Here's where they stand.
Today's AFC East-related action is over, and the Patriots are in their accustomed spot atop the division as they prepare to resume action next Sunday at home against Miami.
Here's where the teams stand at this juncture -- and seriously, take note of that conference record. The Patriots don't have much more wiggle room in that particular tiebreaker, with the rest of the division to be finished and conference games against Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Houston still on the schedule:
Team..........W...L...T...Pct...PF....PA....Net Pts....TD...Home...Road...Div.....Pct.....Conf.....Pct
Patriots.........5...2...0.. .714...198....98....100.......23.......4-0.......1-2.......1-1...... .500.....3-2..... .600
Jets............. 4...4...0.. .500.. 177..134.....43.........20.......2-2.......2-2.......1-3...... .250.....4-3..... .571
Dolphins...... 3...4...0.. .429...176..177.....-1.........21.......2-2.......1-2.......3-0.....1.000.....3-2..... .600
Bills.............3...5...0.. .375...123..169... -46....... 12...... 1-3....... 2-2......1-2....... .333....1-4..... .200
Indeed, the Patriots are entering a killer stretch over the next five weeks -- home against Miami (Sunday at 1), at unbeaten Indianapolis (Nov. 15, 8:20 p.m.), home against the Jets (opposed to what you might have read in one of those metropolitan blogs; Nov. 22 at 4:15 p.m.); at the unbeaten Saints (Nov. 30, 8:30 p.m.) and at Miami (Dec. 6, 8:20 p.m. pending the flex scheduling). Only one 1 p.m., three on road, two unbeatens (at least through today) and one team twice ... ugh.
But, that's why they pay those guys the big bucks ... I suppose if I had my choice of which of those games the Patriots could lose without a major penalty, it would be the Saints on Monday Night Football because it's not a divisional or conference game. But I fear that another visit to Indianapolis could be painful as well, and the Patriots will have to play at the top of their game to avoid a hiccup in the Dolphins-Jets-Dolphins axis.
By the way, I have to make note of Brett Favre's incredible four-TD performance against his old team on Sunday. Looks like the Vikings may be for real and the old guy is getting it done. Almost makes me want to go out and buy a Sears appliance ... er, I don't know ...
Here's where the teams stand at this juncture -- and seriously, take note of that conference record. The Patriots don't have much more wiggle room in that particular tiebreaker, with the rest of the division to be finished and conference games against Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Houston still on the schedule:
Team..........W...L...T...Pct...PF....PA....Net Pts....TD...Home...Road...Div.....Pct.....Conf.....Pct
Patriots.........5...2...0.. .714...198....98....100.......23.......4-0.......1-2.......1-1...... .500.....3-2..... .600
Jets............. 4...4...0.. .500.. 177..134.....43.........20.......2-2.......2-2.......1-3...... .250.....4-3..... .571
Dolphins...... 3...4...0.. .429...176..177.....-1.........21.......2-2.......1-2.......3-0.....1.000.....3-2..... .600
Bills.............3...5...0.. .375...123..169... -46....... 12...... 1-3....... 2-2......1-2....... .333....1-4..... .200
Indeed, the Patriots are entering a killer stretch over the next five weeks -- home against Miami (Sunday at 1), at unbeaten Indianapolis (Nov. 15, 8:20 p.m.), home against the Jets (opposed to what you might have read in one of those metropolitan blogs; Nov. 22 at 4:15 p.m.); at the unbeaten Saints (Nov. 30, 8:30 p.m.) and at Miami (Dec. 6, 8:20 p.m. pending the flex scheduling). Only one 1 p.m., three on road, two unbeatens (at least through today) and one team twice ... ugh.
But, that's why they pay those guys the big bucks ... I suppose if I had my choice of which of those games the Patriots could lose without a major penalty, it would be the Saints on Monday Night Football because it's not a divisional or conference game. But I fear that another visit to Indianapolis could be painful as well, and the Patriots will have to play at the top of their game to avoid a hiccup in the Dolphins-Jets-Dolphins axis.
By the way, I have to make note of Brett Favre's incredible four-TD performance against his old team on Sunday. Looks like the Vikings may be for real and the old guy is getting it done. Almost makes me want to go out and buy a Sears appliance ... er, I don't know ...
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