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NBC Sports analyst Tony Dungy isn't some ordinary pundit when it comes to the subject of Michael Vick.

Dungy, the former Indianapolis Colts coach, is Vick's personal advisor. They presumably discuss significant matters that pertain to Vick getting his life and football career together.

Any counseling certainly would include where Vick will try to reestablish himself as an NFL quarterback, something that hasn't happened with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles hold a club option on Vick for 2010 at a salary of $5.3 million -- a hefty sum for a third-string quarterback they can't figure out how to use.

Dungy confirmed on "Football Night in America" the Buffalo Bills had talks with Vick before he signed with the Eagles. Dungy called the Bills "a dark horse" to sign Vick for next season.

"I told Michael to just worry about this year," Dungy said. "It's technically up to Philadelphia. If they want him back, he has to stay there. If they don't, there are some teams looking for quarterbacks: Cleveland, St. Louis and Washington.

"But I think a dark horse is Buffalo. They talked originally. There was some communication there. I think that could be a good spot."

Vick joined the Eagles after serving 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting business. He has completed 2 of 6 pass attempts for 6 yards and have rushed 11 times for 25 yards.

Vick's handlers have to be encouraged by the way Western New York has provided receiver Terrell Owens with a tranquil season after a career marked by controversy. Maybe the Bills can be a safe harbor to let Vick get his career back together.

The move would work for the Bills. They have been more about big splashes than building a winner lately and could be in the market for a starting quarterback.

Trent Edwards, a third-round draft choice in 2007, is injury-prone and hasn't played up to expectations. Ryan Fitzpatrick was signed during the offseason as a backup.

That the Bills were speaking with Vick before the season suggests they weren't totally satisfied with their quarterback situation months ago -- before they fired their offensive coordinator, before the no-huddle offense fizzled, before Edwards suffered another concussion.

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	New England wide receiver Randy Moss stiffed armed Dolphins’ cornerback Vontae Davis and the rest of the AFC East on Sunday.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Randy Moss, running from right to left, broke a step ahead of Miami Dolphins rookie cornerback Vontae Davis on a crossing route and caught a spiral at the New England Patriots' 39-yard line.

One, two, three, four strides later, Moss jacked his right hand onto the side of Davis' face and shoved him off. One, two, three, four strides more, Davis desperately dove for Moss' ankles. The pesky defender clipped Moss, forcing him to stumble but didn't take him down.

Moss pulled away for good on a 71-yard touchdown that would be the difference in a 27-17 triumph Sunday afternoon in Gillette Stadium.

"He just sprinted across," Davis said. "I was chasing. I was behind. He made the catch, turned upfield and held me off."

Moss' sprint into the distance was more than decisive, it was metaphorical to the AFC East standings. The Patriots stiff-armed the pesky Dolphins and, rather than let the also-rans catch up, established separation from them.

Halfway through the schedule, the Patriots are 6-2 and two games ahead of the New York Jets, the AFC's only second-place team without a winning record. The Dolphins and Buffalo Bills are three games back at 3-5.

"The division games are something that we want," Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden said. "This is one game. It does put us in the driver's seat right now, but we have to build on that."

It's silly to see the Dolphins and Bills with identical records. The Dolphins have shown several times this year they deserve to be on the field with the NFL's elite clubs, but have failed to finish them. To paraphrase Dolphins football operations boss Bill Parcells, a team's record -- regardless of ability -- reflects reality. Truth is, the Dolphins are almost out of the running.

Had the Dolphins prevailed, they would have pulled into a tie with the Jets at 4-4 and closed the Patriots' gap to one game. The Dolphins would have won four of their past five games, been 4-0 in the division and held tiebreakers galore.

"It was a big game for a lot of reasons," Dolphins outside linebacker Jason Taylor said. "We were undefeated in the division up to this point. This game could've put us back to .500, would have put us in a good spot in the division and got us on a little bit of a roll."

Sunday was one-16th of each team's season, but it was more significant than that.

The Patriots held off a dangerous team that went into the game in third place but might have presented a more disconcerting threat than the second-place Jets. The Dolphins were on the make.

