New England Patriots (9-0) v. Buffalo Bills (5-4)
@ Ralph Wilson Stadium Orchard Park, NY
Last Time They Met: September 23, 2007 Pats Won 38-7
The Patriots jumped out to 3-0 on a 24-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski. But after a late hit by Vince Wilfork on Bills quarterback J.P. Losman, the Bills responded with a Marshawn Lynch 8-yard touchdown run. The Bills had the lead for the first quarter of the game but during their second possession of the second quarter, the Bills had their backs pinned against their own end zone. The Pats defense forced the Bills to punt from their own 1 yard line, giving the Patriots good field position at
On defense, the Bills sacked Brady only once while Asante Samuel intercepted Losman’s replacement Trent Edwards for 42 yards. Defensive lineman Jarvis Green and Cornerback Ellis Hobbs both had 1.0 sack for losses of 9 yards each.
This week’s game:
When they met the last time, they looked like two teams heading in two different directions. The Bills lost two games to the Broncos and Steelers while the Patriots were coming of two victories against the Jets and Chargers, and highly motivated. As we sit here in November, the Bills are 5-4, in second place in the AFC East and have a four-game win streak on the line. If it was not for
Match-Ups
Quarterbacks
Patriots: Tom Brady
Bills: J.P. Losman
EDGE: Patriots
Brady is leading the league in touchdowns (33), completion percentage(73.2%) and QB rating (131.8). The closest Quarterback to Brady in QB rating is Ben Roethlisberger at 110.2, 21.6 less than Brady. Between Brady and Losman it’s not even a choice.
Running Backs
Patriots: Laurence Maroney and Kevin Faulk
Bills: Marshawn Lynch and Anthony Thomas
EDGE: Bills
Wide Receivers
Patriots: Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth, Wes Welker, Jabar Gaffney and Kelley Washington
Bills: Lee Evans, Josh Reed, Roscoe Parrish, Justin Jenkins and Sam Aiken
EDGE: Patriots
Do you really see Jabari Greer or Terrance McGee or both defending Randy Moss? They could barely do it last time what makes this time any better? Greer has two interceptions this season (Chad Pennington and Tony Romo), that’s two more than he had in his career coming into the season. Patriots receivers get all the credit here.
Offensive Linemen
Patriots: Matt Light,
Bills: Jason Peters, Derrick Dockery, Melvin Fouler, Brad Butler and Langston Walker
EDGE: Patriots
Defensive Linemen
Patriots: Ty Warren, Vince Wilfork, Richard Seymour and Jarvis Green
Bills: Chris Kelsay, Aaron Schobel, Larry Triplett, Kyle Williams, Ryan Denney, Copeland Bryan, John McCargo and Jason Jefferson
EDGE: Patriots
With Wilfork at Nose Tackle and
Linebackers:
Patriots: Mike Vrabel, Adalius Thomas, Tedy Bruschi, Rosevelt Colvin and Junior Seau
Bills: Angelo Crowell, John DiGiorgio, Keith Ellison, Mario Haggan, Coy Wire
EDGE: Patriots
At the Linebacker position the Patriots starters all have five plus years of experience that alone gives them a one up on the Bills starting linebackers. Crowell is the only one who has more than two years in the league.
Defensive Backs:
Patriots:
Bills: Terrance McGee, Jabari Greer, Donte Whitner, George Wilson, Kiwaukee Thomas, Aston Youboty, John Wendling and Jim Leonhard
EDGE: Patriots
See Wide Receivers.
Special Teams:
Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski (K), Chris Hanson (P), Ellis Hobbs (KR), Wes Welker (PR), Larry Izzo and Lonie Paxton (LS).
Bills: Rian Lindell (K), Brian Moorman (P), Terrance McGee (KR), Roscoe Parrish (PR) and Ryan Neill (LS)
EDGE: Even
Bills Punt Return Parrish is averaging 19.4 yards on his punt returns. But Gostkowski is 11-for-12 in field goals. The only miss was a botched hold by back up Quarterback Matt Cassel. On the season Gostkowski has 79 points on the season with 46 extra point attempts, all made.
FINAL SCORE:
PATRIOTS 33
BILLS 10
2 comments:
Randy Moss made the bills look silly.
he did whatever he wanted all night long
And i would like to be the pats FG kicker and punter. i figure it will have no impact to miss every extra point and have a punting avg of under 15 yards
Randy Moss makes EVERYONE look silly. But I think that they will eventually start calling him for offensive pass interference - he pushes off alot.
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