Ups and Downs: Pats' offense lets the defense down again
Had the Patriots' offense not turned the ball over four times in the first half on Sunday, New England likely would have left Buffalo with its second upset win over the Bills this season.
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Had the Patriots' offense not turned the ball over four times in the first half on Sunday, New England likely would have left Buffalo with its second upset win over the Bills this season.
The Patriots played the Bills tough in Week 17 and had a chance to steal a win despite four first-half turnovers. But New England ultimately came up short and fell to 4-12 on the season with a 27-21 loss in Orchard Park.
The Patriots' offense has seen better days than their Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park.
The New England Patriots are not going down without a fight.
Trent Brown was taken off the Patriots' injury report on Friday. On Sunday, however, he was on the team's inactive list for their matchup against the Bills.
There are two names with past connections to the Patriots popping up as potential replacements for Bill Belichick.
David Pastrnak scored two of Boston's four second-period goals, Kevin Shattenkirk recorded his 100th and 101st career goals and the Boston Bruins rallied for a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
The Boston Red Sox have traded pitcher Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for infielder Vaughn Grissom.
Jaylen Brown returned from a one-game absence to score 31 points and feed Luke Kornet for the tiebreaking basket as the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 120-118 on Friday night.
The Red Sox have finally signed a starting pitcher this winter.
Nine Patriots are listed as questionable for Sunday's road tilt against the Bills, but the Patriots did get some important players back at practice on Friday.
The Buffalo Bills are playing to secure their spot in the NFL playoffs over the final weeks of the regular season. The New England Patriots are not.
"He's just about the perfect player," Belichick said. "He does everything you want him to do for your team."
"Best safety I've coached. And there's a couple of other ones that I've coached that are in the Hall of Fame."
Georgii Merkulov has been lighting it up in Providence this season. Now the 23-year-old will get a chance to do his thing at the NHL level for the Boston Bruins.
