The Patriots have another hurdle to recover from earlier than snagging the AFC’s ultimate Wild Card berth.
And coming off a must-win in opposition to the Dolphins, the Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is already zeroed in on the duty forward.
“We can look back on things at some other point in time. Right now, the only thing that matters is Buffalo,” he mentioned throughout his Monday video name with the media. “So, it doesn’t matter what did or didn’t happen some other week, or series of weeks, or anything else. We’ll see what happens against Buffalo. That’s all that really matters. We’re in a one game season.”
The Patriots 23-21 victory over Miami Sunday in a do-or-die sport set the crew up for a win-and-get-in state of affairs in opposition to Buffalo within the regular-season finale.
The Pats have misplaced their final three contests in opposition to the Bills, and have solely secured one win of their final six conferences, that coming in a windstorm in Buffalo final yr.
Belichick was happy with how his crew rallied in opposition to the Dolphins and confirmed some resiliency after shedding two straight within the lead up and had been fully dialed in and targeted through the week.
During his weekly look on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” Monday, the Patriots head coach as soon as once more careworn what the main target wanted to be this week to perform the mission.
“Everybody has to understand the urgency, that it’s a one-game season. There’s no other chances. There’s no next week. There’s no get-it next time. Next time is next year,” he mentioned. “We have to win this week, we have to play our greatest sport this week, and that’s what we’re all going to arrange to do, gamers, coaches, everyone concerned.
“It’s to put our best out there against a team that’s one of the top, if not the top team in the AFC. We know how good they are, how good the quarterback is, how good their team is, they’re a well-balanced team, they’re well-coached. They haven’t lost many games here in the last couple years. There been pretty consistent. They have a lot of stability and we’re going have our work cut out for us. We understand that, but it’s a great challenge, and it’s a great opportunity. I think that’s the way everyone’s looking at it.”
The Pats had been overwhelmed 24-10 throughout their Week 13 matchup in opposition to the Bills in Foxboro. Josh Allen & Co. raced out to an early lead and didn’t look again.
“We didn’t play well against one of the most explosive offenses and certainly one of the top players in the league,” mentioned Belichick, referring to the Bills quarterback. “They’ve got several good players, but Allen, by himself, is a tough matchup for any player, any defense.”
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