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The Patriots’ win streak stopped at 10 when they fell to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon. Here’s what’s being said about the 35-31 loss.
Josh Allen put on another virtuoso performance as he directed five consecutive touchdown drives from the end of the second quarter to midway through the fourth, and that enabled the Buffalo Bills to rally from a 21-0 deficit and wipe out Maye and the Patriots 35-31 at snowy and stunned Gillette Stadium.
As Cincinnati has tumbled down the standings, Drake Maye’s MVP campaign has skyrocketed, and a porous Bengals defense should only help his case. That is, if the Patriots don’t allow for a letdown. Here’s what to watch for in Cincinnati:
Maye and the Patriots offense went silent in the third quarter. But it took one play for them to retake the lead with TreVeyon Henderson producing his second long score - a 65-yard touchdown as the rookie back reversed direction and found daylight, with Maye acting as his lead blocker down the field. The 31-28 lead, however, lasted one drive.
The New England Patriots won 11 straight AFC East titles from 2009 to 2019. They haven't won the division since, but they can end that drought with a victory Sunday over the Buffalo Bills.
Coming off of a calamitous 4-13 season under former head coach, Jerod Mayo, even the most optimistic New England Patriots fan would have not dared to expect the team to have more than doubled their 2024 win total in just the first 11 games of the season ...