You've got to learn to read between the lines when it comes to the Buffalo Bills.
Their public lauding of the New England Patriots was par for the course throughout the week; head coach Sean McDermott isn't keen on inflammatory remarks to the media. But every compliment of the Patriots and every reminder that New England had dominated the division for the past 20 years was essentially code for one thing -- the Bills were ready to make another late-season statement on Monday Night Football.
Buffalo delivered that statement with a 38-9 rout of the Patriots, securing its first win in Foxborough since 2016 and its first sweep of the Patriots since 1999.