The Buffalo Bills (5-9) fell short on Sunday and lost their 13th straight game to the New England Patriots (9-5).  It was not a very good day for either offense, with the Bills getting only 241 yards and the Patriots getting just 224 yards.  Fred Jackson was one of the few Bills’ players to have a lot of production on offense.  He rushed for 80 yards on just 15 carries, but he did not find the endzone.  Ryan Fitzpatrick ended up with 178 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception on 17/25 passes.

The Bills nearly shut down the Patriots passing game, but they did not stop Patriots’ receiver Randy Moss enough.  Moss caught 5 passes for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.  They kept Tom Brady in check, except when he went to Moss.  Brady had only 115 passing yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception on 11/23 pass attempts.  Laurence Maroney was pretty effective against the Bills’ run-defense, getting 81 yards and 1 touchdown on 23 carries.  The Bills played the Patriots tough, but it wasn’t enough to end their long losing streak against them.

The Buffalo Bills (5-8) are hosting the New England Patriots (8-5) this week, and they are trying to end a 12 game losing streak against the Pats.  They nearly won against the Patriots in week one, but that was when Tom Brady was still getting his game back.  Brady has been battling some injuries lately though, so hopefully he wont be full strength on Sunday.  The Patriots will likely run the ball a lot either way, as the Bills have been awful at stopping the run.  They need to do a much better job than the 170 yard average they are giving up this year.  Patriots’ running back Laurence Maroney will make them pay if they don’t get some penetration and clog up some holes.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has to play better than what he has been showing the last two games.  He failed to reach 100 yards passing in both of those games, and if he does that again they will not win.  Hopefully Terrell Owens will be able to play in this one, as he and Fitzpatrick have been hooking up for some big plays.  TO is listed as questionable though, battling an illness.  Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch have been running the ball well as of late, so they should be able to do some damage against the Pats run defense.  They are still the Patriots though, and as long as they have Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Wes Welker they will be successful against the Bills.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Buffalo Bills 14, New England Patriots 24

The Bills have lost starting guard Kendall Simmons for the year due to a shoulder injury.  Simmons played in 3 games (all starts) for the Bills after signing with them 4 weeks ago.  Simmons’ injury was a big part of the reason that the Bills claimed Richie Incognito off waivers from the Rams.

The Bills have claimed 26-year old guard Richie Incongnito off waivers from the Rams.  He played in 9 games (all starts) for the Rams last season.  He has now played in 44 games (all starts) in his NFL career.  Incognito will probably step right into the starting line-up for the Bills and he will bring his nastiness to the team.  I love this move for the Bills.

The Bills won this game by running the football and playing solid defense.  Ryan Fitzpatrick was in game manager mode as he completed 12 of 20 passes for 86 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT.  He also carried the ball 3 times for 17 yards (5.7 ypc) in this game.  Fred Jackson was running very hard in this game as he carried the ball 20 times for 99 yards (5.0 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 23 yards (7.7 avg).  Marshawn Lynch also had a great game earlier today with 12 carries for 84 yards (7.0 ypc) and he has also caught 3 passes for 10 yards (3.3 avg).  Terrell Owens only caught 2 passes for 15 yards (7.5 avg) but one of them went for a TD.  The Bills finished up with 273 total yards on offense (200 rushing, 73 passing) in this game.

The defense was in bend but don’t break mode and they played really well.  Safety Bryan Scott led the way for the Bills today with 10 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and a QB hit.  LB Paul Poslusny also had a solid game with 9 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception.  CB Terrence McGee pitched in with 6 tackles, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception today.  George Wilson and Jairus Byrd also had big plays as they each picked off 1 pass today.  The Chiefs finished up with 354 total yards on offense (152 rushing, 202 passing) in this game.  The Bills are now 5-8 on the year.

This should be one of the more entertaining games of week #13 in the NFL.  The Bills will likely come out running the ball with Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch against a Chiefs’ D that is allowing 143.8 yards rushing and 4.4 yards per carry this year.  Don’t think for a minute that the Bills won’t be passing more than usual against a Chiefs’ D that is allowing 250.8 yards passing per game.  Terrell Owens and Lee Evans should have field days this Sunday against the Chiefs as long as Ryan Fitzpatrick has the time to get the ball downfield.

