Welcome to Season 12, Episode 7 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious yet lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup . . .
The Buffalo Bills have sent the Patriots into the offseason in each of the last two seasons. In January 2022, the Bills ended Mac Jones’s promising rookie year — feels like way longer ago than that, doesn’t it? — with a 47-17 throttling in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
Last year, the Bills beat the Patriots in the emotional regular-season finale in which Nyheim Hines took back the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.