"The loss to the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium was a rough wake-up call to the New England Patriots. If you play one half of great football, it means nothing unless you double it. In the first half, they used the run and deception, keeping the Bills on their heels. In the second, with the pressure on because their defense was imploding, they reverted to their vanilla offense and crashed."
"Offensive Coordinator, Josh McDaniels, seemed to have finally "gotten it. He actually ran two designed running plays for Drake Maye that worked brilliantly. They were among the first all-season, a classic misuse of talent. While his quarterback, Drake Maye, has been individually brilliant as predicted, McDaniels has failed to run an offense that maximizes his players' potential. One glaring example is keeping his electrifying rookie running back, TreVeyon Henderson, on the bench for much of the first nine games of the season."
The New England Patriots opened the game using the run and deception, dominating the first half and tying a season high for rushing yards early. After halftime the offense abandoned trickery and returned to a vanilla approach, reducing play-action, reverses, and designed runs for quarterback Drake Maye. McDaniels had only recently called two designed runs for Maye that succeeded. The coaching staff also limited rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson early in the season despite his speed and explosiveness. Buffalo exploited the predictable offense and, with Josh Allen leading, the Patriots defense collapsed under pressure.
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