Buffalo Bills punter Matt Haack (3) tries to punt the ball as he is chased down by New York Jets defensive back Justin Hardee (34) after a bobbled snap during the third quarter of a game against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.
If the Bills beat the Patriots, it pretty much makes the entire season. Two victories over Belichick in the same year – and sending the Pats packing in the playoffs? That would be a great way to remember the 2021 campaign.
“They beat us at home, we beat them at [their] home. It's a playoff game, Buffalo, New York, on Saturday night,” Bills safety Jordan Poyer said. “I mean, it's just really everything you asked for in a football game, football season, this type of game right here.”
“The snow-covered gridiron reduced the effectiveness of the power running of (Cookie) Gilchrist,” The New York Times said in its report, “but did not seem to hamper Ron Burton or Larry Garron,” the Patriots’ running backs.
“I feel like that Tampa Bay game kind of got us back to where we needed to go, as far as having confidence, playing free, and playing like we know what we can play,” wide receiver Stefon Diggs said in late December.
Buffalo Bills punter Matt Haack (3) tries to punt the ball as he is chased down by New York Jets defensive back Justin Hardee (34) after a bobbled snap during the third quarter of a game against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.
