Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - LOCKED ON PATRIOTS- 10/30/16- Who Is Inactive For Today's Patriots/Bills Showdown?

Episode Date: October 30, 2016

Chris Simoneau fills you in on who'll miss today's pivotal AFC East showdown. #hugegame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Learn more about our healthy benefits at fepblue.org slash getmore. Good morning, I'm Chris Semino, your host of Locked On Patriots, your source for everything Patriots. Today is Sunday, October 30th, 2016. We are roughly an hour from game time, so let's get all you Patriots fans up to date on who was in and who was out for today's AFC showdown in Buffalo. First, for the Patriots inactives, wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell

will not be active today. Kind of a hit to the offense, but he'll be able to overcome that. Cornerback Cyrus Jones continues to be inactive. Either he's still in the doghouse and serving a team in post-suspension, or he's just not where they want him to be. And he could be battling an injury, too, for that matter. But his situation is a little cloudy right now. Running back Tyler Gaffney is also inactive today.

Bit of a surprise. I'll get to that later. Linebacker Kyle Van Nooy, another one that not really surprised that he's inactive. I'll have more on that later also. Running back DJ Foster inactive today. I'd like to see Foster get more of an opportunity, but again, they know they have guys like Bolden and those guys ready to go, so they're not going to use Foster.

Offensive tackle Adrian Waddell is also inactive today, as is defensive tackle Woody Hamilton, which is a good sign for Vincent Valentine because that means he is active, ready to go, and his back must be healed up. For the Bills, quarterback Cardale Jones is inactive today. Defensive back Aaron Williams, another one we'll talk a little bit more about that later. Also running back LaShawn McCoy, we'll have more on that in a minute. Tackle Sean Terrell Henderson is still inactive. He's been dealing with an issue with Crohn's disease,

which is going to be awful. Senator Patrick Lewis is out, and another big hit to the offense, wide receiver Marquise Goodwin. Again, get to that in a minute. And defensive lineman Jarrell Worthy is also out. So for the Patriots, there weren't any surprises on their list. Van Noy was just acquired from Detroit, so him being inactive makes perfect

sense, and he probably won't be active until he's up to speed in the system. I did think that Gaffney was going to be active today after being signed off the practice squad, but ultimately he was left inactive. I wouldn't be surprised if New England was worried that another team was about to snatch him up and add him to their active roster, and they knew that they had an extra spot, so they went ahead and added him so they wouldn't lose him. So that wouldn't be the first time that it's happened in the NFL, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. So Gaffney, yes, he is on the active roster as far as on it, but he is on the 53-man roster, but he is not on the active roster for today. He didn't make the Final 46.

For the Bills, they are without their best offensive player and the key to their strong start. LeSean McCoy re-injured his hamstring and the Bills lost to Miami, a game they should have held him out of, also a game that Buffalo should have won. And Marquise Goodman is a huge weapon for Tyrod Taylor and they don't have him in, he doesn't have him at his disposal this week either, which is music to the Patriots he is because he has really hurt them in the past. Another wide receiver that's hurt the Patriots in the past, Robert Woods, which is music to the Patriots he has because he has really hurt them in the past. Another wide receiver that's hurt the Patriots in the past, Robert Woods, he is active, but he's also been battling some injuries, so it will be interesting to see what he can contribute today. He's had great games in the past against the Patriots, so I'm sure that they're a little bit

nervous about that whole situation. And also, Buffalo is without safety Aaron Williams, who's a good player. So to lose a guy like that, there's some big injuries for the Buffalo. Overall, I think the Bills will be more affected by the injury bug. And for the second straight week, New England will play a contender on the road that is missing their top offensive player. That solidifies my prediction from Friday. Friday, my predicted score was 42-17 New England, and I'm going to stick with that.

I think the offense really gets it going today in the run and the pass game. I think that they play with a little bit of anger considering that they got shut out by Buffalo at home for the first time since I believe it was 1992. So, yeah, the Patriots have something to play for today, and this is a huge game for the division. Patriots lose this thing, and that opens the door for Buffalo to have a chance to win the division,

because if they end up being tied at the end of the year, well, guess who wins the AFC East, and guess who's a wild card? That's right, Buffalo wins the AFC East, so we don't want that. So, be on the lookout for today's game. It's going to be a good one. Keep your eye on Rob Gronkowski. He has an opportunity to catch his 69th touchdown, which will be the most in the history of the Patriots.

That's no small deal. I mean, that means he's the greatest touchdown pass catcher in the history of the Patriots, which is a pretty rich history with some really good players. So good for Gronkowski. I hope he can get it done today, especially in front of his family and his hometown.

I would expect that to happen. So keep an eye on that for Gronk. And overall, I think this will be a great game for Patriots fans to watch. So my question for you fans is, it's week eight. We already got a game going on in London, as I'm keeping an eye on right now, because I got a couple guys going in this game Have you gone on the FanDuel and got your team set up yet? I think you need to

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It'll be short and sweet. We're just going to go over some of the numbers and some of the things that we saw that we thought decided the game. So check us out about an hour after the game. We'll be live here doing another podcast, and we'll get that up for you guys as soon as we can. So enjoy the game. And as always go Patriots.

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