No matter how hard Mac played, Pats weren't going to beat Bills - Nick | NFL | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Mac Jones and the New England Patriots are eliminated from the playoffs after losing their Wild Card matchup against the Buffalo Bills. Most are talking about the Bills performance, but Nick Wright says the story is Mac Jones, and how he never stood a chance in Sunday's game. Watch as Nick shares his thoughts on the Patriots, and their first year quarterback.
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No matter how hard Mac played, Pats weren't going to beat Bills - Nick | NFL | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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[@zoe4life1000]

I die every time Kevin Wilde goes on a rant to defend his patriots and you just hear Nick in the background whispering “ oh my god” 😂😂😂

[@D00MTR33]

That Hyde Int was a thing a beauty. It was a sure touchdown and he snatched it at the last second and set the tone for the game

[@agaryh7603]

Probably top 3 best int I’ve ever seen

[@nickgann7946]

if it was a sure touchdown then howd it get inted? lmaoo.

[@D00MTR33]

@@nickgann7946 I meant the placement of the ball. If Hyde wasn't there it was a TD, but he snatched it out at the last second.

[@stephanea5364]

@@D00MTR33 Jones threw at the wrong shoulder, thats why it was picked.

[@matthewgolub2272]

There's nothing I like more than when Nick is right. Even if he gets carried away sometimes, he's still hilarious and has better takes on average than most sports media personalities. Keep doing what you're doing Nick!!!

[@infernodotdash2203]

didn't he say the chiefs should bench starters in a playoff game? "better takes on average"

[@matthewgolub2272]

@@infernodotdash2203 up until last year the 7th seed Steelers wouldn't have been in the playoffs to begin with. I don't think you should rest starters in the playoffs, but this Steelers team has to have been one of the worst playoff teams outside of what the NFC East has produced over the last few years. I disagree with his take, but I certainly understand it.

[@charliemack8585]

People love to hate nick because he is a fan who takes his emotion out of his takes unless he talking bout his chiefs or Lebron

[@thep751]

Let me guess, you are a Chiefs fan.

[@matthewgolub2272]

@@thep751 Nope, just a lifelong Eagles fan who appreciates quality entertainment!

[@cronacross2778]

The defense got crucified, didn’t stand a chance

[@nu-punkrants1551]

Pats fans reach so hard without Brady there LMFAO

[@A.Oudit_]

Kevin Wildes loyalty to Mac10 is inspirational. Man really threw Bill under the bus to save him. My new dream is to be adopted by Wildes. I am 40 years old 😂🤣 EDIT: The defense gave up 47 points. That is not on Mac. Definitely embarassed Bill

[@jdelgado216]

Mac wasn't great but he's a rookie so he's still in the ways to learn and improve, the defense on the other hand was destroyed by Allen

[@redinq]

I aspire to find someone that talks about me to others the way Kevin Wildes talks on air about Mac Jones.

[@mvj777]

As a Steelers fan I’m both loving hearing Nick destroy the patriots while also terrified of his Steelers segment

[@lm4585]

As a Ravens fan I enjoyed watching Steelers make it only to get curb stomped 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheKlutchsletsplays]

They just don’t mention that josh Allen had the highest qbr in playoff history (98.5/100) and more touchdowns than incompletions lol

[@nate_wil]

Nick Wright has to feed the narrative that Patrick Maholmes is the GOAT. Can't do that when you have another young QB ripping it up in his own conference. That's why he's been shitting on Josh and the Bills for so long.

[@ryansteckstor6236]

Allen made his own stat category after that game let's go buffalo

[@thesedaze2381]

@@Esb906 A buck and the past can get you a cup of coffee. It is all about what is happening Sunday.

[@TheKlutchsletsplays]

E B Allen took longer to get to this level but he’s as good as Mahomes at this point

[@TurdFerg117]

Wyldes haha…I still love how this show is only about how the pats and “baby goat” (haha) weren’t good enough, not how great the Bills were

[@YoungCorleone]

Wilds yee

[@brianjackson3137]

A perfect NFL offensive game that’s never been done but it’s all because the Pats weren’t good…🙄

[@thep751]

I like the way Broussard goes last in a lot of these segments where Nick and Wyle are totally not objective. The truth always lie in the middle between this two.

[@Robert-sx9mm]

Bills are 4-1 against the pats in the last two years.

