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.