The Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots don’t like each other very much.
This much was apparent between the AFC East rivals before Sunday’s game when the NFL’s version of benches clearing occurred in warmups.
Many caught the altercation on film:
WHOA. Pregame shoving between the #Bills and #Patriots. Malcolm Mitchell and Robert Blanton getting things started. @News_8 pic.twitter.com/nbntMSK2hX
— Prescott Rossi (@PrescottRossi) October 2, 2016
Here’s a better quality video of the #Bills and #Patriots shoving match from earlier. Robert Blanton starts it by shoving Jacoby Brissett. pic.twitter.com/IJe0OTToYx
— Prescott Rossi (@PrescottRossi) October 2, 2016
Apparently a Patriots coach, Chad O’Shea, got hit several times:
Patriots receiver coach Chad O’Shea took a punch/slap to head from Bills safety Aaron Williams during pregame fracas at Gillette.
— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) October 2, 2016
As @MarkDanielsPJ noted, it was Patriots DL coach Brendan Daly who was shoved multiple times by Bills S Aaron Williams.
— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) October 2, 2016
Apparently the Bills took a shot at New England starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett, too:
Here’s a photo from @projo‘s Bob Breidenbach of Robert Blanton shoving Jacoby Brissett as he jogged up the sideline pic.twitter.com/aDAmHSo7X3
— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) October 2, 2016
It’ll be interesting to see the fallout from this on and off the field. Rex Ryan likely doesn’t mind a bit of a pregame scrap to try and get into the minds of the Patriots. Bill Belichick, though, likes to have his players do the talking on the field.
Rest assured the league will have its say with plenty of fine checks in the mail ASAP.
