Monday Night Football Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots
It will be nice to see Tom Brady’s return to the New England Patriots offensive line after missing virtually all of last season with a knee injury, it’s time for him to come back and there is no better place for that than Monday Night Football. For sure the Buffalo Bills will no doubt look to test his ability to move around by bringing plenty of pressure to him, today will be the day when he will prove the NFL that he is 100% recovered from the injury and it’s ready to play like he used to do.
Last time they meet the New England Patriots running back Sammy Morris rushed for 85 yards to help his team to beat the host Bills, 13-0 in a wind filed game during the week 17 of the last season. The Patriots dominate the bills… on their last 11 games the Patriots have won all of them and the series is 56-40-1 overall series lead.
This also will be the debut of Alex Van Pelt… He is the new offensive coordinator after Dick Jauron, Bills head coach made the unorthodox decision to fire offensive coordinator Turk Schonert a week before the regular season. The duties now belong to Van Pelt, who will be expected to provide immediate results in his first game calling plays.
This will be also the expected official debut for the Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens with the team. Owens only played one preseason game due to a toe injury and has had limited time to build chemistry with the Bills starting quarterback Trent Edwards.
The Buffalo Bills have won five straight games in the month of September. … In his last game against the Patriots, Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson rushed for a career-high 136 yards. … The New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski led the league with 36 made field goals last year.
