McCourty s pick-6 seals Patriots 25-6 prevail upon Bills

Plantation PARK, N.Y. - Devin McCourty restored a capture attempt 84 yards for a touchdown, and the New England Patriots' safeguard covered the Buffalo Bills' weak offense in a 25-6 win on Monday night.

James White scored on a 1-yard run, and the Patriots depended more on Stephen Gostkowski's leg than on Tom Brady's arm for their fifth straight win, which enhanced their AFC East-driving record to 6-2. Brady completed 29 of 45 for 324 yards, yet was held without a touchdown sit back this season.

Gostkowski hit four of five field-objective endeavors, including two from 25 yards after New England drives slowed down inside Buffalo's 10.

"They made it extreme on us," Brady said. "We couldn't move anything in the red zone, insufficient positive plays down there."

McCourty fixed the win with 5:54 staying by blocking Derek Anderson's disregard the center expected for Charles Clay and taking it to the end zone.

Two plays before the pick, Bills tight end Jason Croom's plunging one-gave touchdown get was invalidated after a video audit. Replays plainly indicated Croom never had ownership in endeavoring to make the 25-yard get, which would have made it a one-score amusement.

McCourty's block attempt additionally came after White scored to top a 10-play, 85-yard drive to put New England ahead 18-6 with 9:58 remaining.

"I felt like once our offense got one at last zone, it was enormous for us to go out there and endeavor to get a stop," McCourty said. "Also, it wound up being a turnover for a touchdown."

Wild ox lost its third straight and dropped to 2-6 for its most exceedingly bad begin since opening the 2010 season with eight misfortunes.

Credit the Bills' resistance for not assuming the job of the normal sucker against a Brady-drove offense that had scored at least 38 points in every one of its previous four recreations.

"You turn out and you hold those folks to one touchdown and still can't get a win. It's extreme, man," Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White said.

Bison's concern kept on being an offense that has overseen only 87 this season, and was held to under seven points for the fourth time. Stephen Hauschka represented the scoring by hitting field objectives from 51 and 47 yards.

"It's plainly not adequate," mentor Sean McDermott said of his sputtering offense. "I thoroughly considered the protection came and played well on occasion. Repulsively, we shot ourselves in the foot a smidgen there, and just couldn't make it go enough."

Anderson was escorted off the field with 1:25 remaining when he was sacked by Kyle Van Noy. Anderson was influencing his second begin instead of new kid on the block To josh Allen, who's recorded as week to week with a sprained elbow on his tossing arm.

Anderson completed 22 of 39 for 290 yards and two block attempts.

Brady proceeded with his string of vocation long predominance over the Bills by enhancing to 29-3, broadening the NFL record for most wins by a quarterback against one adversary.

The Patriots beat Buffalo for the seventh straight time and enhanced to 32-5 in their last 37 gatherings under mentor Bill Belichick.

Respecting THURMAN

The feature for Bills fans was a halftime function in which the group resigned Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas' No. 34.

He turned into the third player in Bills history to get the respect. Jim Kelly had his No. 12 resigned in 2001, and Bruce Smith's No. 78 was resigned in 2016.

With the lights turned out at the sold-out stadium, features from Thomas' Hall of Fame vocation were appeared on the video scoreboard while two spotlights anticipated 34s onto the field. "When I turn upward and see the No. 34 resigned under my name, I'll be reminded that number doesn't simply have a place with me," Thomas said. "It has a place with the Bills fans all over the place."