Game Preview - Week 3: Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

Buffalo: The NFL schedule makers didn't do the Bills any favors this season matching them up against three potential playoff teams right out of the gate. The Broncos (Wk1), Pittsburgh (Wk 2), and now New England in Week 3. Yikes…. no wonder the Bills are struggling. QB J.P Losman is pleading to the coaches to open up the offense a little more. And they'll need to if they have any shot of beating the Patriots this Sunday. The lone bright spot has been RB Marshawn Lynch who's modest 184 total yds and 1 TD after two games is giving fantasy owners a viable number two RB. Anybody seen Lee Evans? I didn't expect much Week 1 going against Champ Bailey Week 1, but another disappearing act this week will be cause for concern.

Start: RB Marshawn Lynch, WR Lee Evans
Consider: QB J.P. Losman
Sit: WR Peerless Price, WR Josh Reed, TE Robert Royal

New England: The Pats played with a passion last week against San Diego in support of their head coach, laying waste to the Chargers 38-14. Coming off that emotional high, this could be a trap game for New England but Bill Belichick won't allow it and Tom Brady has this offense clicking (2nd in total yards behind the Denver Broncos). Do I need to remind you that the Patriots have won 12 out of the last 13 games against the Bills? OK, I will… the Patriots beaten the Bills 12 out of the last 13 games. We had a feeling Moss was sandbagging with his supposed hamstring injury during the preseason and low and behold, with another 100-yds receiving this week, Moss can become the first receiver in history to post three 100-yard games in his first three games with a new team. RB Sammy Morris is replacing Maroney every third series and is making the most out of his touches. Maroney is still a good play but needs to find the endzone to make fantasy owners happy.

Start: QB Tom Brady, WR Randy Moss
Consider: RB Laurence Maroney, RB Sammy Morris WR Wes Welker, TE Ben Watson, Patriots D/ST
Sit: N/A

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Buffalo Bills
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 24	J.P. Losman	Pass: 185, 1 Rush: 15, 0
RB 18	Marshawn Lynch	Rush: 65, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 51	Anthony Thomas	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 19	Lee Evans	Rec: 6-80, 1
WR 61	Peerless Price	Rec: 3-45, 0
WR 84	Josh Reed	Rec: 2-25, 0
TE 27	Robert Royal	Rec: 2-15, 0

New England Patriots
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 1	Tom Brady	Pass: 285, 3 Rush: 5, 0
RB 22	Laurence Maroney	Rush: 70, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
RB 32	Sammy Morris	Rush: 45, 1 Rec: 2-10, 0
WR 4	Randy Moss	Rec: 7-100, 1
WR 28	Wes Welker	Rec: 6-70, 1
WR 45	Donte' Stallworth	Rec: 3-45, 0
TE 13	Ben Watson	Rec: 2-30, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Buffalo Bills
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DEN	H	L 14-15	-1
2	2007-09-16	PIT	A	L 3-26	-23
3	2007-09-23	NE	A	L 7-38	-31
4	2007-09-30	NYJ	H
5	2007-10-08	DAL	H
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	BAL	H
8	2007-10-28	NYJ	A
9	2007-11-04	CIN	H
10	2007-11-11	MIA	A
11	2007-11-18	NE	H
12	2007-11-25	JAC	A
13	2007-12-02	WAS	A
14	2007-12-09	MIA	H
15	2007-12-16	CLE	A
16	2007-12-23	NYG	H
17	2007-12-30	PHI	A

New England Patriots
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NYJ	A	W 38-14	+24
2	2007-09-16	SD	H	W 38-14	+24
3	2007-09-23	BUF	H	W 38-7	+31
4	2007-10-01	CIN	A
5	2007-10-07	CLE	H
6	2007-10-14	DAL	A
7	2007-10-21	MIA	A
8	2007-10-28	WAS	H
9	2007-11-04	IND	A
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	BUF	A
12	2007-11-25	PHI	H
13	2007-12-03	BAL	A
14	2007-12-09	PIT	H
15	2007-12-16	NYJ	H
16	2007-12-23	MIA	H
17	2007-12-29	NYG	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	BUF Offense	NE Offense	NFL Average
Points for	8.5	38.0	20.4
Rushing yards	107.0	139.0	113.8
Rushing yards per attempt	4.46	4.03	4.11
Completion %	63.0%	79.7%	61.9%
Passing yards	96.5	280.0	213.4
Passing yards per completion	6.66	11.91	10.62
Passing yards per attempt	4.20	9.49	6.58
Interceptions	0.5	0.5	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.5	0.9
Sacked	3.0	1.0	2.3

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 2 of the 2007 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Defense Stats Comparison

	BUF Defense	NE Defense	NFL Average
Points against	20.5	14.0	20.4
Rushing yards	177.5	56.0	113.8
Rushing yards per attempt	5.46	2.87	4.11
Completion %	60.3%	65.6%	61.9%
Passing yards	267.5	158.0	213.4
Passing yards per completion	12.16	7.90	10.62
Passing yards per attempt	7.33	5.18	6.58
INT return	1.0	1.0	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.0	0.5	0.9
Sacks	1.0	4.0	2.3

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Team vs. Team History

Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots
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

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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