{"id":64212,"date":"2016-10-27T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64212"},"modified":"2016-10-27T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:39:23","slug":"patriots-vs-bills-rex-ryan-should-worry-about-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64212","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Vs Bills: Rex Ryan Should Worry About Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NFL\"<\/a>It is nice to know that Coach Rex Ryan hasn\u2019t allowed himself to bask for too long in the glory of the Bills\u2019 16-0 victory over the Patriots a few weeks ago. It was a great victory but Ryan isn\u2019t blind to the fact that the Patriots were hardly at their best. Tom Brady wasn\u2019t in the picture on that day. And Ryan agrees with NFL sportsbook betting odds<\/a> that the second round might go a little different.<\/p>\n

Tom Brad<\/a>y is not only back, he is having the time of his career, so Ryan has a lot to contemplate. Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean that he shouldn\u2019t elicit satisfaction from his victory.<\/p>\n

The Bills played well that day, so they should rightly boast about their win. However, the next encounter with New England will present a whole new challenge.<\/p>\n

Coach Bill Belichick didn\u2019t pull his punches when he criticized the Patriots for their performance in the Bills game; he thought the team failed in every single aspect and he said as much.<\/p>\n

With Brady finally stepping back into the fold, the Patriots Offense is thriving. They have decimated one opponent after another, showing a domineering presence that the Bills didn\u2019t see when they faced Belichick\u2019s team the first time.<\/p>\n

The Patriots haven\u2019t thrown an interception this season, and they are the only team that can make that boast at the moment. With a passer rating of 115.9, you would be hard pressed to find better opponents for Buffalo than the Patriots.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Patriots are very confident in their defense. Rob Ninkovich wasn\u2019t around the first time the Patriots faced the Bills. Like Brady, a four-game suspension (he violated the league\u2019s performance-enhancing substances policy) kept him away from the field.<\/p>\n

Rob will also feature in the next game against the Bills and that should help the Patriots contain and extinguish quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Taylor was instrumental in the Bills\u2019 first win, finishing with 246 yards passing (as well as a touchdown).<\/p>\n

Rob knows just how explosive Taylor can be, and he understands the need to stifle the Quarterback\u2019s effectiveness. If they fail to keep him in the pocket, the Patriots might repeat their previous failure.<\/p>\n

Of course, while Brady and Rob\u2019s return is worth celebrating, one cannot help but worry about Stephen Gostkowski whose performance could very well sink the Patriots.<\/p>\n

Gostkowski hasn\u2019t really missed an extra point since his rookie year in 2006, so he was shouldering a lot of hopes when the season began; however, he missed two in the previous two games.<\/p>\n

His field goals record (9 for 12) is also a little worrisome. Gostkowski recognizes that he isn\u2019t performing as well as he could be, and he has been quite had on his failures, even though Belichick has commended him for his efforts.<\/p>\n

The coach understands the Kicker\u2019s problems and they could just as easily work through his weaknesses before the Bills game comes around. Changes in the types of techniques the Patriots are deploying on kickoffs (as a result of recent alterations to NFL rules) might be the cause of Gostkowski\u2019s stumbles.<\/p>\n

Gostkowski doesn\u2019t have to be perfect. He just needs to do his best and hope that his teammates can compensate for some of his mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is nice to know that Coach Rex Ryan hasn\u2019t allowed himself to bask for too long in the glory of the Bills\u2019 16-0 victory over the Patriots a few weeks ago. It was a great victory but Ryan isn\u2019t blind to the fact that the Patriots were hardly at their best. Tom Brady wasn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1342],"tags":[16129],"class_list":["post-64212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sporting-news","tag-patriots-vs-bills-rex-ryan-should-worry-about-round-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64212"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}