The Jets are the Patriots' biggest menace again. The Jets have dropped four of their past five games, but they're closest in the standings and beat the Patriots in Week 2.

The Dolphins, meanwhile, are backed into a corner. They have a soft second-half schedule, but they can afford to lose only one more game and maintain reasonable hope for the playoffs because 9-7 might not cut it this year.

"You win this game today, it's a different story," Dolphins guard Justin Smiley said. "Now, there's no room for error. Plus, we're going to have to have some help, too, even if we win out.

"I just know it puts us behind the 8-ball. We've got to start winning some football games and, obviously, some things have to happen [in other games]."

The Patriots have a nasty schedule ahead. Their next four games include the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints on the road and rematches with the Jets and Dolphins. But the Patriots have put themselves in an enviable position. If they go .500 the rest of the way, they will finish with double-digits wins.

"This is when good football teams are going to be playing at their best, this time of year," Patriots guard Logan Mankins said. "If you look at our schedule, we got a lot of good teams coming up. A lot of tough games. We've got to play good football."

Nothing we've seen from the Patriots over the past month would defy the notion they're coming together. A bad second half at Mile High Stadium in Week 5 has kept them from engineering a six-game win streak.

On Sunday, they put away a desperate team that bellowed smoke and flashed mirrors.

The Patriots mostly contained the Dolphins' cunning Wildcat offense, adjusted to rookie quarterback Pat White's option skills after being knocked on their heels and neutralized the Dolphins' pass rush three days after Joey Porter denigrated the Patriots' championships and accused the NFL of pampering Tom Brady.

The Dolphins scored both of their touchdowns in unorthodox ways. White flipped an option to Ricky Williams for a 15-yard score. Running back Ronnie Brown threw a 2-yard pass to tight end Joey Haynos for the other touchdown, but only after the Patriots, facing first-and-goal from their own 2, stuffed two Wildcat runs.

Although the Patriots kicked more field goals than they would have preferred, Brady was in control behind a banged up offensive line.

Once Moss' quick strike and a two-point conversion put the Patriots ahead, Brady took command of time and space, running down the clock and maintaining field position.

Brady completed 25 of 37 passes for 332 yards, one touchdown and one interception, a great catch by Davis on a deep ball to snuff the Patriots' opening possession.

"That's why these guys got a lot of banners out there," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said of the Patriots. "They figure out how to win these close games."

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. --Somebody call the World Wildlife Fund and propose some protections to save the Wildcat.

For the third straight week, the Miami Dolphins failed to conjure much magic with their specialized offense.

The Dolphins had to employ different tactics to compete with the New England Patriots yet still couldn't generate enough offense Sunday in a 27-17 loss.

Although the Dolphins managed to squeeze out a 2-yard touchdown pass from Ronnie Brown to tight end Joey Haynos, they gained just 7 yards on their 10 Wildcat tries.

That's consecutive games averaging less than 1 yard per play. They ran seven Wildcat plays for 6 yards against the New York Jets in Week 8. Over their past three games, the Dolphins have gained 40 yards on 31 Wildcat plays.

But the Dolphins managed to give future opponents something else to worry about.

Rookie quarterback Pat White finally made some positive contributions by running the option, an offense he thrived on at West Virginia.

On an 80-yard touchdown drive in which the Dolphins didn't complete a pass in the second quarter, White kept the ball for runs of 33 and 4 yards and shoved the ball to Ricky Williams for the final 15 yards.

The Dolphins averaged 13 yards on his four plays in the first half, but the Patriots cut the damage considerably in the second half. White averaged only 2 yards on his four plays in the second half.

White went into the game with four rushes for 2 yards and one failed pass attempt for the season.

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Porter

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Joey Porter was mouthy during the week, but the New England Patriots didn't hear a peep from him Sunday afternoon in Gillette Stadium.

In beating the Miami Dolphins 27-17, the Patriots silenced Porter in the box score and on the field.

"Yeah, you don't hear anything when he's not going," Patriots guard Logan Mankins said.

