NFL Preview: Buffalo at New England
By Andy Richmond
November 9th, 2008
There’s a three way tie at the top of the muddled AFC East, the only change this year to this division where the Patriots are usually disappearing over the horizon by now. The Bills and Patriots are tied at 5-3 and both come into this game on the back of losses, although arguably the Bills have lost the most momentum recently after their best start to a season since 1995.
Of course, the one major change that the Pats have had to cope with has been the loss of Tom Brady, back up Matt Cassel has had his up and downs but with the Bills pass rush moderate to say the least, Cassel could get the chance to throw some deep balls and if RB Sammy Morris returns then we should see a balanced Pats offence.
With the Patriots winning the last nine in this series the Bills offence will need to improve here, they boast enough speed wide out to pose a threat to the ageing Patriots secondary but with the Bills running game not firing this season, New England may be able to contain the ground game with their base defence and cover dangerous Bills receivers Evans and Parrish downfield.
The Bills are stumbling and their 0-2 divisional record is not going to help them in this tight heat, that record could come back to hurt them come the final reckoning in the AFC East.
With the Bills having four starters missing I don’t expect any change in this result and it looks like the missing starters haven’t filtered into the prices yet.
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