The real reason the Bills lost

[FinFaninBuffalo]

They only played 15 minutes of offense and 30 minutes of defense.

After scoring on their first two drives. The offense laid a goose egg for the rest of the game. After a solid first half, the defense didn't hold up in the second half. Defensively they struggled against the run, but did a great job controlling Brady and the passing offense.

Here are the drive charts from the second quarter on. Four 3 and outs, three drives of negative yardage, five out of seven drives netted less than 10 yards. Only 1 decent drive in 3 quarters of action. For comparison, the Patriots had 3 drives of 11 or more plays in the second half.

I give the Bills an A+ in the first quarter and a D for the rest of the game.

08:58	1:37	BUF 20	3	4	Punt
06:33	1:13	BUF 31	3	-3	Punt
03:08	2:12	BUF 18	6	24	Punt
15:00	5:36	BUF 24	10	69	Downs
02:52	1:47	BUF 42	3	-3	Punt
09:33	1:00	BUF 9	3	-9	Safety
08:14	1:59	BUF 44	4	2	Punt

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

I will agree with this.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

4:46 of the last 25 minutes.

[justasportsfan]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

Both the O and D are works in progress. It'll take time but I'm optimistic.

[L.A. Playa]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

09:24	6:32	NE 7	12	93	Touchdown
01:05	6:32	NE 23	14	63	Field Goal
08:33	0:19	NE 34	1	0	Interception
06:15	6:15	NE 25	11	53	End of Game

The defense showed signs in the 1st half but couldnt stopt the run at all in the 2nd half, lets hope TKO isnt hurt bad and his presence will help change this the Pats had 4 drives in the second half and held the ball for well over 19 minutes after the failed 4th and 1

Thats what lost the game, the defense and offense looks better lets hope they improve every week

[M]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

Agreed!! Our run D was a problem last year - hopefully it will get better as the season progresses. And I'd like to see some of Jauron's "chunk" plays especially the deep ball ........ Did we even try any against the Pats?

[FinFaninBuffalo]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

Both the O and D are works in progress. It'll take time but I'm optimistic.

I think they will continue to improve (hopefully not til after next week). The trouble spots are still OL and DL. Fowler got blown up on several occasions yesterday.

Next week I expect the Bills to go after Miami's secondary. They are still not completely in sync. If they score early, they will try to wear down Miami's defense like the Steelers did.

When Miami has the ball, it will be interesting to see which unit improves on their first week performance (Miami's run blocking or Buffalo's run stopping).

[TigerJ]

Re: The real reason the Bills lost

There were lots of contributing factors to the Bills' loss, and that is one of them.