In the waning moments of the game, the Gillette Stadium video scoreboard showed a shot of Porter slumped on the bench. A message noted he had zero tackles. Porter finished with not even an assist. He had no sacks, no passes defensed, no forced fumbles or recoveries.

"That means he wasn't doing anything that he likes to do, which is harass the quarterback," Mankins said. "That's the main thing he wants to do is get sacks. And in the run game he's all right, I guess, but his main thing is pass rushing. Today the tackles did a good job of shutting him down."

Porter did register one of Miami's seven quarterback hits, but that's a trivial performance from someone who declared the Patriots' championships deserve asterisks and alleged quarterback Tom Brady gets preferential treatment from officials.

Porter was quiet after the game, too, heading straight for the charter bus when the visitors' locker room was opened to reporters.

The Patriots played without two-time Pro Bowl left tackle Matt Light and lost Pro Bowl center Dan Koppen for the second half because of a knee injury.

Defensive lineman Randy Starks dropped Brady for the Dolphins' only sack. The Dolphins played without nose tackle Jason Ferguson and inside linebacker Channing Crowder, but Porter probably knew the task at hand when he ripped the Patriots three days earlier on the NFL Network.

Mankins said the Patriots contained the AFC's reigning sack king heads up.

"They're good across the line," Mankins said of the Dolphins. "We had a lot of one-on-ones in the passing game, and everyone seemed to come through for the most part."

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Miami Dolphins pulled out all the stops. They ran the option for a touchdown, had running back Ronnie Brown throw for a touchdown and went for it on fourth down on the opening drive of the second half.

It wasn't enough.

One week after Ted Ginn returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and Jason Taylor scored on a fumble recovery to compensate for an anemic offense, the Dolphins weren't able to find enough points Sunday in Gillette Stadium.

In a game that was closer on the scoreboard than many anticipated, the New England Patriots were obviously the better team in a 27-17 victory.

With the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills off this weekend, Sunday's lone AFC East game padded the Patriots' lead and put the Dolphins in a precarious position. The Patriots are 6-2, two games ahead of the Jets and three ahead of the Dolphins and Bills.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in command throughout the game. He threw a long interception while trying to go deep to Randy Moss on the Patriots opening possession.

Brady completed 25 of 37 throws for 332 yards, a chunk coming on Moss' 71-yard catch-and-run touchdown. Brady also connected with Moss for the two-point conversion and for a 36-yard strike to set up a Laurence Maroney touchdown from the 1-yard line a play later.

Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne went 2-0 in his first NFL starts but had his third straight ordinary Sunday. He was 19-of-34 for 219 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions.

The Patriots mostly held the Wildcat in check, but rookie quarterback Pat White optioned them into the end zone -- two keepers for 37 yards and a pitch to Ricky Williams for a 15-yard score -- and Brown did throw to tight end Joey Haynos for a 2-yard touchdown.

Brown finished with 15 carries for 48 yards.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Miami Dolphins are keeping it close in Gillette Stadium, and desperation has been the catalyst once more.

The Dolphins entered Sunday's game against the New England Patriots banged up on defense and lost a couple more starters in the first quarter. The Patriots kicked a field goal to take a 10-3 lead in the second quarter.

The game was getting away from the Dolphins, and they can't afford to lose. They're 3-4, and if they don't beat the Patriots, then they can drop only one more game in their final eight and expect to make the playoffs. This year, 9-7 might not cut it.

So the Dolphins decided to get creative.

Similar to last year, when they went into Foxborough with a 0-2 record and set loose the Wildcat, the Dolphins went back in time for an unusual remedy: the option.

The ploy worked. Rookie quarterback Pat White kept it for runs of 33 and 4 yards and pitched it to Ricky Williams for a 15-yard game-tying touchdown. The Dolphins drove 80 yards without completing a pass.

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski answered with his second and third field goals to give the Patriots a 16-10 lead, but the halftime chalk talk is going to be a little more animated than one would have assumed after a quarter and a half.

