New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Week 17
KEVIN: HE WAS TERRIFIC. A 57-YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION AT THE CHARGERS. THIRD DOWN AND 7. BROWN GETTING BACKPEDALED. DOWNFIELD AND IT’S INCOMPLETE AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR KIN CAME. PUNT. ZAPPE, FIRST AND 10. PARKER IN MOTION. BATTED DOWN, INTERCEPTED ON THE RICOCHET! IT’S PICKED OFF ON THE RICOCHET AT THE 20-YARD LINE AND GRABBED RIGHT THERE BY THE BIG DEFENSIVE LINEMAN ED OLIVER. TRENT: HOW ABOUT THIS DEFENSE TO FIND WAYS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT. KEVIN: SIX IN THE SECONDARY. THIRD AND 6. COOKS DROPPED IT. INCOMPLETE. KEVIN: BY THE WAY, THE BUFFALO BILLS HAVE THE
NUMBER ONE CONVERSION RATE FOR THIRD DOWNS THIS SEASON. HERE IS A 35-YARD FIELD GOAL. IT IS AWAY AND GOOD AND THE BILLS ARE ON THE BOARD. BUT THE PATRIOT DEFENSE DOES THEIR JOB. OLIVER WITH THE PICK ON THE INACTIVE, NOT INJURED, HEALTHY SCRATCH. FIRST AND 10, INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF BY DOUGLAS. WEAVING INSIDE THE 15. BROUGHT DOWN BY FAIR ROW BROWN. ANOTHER TURNOVER. THE SECOND INTERCEPTION BY THE BUFFALO DEFENSE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER. THE OPPOSITE. KEVIN: SECOND POSITION, BEGINNING IN PATRIOT TERRITORY, DIGGS KNIFING TO THE 3. WISE AROUND HIS ANKLES. IT’S FIRST AND GOAL TO GO
ON THE KEVIN: HERE COMES THE PUSH. SECOND AND GOAL. SHOVED, CLOSE, TOUCHDOWN! THEY JUST RULE IT. AND THE BILLS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD FOR THE
INTO THE NICKEL, FIRST AND 10. SHAKIR IN MOTION. ALLEN AGAIN. PICKED YOU WERE BY SHAKIR. BRYANT BRINGS HIM DOWN. I DON’T KNOW HOW HE FOUND THE EJECT BUTTON BUT HE DID AND GOT TRENT: GABE DAVIS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, SIZE ADVANTAGE. KEVIN: LOW, INCOMPLETE FOR KINCAID. HE HAD ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC BACK THERE INCLUDING MAPU, MILLS, QUARTERBACKS CAN’T LOOK BOTH WAYS. YOU HAVE TO PICK A SIDE. KEVIN: BASS FROM 24. 13-7, BUFFALO AND ALL THE POINTS HAVE BEEN SCORED OFF OF THREE THIRD AND LONG AFTER THAT SECOND DOWN PLAY. KEVIN: SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS.
