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Final Score Prediction

Patriots 27, Bills 13

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
New England Patriots
Rank  Player Projections
QB 10 Tom Brady Pass: 280, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 16 Stevan Ridley Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB 36 Shane Vereen Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 8 Danny Amendola Rec: 8-90, 1 TD
WR 37 Kenbrell Thompkins Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 71 Aaron Dobson Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
 TE 11 Zach Sudfeld Rec: 5-50, 0 TD
K 9 Stephen Gostkowski FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 1 Defense / ST  
 
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 31 EJ Manuel Pass: 200, 0 TD Rush: 30, 0
RB 6 C.J. Spiller Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 47 Fred Jackson Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 33 Steve Johnson Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
WR 65 T.J. Graham Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 97 Robert Woods Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 22 Scott Chandler Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 24 Dan Carpenter FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1
DEF 26 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Patriots Have won 23 of past 25 vs. Bills... NE seeks 11th straight win vs. AFC East opponent... QB Tom Brady has thrown TD pass in 48 straight games, 2nd-longest streak in NFL history (DREW BREES, 54). Ranks 5th all-time with 334 TD passes. Has 53 career 300-yard passing games, 5th-most in league annals. Brady is 20-2 (.909) as starter vs. Bills with 51 TDs vs. 17 INTs & 103 rating... In '12, RB Stevan Ridley (1,263) became 5th player in Patriots history to reach 1,200 rushing yards in season. Ridley is averaging 95 rush yards per game in past 3 vs. Buf. RB Brandon Bolden rushed for career-best 137 yards with TD in last game at Buf. WR Danny Amendola will make NE debut... LB Jerod Mayo led club w/ 184 tackles in '12... DE Rob Ninkovich had career-high 8 sacks in '12... S Devin McCourty has 4 INTs in past 3 vs. Bills... PR Julian Edelman has 3 career PR-TDs, tied for most in club history.

Bills DOUG MARRONE makes NFL debut as head coach... Rookie QB EJ Manuel (No. 16 overall) led Florida St. to 25-6 (.806) record as starter, 3rd-most wins in school history. Rookie QB Jeff Tuel could become 1st undrafted rookie QB to start team's 1st game of season in era of common draft (since 1967)... In '12, RB C.J. Spiller joined ADRIAN PETERSON (2012), JAMAAL CHARLES (2010) & HOFers JIM BROWN (1963), BARRY SANDERS (1997) & O.J. SIMPSON (1973) as only players in NFL history to rush for 1,200 yards in season while averaging 6.00 yards per carry or better. Spiller (1,244) reached 1,000 rush yards for 1st time in career. Since '07, RB Fred Jackson leads Buf. with 4,231 rush yards... WR Steve Johnson (1,046) is 1st Bills WR to post 3 straight 1,000-yard seasons (2010-12)... TE Scott Chandler (6 in '11 & '12) became 1st TE in team history with 6 TD rec. in back-to-back seasons...DE Mario Williams (10.5 in' 12) was 1st Bill since '09 to register 10+ sacks in season... Since entering NFL in '09, S Jairus Byrd (18) is tied for 3rd in NFL in INTs (ASANTE SAMUEL, 24; CHARLES WOODSON, 19; ED REED, 18).


Results and Schedule
New England Patriots
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 BUF A W 23-21 +2
2 2013-09-12 NYJ H    
3 2013-09-22 TB H    
4 2013-09-29 ATL A    
5 2013-10-06 CIN A    
6 2013-10-13 NO H    
7 2013-10-20 NYJ A    
8 2013-10-27 MIA H    
9 2013-11-03 PIT H    
10   Bye      
11 2013-11-18 CAR A    
12 2013-11-24 DEN H    
13 2013-12-01 HOU A    
14 2013-12-08 CLE H    
15 2013-12-15 MIA A    
16 2013-12-22 BAL A    
17 2013-12-29 BUF H    
   
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 NE H L 21-23 -2
2 2013-09-15 CAR H    
3 2013-09-22 NYJ A    
4 2013-09-29 BAL H    
5 2013-10-03 CLE A    
6 2013-10-13 CIN H    
7 2013-10-20 MIA A    
8 2013-10-27 NO A    
9 2013-11-03 KC H    
10 2013-11-10 PIT A    
11 2013-11-17 NYJ H    
12   Bye      
13 2013-12-01 ATL H    
14 2013-12-08 TB A    
15 2013-12-15 JAC A    
16 2013-12-22 MIA H    
17 2013-12-29 NE A    

