The New England Patriots have finally lost their supremacy in the AFC East. Against the rival of the Buffalo Bills, the serial champion fell under the wheels with 9:38.
It was a bitter evening, especially for Patriots coach Bill Belichick. He suffered the second highest bankruptcy of his tenure since 2000 with the six-time champion and even had to accept the highest gossip in his own stadium.
For New England it was the third significant bust of the season after the 6:33 against the San Francisco 49ers and the 3:24 against the Los Angeles Rams. (NFL results and schedule)
Historic sweep against patriots
The defeat against the Bills now also meant the end of a long streak. Since 2000, the Patriots have never lost two games to their division rivals.
At that time, the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins won both games against the six-time champion. The Bills put an end to this era and achieved the so-called “sweep” with two successes against the Patriots.
The first clash of the season went to the Bills with 24:21. (SERVICE: NFL table)
Bill’s quarterback Allen shines
While the season was finally over for the Belichick team, the competitor got into title form with another exclamation mark and a record of 12: 3 wins.
The game was already decided at the beginning of the last quarter and the score was 38: 9 on the scoreboard. Above all, Bill’s quarterback Josh Allen shone.
He made 27 of his 34 pass attempts, threw for four touchdowns and 320 yards. The outstanding receiver Stefon Diggs carried three passes into the end zone.
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Newton totally out of his mind
It was very different in the playmaker position of the Patriots. Cam Newton was unsuccessful. His 34 yards for passes meant the worst value of a starting quarterback in New England since 1993.
In the last quarter Newton found himself only on the bench and was replaced by Jarret Stidham. He got 44 yards with four passes – and was better than starter Newton.
After all: In the early stages, Newton scored his twelfth run touchdown of the season and thus shortened to 9:10. He set Steve Grogan’s franchise record from the 1976 season for runs in the end zone of a quarterback. It was also Newton’s 70th rushing touchdown in the NFL – the most ever for a quarterback.
However, since he didn’t succeed at all afterwards, in the end there was still the clap and with it the rare “sweep”.
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