ZAPPE, THIRD AND 9. HERE THEY COME, DOWN HE GOES, OLIVER! ED OLIVER THROWS HIM FOR THE LOSS BACK TO THE 19. TYPE OF DYNAMIC PLAYS BUT HIS ACCURACY IS NOT THERE RIGHT NOW. KEVIN: THIRD DOWN AND 5. BASE HITS IS ON AND IT’S INCOMPLETE. LOWE AND DAVIS WERE RIGHT THERE AND THE PRESSURE WAS COMING FROM MACK WILSON, WHO WAS PLAYING KEVIN: FIRST AND 10. AND THIS IS A HANDOFF AND HARRIS FINDS IT UP THE MIDDLE. FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN BY MICAH RESPONDED WITH ALL THOSE TURNOVERS, HOLDING THE BILLS TO JUST 13. KEVIN: ZAPPE 1-5. CAUGHT AT
THE 35-YARD LINE AND A NICE GRAB ON THE PLAY BY DEVANTE PARKER. HE HAS THE FIRST DOWN. KEVIN: THIRD AND 11. THEY NEED THE 45. ZAPPE, BLITZ IS ON. INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF BY DOUGLAS! BREAKING TACKLES, GOT A BLOCK. FINDS A GAP, HE IS GONE! TRENT: THIS IS A MISSED SIDE ADJUST. WATCH THE SAFETY COMING OFF THE SLOT, SO THE RECEIVER HAS TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. ZAPPE THROWS THE SLANT. THAT’S THE SIDE ADJUST OFF A SAFETY BLITZ FROM A PROTECTION STANDPOINT. DOUGLAS WITH HIS SECONDS INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME. KEVIN: WHAT HANDS, WOW. HE’S A FORCE BACK
THERE. TWO-TIME ALL-PRO. KEVIN: SECOND DOWN 10. DOUGLAS ON THE MOVE. ZAPPE TO THROW. HEAVY PRESSURE. OFF TO HARRIS, GETTING BLOCKS FROM ANDREWS AND LOOK AT HIM RUN DOWNFIELD! DOUGLAS CATCHES UP TO HIM. A CATCH AND RUN BY KEVIN HARRIS. HE’S BEEN UP AND OFF THAT HIT HIM. WELL-“THE EXPEXECUTED SCREENPLA. KEVIN: ZAPPE, BLITZ IS ON. HE’S GOING TO TAKE IT IN FOR SIX! ZAPPE, FIRST TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE SEASON. 17-YARD RUN. WITH A 17-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. TRENT: YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THE FLOW OF THE RECEIVERS GOING THAT DIRECTION. THERE IS NOBODY ON THIS SIDE OF THE
FIELD IN MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. AND THE SAFETY WORKS THAT WAY. ZAPPE, ONCE HE ESCAPES PRESSURE, THEN IT’S JUST A FOOTRACE TO THE FRONT CORNER. MUCH NEEDED TOUCHDOWN FOR THE AS EVER. TRENT: IT’S ONE THING TO HAVE THAT — AND RIGHT THERE WITH THE ACCURATE THROW. KEVIN: AND HE’S GOT KINCAID. A NICE GN TO THE 32. OF OFFENSE. NOT FINDING THEIR GROOVE YET. KEVIN: MURRAY IS THE BACK ON A THIRD AND 7. UNDERNEATH, SHAKIR AND HE IS BROUGHT DOWN BY DUGGER. HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. KHALIL SHAKIR GETS IT. 96 CATCHES. FIRST AND 16, SPOT FOUL AT
MIDFIELD. GILLIAM TRYING TO GIVE A BLOCK, GOING DEEP DOWNFIELD, INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF BY ATIN, THE FORMER BILL. ALEX AUSTIN, A ROOKIE, GETS IT AND PICKS OFF BUFFALO BAITED JOSH ALLEN INTO THAT THROW. KEVIN: SECOND DOWN 8, AND HERE GOES THE THROW. CAUGHT ON THE PLAY BY THORNTON. TYQUAN THORNTON PICKS UP 14 SPEED LIKE THAT SO TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WITH THORNTON WHEN THEY CAN. KEVIN: FIRST DOWN AND 10. NOW ON THE MOVE AFTER A 17 TOUCHDOWN RUN, HE RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN HERE. ZAPPE ON THE MOVE. THE PATRIOTS’ FOUR TURNOVERS YET DOWN
