The Game Ball: Wk. 13 at Buffalo

[SeoulSoxFan]

Yeah, atop the entire AFC. AGAIN.

Game balls to the entire coaching staff. What an incredible game plan that worked to perfection. If it wasn't for Harry's mistake, the result would have been even more tremendous.

It's Game Ball Time Again!!!

 

[deythur]

O-Line
Harris

 

[AlNipper49]

This may be the most Belichick game of the Belichick era

 

[Pedro's Complaint]

Harris
Bryant
Folk

 

[RorschachsMask]

OLine/Jonnu/Harry/Harris/Rham/Defense

Harry also get dinged for not running away from the punt, but they very well may not win this game without him.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

View: https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1468057387563208709?s=20

 

[redsoxcentury]

O-Line
Stevenson
Harris
Folk (he made his kicks)

 

[Jungleland]

Aside from three bad plays in a row near the end, absolute monster day by the offensive line.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Harris with an incredible performance, really. They knew he was coming. Rham was awesome, too. He's so hard to get down.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Hoyer

 

[Captaincoop]

The O Line was incredible. Playing against a minimum of 8 men in the defensive box on every play and almost zero threat of a pass.

Just incredible.

 

[mauf]

Folk.

Even kicking with the wind, those two FGs were harder than they looked.

 

[Bertha]

Adrian Phillips.

 

[RIrooter09]

Mac for those clean hand offs.

 

[Ale Xander]

McDermott challenging an unchallengeable spot
Harry for his blocking
Everyone who got hurt, Philips, Judon and especially Harris
Dodge Rham
Bolden
OL
Big Kick Nick

 

[Van Everyman]

The O Line was incredible. Playing against a minimum of 8 men in the defensive box on every play and almost zero threat of a pass.

Just incredible.

Think about how unlikely that statement seemed like seven weeks ago.

 

[wilked]

O line.
Karras in particular

 

[Euclis20]

The entire running game. They 100% knew it was coming every single time, and the Pats still scored enough to win.

Honestly the first game I've missed Cam. Won't forget this one for awhile.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Hoyer
Judon (pinned)
Phillips
The law firm of Harris and Stevenson
The OL
Folk
Bailey
Bryant (for the whole game not just the play)
Harry - no sarcasm. His blocking was huge for the ground game. Too bad he will be cut before midnight.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

OL
DL
BB

 

[Dollar]

O line.
Karras in particular

Let's not forget about Jakob Johnson. He played a huge role all night in opening up some big running lanes against a 10 man box.

 

[Jimbodandy]

O line.
Karras in particular

This. OL, particularly inside OL.

Also JMCD and the entire fucking defense.

HM: Mac and Judon, because it's required

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Belichick. Considered by many to be the greatest coach of all time and he actually may be underrated.

Never afraid to be unconventional. Makes hard choices and follows his conviction and when it fails he gives zero fucks and is on to Cincinnati. He decided that a lead in the fourth quarter with the wind was all he cared about and he trusted his defense.

Let’s not forget about going for two and converting either. That was a really big point.

 

[pokey_reese]

No love for the guy making the game saving play? Myles Bryant!

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

O line
Harris
Rham
McDermott for waiting until the 4th quarter to tell his MLB to just shoot the A gap every time.

 

[ManicCompression]

Rhamondre continues to amaze me. He'll approach the line, it'll look like there is absolutely nothing there, and he'll squeeze 3/4/5 sometimes 10 yards out of it. This is a guy who makes holes when they're not there.

The entire OL and and the entire D. NE totally imposed their will on the Bills and it never felt in doubt to me despite never being up by more than a TD.

 

[phenweigh]

Let's not forget about Jakob Johnson. He played a huge role all night in opening up some big running lanes against a 10 man box.

+1

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Honestly the first game I've missed Cam.

Hellllll no. All set on the crucial late-game fumbles over here, thx.

 

[Van Everyman]

I’ll give a game ball to Mac. I said this in the game thread but Peyton Manning would’ve had his dad force a trade off the team before he let his coach allow him to only throw 3 times. The guy is a team-first player and minimizes mistakes to the max.

He also had a few critical sneaks.

