This week marks a monumental moment for this Buffalo Bills football team. A crucial rematch awaits them in Week 15: a game on the road in New England. The Bills lost at home to the Patriots all the way back in Week 5 on Sunday Night Football, a shocking upset that put the Patriots on the map as a team to watch this season.
The long-awaited chance for revenge has finally come for the Bills, but more is on the line than just pride. The Patriots are two games up on the Bills in the AFC East with four to go, and they currently hold both the head-to-head and divisional tiebreakers. The Bills will need some help to overtake them for the division lead and possibly the AFC’s No. 1 seed, but it starts on Sunday in Foxborough with a must-win game.
Buffalo Bills LB Shaq Thompson on the Team’s Approach to the Patriots Rematch
GettyORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 07: Samaje Perine #34 of the Cincinnati Bengals is tackled by Shaq Thompson #45 of the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter at Highmark Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
Bills LB Shaq Thompson was asked about this game during his media availability on Wednesday. Specifically, he was asked about the playoff implications of this rematch and how Buffalo is approaching it mentally.
“We’re just taking it one game at a time, right?” Thompson said. “The division is still open, we still have four games left. Anything could happen. But right now we’re just taking it one game at a time and this week we’ve got the Patriots.”
“It’s just any football team, right? For me, it’s just like any NFL team. You build a team and stuff like that. I think at the end of the day, we just gotta play our brand of football, right? We gotta limit penalties — I think that was the biggest factor in the first game was us missing a lot of tackles and having a lot of penalties. Still a close game, but we just gotta take away those and go out there and play a clean game.”
Buffalo Bills LB Shaq Thompson Previews the Patriots
Thompson was asked a few questions about the Patriots offense and what the Bills defense wants to do differently this time, starting with defending MVP-candidate and second-year QB Drake Maye.
“Well, coming from the NFC I wasn’t really paying attention to Drake,” Thompson said. “But the guy’s a baller, man. He’s an all-around special talent at quarterback. He can throw, he can run, he makes great decisions. For me, he definitely got a lot better since his rookie year. I mean, that’s what you want to see in a franchise quarterback, that’s what you kinda want to see in every player. So he has my respect.”
“Their run game is still good. They’ve got the young rook [RB TreVeyon Henderson]. He’s fast, physical for his size. They’ve still got [RB Rhamondre Stevenson], he’s a downhill runner, he’s going to bring the power. I think they’re a great duo. They’ve got a good offensive line, they’ve got a good offense. We just gotta be able to play our brand of football.”
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