Injury Report
New England Patriots
Doubtful  TE Rob Gronkowski (other-excused)
Questionable  RB Brandon Bolden (knee)
 WR Aaron Dobson (hamstring)
 SS Nate Ebner (ankle)
 FS Duron Harmon (hamstring)
Probable  WR Danny Amendola (hamstring)
IR  SS Adrian Wilson (hamstring, 8/31/2013)
   
Buffalo Bills
Out  CB Stephon Gilmore (wrist)
 K Dustin Hopkins (groin)
Doubtful  FS Jairus Byrd (foot)
Probable  QB EJ Manuel (knee)
IR  QB Kevin Kolb (concussion, 8/30/2013)
 WR Brad Smith (ribs, 8/30/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison
  NE
 Offense 
BUF
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 31.8 17.5 22.3 NE
Rushing yards 123.3 129.0 119.6 BUF
Rushing yards per attempt 3.91 4.79 4.34 BUF
Completion % 58.9% 57.2% 59.3% NE
Passing yards 283.5 207.3 223.1 NE
Passing yards per completion 12.22 10.92 11.02 NE
Passing yards per attempt 7.20 6.25 6.53 NE
Interceptions 1.0 1.0 0.9 -
Fumbles lost 0.3 1.0 0.6 NE
Sacks allowed 2.0 1.8 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 44.7% 38.0% 38.2% NE
4th down conversions 77.8% 50.0% 45.1% NE
Time of possession 30:54 29:53 30:18 NE
  Defense Stats Comparison
  NE
 Defense 
BUF
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 16.3 19.3 22.3 NE
Rushing yards 103.3 120.0 119.6 NE
Rushing yards per attempt 4.00 4.52 4.34 NE
Completion % 58.0% 50.5% 59.3% BUF
Passing yards 230.3 197.0 223.1 BUF
Passing yards per completion 11.71 11.21 11.02 BUF
Passing yards per attempt 6.79 5.66 6.53 BUF
INT return 1.0 0.8 0.9 NE
Fumble recoveries 0.8 0.5 0.6 NE
Sacks 2.0 2.3 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 30.4% 41.2% 38.2% NE
4th down conversions 33.3% 33.3% 45.1% -
Time of possession 29:06 30:07 30:18 NE

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   NE   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.1 9.4 10.0 BUF
Yards per kick return 15.5 28.4 22.9 BUF
Yards allowed per punt return 5.7 15.5 10.0 NE
Yards allowed per kick return 21.0 19.7 22.9 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   NE   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 6.5 5.3 6.1 BUF
Penalty yards 48.3 45.8 50.7 BUF

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 12 to 17 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 12 to 17 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 10 2000-11-05 BUF NE 16-13 BUF
2000 16 2000-12-17 NE BUF 13-10 NE
2001 9 2001-11-11 BUF NE 11-21 NE
2001 14 2001-12-16 NE BUF 12-9 NE
2002 9 2002-11-03 NE BUF 38-7 NE
2002 14 2002-12-08 BUF NE 17-27 NE
2003 1 2003-09-07 NE BUF 0-31 BUF
2003 17 2003-12-27 BUF NE 0-31 NE
2004 4 2004-10-03 NE BUF 31-17 NE
2004 10 2004-11-14 BUF NE 6-29 NE
2005 8 2005-10-30 BUF NE 16-21 NE
2005 14 2005-12-11 NE BUF 35-7 NE
2006 1 2006-09-10 BUF NE 17-19 NE
2006 7 2006-10-22 NE BUF 28-6 NE
2007 3 2007-09-23 BUF NE 7-38 NE
2007 11 2007-11-18 NE BUF 56-10 NE
2008 10 2008-11-09 BUF NE 10-20 NE
2008 17 2008-12-28 NE BUF 13-0 NE
2009 1 2009-09-14 BUF NE 24-25 NE
2009 15 2009-12-20 NE BUF 17-10 NE
2010 3 2010-09-26 BUF NE 30-38 NE
2010 16 2010-12-26 NE BUF 34-3 NE
2011 3 2011-09-25 NE BUF 31-34 BUF
2011 17 2012-01-01 BUF NE 21-49 NE
2012 4 2012-09-30 NE BUF 52-28 NE
2012 10 2012-11-11 BUF NE 31-37 NE

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.