a lot of the teams that we see in the pile picture are playing
each. Other are still have a lot of
tough games, even crossover schedule. There you go, man.
There's a lot of things that could happen here. I mean, so
that's where it's going to be exciting down the stretch in
this matchup. You guys going to have a lot to do with it.
And, you know, again, Mike like we haven't even talked about
the other side of the ball and I kind of wanted to go there
but just just let's do
is Buffalo as much as we talk about. Oh you know Josh Allen
is
He going to get back on track. I mean, we're talking about
getting back on, track by, like, having cheat code, or
just being awesome, right? I mean, that's what we're talking
about here,
but but like, even if they have it off night Buffalo, I feel
like they're going to score 24 27 points tonight. That's just
the way I feel. They're kind of that kind of team. It doesn't
matter.
I don't care how good the defense is,
so that's where I get into. Now, we just flip it over to
like New England and their offense, and they looked really
good last week, but to your point, I think.
Thank you for being very fair in that comment. The Vikings
defense is not very good. I mean, it's not and a lot of
teams have put up stats in yards against them. So I think
that's the thing. I'm we're still kind of still
in the process of evaluating New England and honestly
I can't believe we're saying this and week 13. I feel like
there's some what still a work in progress as try as far as
figuring themselves out on the offensive side of the ball?
I mean early in the year it was balanced and then it went into.
Wait we're going to be a run team and then
are back as of late as gone back into a past team. And
so I'm interested to see how they answer the Bell
against a buffalo defense
tonight and to see if they can kind of match Josh Allen and
buffalo, what they do on that side of the ball.
Well and Mac Jones had a career-high, 382 yards last
Thursday night, again, it's deceptive because the Vikings
defense stinks. They rose up
when they needed to on the final two drives or so of
the game they played.
Other than they had the entire game combined. But before then,
the Patriots are just up and down the field.
Not Holly, I maybe just doing whatever they want to do,
running the ball, pass the ball, they want to Damien
Harris. Tonight, he's out with a thigh injury, but Ramon Ray
Stevenson is awesome. And just ride him
and the running game. Let him do his thing. Controlling at
you know this gets back to the old formula that we talked
about from time to time
and it's the phrase you coined. I think we first mentioned it
with Patrick Mahomes be You keep Josh Allen on
the sidelines, drink Gatorade. So grind it out, be methodical,
chew the clock, shorten, the game,
make the most out of each drive. You have
even if it takes, seven, eight, nine minutes,
get a touchdown or a field goal and then put the bills in
a position where they're pressing a little bit where they're
feeling. Yeah, inpatient. They're feeling frustrated that
may be a key
to finding a way to outscore. There's only one stat that
matters and Bill Belichick's mind. It scored more points
than the other team but that's right. I just I don't see.
I don't see the Patriots must drink 26 against this defense
even without Von Miller
who also is out for tonight. Along with, I believe Dion
Dawkins is out for the Buffalo Bills as well. The left tackle,
so some key injuries, Isaiah win out for the Patriots.
I think David Andrews. The Patriot Center
was questionable
as I was Jacoby Myers who I got a ton of respect for Jacoby
Myers. He got rocked early in the Thursday night game against
the Vikings, and he just kept showing up. Like he'd got, he'd
go to
the sideline, go.
The locker room, go wherever go to the medical tent and then
all of a sudden he's back in the game. It's like I thought
this guy was done and he's back in the game, he gets rocked
again, he goes out for a while and he
keeps coming back so they may have him tonight and they look
they need him. If the passing game is going to
do anything remotely close to what it did
last Thursday night in Minnesota, but I just think
it's a tall order and it's it's a an unrealistic. Look at
the New England offense and we all got to watch it. Standalone
Primetime, Thanksgiving night game.
Some people may have some impressions of the New England
offense that just aren't fair and just aren't accurate
because they're not going to see a defense like that every
week.
That's I think that's the way to say you're right. And
I think that's why I'm not sure how to feel about this part of
the matchup. I'm not Minnesota is pretty simple and how they
attack you on defense? It's simple coverages.
They don't disguise a whole lot so
you a quarterback and feel very comfortable you know as far as
you walk to the line of scrimmage. Okay. Hey I think
they're playing this if they're not.
Out there playing that. I got it. Okay, here we go.
And you know, let's let's drop back and attack with the plays
that we feel are appropriate for that defense but
Buffalo's a whole different animal
buffalo, you know. As we've talked about a lot through
the last few years with McDermott Leslie Frazier. They got people
dropping out everywhere and they invent coverages on
a weekly basis
that are specific to the team that they're playing.
So that's where it's going to be different. And then
you know, like you said
last week was really Goodbye. New England. Yes,
but not a great defense. And
I mean, I don't know. Mike, it's the first time the New
England offense is looked worth a damn,
honestly, probably since the Cleveland game in the middle of
October, it wasn't good against Chicago the week after when
they did the do double quarterback thing. The Jets
game in New York, they 122 217.
They weren't good on that day, the offense
and if you remember Mac Jones got lucky with the late hit and
threw an interception pick-six. And They were about to be down
17-7 and got lucky that. The guy took an extra step in him.
The Colts game, the offense look like crap, then they end
up by week and then they had the game in the New York
Jets where it looked like crap. So
that's where it's hard to get behind it right now to wear.
Yes, New England's, amazing. We know they always have great
game plans and I'll know they'll keep it close, but can
they actually score more points and be consistently
impressive on the offensive side of the ball?
You know, that's where I just, I feel like I got to see it to
believe it and I think, you know, by
Way. I'm talking, you could tell, I'm leaning Buffalo.
We're gonna win this football game when all said and done
because I still have concerns about that side of the ball,
with the New England Patriots.
Oh, as you say, we need to see it to believe it. The good news
is we get to see it tonight. Jeff Bezos is smiling, already.
This is one of those days when he rolls out of bed,
he's feeling pretty good. Because Amazon doesn't, he
always liked, isn't he smiling? Like it isn't? He always, Mike.
I would say, is probably rolling out of bed every day
and like, I'm winning,
I don't know how many billion
is the over-under to cause you to smile all the time,
but it's somewhere below. 120. I know that although, you know
what, I have a, I have a feeling
that no matter how much money you have,
you still find something
to obsess over? You find something sure. Worried about.
You find something that bothers you
that is a Unique condition to the human species.
And I remember having this conversation and I know we need
to take a break, but it just reminded me of of,
there's a lawyer
that
is it practices elsewhere in the state who has been
ridiculously successful and a friend of mine became aware of
how well he's done and yada yada. And
why does he keep doing it?
He has all the money he needs. Why does he keep doing? Well,
it's the thing that drove him
to do it in the first. First place just doesn't go away. You
just don't you just, don't wake up one day and say,
no, I have got it all. I'm out. I'm done by right. Well, he's
like, Tom, Brady would like six ring? My lies and give up.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's the same mentality. It's third,
they're driven people. And I'm sure there's goals and
things that eat away at him, that he
wanted better writer, whatever word,
you're gonna find something that will torment you, no
matter how. Well you've done,
you are going Find something that drives you crazy because
that's what drives you forward.
Unfortunately your so basically basically
Jeff Bezos probably isn't happy today because he's probably
thinking oh s*** next week I got Raiders Rams
all right but tonight Jeff enjoy Patriots bills because
I know we will let's take a break
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