The Bills’ loss to New England left Joe Brady sounding less interested in the result column than in the way his offense played when the game was there to be won. Buffalo’s head coach said the unit never settled in, and that the missed chances opened the door for the Patriots to hang around and finish the job with a late touchdown.
“We just didn’t get in a rhythm today,” Brady said, via BillsWire.com. “We had a couple drives, had some three and outs, and that can’t happen.
Starting with the first drive of the game, and the sudden change, three and out after we get the turnover. We had opportunities to be able to sustain drives and some looks that we know are coming and we weren’t executing.
We have to look and see why.”
Brady made it clear the frustration isn’t reserved for losses. For him, the standard stays the same whether the Bills win or lose, and the bigger issue is how much cleaner the football looks from snap to snap.
“The wins and losses are all the same to me,” Brady added. “I don’t mean that in a negative way.
When we win, I still have the same mindset of like we’re putting a lot of stuff on tape that’s going to cause us to lose, and we got to continue to play better, but the last three times we’ve left the stadium, I’ve left pissed off. So, the wins and losses is never what it’s about.
It’s about playing clean winning football and giving ourselves a chance to win.”
In Miami, the injury picture remains unsettled for a pair of players. Dolphins S Dante Trader is day-to-day with a knee injury after he was able to return in Week 4, according to Marcel Louis-Jacques. Miami HC Jeff Hafley also said WR Caleb Douglas is day-to-day after missing the last two games with an ankle injury.
The Jets, meanwhile, are hearing the same message from both the sideline and the huddle after their latest loss: change is needed. Jets HC Aaron Glenn said the group has to find a way to respond, and QB Geno Smith echoed that sentiment.
“We all have to muster up something inside to be able to get this thing turned in the right direction when you have a game like this,” Glenn said, via JetsWire.com. “That’s something we really need to address moving forward.”
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