[@HughEMC]

"And 3 *I OUT RIGHT REJECT IT* "😂 Wilds is delusional-i love it😂

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

Kevin is the Skip Bayless of this show

[@rambam77]

I was there at the game in the 300s, we all went wild with Hyde int - slowly one by one the few Pats fans around us slumped their head down and left

[@John-ip1bp]

Nick was Wright ;)

[@johnroberts1141]

Belichick is nothing without Brady.

[@loudertv8676]

Wilds wildin rn 🤣

[@bigman7570]

I knew someone was going to try and use Mac Jones 2 touchdowns, 1 in garbage time, to try and say Mac Jones played well😂

[@sage1336]

I’ve never seen a rookie QB that help his team make the playoffs get so much Flak, one rebuild year & the Pats are already winning again this year, I’m not pats fan, but nick completely biased

[@nathanleitao0]

Man you said last week the patriots were scary

[@mrgood6475]

Nick is right, he's been telling you'll all about Mac the whole year. You'll should listen. Mac Jones is not good.

[@Buffalo_Sports]

This segment should be ALL about the Bills. Mac is learning he made GREAT throws. Your KC chiefs played a fossil back there & a defense with holes in it. I'm a Pats fan and I WANT to see Buffalo trounce KC

[@100ovrbatmanbron7]

cry

[@jeffkan1]

Everybody wants to see the team on top lose.

[@mrgood6475]

Mac is not good, he has no upside, Bill will draft another QB in the later rounds in the 2022 draft. Whoever that guy is will be your QB for the future, Mac not it Sorry

[@SnakeyD8468]

I legit think Wildes would have punched Nick if they were in the sane studio today...he's freaking sick of it!!!! 🤣🤣

[@trazz407]

lol Pats had 2 TDs against backups, and he still calls him "baby goat" lmao, right.

[@loudertv8676]

Nick was right ✅ as usual 😞

[@QualittyTimePodcast]

Nick is and will be right about Mac

[@vinnydabatino8250]

Wrong

[@haggersa21]

didnt nick pick pats +4 last week?

[@djb2581]

Both sides of the ball failed, it’s just that the defense failed more

[@shadowfox4562]

The pats losing was DELICIOUS!!!

[@jamesnelson5618]

Are you eating a New England style Chicken for dinner Tonight?😋😋🐔🐔🍽️

[@shadowfox4562]

@@jamesnelson5618 hahaha

[@tracybranson1699]

Way over the top. I can't imagine being 22 years old and making it to the play offsl It had to be intense. I'm a chiefs fan but wow I'm not going to beat a young guy like that up.

[@davidramos4707]

Wildes with the okeydoke

[@davidramos4707]

Nick is loud sometimes

[@wilhouts6173]

Oh, she does say ‘subscribe here’. Worth a check.❗️

[@Tizzledk]

The first pick was a great play...nick needs to stop it....but yes the head coach is at fault as great as he is. The defense laid an egg.....

[@AskMeWhyFDI]

What I would like to know is where was this QB logic from Chris when Lamar played in his 1st playoff game?

[@palicali167]

As a pats fan the bills ran through my patriots but I hope the bills run right through Kansas City just so i can see nick cry.

[@edhernan2631]

Poor sport!

[@freemaxb6533]

Two things I was waiting for today nick talking about mac jones and Shannon sharpe taking about the cowboys 🤣

[@d3vp131]

Baby Goat? Mac got the ball after each of the 7 TDs and did nothing but put his defense back on the field.

[@fliplife67]

Idk if Jones went out there and throws 6 or 7 TDS it might have been a different game.

[@tobyflockin7868]

Yes because it’s totally reasonable to expect a rookie qb to do that in his first playoff game. Do you have any idea what you’re talking about?

[@TYreLL0416]

​@@tobyflockin7868 Bro what?? Read properly

[@RCJH2022]

"The Baby GOAT" Talk about the worst take ever.

[@Metal_Mike24]

Nick hates Mac Jones as much as Rob Parker hates Tom Brady

[@im_an_alien196]

Lol Nick picked the Patriots +4 but he's flexing about how he was right

[@AntColston]

Wildes has taken this bit too far lmao. He’s starting to actually sound like a man who’s lost his mind 😂😂

[@vasilistopalis2218]

Fact that nick can’t even concede that that first pick was a good throw but Micah just made a better play, a phenomenal play is indicative of his vendetta against a rookie qb

[@adamproudlock6907]

You cannot blame Mac and Cheese for that game. The defense didn't stop anything and his receivers didn't catch anything

[@samuelgaona7196]

He didn't help them by throwing two ints

[@thebutzel9752]

@@samuelgaona7196 One of those was tipped and the other was just a great play by Micah Hyde(for both of them actually, the tip was also Hyde.) The defense and Belicheck are at primary fault, because 7 TDs on 7 drives is impossible to match unless you are Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes. Mac Jones was a rookie and New England has NOWHERE NEAR the weapons the other two I mentioned. Mac Jones was actually the only one playing with any heart down to the end. This was complete and utter dominance by the Bills. Also, Mac Jones is a rookie, he wasn't winning now playoff game against a potential Super Bowl contending team.

