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While Rob Gronkowski is inching closer to playing, a source today said it was still “unlikely” that he would be ready to go in Thursday night’s game against the New York Jets. That being said, he has not been completely ruled out at this stage. He’s still in the wait-and-see category, although, the chances still aren’t great for him to play.

The Blitz with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald

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What are your thoughts on the O line? I watched the game on Game Rewind and while there were plays where Brady had plenty of time to throw, there were also many plays where he didn’t have a clean pocket. It reminded me a bit of the last two Super Bowls. Reason to be concerned or does the Bills’ D line deserve some credit?

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Very good question. Here’s how PFF graded them out:

  • Vollmer: 3.6 (1 hurry)
  • Solder: 2.8 (4 hurries)
  • Mankins: 2.8 (2 hurries)
  • Wendell: .9 (2 hits, 1 hurry)
  • Connolly: -.7 (1 sack, 1 hurry, 1 hit)
You have to give some credit to Mike Pettine and the Buffalo defense. Pettine knows how to mask his coverages to make life difficult for the o-line. Kyle Williams and Marcel Dareus are especially the kind of players who traditionally give the Pats problems. Considering all that, it wasn’t horrible.
Still, I continue to wonder if Dan Connolly is really a long-term answer at guard. We hoped to see Marcus Cannon compete with him for that job, but for now it looks like they like Cannon best as the swing tackle, who could play guard if necessary.
But outside of him I really like the offensive line and think they fit the Pats playing style extremely well. One thing I would like to see is an improvement from Wendell in pass blocking, he scored a -2.0 against the Bills and was a -4.0 there last season.

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The Patriots were in their nickel defense for every snap but two in the game, a result of the Bills playing almost the entire game out of their three-wide package. The lone snaps the Patriots were in their base defense came on the Bills’ fifth drive, which brought linebacker Jamie Collins on the field for his lone two snaps of the day (he is the top backup and was tapped with Brandon Spikes off for dehydration issues).

Defensive snaps: DL rotation in focus – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Catching Trust: Danny Amendola Answers Call on Patriots Game-Winning Drive Over Bills | NEPatriotsDraft.com – 2014 NFL Draft

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Catching Trust: Danny Amendola Answers Call on Patriots Game-Winning Drive Over Bills | NEPatriotsDraft.com – 2014 NFL Draft

Great stuff from Oliver Thomas who saved me the trouble from doing this breakdown later this week. 

Amazing day from Amendola, and I don’t want to get too much into Welker comparisons, but those clutch catches that were 10s on the difficulty scale, certainly were ones we didn’t get from WW at times the last couple seasons.

This catch below was just insane.