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Will the Patriots Lose Again Tonight?

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Allen finished 21 for 25 with 308 yards, 5 touchdowns, and no interceptions, leading the manner in a game that will go down as one of the worst losses in Patriots' franchise history.

Mac Jones was 24 for 38 with 208 yards on the style to a loss in the kickoff postseason start of his career. Kendrick Bourne had 77 yards on vii catches and Damien Harris added xxx yards on ix carries for New England, which saw its season come to an cease with the playoff loss.

This ane was over early on, as Allen and the Bills shot to a quick 14-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back. The quarterback found nine different targets on the evening on the way to a 27-3 halftime lead.

It was more than of the aforementioned in the second one-half, with Buffalo'due south parade of scoring merely broken up past a Jones touchdown laissez passer for Bourne with 4:12 left in the third quarter.

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Here's how the game unfolded:

Patriots lose — 11:xi p.chiliad.

That's it.

Information technology's Trubisky time — 11:09 p.m.

The Bills' backup QB is in, and the Buffalo faithful are auspicious as they gloat their eventual advancement to the side by side round of the NFL playoffs.

Patriots avert the worst loss of the Belichick era — eleven:06 p.m

Mac Jones connected with Kendrick Bourne with under two minutes to play, bringing the score to 47-17. With the TD, New England avoids the worst loss of the Belichick era ... for now.

Big man touchdown — 10:50 p.chiliad.

The Bills are laying it on thick at present. That big man touchdown is payback for decades of New England authority, a run a risk to really run it upwards on Belichick and the Patriots. It'due south at present 47-x with 8:37 to go in regulation.

Bills piling on — x:38 p.m.

Now, it's Allen to Gabriel Davis, and the Bills have fabricated it 40-10 with 13:22 left in regulation. At the first of the evening, I was a big laic in the idea that no matter what happened in this i, the year has to be considered a success for the Patriots. Now? I'thousand not so sure. This is the sort of loss that will leave a mark that'll last for some time.

3 quarters washed — 10:32 p.m.

It'south 33-10 Bills at the starting time of the fourth quarter.

Jones, Bourne proceed fighting — 10:22 p.thousand.

Adept drive there by the Patriots, i that was sparked by a dainty floater from Allen to Kendrick Bourne that went for 43 yards and got New England to the Buffalo 28. Bourne added 14 more yards on an end around, and was the guy who came through with the fourth-downwards touchdown catch to brand it 33-10 with 4:12 left in the third quarter.

In that location'due south not a lot to like about what the Patriots accept done this evening, but Bourne has been a feisty presence all nighttime long.

Bills keep rolling — 10:08 p.m.

Just an awful brandish there by Joejuan Williams, who never had a take chances on that touchdown pass from Allen to Emmanuel Sanders. Information technology'due south 33-3 midway through the third quarter.

Bad visitor — x:02 p.g.

Potentially unpopular take: The loss to the Ravens was one of the worst on-field moments of the Belichick Era for a few reasons, including the fact that it was a home game. There are nonetheless two quarters to get, but that was worse than what nosotros take seen and then far tonight.

Jones picked again — 10:00 p.k.

And information technology only keeps getting worse and worse and worse. A Mac Jones laissez passer for Hunter Henry is tipped, and picked off. The Bills will go the brawl at their own 42-chiliad line. Wonder if the league would consent to a running clock over the last two quarters?

Halftime analysis — 9:43 p.m.

Two quarters are in the books in upstate New York, and the Patriots are down 27-3.

▪ Mac Jones: 2 carries, 18 yards; 10-16, 106 yards, 1 INT

▪ Damien Harris: v carries, 12 yards

▪ Hunter Henry: one grab on two targets, xxx yards

▪ Josh Allen: v carries, 63 yards; 12-16, 172 yards, 2 TDs

▪ Devin Singletary: 11 carries, 58 yards, 2 TDs

▪ Stefan Diggs: 3 catches, 4 targets, 60 yards

Takeaways:

• Looking for positives? Pitchers and catchers study next month. The Bruins have won eight of their last 10 games. And the Patriots don't have to confront the Bills for another 8 months or so.

