Due to the extremely windy conditions in Buffalo Monday night, the Patriots only attempted three pass attempts in their 14-10 win over the Bills.
The three attempts were the fewest by any team since the Bills in Week 3 of 1974 against the Jets when they attempted two, and the two completions were tied for the fewest in Patriots team history. Additionally, the three pass attempts were the fewest in franchise history.
Appearing on The Greg Hill Show Tuesday morning, Bill Belichick was asked about it and indicated it was just how the game went and if they needed to throw more passes they would have.
“Again, I think if it had been a different type of game and we would have needed to throw there in the fourth quarter then we would have thrown," he said. "We were able to manage the game the way we did and that worked out all right for us.”
Later on, the coach was asked if because of the weather would he be able to take anything from the game into the next matchup between the two teams on Dec. 26.
“We were talking about that last night. We can use our whole passing game. All the pass plays we have, they haven’t seen," he said with a laugh.
Belichick added: "I think anytime you play a team almost in succession like we do here, twice in three weeks, or whatever it is, you just have to be careful and realize that even though it’s the same two teams, it’s not the same game. There will be players who play in the next game who didn’t play in this one and probably vise-versa. The game will take a different course and the conditions will probably be different too, so [that will probably have] something to do with it. We’re starting all over at that point and when we get to them, we get to them. It’s Indy first, but we can’t assume that things are going to go like they did last night. It will be a completely different game.”
At 9-4, the Patriots go into they bye week not only in first place in the AFC East, but in first place in the entire conference.
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