High 3 issues we realized from Bills vs. Patriots

For the primary time since 2014, there aren’t any extra undefeated groups within the NFL after 5 weeks of the common season. After the Eagles loss at residence to the Broncos earlier Sunday, the Bills entered their primetime matchup because the lone remaining 4-0 group within the league.

Even a raucous white out crowd underneath the lights in Orchard Park crowd could not pull the Bills out of an uneven and uncharacteristic 60 minutes of soccer. Despite outgaining their opponent, profitable time of possession and having extra first downs, the Bills suffered their first defeat of the 2025 season.

“We just played sloppy,” QB Josh Allen stated. “We just did not play good tonight.”

Buffalo trailed 6-3 at halftime, the primary time they’d gone with no landing within the first half since Week 6 of the 2023 season in opposition to the Giants. The Bills entered Sunday with a document of 9-8 (.529) when down at half since 2022, a profitable share that ranked high three within the NFL.

“We played the game that they wanted us to play,” head coach Sean McDermott stated.

As inconsistent because the efficiency was, the Bills nonetheless had an opportunity to win on the finish of the sport. Trailing 20-10 early within the fourth quarter, Allen led the Bills on an eight-play, 74-yard drive culminating in a two-yard landing to WR Keon Coleman to tug the Bills inside a discipline objective.