New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills

Two of those three teams, the Buffalo Bills and the NY Jets, have already lost to New England this season. Taylor and McCoy should be able to accumulate a lot of rushing yards and control the lock in a close contest.

Dont’a Hightower – The Bills caught another break this week with the announcement that Pats linebacker Jamie Collins will be out with an illness. Trouble began on the ensuing kickoff.

Penalties played a big part in the Week 2 showdown with the Bills on the hook for 14 penalties for 140 yards. “Each one is its own game and things are different”.

What would a Monday night National Football League game, or a Patriots game for that matter, be without a little officiating controversy? If Blount can run the ball, then the Patriots will control the game. They are in the midst of playing five of six on the road. Four flags were thrown for Unnecessary Roughness or Unsportsmanlike Conduct. The team has made big gains this season and a win against the Patriots would mark them as official playoff contenders. I’ll tell you this, we prepare for them the same way we prepare for every team that we face.

On defense, the Patriots present a tough challenge for the Bills. That’s what it’s really about. The total has gone UNDER in nine of the Bills’ last 12 games as underdogs.

Taylor agrees that the team has grown and evolved since the first matchup with their division rival.

“We definitely learned a lot about ourselves in that game”, he said. “I think we’ve learned from our previous experiences, in game, watching film. Believe me, we’re going to show up”.

The reason the Patriots (9-0) refrain from discussing the 2007 season, is while they did end the regular season unbeaten, they lost to the NY Giants in the Super Bowl. “And we ain’t conceding that, I promise you”. “How much have we improved?” That’s what you’ve said.

Staying above water: If the Bills win, in addition to all of us having something extra to be thankful for come Thursday, the Bills would be over.

“Right now we’re second in the division”, Ryan said. Despite the point spread favoring the Patriots at -7.0 to win, it may be more hard with the loss of receiver Julian Edelman due injury.

Practically, this means that barring a season-ending injury tonight, or a few other unforeseen circumstance, Taylor will very likely enter 2016 in the final year of his Bills contract.

The Patriots got robbed of a possible touchdown by Amendola, and at the end of that drive Stephen Gostkowski missed a field goal.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m still picking the Patriots to win this one, but it won’t be easy for them.