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Bills Survive Epic ‘MNF’ Clash

Oct 13, 2026 · 1h 26m · take 25 of 25

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KapadiaA.J. Brown comes back at some point here. I don't think there's been another team that I feel this differently about now compared to what I did maybe two weeks ago.

GilWell, he also protected the ball, right? Coming into this week, he had nine turnovers between fumbles and interceptions. He had only thrown four touchdowns. He matched that in this game. And he threw for 374 yards. The Raider had not given up 250 yards passing to any other, only one time this season. It was to Tyler Shuck.

GilBesides that, they were barely giving up 200 yards a game. So if this is what the Patriots actually are, it's just a week, right? But if you look at the first three weeks, they're averaging 12 points per game. These last two weeks, they're averaging 37 points per game. So if they actually solve their problems and these aren't just two anomalies and this is who they actually are, they're a threat again.

GilAnd I think we were questioning early in the season, hey, you know, it was a stinker of a first game, right? And then you start having the cover six conversations for Drake and that they figure him out again. But if they did solve these problems, they're going to be a problem in the AFC, which I don't think we thought was the case two

Pelisseroweeks ago. Meanwhile, the Texans get their first win over the Titans in fairly dominating fashion, and they emerge with a new wide receiver.

PelisseroThis one took a couple days to play out, especially publicly. I can certainly give you a little bit of background on that, but it's a fascinating fit here, Shield, because we know that Marvin Harrison Jr. and C.J. Stroud had a lot of success together at Ohio State. If you get into the metrics, the analytics, the tracking data, Aaron Harrison Jr.

Pelisserojust hasn't been a really good separator. There's nothing that you look at there and say like the data backs. He can be really good. I'll be really interested to see how do they fit him in? How do they kind of rebuild whatever confidence he might be lacking after everything that played out in Arizona?

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