[@samuelgaona7196]

@@thebutzel9752 all I said was it didn't help he threw two picks, not putting blame on anyone

[@joshuagregory6600]

Can Nick to stop mumbling and interrupting when Broussard is talking? 🙄

[@TurdFerg117]

I’ve had to listen to Nick and Wyldes clamor over the Chiefs and Pats all year….Goodbye Pats and soon to be Goodbye Chiefs! Go BILLS!!

[@mrmillennium2697]

Yeah if the Chiefs are gone he might start talking with no bias

[@tehnoonusmani658]

Hahah 2TD when the game was over what a joke baby goat. Belichick got busted with his defensive great mind. Patriots are now just another average team. Cherry on top Bills now have a record against the greatest defensive mind. I got nothing against Mac but Belichick what a disaster. Not even talking about loosing the game but 7 drives with 7td. 😱

[@mindyourbuisness8104]

I get its for entertainment but going wildes going full skip Bayless is just pointless to watch

[@jcg1576]

I never get tired of Nick ripping into and up the Cheatriots and their flaws.

[@joesanthosh5315]

Weather is not an excuse for the Bills to lose to Patriots earlier this year. Aaron Rodgers plays through extreme conditions at Lambeau every year

[@Hussain14000]

LoL wildes it's both the defense and mac's fault it's not like he didn't threw 2 ints

[@dontwatchmewatchtv8039]

I missed this and undisputed lol , I didn’t think it was gonna come on today

[@dessertkokken]

Wildes should NEVER be allowed to call Jones the baby goat again until he earns it. We all saw the game. McCorkle is not the baby goat. If he is any farm animal, it’s a full grown donkey. STOP

[@dessertkokken]

I think Wildes is awesome btw.

[@charliemack8585]

It is Mac fault if u can maybe keep the ball for at least 6 minutes and get some first downs the defense wouldn’t be on the field game

[@agaryh7603]

There was zero run game and several drops lol, and it didn’t matter where the Bills started on the field, they had multiple 8-10 play drives

[@Heephop86]

Really don’t get how you can hate a rookie so much. It’s kind of disgusting

[@CoachRJ334]

Bills are better period

[@richiestu8223]

Nick for the win

[@mrgood6475]

The Bills were going to win regardless. Josh Allen is just much better. Mac is not that too good. Bill won't win another Super Bowl & Mac Jones has no upside.

[@ofthebloodywaters]

Nick is right 100%

[@BillF1967]

Kevin Wildes is a clown. Full stop.

[@cebokhumalo602]

No it wasn't, give me a bottle... God, I love Wildes

[@traininghong]

Nick is so wrong! I don’t blame Mac Jones! He’s a rookie! I blame the defense who couldn’t stop a nose bleed! 🙄

[@TheJaJe.]

Josh Allen owns that defense. And will continue to own it for the next 10 years

[@cliffpaul2483]

bet you said he was doing great during that winning streak and he’s gonna advance through the postseason

[@traininghong]

@@cliffpaul2483 ummmm… no I did not think that

[@Robert-sx9mm]

It's an excuse to keep saying that he is a rookie when everyone put Mac on a pedestal and called him the baby goat. He is still the qb. The qb has to always play better. No excuse. Every other rookie qb this year got criticized including Joe burrow but Joe is better than Mac.

[@d3vp131]

Mac got the ball after each of the 7 TDS and did nothing but put his defense back on the field.

[@juniadventures]

You can say that about all losing qb’s from this weekend lol.. but only Mac can say this was his rookie season.. that defense was vanilla and lacked playmaking. Carr, Prescott, rothlisburger, kyler Murray and jalen hurts all had bad games.. only one qb this season will be happy when it’s all said n done! Mac will be better moving forward..

[@DICIEMBRE1977]

What happened to those that compared Jones to Brady? Mac Jones is build and looking alot like Drew Bledsoe to me.

[@kbob9625]

Nicks right… an int by default is a bad throw…

[@doktordice9219]

Nick WRONG is living up to his name… lol . Mac Jones was not awful … nor was he awful all season as Nick said . Mac was Probly the best Patriot on the field Saturday .

