Dec 12, 2025
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It didn't take long for the Patriots to get hurt again for the Bills.
If only we mortals could converse with the sports gods.
Then we might learn how such madness arose.
Probably something that Tom Belichick and Tom Brady have endured since leaving provided some kind of former club, clearing the complexities of the English patriotic complex and allowing them to enjoy themselves again.
The Buffalo Bills did it.Worried about those 17 years without a prize or even a hot offer of onions.Most people didn't know anything because of the NFL for twenty years, they danced out of sync with the Bills and their fan sacrifices.
When Brady retired to become a mediocre broadcaster and co-owner of a sloppy NFL team, and when Belichick left New England only to be shunned by the league and make more tabloid headlines than wins at the University of North Carolina, Orchard Park, New York, there was almost a glow from heaven.
The mafia bills are right in Basque and to mock the patriots and win for a long time.
Unfortunately, "debtor" has nothing to do with it.
White referees are back, and, for most of the NFL public, it's not good.
The Bills must win on Sunday at Gillette Stadium to prevent the Patriots from sweeping them this year and hoisting their AFC East crown, at least for another week.
Buffalo used the opportunity to rebuild England.Josh Allen, Coach Sean Mcdermott and General Manager Brandon Beane used the opportunity to turn the Bills into the powerhouses of the AFC EAFC EAFC.The New York Jets and Miami Dolphins haven't done it yet, and in 2025, the Patriots aren't expected to do much.The Bills had a hard time winning any of the NFL's eight divisions.
Three months later, the Patriots are in the hat-and-t-shirt game with one season left.For the rest of the NFL, this may feel like a game of PTSD and scar tissue.
"We're going to brag about winning the football game," Right Tackle Spencer Brown said Pnenday told PWOWA."They have something (to play for), so we're going to take it. I think that's the name of the game."
"They're going to try to be proud of it and motivate themselves to win. That's what it is... We'll find out on Sunday."
Spoof Simulator New England has an 89% chance of winning the AFC East.That number drops to 74 percent even if Buffalo wins on Sunday.
While the Patriots maintain their status as a contender, they've already proven they're at least good enough to knock the Bills out of Highmark Stadium in the playoffs.The last time the Bills won a road playoff game, the quarterback was Jim Kelly.
This season, barring a surprising sequence of events, the Bills will have to win three consecutive road games to reach the Super Bowl.
They went three winless on the road all season, taking on the Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans.The Bills have won three straight road games once each of the past two seasons.Their last impressive stretch away from Haymark Stadium came in 2022, when a blizzard forced them to move a home game against the Cleveland Browns to Detroit, followed by road games against the Lions, Patriots and Chicago Bears.
Let's leave it to New England to bounce back and cause problems for Buffalo early.
The Patriots rebuilt quickly, they crumbled under the high expectations of owner Robert Kraft and Belichick, and there were too few wins to shore them up.Last year, Kraft replaced Belichick with former Patriots linebacker Jarod Mayo. And the club continued to crumble.
Mayo is a belichick guy, but not in the patriot way. Coandia talks like Mike vrabel, former popular house with a new goal.Vrabel won three super earthquakes (Malo is in a movie LOMBardi Lomebardi, but he played only six games of the year, and two seasons of transfer of the year and After Handcuffs.
Vrabel is one of them.While their personalities are different, he conveys the Belichickickane vibe as a coach who is almost at your feet in terms of technique: Rules, tactics, management, clock management.He brought Brady's co-host Jody Mush McDaniels with him.The staff also includes Doug Rourne, now running the New England New England for 11 years after he took $4 million to leave the head coach.In total, Vrabel's 22 coaches have 20 years of experience as head coaches in the NFL or College.
As much as Bills fans hate to admit it, these Patriots were pretty darn good and could have actually corrected their course in the years to come.Second-year quarterback Drake Maye is an MVP candidate who ranks second in passing yards, first in completion percentage and first in passer rating.If he can finish first in all three categories, he would join Brady (2007), Kurt Warner (2001) and Ken Anderson (1974) as the only ones to do so since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970.
"He plays like a veteran," Allen said. "He likes things a lot. He plays with a lot of speed.
Allen laughed at the development.Bills fans would rather moan.
Think of all the meaningless Sundays at the end of the time that buffalo endured.True sport justice would ensure that New England suffers more than three miserable seasons without the playoffs.
But the Patriots are seventh in scoring, eighth in yards, fifth in points allowed and seventh in yards allowed. The last time the Patriots finished in the top 10 in offense and defense was 2016. Brady won his fourth Super Bowl MVP and was young enough to win another four years later.
The Raiders have won 10 straight and one more would tie them for the third-longest streak in club history.They are the first in NFL history to win 10 straight by scoring 23 or less, breaking the record held by Houston in 1961.
When they met in Week 5, Buffalo had nine points but lost 23-20.Allen's two touchdowns were dead and the offense only had points.
"I think you learn more from losses," Allen said, "and we feel like we've been battle-tested in a sense."
Spent some extra time setting up flashbacks and nitty gritty recently for Buffalo.When it gets dark, it's a daily event, because it's good, it's good.Dad and Tails have gone from 5-0 to over 5-0 since 2004.From 2004 to 2007, they went over 5-0.Vrabel played in this game.Vrabel.
The last time New England debuted and lost in Buffalo, Doug Flutie passed John Friesz in overtime and Steve Christie kicked the game-winning field goal at Sullivan Stadium.
Vrabel, as a coach, is undefeated after a break, winning six with the Titans.McDermott is 0-3 against post-break opponents despite favoring the Bills in each of them.McDermott and Vrabel met on a Tuesday night in 2020 when the Titans tested positive for COVID;the Bills lost 42-16.The post-half loss was McDermott's other loss to the Denver Broncos in 2023 (the night before he fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey) and to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 6 of this year.
New England seems to be on a roll.General Manager Elliot Wolf Added 30 players to the 53-person list by FREE Agency and the design that did not play for the Patriots Last season.Only the Cleveland browns have accrued more snaps of rookies this year.Treveyon Henderson is the youngest offensive rookie of the month of the NFL.
Since Beane became general manager in 2018, Buffalo has won two Offensive or Defensive Rookie of the Week honors: defensive tackle Ed Oliver and receiver Keon Coleman, once each.Buffalo's last Rookie of the Month was 11 years ago when receiver Sammy Watkins earned three weekly honors in his first eight games.
Oh, and spotrac's contract database lists the Patriots with $59.3 million in salary cap space for next year.Next year.
Isn't that amazing?Maybe a closer separation would make the Bills better, grind iron, etc. Since they started winning the AFC East title, they have been sleepwalking at times. Maybe they made some moves because they know how great they are and want the playoffs to start in September.Conversely, opponents get a boost from every matchup against their perennial rivals and the galaxy's move-up king quarterbacks.
Asked Wednesday about the Kansas City Chiefs being on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament, Allen gave the same answer that is universally applicable.
Although it is important what you did last year or the year before, "the management MVP said. Every year, this team is different, you have to play the best game every week to give yourself a chance."