BY SIX ONLY. THEY JUST PICKED OFF ALLEN AND THEY GO DOWNFIELD. A NICE CATCH THERE IS GRABBED BY THE ROOKIE DEMARIO DOUGLAS OUT OF LIBERTY. COMES UP WITH A RECEPTION OF 16 WEEK, WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS NEW ENGLAND TEAM FOR GRANTED. WE KNOW THEY BEAT US EARLIER IN THE YEAR. KEVIN: GESICKI, GRABBED BY POYER NO WIND. 36 DEGREES. 47-YARD FIELD GOAL. AND WIDE LEFT. ALLEN. THEY COME OUT UNSCATHED. 37, FIRST AND 10. UNDERNEATH TO DIGGS. GRABBED BY AUSTIN AND OTHERS. MAKES THE GRAB. THAT IS CATCH NUMBER 800. YOUNGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE
KEVIN: THIRD DOWN AND. MURRAY WAS IN MOTION. ALLEN WITH TIME. MURRAY DROPS THE BALL. AUSTIN WAS OVER THERE. INCOMPLETE. IT’S FOURTH AND 2 AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THE OFFENSE OUT THERE. TRENT: IT SAYS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE FOUR TURNOVERS AND THEY’RE STILL ALIVE IN THE GAME. WE’RE DOING OK WITH FOUR TURNOVERS TO ONLY BE DOWN SIX IN THIS GAME. KEVIN: PRETTY STUNNING AND IT BEGAN WITH A 98-YARD KICKOFF THEY ARE TERRIFIC IN THAT CATEGORY. SECOND DOWN, LONG 14. ALLEN TO THE AIR AND HE’S GOT HIS RECEIVER DAVIS. IN THE VICINITY WAS WADE. IT’S A
CATCH OF 14. IT’S A FIRST DOWN TO THE 36. UP THE FIRST DOWN. KEVIN: HERE HE’S GOT A FIVE-MAN RUSH AND HE GOES DEEP AND HE’S GOT KINCAID! DUGGER WILL MAKE THE STOP AT THE 1. — 12. IT’S A 51-YARD PASS COMPLETION WISE, GODCHAUX AND BARMORE. KEVIN: THE PUSH, ON SECOND DOWN AND GOAL. JOSH ALLEN HAS HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN TODAY AND AGAIN FROM A YARD AWAY, AND THE BILLS EXTEND THEIR LEAD. TRENT: YOU CAN BE AS FIERCE AS DEFENSIVE LINE ASK THAT’S A HARD PLAY TO STOP. IT’S TAKEN THE NFL BY STORM. OF COURSE, THE
EAGLES MADE IT POPULAR AND NOW EVERYBODY ELSE IS JOINING THE TREND, ESPECIALLY ON UNDER TWO YARDS. TEAMS ARE AT A HIGH SUCCESS RATE THE PATRIOTS. KEVIN: SECONDS DOWN AND 11. ZAPPY PRESSURED. BERNARD WAS THERE AND THE PASS GOES OFF TO THE TIGHT END GESICKI. HIT BY DODSON, TAKES IT TO THE 33. KEVIN: SIX RUSHES ON THE SEASON, TWO TODAY. FIRST AND 10. HE’LL GET BY LOWE. ELLIOTT GETS TOOLED AND THEN TRIMMED UP BY BERNARD AND AS HE HERE COMES JOHNSON. A SECOND BLOCK BY ELLIOTT AND THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN TO GESICKI, WHO’S BROUGHT DOWN
BY POYER. A LOT GOING ON, GETTING TO THE PATRIOTS ONLY HAVE 200 YARDS OF OFFENSE. KEVIN: AND THEY’RE STARTING TO GET GUYS BACK LIKE JONES. THORNTON HAS IT. BROUGHT DOWN BY TARON JOHNSON. SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN. HE GETS DOWN TO THE 34. WILL BE OUT THERE. HE ALLOWED A 53-YARD PUNT RETURN LAST WEEK IN DENVER TO MIMS. HARDY. SIGNALED FOR THE FAIR CATCH ABOUT THE 12. 27-YARD WELL-PLACED PUNT BY THE ROOKIE BARINGER OUT OF MICHIGAN ONE FOR THE BILLS. THIRD AND 12 AND THEY NEED F-22. SIX DOCTOR, BRYANT. HERE COMES THE BLITZ. — D.B.’S,
