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5 takeaways from the Patriots’ 37-16 win over the Buffalo Bills

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COMMENTARY

Five takeaways from a 37-16 Patriots win that wasn’t as easy as the score would indicate…

BILLS DON’T GET REVENGE ON GRONK

A major storyline of Sunday’s game – and perhaps a major provocateur of anxiety for Patriots fans ahead of said contest – was whether the Bills might target Rob Gronkowski in the teams’ first meeting since the Patriots tight end drilled Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White with a cheap shot to the head on Dec. 3.

It turned out, though, to be no story at all.

If the Bills had slipped up in a snowy game against the Colts, or if the Dolphins had followed up their excellent effort against the Patriots with another against Buffalo, things might’ve been different.