Mac Jones Leads New England Patriots on Game-Winning Drive to Defeat Buffalo Bills 29-25

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00:00 After two straight subpar performances for the Buffalo Bills Sunday,

00:04 NFL Week 7 against the lowly Patriots, supposed to be a get well card,

00:09 a get back on the right track opportunity.

00:12 Instead, the Bills continuing struggles on full display again in what

00:17 the guys in the locker room almost surely view as a humiliating 29 to 25 loss

00:23 to their division rivals.

00:24 Mike Fisher reporting on the NFL.

00:26 Just like the last two games really, Buffalo started off very slow again.

00:30 Just three points and 122 yards in the first half here.

00:33 The Bills otherwise high powered offense got nowhere and

00:38 was nowhere near good enough.

00:40 Even on a touchdown drive on the opening possession of the second half,

00:44 still struggles.

00:46 Until the fourth quarter when Buffalo flipped the switch.

00:49 The Bills drove 75 yards on five plays to make it a one score game.

00:52 They took advantage of the Patriots fumble,

00:54 forced the fumble to end up taking their first lead of the day.

00:58 But then the Patriots, with two minutes left to work with,

01:04 are able to take advantage of it.

01:06 New England, to its credit, and to the credit of Bill Belichick and

01:10 his people, including Matt Jones.

01:12 New England marches 75 yards on eight plays.

01:16 Matt Jones gets the short pass.

01:18 The Bills get one last gasp with seconds to go, but

01:21 can't get anywhere near the end zone.

01:23 It is not an insult to the Patriots to say that they are lowly.

01:27 Going into this one, I think they felt lowly.

01:30 It is not an exaggeration to take Josh Allen's own words after the game.

01:35 A game in which he completed 27 of 41, 265 yards, two touchdowns.

01:41 The interception, Dalton Kincaid, the rookie tight end slash receiver,

01:45 caught eight balls for 75 yards.

01:48 Diggs and Cook each caught touchdowns for Buffalo.

01:52 But the Bills defense let Matt Jones have his best outing of the year,

01:57 25 of 30, 272 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions.

02:02 And yes, in Buffalo it feels pretty bleak.

02:06 And in New England, just a tiny ray of light on a weekend in which it is revealed

02:11 that while Bill Belichick might be on the hot seat, he's also sitting on a big pile

02:16 of money, the result of a off-season contract negotiation anew with Robert Kraft.

02:22 For the moment, the Patriots get to breathe a little bit.

02:26 And for the moment, the Buffalo Bills feel like they're getting choked

02:32 out of a chance to be a fourth straight winner of the AFC East.

02:37 Covering the NFL, Bills and Patriots, Fish out.