• Stop me if you've heard this before: A slow start for the Patriots has them in big trouble. This was the exact sort of opening deed the Patriots could non afford. Slow starts take dogged this team since the cheerio calendar week, and we saw that again throughout the commencement two quarters tonight. On that start drive, Jones threw a pick, Jakob Johnson committed an early false commencement (the Patriots were hitting with four penalties in the first half), and Brandon Bolden dropped a pass when he was broad open. In that location was more of that equally the game continued, as errors and sloppy tackling doomed New England to an early arrears. There was some good in the early going — Jones showed a dainty awareness on multiple occasions picking up extra yards when plays bankrupt down. But those moments were few and far betwixt.

• Not sure how much is scheme, personnel, matchup, or simply situational football game (more of this, in all likelihood), but New England isn't getting the sort of button when it comes to the overall basis game. Harris has gotten the bulk of the work — perhaps the Patriots will switch information technology upwardly and get Rhamondre Stevenson more than work in the second half. Simply the running attack needs a spring beginning if New England is going to put up some points in the second half.

• On the other side, the Bills are the ones who are bullying New England on the footing. Singletary has looked similar the second coming of Thurman Thomas, while Allen has run wild through the New England defence force. I of the points of emphasis all week was gap discipline confronting Allen. That didn't piece of work. Allen snapped off multiple designed runs in the beginning half, including a 26-yarder in the showtime quarter that was like something out of a "How not to defend Josh Allen" textbook. Allen shook off Christian Barmore on an viii-yard run in the second quarter. Just a bad start for New England's run defense against the Buffalo quarterback.

• Not much to say about the state of New England's special teams (other than to throw a kudos to Lawrence Guy for blocking the extra point), and then let's have this opportunity to say: How did this Buffalo team lose to Jacksonville?

• The Patriots volition go the ball to commencement the second half. Not certain it'due south going to matter.

Folk makes it 27-iii — 9:35 p.m.

A 44-yard field goal from Nick Folk makes information technology 27-3 with 1 second left in the beginning half.

Bills continue scoring — 9:31 p.m.

The Bills are playing the part of the Harlem Globetrotters correct now. The only departure? The Washington Generals put up a better fight confronting the Globetrotters than the Patriots against Buffalo through the first two quarters. That's a actually roundabout of saying New England is getting its barrel handed to them tonight. (Yous can only say the same thing and then many different ways.) The latest embarrassment for the Patriots came on the most recent Buffalo offensive drive, where a 45-g pass play from Allen to Diggs got the Bills into scoring position. Singletary and then went in from 16 yards out. It'south 27-0 with 1:53 left in the first half.

Buffalo rolling — 9:12 p.m.

The Patriots punted the brawl away on quaternary and ane, and the Bills fabricated them pay, putting together their third scoring drive of the nighttime. The sequence was capped by a Devin Singletary plunge to make it twenty-0 with 7:24 left in the first half. (The actress point was blocked by Lawrence Guy.) New England isn't ready to play this evening, and the Bills are making them pay.

Compounding the problems?

Bad sign — 8:55 p.grand.

End of one — eight:52 p.g.

Buffalo holds a 14-0 lead afterwards one quarter.

• Mac Jones two-6, 39 yards, 1 INT; 1 carry, 16 yards

• Josh Allen: iii carries, 46 yards, 9-12, 86 yards, ii TDs

Buffalo makes it 14-0 — eight:46 p.m.

Another week, another ho-hum start for the Patriots. The Bills have now had 2 possessions, and Allen has led them to a pair of scoring drives. The quarterback has a whopping 46 rushing yards. The first quarter isn't done, just New England is just checking off all the boxes on the "What not to practice" list this evening.

Buffalo picks off Jones — 8:36 p.m.

Lots of optimism at the start of that drive … that simply went out the window on that interception from Micah Hyde. Ugh. The Bills take possession at their ain xx-yard line with 5:forty left in the first quarter.

A few quick notes:

-Bourne slipped at the cease of that ix-yard completion. As we said before, ground is going to be an outcome this evening.

-Bad start for Jakob Johnson on that false get-go. With such a small margin for mistake, penalties have to exist eliminated, or at least minimized.

-Peachy throw-and-catch on tertiary down from Jones. Terrific pocket awareness on the role of Jones, and a expert job by Henry not giving up on the play — a 30-yard connection. Some other dynamite chore of pocket awareness later on in the drive when he scrambled for sixteen.

