Monday’s win over the Bills proved that Bill Belichick really can find any way to win.
With the wind whipping in excess of 50 mph in Buffalo, Belichick dialed up a leather helmet-era gameplan: 46 run plays, three pass plays. Mac Jones became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to win a game while completing two or fewer passes and the Patriots tied the 1968 Saints for the second-fewest pass attempts in a game in the Super Bowl era. (The Bills threw two passes—and completed none—in a 1974 win over the Jets.