What to Watch For: Patriots vs. Bills
Sunday, September 20, 2015
The New England Patriots (1-0) are set to travel to Buffalo to take the (1-0) Buffalo Bills on Sunday at 1 p.m. on CBS. The Bills have only beaten the Patriots three times in the Brady/Belichick era and one of those times came in the final game of the 2014 season, a game that met nothing for New England.
However, the Bills franchise has a new energy and it comes in the form of former New York Jets coach Rex Ryan.
"The atmosphere here is pretty amazing and Rex has a lot to do with that. He is always positive, very upbeat and enthusiastic and once he got his hands on the players in April I think that they bought in as well," said Buffalo Bills radio play-by-play man John Murphy.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Bills had a convincing 27-14 win over the Colts last week which saw Bills fans chanting "we want Brady" towards the end of the game.
"I think fans are happy that the game is here and I think everyone is happy that Brady is playing. We want to play against the best and try and beat the best and he is one of the best," Murphy said.
The Patriots come into the game after a 28-21 win over the Steelers and ten days to prepare for Buffalo.
"A good football team, well coached, very explosive, got a lot of guys that can score from pretty much anywhere on the field in the return game and offensively. We're going to have our hands full in terms of defending them and blocking them. They're a good coverage team as well, obviously have a lot of different schemes to prepare for," Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said of the Bills earlier this week.
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