What to Watch For: Bills vs. Patriots
Monday, November 23, 2015
The New England Patriots (9-0) are set to host the (5-4) Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football tonight at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots beat the Bills 40-32 in the first meeting of the season back in week two.
"I think that the Bills are playing really well here, played very well against Miami, ran the ball for 220-some yards, whatever it was. Big win against the Jets, got contributions from all three phases – big play on the kickoff, defensively played well, offensively another 150 yards rushing against the Jets, which isn't easy to do," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.
Losing Julian Edelman
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTLast week against the Giants, the Patriots saw receiver Julian Edelman go down with a broken foot. Edelman had 61 catches for 692 yards and seven touchdowns on the season and is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks.
"You wish you could just plug someone else in, but that's, you know, it's impossible to plug in those ... Julian Edelmans just aren't sitting out on the street or else they'd be playing for another team, but the guys who are going to be in there, we'll have confidence in the things that they can do well," said Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
Replacing Edelman
One player that is expected to have an increased role in the offense is Danny Amendola. Amendola has 40 receptions for 403 yards and two touchdowns on the season and has averaged four catches per game.
"He's going to basically play the same position and do the same things that he's done. We're not moving him to tackle or anything. He's going to do what he does," said Belichick.
While Amendola won't be playing tackle, expect his role to increase significantly in the offense especially with tight end Rob Gronkowski now seeing more double teams than he did before.
Kick off is set for 8:30 p.m.
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