[@robertwest6750]

FUNNY HOW LAKERS CAN LOSE BY ALMOST 50… and you guys have nothing to say about it lol..

[@richardgutierrez26]

Who cares about the NBA in this point in time the NFL playoffs are going, thats all that matters in sports rn

[@TurdFerg117]

Broussard is the only reasonable man on this show

[@lm4585]

Wyldes talked about Ravens did not deserve to be number one when they were there with injuries yet Pats get mauled in the playoffs lol

[@Orzechonek]

Chris "I picked the Chiefs to win Superbowl too" Broussard

[@cousinjeb7116]

Maybe Wildes means baby goat instead of Baby GOAT?

[@nathancrash6891]

I can't stand Nick, he is just a hater. Mac didn't play that bad, receivers were dropping passes, the o-line was terrible and the defense never gave him good field position. He wasn't great but wasn't terrible either. Stop attacking the young man...

[@SmashKing17]

Ayyy idk Mac didn't play great either?

[@jaeswizzy]

Nah Mac played bad and demoralized the team

[@nathancrash6891]

@@jaeswizzy the defense demoralized the team, not Mac. NE was already 7 down before he even touched the ball, then in the first drive he was playing well despite the o-line and receivers dropping passes. The Int was an amazing play by Micah Hyde, and Agholor didn't even try to go for that ball. After that, the game is 14 down, no run game, no defense, nothing.

[@Woynaa]

All your comments are defending the Pats and Mac even though he’s been underwhelming since the first Buffalo game

[@Kai0496]

@@SmashKing17 Go rewatch that first drive, it was all Mac Jones and he showed everything everyone said he couldn't do. If Micah Hyde doesn't make an excellent play on the ball, that is an impressive opening drive. Second drive they ran 3 times for 9 yards and punted, oh yeah I am sure that is clearly Macs fault. Next time he got the ball he was down 0-20.

[@ericross441]

Mac doesn't have an NFL arm. Those balls he were throwing have no velocity

[@magnificojuandissimo6010]

Mac did his best . He made some good throws and had a big 3rd and 12 run for a first down while being chased . The bills just made really good defensive plays and the Pats Def didn’t show up AT ALL. And then add the fact that jalen mills was out because covid 19 so it was just JC Jackson and the # 4 CB out there Damien Harris on hamstring issue was still not even 75% ready . Pats get a # 1 receiver and get Jonathan Jones back Mac matures I think it’s a different team completely whom we’re already a 10-7 team they could easily be a 12-5 team and a legit contender people who be worried about them in the coming seasons

[@lesmoore3638]

Mac Jones could work on his flaws and fit into an effective offense. Allen took the same criticism following his first year? 7 Super Bowls in 10 years? Reality is difficult for Pats fans. BRADY IS GONE!! Deal with it.

[@nkufi1]

Should’ve kept came newton , to play 2 QBs

[@BTLiii]

How is any of espn's show getting more views than this show? 😅

[@felixchavarria8824]

I'm not even a Patriots fan, I wanted the Bills to win so they can crush KC but I gotta say that game was not on Mac. He overachieved by a mile, give him 2-3 yrs he'll be fine. Now the defense getting spanked, that's Bills true ceiling so no surprise there. Bills are elite when they get it together, it's more about which team shows up. I want a Packers vrs Bills/Chiefs Superbowl anything else will be a disappointment. Maybe Niners

[@jamesnelson5618]

Maybe Packers vs Chiefs in Super Bowl 57at State farm stadium so you can go for Either Rodgers Rate or Patrick Price.

[@alwayssunnyalwaysfunny4934]

Didn't chris hoped the bills would lose. Even tho he was forced to pick the bills.

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

Exactly 💯 Pats were padding games all year... im glad they got smacked around. Baby goat... whatever... Mac Jones got clowned.

[@____2080_____]

Everyone Hass to remember that Bill Belichick, for all of his Vonte defense of mine in preparation for his team, cannot for the life of him figure out teams who have mobile physical running quarterbacks. Unlike the ones he faced in the past, Josh actually can throw the ball as well. Recipe of disastrous loss.

[@quintonbackhand2519]

Yea like when cam newton ran all over him in his prime, the patriots always struggle against those qbs like you stated.

[@corey2232]

It's funny how Nick can still turn this into a Mac Jones thing instead of giving direct credit to Josh Allen 🤣 Everything he's saying about how Jones stinks & is a bad QB, he has said about Josh Allen. But over time, he has to stay more & more silent about that, only honing in on something specific about other teams who failed. That's fine, the whole Bills team played great. But the only way he's going to talk about Allen in detail is if he plays poorly.