-An ugly driblet past Bolden on a brawl that would accept gone for a first downwards correct later on that.

Buffalo takes seven-0 pb — 8:24 p.m.

A few early thoughts after Buffalo's fast start:

-That 26-k gain from Allen is the verbal sort of affair the Patriots can't afford to happen this evening. Extremely dangerous stuff. On the 15-one thousand pickup later on the bulldoze, Dont'a Hightower was i of a few guys who missed Allen on the tackle.

-Patriots accept to lucifer the Bills score for score here. They simply cannot afford some other dull kickoff.

-I'm not sure why Ian Hawkeye keeps saying this is Bill Belichick's first wild-card game. Perchance it'due south the cold weather.

Pats win the toss, defer — eight:13 p.m.

Time for football.

Official Toll Prediction — 8:03 p.m.

Gone back and forth on this one over the form of the calendar week, and I feel like Buffalo is merely a little improve than New England, at least at this stage of the calendar. The Patriots volition hang in and go far a shut one, but I'k going to say Bills, 20-17.

Bengals win, 26-19 — vii:53 p.k.

The Bengals concord on to vanquish the Raiders, 26-19, to boot off wild-carte weekend.

What's the spread? — 7:45 p.m.

The latest line has Buffalo equally a four.five-signal favorite, and the over/under at 43. I think the Bills win but fail to cover. Given the conditions, I'll also take the under. A few more stats from Odds Shark:

Buffalo is 6-1-1 against the spread in its final eight games confronting an opponent in the AFC East.

The total has gone under in vii of Buffalo'due south last ten games played in January.

Buffalo is 13-iii straight upward in its last xvi games at abode.

New England is viii-iii against the spread in its last 11 games.

The total has gone under in four of New England's concluding five games on the road.

Three things from inside the stadium — 7:40 p.yard.

-Kyle Dugger has his right hand wrapped and so information technology looks like an old-school, Oakland Raiders' way social club. Going to be interesting to run into the affect that might have on this game.

-The specialists were scraping at the turf during field-goal attempts. Footing could exist an issue.

-The post-obit offensive line grouping was together during warmups: Justin Herron-Ted Karras-David Andrews-Shaq Stonemason-Trent Chocolate-brown.

What's cooler than existence absurd? — seven:20 p.m.

Some random thoughts, Function 2 — 7:x p.m.

-Mac Jones was three when Tom Brady played in his first postseason game. (The Snow Bowl against the Raiders.) He'll be the offset rookie quarterback to start a playoff game in franchise history.

-This evening marks the commencement road wild-card playoff game for caput omnibus Bill Belichick.

-According to ESPN Stats and Information, this will exist the starting time time the top 2 scoring defenses have met in the wild-bill of fare circular, and simply the quaternary time in the final 20 postseasons in any round.

Patriots inactives include Wynn, Winovich — 7:00 p.m.

The following players are inactive for the Patriots this evening:

LT Isaiah Wynn (hip/talocrural joint): Equally we wrote earlier, its going to be interesting to see how the Patriots brand up for his absence; will they move Trent Brown to left tackle and have either Mike Onwenu or Justin Herron on the right side? Or will a Herron/Onwenu combo play left tackle confronting Buffalo tonight?

TE Devin Asiasi and RB J.J. Taylor: Two youngsters who take grown accepted to healthy scratches, particularly because they both play positions where New England is specially deep.

QB Jarrett Stidham: Another healthy scratch — the bespeak-caller hasn't seen a snap of game activity this season.

NT Carl Davis: The immature defensive lineman is a healthy scratch. A good sign when it comes to Christian Barmore — not that there's a whole lot of positional redundancy in that location, but it could be a sign New England feels OK about depth forth the interior of its defensive front.

DE Hunt Winovich: A healthy scratch, which is a scrap of a surprise for the youngster out of Michigan who led the team in sacks last season. In all likelihood, this could be tied to personnel elsewhere; namely, getting as many defensive backs on the field as possible.

WR Kristin Wilkerson: Some other healthy scratch, his advent amongst the inactives is likely tied to more than depth at another position. I'd judge that Northward'Keal Harry volition finish up taking the bulk of his reps/targets.

