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Bills report card: Buffalo reserves have a blast despite falling to Patriots

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - For Buffalo Bills backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky, Sunday afternoon was a blast.

When you’re the second-string QB in the NFL, you can’t really let it be known that you’re dying to play because typically when you are on the field, that’s not a good situation for the team. That means the starter is either hurt, or ineffective.

This was an exception. Trubisky played most of the way in Buffalo’s 23-16 loss to the New England Patriots because starter Josh Allen got the day off, his reward for leading the Bills to 13 victories, a fifth straight AFC East title, and the No.