of surprised you’re not banned. This is some A-1 trolling.

It always bugs me when coaches feel like they have to do something tricky or “smart” to beat BB, and change what they do. That 2 man punt the Colts tried, for example. Just play sound football and limit mistakes.

Gotta take advantage of their banged up o line. We need a 3-4 sack day, with a few batted balls thrown in. This would also be a good game to release the kraken that is Allen’s arm - a long ball or 2 for a TD would be nice.

The official rules for my parades: 1) Don’t rain on them.

It always feels a little like having a dentist’s appointment on a Sunday.

True story: I’ve had dozens of Pats fans ask me over the years how I can “root for a losing team.” Many of these same fans have objected to being characterized as “bandwagon fans.” I hope I don’t need to explain that any further.

Since 2001, the Patriots and their fans have sucked the joy out of a beautiful game and national pastime for most fans. We can't let America down again. This Sunday is the time - the moment of truth is here. It ends now.

I like to think we've turned a corner, but the Patriots still look like the Patriots, and we're not there just yet. I give the Bills a puncher's chance due to home field, but it's likely the Pats win this one. You have to play perfect to beat them this year.

I wonder if Pats fans are still as excited about the upcoming Stidham era?

Pretty typical stuff. I think they actually quoted me in there (I have said that they're not "all that" - I guess they missed that they played a 3rd stringer at home today). I'm sure it would happen to any fanbase w/ that kind of success, but am I supposed to envy that? That's some truly cartoonish arrogance going on there. Even on twitter, the main chatter was that they should have won by more.

I think they’re overrated right now. Still a great team, but everyone is talking like it’s 2007 again. We’re the 1st team they’re playing that isn’t in complete disarray. Let’s see how the old man does.

I was pretty surprised by how quickly some here turned on Allen today. The guy is clearly the QB we’ve been waiting for. It’s year 2, so of course he’s going to make some mistakes.

I didn’t say their defense. The Pats took advantage of a 3rd string QB. You lucked out that Darnold was out.

It’s hilarious how much time you spend here. I can’t even fathom doing that if the Bills had a similar run. Pats time is almost up. I love how the fan base there was talking up Stidham a few weeks ago. Can’t wait for that era to begin.

I concede nothing to the Patriots this year. They took advantage of an undermanned and overwhelmed Jets team today. They needed a pick in Jets territory to get their one 2nd half TD. That team has not been tested yet. Our expectation should we a win for the home game.

oh, gosh - does that mean Bill Simmons and other "hot take" media scouts were wrong?

I'm still not convinced that NE is all that. I kept an eye on that game today - the Jets offered no resistance (I guess that will happen when you're trotting out a 3rd string QB on the road). Their D actually had some success stopping Brady. We should give them a good fight at home.

Just about every team we've seen since the '90's would have been 0-3 or 1-2 at best w/ those 1st 3 games. This team just fights.

I hope I never hear "Allen apologist" again. Nothing to apologize for. He made some mistakes, but did what we want a QB to do - forgot that, and pulled out the win.

Still a tie game. If this team wants to be a contender, they have to learn how to overcome this kind of thing. Don't like the body language right now. We're at home in a tie game. I don't care what happened up to now, and they shouldn't either. Win this thing, now.

I used to love Dalton to Boyd.

Need some kind of momentum change here - sack, INT, missed FG. Anything.

This punter has to put those deeper.

Gronk had an injury history. We took Troup right before him in that draft. So, there's that.