It instead turned into an all-too-familiar outcome for the Bills against their AFC East rivals. They dropped to 1-19 in their past 20 meetings. They are 3-24 in 27 games since Bill Belichick took over as Patriots coach in 2000.
"He really toughed it out, which was impressive," Brady said of Amendola, who led the Patriots with 10 catches for 104 yards ? similar numbers to what Wes Welker used to provide for Brady.
The Bills had difficulty mustering any further offense, managing just three first downs and 73 yards on their final five possessions.
"It's a game of opportunity. You've got to capitalize as much as possible," Arrington said. "We were just very fortunate to come away with enough plays to win the game. It wasn't perfect."
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Whatever chemistry Brady still lacks within the Patriots new-look offense, the quarterback overcame by rallying New England to a 23-21 season-opening win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Brady marched New England 49 yards in 12 plays to set up Stephen Gostkowski's 35-yard field goal with 5 seconds left.
Shane Vereen ran 15 yards on the next play, and the Patriots settled on running time off the clock before Gostkowski won it.
The new-look Bills nearly pulled off a stunning upset in their first game under coach Doug Marrone and rookie quarterback EJ Manuel.
"I was proud of our team today," coach Bill Belichick said. "Obviously, it wasn't perfect. And there's a lot of things we can do better. But they played the last few minutes of the game the way we needed to play it."
The Bills also squandered a sturdy effort by a revamped defense that forced three turnovers, including safety Da'Norris Searcy returning Stevan Ridley's fumble 74 yards for a touchdown. The Bills also limited the Patriots to 6 points on three drives inside Buffalo's 20 in the second half.
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Belichick won his 206th career game to move one ahead of Marty Schottenheimer for sixth place on the NFL list.
After trailing the entire first half, Manuel put the Bills ahead 21-17 on the first possession of the third quarter by capping an 11-play, 80-yard march with an 18-yard pass to Stevie Johnson.
"Overall, at the end of the day, we lost. So I can't really say we did this great, we did that great," Manuel said. "At the end of the day you want to win."
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