The Buffalo Bills took a brutal gut punch in Week 4, falling to their AFC East division rivals, the New England Patriots, in a game that felt like a missed opportunity from the jump. This wasn’t just any loss for the reigning AFC Champions, who now sit at a reeling 1-3. Losing to an AFC opponent, especially one in your own division, carries a weight that a stumble against an NFC team like the Los Angeles Raiders simply doesn’t. You gotta win the right games, and the Bills picked the absolute worst weekend to play terrible football.
Patriots Defense Showed Up, Bills Offense Didn’t
Coming into Orchard Park, the Patriots’ defense was no joke, ranked sixth overall in the league, and that should’ve been a blaring red siren for rookie head coach Joe Brady. Historically, Josh Allen and the Bills have often looked pretty ordinary against the Patriots’ D, thanks to some brilliantly called games by New England’s coaching staff. While the Bills’ offense had been prolific earlier in the season, this wasn’t the day for it. Everyone knows you won’t go undefeated in the NFL, that’s almost impossible , only the ’72 Dolphins and ’07 Patriots pulled that off. But the way this loss went down, against a team everyone wants to knock off, it just stings.
Allen’s Blunders Put Pressure on a Struggling D
Let’s be real: Josh Allen needs to be held accountable for his play over the last two games. He’s not invincible, and his boneheaded play in the closing minutes of regulation literally handed the Patriots the win. Allen himself owned it immediately, saying he “should’ve thrown the ball out of bounds and live to fight another day,” repeating several times that he “shouldn’t have thrown it.” And yeah, that absurd backwards pass? That didn’t help either. Look, Buffalo isn’t going anywhere without Josh Allen under center. He’s done so much for that franchise and community, and you can’t minimize that. But when Allen keeps asking a struggling defense to clean up his messes in the biggest moments, forcing them back onto the field, that’s a recipe for trouble. You can’t trust the D to hold up if you keep putting them in impossible situations.
What’s next for the Bills after this one? They gotta shake this off fast. Every game counts, and while this loss against a division rival seriously stings and makes things harder in the AFC East, the season is still early. How Allen bounces back from this self-admitted mistake will be key to whether they can turn this thing around.
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Originally reported by Buffalo Rumblings.
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