The New England Patriots just pulled off a historic win against the Buffalo Bills in the cold, snowy, and windy Bills home turf, Highmark Stadium. In a matchup characterized by the Patriots' astonishingly low pass attempts—three for the whole game—which saw New England snatch the game, 14-10, Patriots coach Bill Belichick seemingly took the freakish weather conditions in stride. Michael David Smith of NBC Sports delves into Belichick's candid response regarding the Buffalo weather:

“Belichick acknowledged that the Patriots were playing in ‘conditions that were somewhat challenging,' but he said the Patriots have seen worse in Buffalo, specifically in the final game of the 2008 season.”

In the Patriots' win on Monday night, Belichick and his staff showed off their coaching savvy by opting to run (and run, and run, and run), instead of opting to challenge the wind through passes. New England ended up rushing the football 222 yards throughout the entirety of the matchup against the Bills, characterized by Damien Harris' 64-yard touchdown—the Patriots' longest touchdown run since the '97 season. Steve Buckley of The Athletic provides an insightful illustration of the weather conditions and the dire decisions needed to be made by the Patriots coaching staff:

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“But with a game-time temperature in Buffalo of 36 degrees, with a windchill of 23, and (most importantly) with those winds gusting up to 55 miles per hour, Patriots coach Bill Belichick and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels made a decision: They were going to run the ball. And keep running it, over and over and over, as in 32 consecutive plays at one point until Jones dusted off his arm midway through the fourth quarter and threw a pair of shorties — one of them a miss, the other a completion.”

The historic win by the Patriots was much more than a regular season win, it was a statement which showed that the boys from New England are as strategic as they are athletic. After all, if Bill Belichick is to be believed, the Patriots can handle much worse.