[@Kai0496]

I am disgusted how Nick straight up ignored that EVERY player not named Kendrick Bourne left Mac alone. "Oh can we show the numbers again" well how many drops they were? 7, 8? Didn't see that in "the numbers". His O-Line did nothing, his Receivers dropped anything, his defense stopped nothing. There is not a single Quarterback on this planet in NFL History that would have won that game for the Patriots.

[@jdelgado216]

The guy didn't play great but he got his passes dropped a lot and their defense didn't accomplish a single stop to Bills offense during the first half

[@Kai0496]

@@jdelgado216 He certainly did not play "great", nor did he play horrible. But how Nick insists to talk about a rookie QB whose defense allowed 7 TDs on 7 drives is beyond me.

[@jdelgado216]

@@Kai0496 yeah at some point I thought the Bills were going to use Allen for special teams and watch a 100y return because the Pats couldn't do anything

[@ALLDAYEVERYDAYKIM]

Macs lack of upside is the reason why Treys playing in San Francisco and he went to New England.

[@nickfarwell8104]

You mean his noodle arm

[@ALLDAYEVERYDAYKIM]

@@nickfarwell8104 😂 yes saying that I was tryna be coo about it

[@bellahoughton84]

Why does Broussard think he's like the "say all end all" on this show. The truth is? Nick has been right majority of season. Wildes is always wrong. Broussard wrong more half time too. Um. Chiefs are a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT team fr Wk5 vs Bills. Since Wk8-Prsnt? Chiefs /// - #1 PPG in the NFL. - #2 fewest pts allowed in the NFL.

[@johnalucard7860]

Good bye patriots.!!!!!! Its the day of the buffalo.

[@Roobeye]

The Patriots stunk all year is a lie, but it is evident that Mac Jones faded late in the season

[@ItzJoker06]

Lol KC's getting bodied by the Bills next week

[@cheetosleopard9861]

Wildes may have accidentally just proven Tom was a system qb on live tv

[@kyletucker3811]

No, no he didn't (at least how you imply). First off all, all quarterbacks are system quarterbacks. Hate to break it to you but theres not a single quarterback that's just out there making up plays in the dirt every play. They all play within a system that's tailored to their strengths. Secondly that was 20 years ago. To compare stats then to stats now (especially given the rule changes) is laughable.

[@KevonDaDon]

@@kyletucker3811 no that’s not what a system qb a system qb is a quarterback who only has success because of solely the system example Jimmy G , Kirk Cousins, you could even throw Ryan Tannehill onnat list

[@Yeebees]

Bruh Mac Jones only scored 2 touchdowns because Bills put the second stringers in

[@bellahoughton84]

Elephant in the room? Chiefs haters KNOW it the most! As long as the Refs don't pick on KC and allow the players to decide the game's outcome? No one can beat Chiefs. Only 3 ways Chiefs can possibly lose? 1/ Weather. 2/ Refs picking on KC. Especially on 3rdDwns like @Cinn. 3/ +3 Turnovers in a game.

[@ceerawlins3412]

They just not even gonna cover brady huh....this show needs to be canceled

[@jamesnelson5618]

Yeah I agree it Appears that First thing First is an opposite of undisputed they talk chief, Browns and other team in the show.

[@timothyfrederick9591]

This is relative when I say this but New England has absolutely no talent.Stop trying to build on this genius coaching/out scheme philosophy and actually accumulate some talent.Tom Brady isn't there to cover up the roster defenciances anymore.Start by drafting some Wr's.The Bills and other teams rosters are just better.It's the Jimmy's and the Joe's not X's&O's when you don't have a generational Qb.

[@bellahoughton84]

Wildes? I warning you. Better stop with your pure hate towards Chiefs. Gonna eventually cost u a job. Skip Bayless can hate Chiefs all he wants. He's got tenure

[@jonathantupaj1776]

Not to mention the billion drops by patriot receivers that killed drives and led to picks

[@jamesjazzy8040]

The guy in the photo (I don’t know his name) predicted the patriots to win so I have a hard time believing anything he says specially when it’s his job to know.....

[@ogbobbyt2159]

Mac ain't good

[@SteveZ243]

disgrace

[@p_squaredd8323]

I love Nick but i gotta disagree with him on this one. Mac Jones impressed me in his first start in the playoffs. He definitely didn't lose the game