In addition to Harry, some of the notable actives tonight including defensive dorsum Kyle Dugger, who has been such a central part of the New England secondary this year; Christian Barmore, a talented defensive lineman who was dinged up at the stop of the Miami loss; and Dont'a Hightower, who missed the Dolphins' game with a genu issue but is manifestly good to go this evening.

I other note: No Jalen Mills, who remains on COVID reserve.

The Bills inactives are as follows:

Is this the start of a new rivalry between the Pats and Bills? — 6:50 p.m.

One of the things that I've felt over the last month-plus is the fact that we could exist on the cusp of a great new rivalry between the Patriots and Bills. The two regular-season games were bitterly contested diplomacy, and the fact that they're meeting in the postseason this evening with everything on the line takes everything to another level. Buffalo appears like they could be constructed for some semblance of long-term success, which has the potential to brand things awfully spicy downwardly the road.

Look, information technology'southward never going to be Patriots-Jets, just it's worth noting that the concluding fourth dimension New England faced an opponent iii times in i year, it was nearly the same fourth dimension as the near recent peak of the Pats-New York rivalry of 2006-2011. It'due south going to be interesting to come across how things play out this evening, but once again, if this game unfolds similar I recall information technology could, information technology could gear up the stage for bigger and ameliorate things to come.

Why games in Buffalo can exist fun — 6:40 p.chiliad.

Consider this a personal postal service: Over the years, I had the take a chance to cover a dozen or so games in Buffalo. Information technology was always one of the most distinctive trips of the year. Hither are a few reasons why:

There's an old-school vibe to the press box. I beloved it because it feels like something out of 1983 — small and homey and sort of intimate. Different than anything you see across the league these days. Information technology feels like they simply took out the ashtrays 3 months ago. At that place are probably more than Xerox machines than WiFi routers in the identify. The people are great and the facilities are really pleasant and the pre- and post-game spread is good. Information technology'southward just that while the whole league went wireless a few years ago — metaphorically speaking — the printing box is nonetheless relatively analog.

The place I used to do the Sunday morning radio bear witness remotely was right next to the stadium. This is super-specific, but comport with me here — I used to do a Sunday morning radio evidence, and when I was on the route, I'd usually do it from a station relatively close to the stadium. That was nice, but information technology would still take me a while to sign off the air and get to the bodily stadium before starting time. (I collection like a bedlamite a few times through Northern New Jersey to get from Manhattan to the Meadowlands before kickoff, but I digress.) Anyhow, the remote studio for Bills' games was right next door to the stadium, located in the press building. Information technology was, like, a 5-minute walk from that studio to my seat in the press box. They had a small studio, great headphones and an awesome hook up. Made my gig and then much easier.

The fans are bananas. In a expert mode. I mentioned the printing box — the dorsum end of the stands is right confronting the first row of the press box, and fans can plow effectually and face you lot. Yous're separated by glass, of class. But there accept been multiple occasions where I've had my view blocked by a guy in a Bruce Smith jersey and Zubaz pants. That function isn't great, but the fact that the fans are ever loud and ever into the game adds to the temper. At that place are all sorts of stories of tailgating with the Bills' Mafia that are as well numerous to mention hither. And they beloved to throw goofy stuff on the field. But for me, ane of my favorite parts of covering a game in Buffalo remains the fan involvement.

The stadium itself is smack dab in the centre of a neighborhood. It's non direct off the interstate, and without piece of cake entry and leave. Really, the identify is so neighborhoody that people who alive down the street from the stadium charge people to park on their forepart lawns and in their driveways. You are driving through Orchard Park, and there are businesses and homes and fields, and all all of a sudden SHAZAM … in that location's a big stadium right in the middle of everything. You lot don't see a lot of that these days. Green Bay is sort of similar that, and Memorial Stadium in Baltimore had the same sort of feel. (Of class, that'southward gone now.) But Buffalo is just on a whole different level, at least in this era. Gives it a fun, sometime-fourth dimension, minor-market vibe you lot don't get anywhere else, really.