The Chiefs will also likely have the same type of gameplan against the Bills.  The Bills are allowing 172.1 yards rushing and 4.9 yards per game so look for Jamaal Charles to likely have the game of his life on Sunday.  But, the Bills will likely try to blitz Matt Cassel into making some big mistakes like he has done the last two weeks.  After all, the Bills do have 21 interceptions already this year.

PREDICTION:  BILLS 30, CHIEFS 27

The Bills have released DE Corey Mace.  Mace played in 2 games for the Bills this season and he has made 1 tackle, defensed 1 pass and he had 1 interception.  Mace played two years for the Bills and he appeared in 5 games in which he made 2 tackles, defensed 1 pass and he picked off 1 pass.  The Bills won’t miss him too much as he was pretty far down the depth chart.  The Bills have re-signed TE Joe Klopfenstein to replace Mace on the roster.

The Bills just couldn’t get anything going offensively last night and it killed them on the scoreboard.  Ryan Fitzpatrick was downright awful last night completing 9 of 23 passes for 98 yards with 1 INT.  He also carried the ball 5 times for 32 yards (6.4 ypc) last night.  Fitzpatrick also had butter fingers fumbling the ball twice last night losing one of them.  Marshawn Lynch led the way on the ground for the Bills last night with 6 carries for 60 yards (10.0 ypc).  Fred Jackson pitched in with 31 yards rushing on 13 carries (2.4 ypc) and he also caught 3 passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg).  The Jets’ D shut down the WRs of the Bills last night as Lee Evans caught 1 pass for 38 yards and T.O. caught 3 passes for 31 yards (10.3 avg).  The Bills only had possession of the ball for 24:50 of this game as they finished up with 194 total yards on offense (123 rushing, 71 passing).

The Bills had issues stopping the run last night but the Jets still only scored 19 points against them.  Safety George Wilson led the way for the Bills last night with 10 tackles and a pass defensed.  DE Aaron Schobel was a beast last night for the Bills as he finished up with 8 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and a QB hit.  DT Kyle Williams was also solid with 8 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 2 sacks and a QB hit.  The Jets finished up with 331 total yards on offense (249 rushing, 82 passing) last night.  The Bills are now 4-8 on the season.

The Bills won the first match-up between these two teams 16-13 in OT in New Jersey.  For the Jets to get a win to even the series then Mark Sanchez must protect the football as he threw 5 pickoffs in the first game against the Bills.  The Bills are allowing 165.1 yards rushing per game and 4.8 yards per carry so look for the Jets to come out running against them.  After all, they did rush for 318 yards in the first game against the Bills this year.  Thomas Jones and Shonn Greene should have good games tomorrow against the Bills running the ball.  With ballhawking safeties like the Bills have look for Mark Sanchez to be careful when throwing the ball to TE Dustin Keller.  The Bills will likely double cover Jerricho Cotchery and make Braylon Edwards beat them in the passing game.

The Bills will likely try to mix things up on offense this week.  The Jets have a really good secondary especially CB Darrelle Revis who will likely be following the suddenly hot Terrell Owens all over the field.  That means that Lee Evans has to step up this week or Ryan Fitzpatrick could have trouble throwing the football.  The X-factor in this game is RB Fred Jackson who had a solid game last week as the main man in the running game.  He will challenge the linebackers of the Jets both running and catching the ball out of the backfield.

PREDICTION:  JETS 16, BILLS 14

27-year old QB Ryan Fitzpatrick looks like a new QB the last couple of weeks.  In his last two starts the Bills have scored 46 points.  He has completed 35 of 57 passes (61.4%) in those two starts for 543 yards with 2 TD passes and 3 INTs.  He has also carried the ball 8 times for 55 yards (6.9 ypc) with 1 TD run.  His overall numbers still don’t look too good as he isn’t a legit starting NFL QB.  But, if he can manage the game while protecting the football the Bills will have a shot to win with him.  He has played in 6 games overall this season for the Bills and he has completed 73 of 134 passes (54.5%) for 905 yards with 4 TD passes and 7 INTs (63.8 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 22 times for 85 yards (3.9 ypc) with 1 TD run this year.  Fitzpatrick is playing for his job next season which hopefully will be as the back-up QB of the Bills and not the starter.