Line shifted to PK now after opening -1. I agree with Tiger that it seems like a pretty favorable line for the Pats given history.

Nice post.

I remember when KC was good, Neil Smith would flinch (ie, wave his hand suddenly forward, as if he were springing from his stance) to get OL guys to jump, leading to the league banning that practice. I don't think he was entering the neutral zone.

Great point. It *was* annoying watching the Red Sox Nation bandwagon load up, and it *is* odlly satisfying that that didn't hapen with the Pats.

All of you who think the line is low: what do you think the line should be if the game were in Foxborough? If you think the Pats should be -7 at home, and if you agree that Home-Ice Advantage is worth about 3 pts in the NFL, that means you think NE should be -4 on a neutral field, and -1 at their place.

BTW, if you're ever on the Cape and need to find a sports bar to watch the Pats game, Red Face Jack's in West Yarmouth is the ONLY place to go. I was staying in Chatham, went to two places there (including one so-called "sports bar"), and didn't spot a single Pats jersey. I barely made it to RFJ's in time for kickoff. Place was full, and all eyes were on the tvs, it was a great atmosphere.

To give credit where due, Rex has defended Brady very well.

In the past 6 seasons, Brady has had one great and one very good game on the road vs Rex's Jets. (2012 144.5 QBR, 2011 118.4 QBR), 2 subpar ones (2014 76.1 QBR, 2010 72.5 QBR) and 2 bad ones (2013 53.5 QBR, 2009 53.1 QBR)

Pats won only one of the subpar/bad games games (2014). 3-3 vs Rex OTR since '09.

So sure, this is a tough game, but big deal. Under Belichick, the Pats always improve throughout the year

Didnt know about this place, have to check it out, thanks!

Strange game to try and digest. D played great after the 1st drive until the 4th quarter. Then they seemed to lose discipline and contain and just start going for sacks and got burned several times for it. I think they will keep improving and be serviceable or better.

Not sure I like all those plays going for the fu when we should have used the time to our advantage. Otherwise offense is amazing. Brady's arm still super strong. Game ball to the young offensive line guys.

Felt like there were a ton of drops, yet Amendola pulled off a miracle catch so that balances out.

5 or 6 fumbles and the Bills got every one of them. This could have been a 35 point blow-out.

Not sure yet how we cheated.

Yeah happy with the win and I dont think the final score reflects how the game really went. Only real annoying things to me was when imo they got too cute on the 2 4th and 1's.

Thought the OL was great, considering the matchup Brady had alot more time than I thought he would. Was happy to see Dobson have some catches. After a great rookie season he was just never right last year so hopefully he can regain some of that form this eason.

Chandler Jones had a great game. He has show flashes over the years and made some plays but this might be the first game where it looked like he was just a constant nuisance all game and threatened to take the game over.

Would love to see BB pull off a trade this year akin to picking up Talib a couple years ago.

Any update on who is going to step up on offense after Gronk and Edelman?

HOUSE OF HORRORS

Wonder how long Salva will go into hiding this time.

8 rushing attempts in a game we led for 50 minutes is such elite game-planning and coaching discipline.

Hopefully forever.

I'm not sold on Tyrod Taylor QBing a team to the playoffs.

Dolphins lost to Jacksonville.

LOL Jets always.


Have we clinched the division title yet?

Brady's stats this year are sick. He's really struggling with those inflated balls.

Ravens go to 0-2, Dez and now Romo out for @Cowboys. Things breaking our way early.

Absolutely loved to see Dobson get some catches today. Offense looks super elite to me and Brady is on point. That catch by Amendola was truly outrageous. Top ten catches I've ever seen I think.

Offense is still going to add Stork, LaFail, and Wendell.

Oline is the best surprise so far with 3 rookies holding up. and today was the best pass rush we have seen since...?

definitely. I don't remember any significant pressure up the middle and Solder returned to his expected form.

Brady's quick decision making takes a lot of pressure off the line no matter how they're playing, and when they're protecting well the game is like 7 on 7 in practice.

Lewis and Dobson pretty useful too, but I'm sure there will be whining about the defense this week.

With Romo out the QBs the rest of the year are not good.

Ravens, Colts, Seahawks, Steelers, Rex. This has been a whirlwind of hatred going back to the playoffs last year. Frankly, it's exhausting. But now somehow the Jaguars are up and coming to town. Can never take any game for granted, but there will be a week off of home-based journalists tweeting "suspicions" and head coaches making digs. Feels like a vacation. Phew.

If the Pats beat Indy they go undefeated.

Team is flawed but obviously ridiculously talented. Defense is iffy but opportunistic enough i think to win. Offense seems absolutely locked in with Brady/Gronk/Edelman. Game after game it's all "how do we shut down Gronk" and he still goes for 0.85 tds/game and 80ish yards or whatever.

Edit: also, sample size is weird especially with dropped passes and the fact that they had 60 attempts this game but Brady seems scary accurate this year. I think they've kinda come to accept what that offense can and can't do and they're gonna be in that groove. What was Brady's longest completion vs total yards? It's just 10, 20, 20, 10, 20, 20...

What does everyone think of Dion Lewis? How good can he be? I think he has tons of upside for us. I'm super excited about this offense. I'm actually loving McDaniel's play calling this year, and our scheming/ game planning has been on point. Brady is playing mother****ing lights out.

Im loving some of the goalline plays we have been calling this year. That formation they keep running down there, which motions and isolates one TE to the right (Williams I think?) , and then Gronk and Chandler out to the other side. Those plays are for the most part unstoppable right now.

Seems a bit premature imo, however I do think their schedule is soft this year. I'm glad we got the NFC East as our crossover division, that was a nice bit of luck. I count maybe 4 tough games remaining, and that includes the Cowboys which might be too generous without Romo and Bryant.

One impression from the game: Belichick really likes Dion Lewis.

They just put up 40 on the road vs a top 5 defense.

Love the 4 TE sets.