Pats game score

Now, the Patriots await the result of the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders game to see where they will be traveling next weekend. A Raiders win will send them to Buffalo, and Chargers win sends them to Cincinnati. January 9, p.

Dugger missed the week of practice while Hightower was mostly limited. Taylor, Jarrett Stidham, and Devin Asiasi continue to serve as healthy scratches while their usual partner in crime Shaun Wade is out with an illness but not on the inactive list. The Dolphins have a few former starters who are healthy scratches as their injury report was empty on Friday.

New England had its choice at the coin flip as the away team and Matthew Slater chose correctly with heads. New England deferred its choice to the second half meaning Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins will start on offense. That is where Tagovailoa and company opened up, firing a screen pass to rookie Jaylen Waddle who picked up nine yards on the first play from scrimmage. Tagovailoa hit Waddle again for a gain of four on the next play, resetting the chains.

Two plays later, the Dolphins hit Waddle again for his third catch of the day, giving him the NFL record for most receptions in a season by a rookie. Miami picked up a pair of first downs to move past midfield before an encroachment penalty by Carl Davis gifted them five more yards. On 3rd-and-3 from the New England yard line, Tagovailoa hit Myles Gaskin for a gain of seven to move into the red area. On the next two plays Miami netted nine yards setting up another third down where Tagovailoa would hit Waddle in the end zone for a touchdown.

A great first drive for Miami. New England opened their first drive with a pair of runs by Damien Harris following a Miami touchback. On 3rd-and-2, Jones attempted his first pass of the day and delivered a strike to Xavien Howard who returned it for a touchdown. Back out after a disastrous first drive, the Patriots went back to the ground but Miami was called for a too many men penalty and New England picked up a free five yards.

Harris converted for the first down with a gain of six before the Patriots fed him the ball through the air on a running back screen for a gain of five. Following the drive it was announced that starting tackle Isaiah Wynn would be questionable to return with an ankle injury while running back Rhamondre Stevenson was questionable with a head injury.

Miami started at their own yard line following a solid punt by Bailey. Miami faced another third down following a pair of runs, this time with three yards to convert. A Tagovailoa overthrow fell into and out of the arms of Devin McCourty, leading to a fake punt attempt that should have been unsuccessful but Miami was bailed out due to a phantom unnecessary roughness call. The drive lives for Miami. With their fresh set of downs, Miami ran a screen before letting the clock run out on the quarter.

As the second quarter opened, rain started to fall in Miami Gardens. Facing another third down, Miami went back to the RPO for a gain of 11 on the ground and a first down. Practice squad call up Sean Davis stayed down following the play and eventually left the field. With a fresh set of downs inside the New England yard line, the Dolphins kept it on the ground with the rain picking up. That led to a 3rd-and-7 where Tagovailoa tried J. Jackson in coverage of DeVante Parker, but saw the pass batted away in the end zone.

Miami kicker Jason Sanders converted on a yard field goal to extend the lead. Gunner Olszewski returned the following kickoff to the New England yard line. Damien Harris took a check down for six yards before Kendrick Bourne took an end around for nine. New England faced a 3rd-and-inches inside the Miami red area and chose to feed Brandon Bolden who took it into the end zone from 15 yards out. The Dolphins next drive ended before it began as a Kyle Van Noy sack on third down forced a three and out.

From the Miami yard line, they were faced with a 3rd-and where Jones fired a pass into the direction of no-one. Patriots Bills Highmark Stadium -. Offense Defense. Passing Yards. Matthew Judon , LB Passing Yards Rushing Yards Points For Points Against New England.

New York. Mac Jones. Christian Barmore. Ronnie Perkins. Rhamondre Stevenson. Cameron McGrone. Joshuah Bledsoe. William Sherman. From there, the Patriots simply ran the clock out. Harris' yard run was the most electrifying play of the game by far.

He took a handoff by Jones up the gut and was able to break loose thanks to two key blocks by N'Keal Harry and Jakob Johnson. According to Next Gen Stats, Harris reached a top speed of That was also the longest rushing touchdown by a Patriot since Hall of Famer Curtis Martin ripped off a yard score in Week 4 against the Chicago Bears during the season.

From here, the Patriots will enter their bye in Week 14, while the Bills will gear up for another big matchup against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers down in Tampa on Sunday. Coming home with a win. Running into the bye with a W. Patriots run to victory in windy weather. So, the Patriots will get the win, improve to , and maintain first place in the AFC.

The Bills drop to and a three-way tie for the wild card spots with the Chargers and Bengals. That injury took away pretty much any chance Buffalo had. If Mac Jones can make this play last more than four seconds the Pats won't have to snap the ball at all.

If he can't then New England can just snap it out of the end zone, give up two points, and take the win. The Bills can technically get the ball back with around seconds left if they get two more stops but it's obviously going to be tough to score in that situation. Great play by Adrian Phillips, and right after Dawson Knox made a nice swim move around him to get in position to catch the ball in the first place.

The Bills want to make this the last possession of the night. Pats smart to use their timeouts ahead of the two-minute warning so they can save time for a potential game-tying drive if Buffalo scores. By far the best run of the night for the Bills. Their RBs previously had 17 attempts for just 42 yards.

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