You can drive in that location and back from Boston. A lot of the places I traveled as a football author, you'd accept to pack up and fly. Not Buffalo. Information technology'southward a killer drive out in that location and back, only there was a masochistic bluecoat of honor to have completed that round trip. I tin retrieve the days when we would go out Saturday night, find a inexpensive hotel, wake up early Sun, I'd get exercise radio for three-plus hours, comprehend the game, write, and then pile into the car for the bulldoze back Sun afternoon/evening. At that place was more than one time where we were driving toward Boston with the sun coming up listening to Tom Brady do his Mon morn radio interview. And there were plenty of other occasions where I spent some time questioning my career choices as we were wrung out after the first part of the drive, only still iv hours away from habitation. But it was all worth it.

Some random thoughts, Office 1 — 6:thirty p.m.

-With Isaiah Wynn not in the lineup, I'd promise New England thinks about using the versatile Mike Onwenu at i of the tackle spots, as opposed to Justin Herron. (Herron would then theoretically slide up the depth chart as the extra tackle when the Patriots wanted to offer a colossal package.) In truth, I'd defer to Trent Brown — if he feels more comfortable at left tackle (which I'm pretty certain is the instance), I'd employ Onwenu at right tackle. If Dark-brown wants to give right tackle a shot, I'd post him up at that place and move Onwenu into the starting lineup on the left side. Either manner, that personnel grouping gives you a amend shot at winning tonight, in my opinion.

-The Patriots absolutely have to win the special teams' battle tonight. Whether that's showing an ability to consistently tilt the field when information technology comes to punt and boot coverage, or go a large return, or force a bollix, New England has to evidence some special teams' magic at the expense of the Bills if it has a chance of winning this game. At the very to the lowest degree, if the Patriots desire to be competitive, they only can't afford to the make the sort of special teams' errors we've seen from them over the course of the regular flavour. Big point of emphasis this evening.

-New England absolutely has to do a better job than it did a few weeks back when it came to gap discipline against Josh Allen. As odd as it sounds, given the conditions, I think the Patriots would be OK having him sit back there and trying to win the game with his arm. Allen has actually been a his all-time against New England when he'southward been able to make plays with his feet. Go along him bottled up in the pocket and make him throw. If they're going to do that, they need large games from a defensive front 7 that has to go dwelling house -- peculiarly Matthew Judon. Not sure what has happened to him over the last few weeks, but he has to play well tonight if the Patriots want a shot in this ane.

Mac is in the edifice — 6:20 p.1000.

Predict the outcome — 6:fifteen p.1000.

Weather condition update — 6:02 p.thousand.

The scene from the field iii hours before showtime. Barry Chin/Globe Staff

See the latest forecast here.

Pregame reading listing — six:00 p.k.

Best way to get gear up for the game? Start reading.

Nicole Yang: Patriots tackle Isaiah Wynn is ruled out for Sabbatum'southward playoff game

Jim McBride: Patriots injuries: Kyle Dugger, Jalen Mills sidelined for do leading into Bills game

Chad Finn: Patriots need their best game in Round 3, but the trends practice not favor them

Chad Finn: I thought the Bills were done later on losing to the Patriots in Week 13 — merely I was wrong

Ben Volin: How exercise Josh Allen and the Bills perform in the cold?

Christopher L. Gasper: Win or lose in Buffalo, this season is already a success for the Patriots

Christopher Toll: It's going to be common cold in Buffalo. Actually cold. Allow'southward look dorsum at 4 frigid Patriots games under Pecker Belichick

Khari Thompson: The eight nearly of import players in the Patriots-Bills wild-carte du jour game

Nicole Yang: Yep, you should expect the Patriots to run it a lot against the Bills. Hither's why.

Julian Benbow: Bills lineman Harrison Phillips has patiently and productively get a squad leader

Tara Sullivan: When weather and football collide, it represents the cadre of what we love well-nigh the game

Ben Volin: NFL playoffs a healthy mixture of familiar names and fresh faces

Live from (upstate) New York, information technology's Saturday nighttime! — v:55 p.k.

It'due south the virtually wonderful time of the yr! The Patriots and Bills are set up to accept center stage when they meet Saturday nighttime at 8:xv in a wild-card matchup that promises to be 1 of the most compelling of the weekend. Nosotros'll have all the latest from Buffalo all night long, including updates from the stadium, the latest conditions news, fresh betting data, and much more. So strap in -- put an extra log on the fire and go ready for a cold evening. It'due south wild-card weekend, anybody! CUE THE Ring.

Christopher Cost can exist reached at christopher.toll@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at cpriceglobe.

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