BRYANT. HERE COMES THE BLITZ. ALLEN HAS HIS RECEIVER, A TIGHT END KINCAID. CAN SEE THEY BEGAN, THE BUFFALO BILLS, 0-5. THEY HAVE SCORED TWICE ON THE GROUND. LATAVIUS MURRAY TRYING TO CORKSCREW HIS WAY. HE DID NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN. IT WILL BE FOURTH AND ABOUT 1. LANE. KEVIN: THE PATRIOTS COMING INTO TODAY, NUMBER 31 IN SCORING. ZAPPE, FIRST AND 10, GOING DEEP AND CAUGHT! SOMEWHAT A GRAB MADE, REAGOR COMES UP WITH IT. SIXTH CATCH OF THE SEASON. ALL IN THE FIRST. SECOND DOWN AND 10 FAKE END AROUND. IT’S OFF TO DOUGLAS. GETS A BLOCK
FROM HIS CENTER ANDREWS, GETTING A BLOCK DOWNFIELD FROM SOW. LOOK AT HIM DANCE AND DIVE AND RUN AND FINALLY CHASESSED OUT OF BOUNDS. LATE HIT BY POYER. THAT’S GOING TO COST THEM. ENGLAND. FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 6. ELLIOTT. HE’LL DIVE IN STRIDE AND SCORE! SQUEZEKIEL ELLIOTT, SIX-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN! AS THEY KNIFE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NUMBER 10 DEFENSE. NOW THEY’VE GOT 20 POINTS AND 13 ON OFFENSE. NOW THEY’VE GOT 20 POINTS AND 13 ON OFFENSE. AND THE SECOND RUSHING TOUC TOUCHDOWN, ONE BY ZAPPE, THIS BY ZEKE. TRENT: THE ONLY DEFENDER THAT HAD A CHANCE
ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT BLOCKING UP BILLS, JOSH ALLEN. JOHNSON WAS IN THE BACKFIELD AND HE GOES UNDERNEATH AND IT’S CAUGHT BY SHAKIR. HE’S GOT THE FIRST DUNN. HIT BY MILLS, WITH THE CATCH AND RUN, HE’S UP TO THE 278 AND PICKS UP 17 FOR BUFFALO. AND 27 YARDS. FIRST AND 10, JOHNSON. BLOCKED BY BROWN, BLOCKED BY DAWKINS. TACKLED BY UCHE. PICKUP OF SEVEN ON FIRST DOWN KEVIN: MURRAY IS THE BACK. THEY RUSH FIVE. BLITZ IS ON. HERE GOES ALLEN. UCHE HAS HIM. FUMBLE ON THE PLAY! LOOSE AGAIN, ANOTHER FUMBLE. LOOKED LIKE THE
BILLS JUMPED ON PRESSURE A LOT ON THIRD DOWN. WE HAVE EIGHT GUYS RIGHT AT OR NEAR THE LINE. KEVIN: THIRD DOWN 6. ACROSS THE MIDDLE. NICE HIT ON A GOOD-LOOKING CATCH BY THORNTON. JOHNSON THERE TOO. ON THIRD DOWN AND FORCE A PUNT, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME WITH ALL THOSE TIME-OUTS. KEVIN: THIRD AND 7, THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN, SHAKIR. BROUGHT DOWN BY JALEN MILLS. NOW BENTLEY COMING UP LATE. KEVIN: FIVE IN THE SECONDARY. SECOND DOWN 10. HE’S GOT DIGGS. AND DIGGS WILL WORK HIS WAY TO THE 26. JANUARY SINCE 2020, THEY HAVE GONE 17-2.
THIS IS WHEN THEY PLAY WELL. STRING WINS TOGETHER. IT’S JOHNSON ON FIRST AND 10. AND THAT WAS GUY AND ALSO 12-LOSS SEASON. LAST HEAD COACH WITH 12 LOSSES, DICK MCPHERSON IN 1992. TRENT: THIS WASN’T THE PERFECT GAME BY ANY MEANS BY THE BUFFALO BILLS BUT IN ORDER TO GET DONE THE DIVISION AGAINST MIAMI. KEVIN: BUFFALO IS GOING TO WIN IT. THEY CAN GET IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH A PITTSBURGH LOSS AND A CINCINNATI LOSS. PITTSBURGH TAKES ON SEATTLE. BENGALS NEXT ON CBS AGAINST THE CHIEFS AT ARROWHEAD. AS BILL BELICHICK AND HIS TEAM
