7 things to know about the Bills’ Week 16 opponent, the Patriots

Things to know about the Buffalo Bills’ Week 16 opponent, the New England Patriots.

Buffalo Bills running back Devin Singletary. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pound the rock?

While the Patriots defense, overall, is good, this might be a game for Devin Singletary to take the wheel. After notching two fumbles and losing one last week against the Steelers, the Bills should show faith in him because the numbers point to the Patriots being suspect against the run. While being the No. 1 overall defense (268.4 average) and No. 2 against the pass (170.3), against the run, the Patriots sit at seventh-best, allowing 98.1 yards per game.

Those numbers are still good, but that could be where the Bills should attack. Last week against the Bengals, Cincy rusher Joe Mixon had 136 rushing yards in the gmae and as a team, the Bengals had 164 yards in total. Quarterback Andy Dalton only had 151 passing yards with four interceptions. You do the math there.

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