Divisional Test Failed vs Patriots in Loss

There's so much to get into with this game.

Josh Allen was definitely not good enough.

Late in the game, he has to know that you can't make that throw.

There's plenty of time on the clock.

You need a field goal to tie it up to send it to overtime.

A touchdown would be great.

There's no reason to force it into, into double coverage.

And you have already avoided a sack, which would've been disastrous in that situation, and so it's already a win.

You've already, you've already dodged a bullet, and then you, for whatever reason, chuck it up into double coverage and it's intercepted.

And he, you know, he's played with fire a little bit this season.

He got away with it in Houston when the interception was dropped, and they pulled it out of the fire last week collectively against the Chargers when everybody on offense took turns making mistakes.

And, and eventually you play with fire enough, you're gonna get burnt, and they got burnt today.

And it's, they have egg on their face.

This is-- For everything that this game was, Luca, it was the Patriots without A.J. Brown a- and 40% of their offensive line and their two best defensive players.

And the Bills c- came into this healthy as can be.

Now look, they lost players as the game went on.

They lost D.J. Moore, they lost Ed Oliver.

We'll see what the updates are on those guys.

But coming into this game, the Bills were a touchdown favorite for a reason, and they lose outright.

And I, I was not going to come on the post-game show if the Bills had won and say, "Well, the Patriots are dead," because I, I did look at their schedule after this game, and they have a pretty easy schedule for a while.

Like I, I think the Patriots, even if they lost today, were going to be heard from.

So I'm not gonna be that person that pounds the drum of you had a chance to put a nail in their coffin.

But you did have a chance to give yourself a very comfortable lead in the division, and you had a chance to make a statement against the team that won the division last year, and instead the direct opposite happened.

In your building, the first loss in new Highmark Stadium comes to the Patriots, and everybody that you count on to be big for you in the big moments actually are the ones that let you down, and starting with the quarterback.

Luca's gonna get into why the, the head coach had a tough day, too.