The already qualified Buffalo team and winner of the AFC East, closes in Foxborough Week 16 where they will face the already eliminated New England Patriots. Let’s review the most interesting data of this Monday Night Football, the last of the 2020 NFL campaign, starring the theme COVID-19 and from which these two teams did not escape.
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Bills: They secured their 1st. Divisional title since 1995.
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Bills: They have allowed less than 20 points in 3 of their last 4 games after doing so in 2 of their first 10 games.
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Bills: They haven’t won the annual vs. Patriots series since 1999 (Josh Allen was 3 years old and Bill Belichick was Jets DC).
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Bills: The difference of 5 wins over Patriots is the widest they have had vs them before facing December since 1981.
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Bills: 2-16 at Gillette Stadium in the Belichick era. It is the 3rd. worst mark in the league at any stadium since 2000 (minimum 10 games).
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Josh Allen (QB): 30 TD passes in 2020. The Bills record in one season belongs to Jim Kelly with 33 in 1991.
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Patriots: Out of postseason for 1st. time since 2008.
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Patriots: 20.6 PPJ this season. It’s his lowest average since 2000 when Bill Belichick took over as HC.
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Patriots: Should he lose, it would be his first season with a losing mark since 2000 (1st by Bill Belilchick).
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Patriots: 1st. time since the 2000 season that they play already being eliminated of the fight by a place in playoffs.
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Cam Newton (NE): 5 TD passes in 328 attempts this year. Your pct. of TD is the 5th. lowest for a QB with 300+ attempts in a season in NFL history.