 

[Ale Xander]

I’ll give a game ball to Mac. I said this in the game thread but Peyton Manning would’ve had his dad force a trade off the team before he let his coach allow him to only throw 3 times. The guy is a team-first player and minimizes mistakes to the max.

He also had a few critical sneaks.

No turnovers and only one incompletion

 

[E5 Yaz]

McDermott for waiting until the 4th quarter to tell his MLB to just shoot the A gap every time.

He had a bad night, between this and the asinine challenge

 

[ManicCompression]

Belichick. Considered by many to be the greatest coach of all time and he actually may be underrated.

It's funny because people always say that BB doesn't care about style points, but I think part of him gets off on being the coach of a team who can win in 2021 without passing the ball.

Obviously, I love it - I'll never forget this game.

 

[MuppetAsteriskTalk]

This defense is really something else.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

I’ll give a game ball to Mac. I said this in the game thread but Peyton Manning would’ve had his dad force a trade off the team before he let his coach allow him to only throw 3 times. The guy is a team-first player and minimizes mistakes to the max.

He also had a few critical sneaks.

Honestly Mac did a great job selling the spot on that critical 4th down sneak. I'm really not sure he got it but he sold it so convincingly (after the whistle) that it was hard for the refs not to give him the first on the initial call and if he hadn't done that it wouldn't have been reversed the other way.

 

[Van Everyman]

He had a bad night, between this and the asinine challenge

And maybe not letting Allen throw the ball until there were 7 minutes left. Allen seemed to do ok in that weather but McDermott was scared of it.

 

[Euclis20]

O line
Harris
Rham
McDermott for waiting until the 4th quarter to tell his MLB to just shoot the A gap every time.

No kidding. 30+ rushes, and you wait that long to start run blitzing?

Also kudos to whoever decided to have Josh Allen throw the ball 30 times in game that was always within one score, and only scramble 6 times. Really smart.

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Steve Belichick seemed to make the old man proud with that late-game all-out blitz. So, a game ball there seems appropriate.

 

[RG33]

OLine
RBs
Kickers
Adrian Philips
Miles Bryant
Mac Fucking Jones

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Honestly Mac did a great job selling the spot on that critical 4th down sneak. I'm really not sure he got it but he sold it so convincingly (after the whistle) that it was hard for the refs not to give him the first on the initial call and if he hadn't done that it wouldn't have been reversed the other way.

I didn’t have it on but apparently Peyton talked about loving the sneak because refs tended to give you at least half a yard if you didn’t get stuffed/they can’t see the ball.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Everyone.

We physical, they finesse.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

No love for the guy making the game saving play? Myles Bryant!

But he had the egregious personal foul!

 

[cornwalls@6]

O line
Harris and RS
entire D
Amos Alonzo Belichick

 

[8slim]

Who doesn’t get a game ball might be the better question tonight?

 

[Gash Prex]

Bill - coaching masterclass

McDermott looked like a high school coach

 

[patinorange]

Who doesn’t get a game ball might be the better question tonight?

Hightower.

 

[Van Everyman]

But he had the egregious personal foul!

New York is gonna have to review that one for additional discipline.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Amos Alonzo Belichick

They'll call this The Stagg Film

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Rhamondre continues to amaze me. He'll approach the line, it'll look like there is absolutely nothing there, and he'll squeeze 3/4/5 sometimes 10 yards out of it. This is a guy who makes holes when they're not there.

The entire OL and and the entire D. NE totally imposed their will on the Bills and it never felt in doubt to me despite never being up by more than a TD.

After watching him play it seems like he may have been mischaracterized as a Blount-type of guy who is a terror at the second level but needs good blocking.

He has quick feet, can change direction and get back up to speed quickly, and yes is also a terror at the second level, although he mixes in elusiveness. Always churning forward. Great pickup.

 

[patinorange]

That o line performance was incredible. They knew the run was coming and couldn’t stop it.

 

[Euclis20]

And maybe not letting Allen throw the ball until there were 7 minutes left. Allen seemed to do ok in that weather but McDermott was scared of it.

He was 15-30 for 145 yards, and was missing badly on almost everything over more than 15 yards downfield. I think he's better suited than most to play in that weather (given his arm strength and mobility), but the play calling did him no favors.