The Patriots hold a 268-156 edge in yards from scrimmage and have kept Ted Ginn from making up ground like he did last week at the Meadowlands. Ginn has one kickoff return for 37 yards, but Gostkowski has drilled two other kicks out of the end zone.

Wildcat trigger man Ronnie Brown has been irrelevant so far. He has seven carries for 14 yards. Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne is 6-of-13 for 88 yards and no interceptions.

Tom Brady has been mostly sharp for New England. He is 18-of-29 for 224 yards, but hasn't been able to turn matriculation into touchdowns. Laurence Maroney has nine carries for 38 yards and the Patriots' only touchdown, a 1-yard run after Brady connected with Randy Moss down the right sideline for 36 yards.

Patriots center Dan Koppen has a knee injury. His return has been announced in the press box as questionable. He was replaced by Dan Connolly.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- During my weekly visit with ESPN Radio's Jon Stashower on Sunday morning, we discussed whether the Miami Dolphins' fascinating Wildcat offense could surprise the New England Patriots in Gillette Stadium a second straight year.

White

I told Stashower that was unlikely given the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets had stifled the Wildcat in consecutive weeks, and Patriots coach Bill Belichick had an extra week to prepare for it. The Patriots are 7-2 after a bye under Belichick.

But I said there would be one way for the Dolphins to give the Patriots trouble: Unveil some new uses for rookie quarterback Pat White, who was drafted to complement the Wildcat package.

The Dolphins have done just that. Since it's technically not the Wildcat -- those plays are direct snaps to a running back -- let's call it the "Wildpat."

Down 10-3 in the second quarter, the Dolphins sent White into the game. White, known for running the option at West Virginia, reprised his collegiate role. On his first snap, he kept the ball and ran for 33 yards into Patriots territory. On the next play, he ran for 4.

From the 15-yard line, the Dolphins called another option play. This time, White flipped it to Ricky Williams, who ran it in for a game-tying touchdown.

The Dolphins went 80 yards on the drive and didn't complete a pass.

This gives the Patriots something to worry about.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Miami Dolphins' tattered defense has gotten a little more raggedy against the New England Patriots in Gillette Stadium.

Two Dolphins who replaced other injured players were hurt in the first quarter.

Rookie cornerback Vontae Davis -- in for Will Allen -- is out of the game with a right quadriceps injury suffered while denying Randy Moss a reception in the end zone.

Davis was replaced by Jason Allen. Davis' return has been announced in the press box as questionable. He has been riding a stationary bike on the sideline.

Nose tackle Paul Soliai -- in for Jason Ferguson -- has missed snaps because of an apparent leg injury. There has been no update provided on Soliai. Randy Starks has been lining up over Patriots center Dan Koppen with Soliai out.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- No surprises on the inactive list for Sunday's game between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots in Gillette Stadium.

Miami Dolphins

• Quarterback Tyler Thigpen
• Running back Kory Sheets
• Receiver Patrick Turner
• Tackle Andrew Gardner
• Tackle Lydon Murtha
• Nose tackle Jason Ferguson
• Inside linebacker Channing Crowder
• Outside linebacker Quentin Moses

New England Patriots

• Running back Sammy Morris
• Running back Fred Taylor
• Receiver Julian Edelman
• Left tackle Matt Light
• Guard Rich Ohrnberger
• Defensive end Jarvis Green
• Linebacker Eric Alexander
• Cornerback Jonathan Wilhite

Here are today's inactives from around the league.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Drivers in the Fort Lauderdale area should keep their eyes peeled for a homeless man in a Philadelphia Eagles hat. Rest assured, South Florida reporters will be on the prowl for him.

Bill Parcells supposedly talks football with this guy more than he has with the media in the two years he's been in charge of the Miami Dolphins.

Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy wrote a column about the "Man Behind The Curtain in Miami" and mentioned Parcells' dispossessed buddy. Parcells, on his drive to the Dolphins' facility in Davie, Fla., purportedly brings the guy the newspaper every morning on 17th Street near the causeway.

But the bulk of Shaughnessy's column is about Parcells' history of turning around downtrodden franchises. Compared to past rebuilding projects, Parcells hides in his spider hole and speaks to the media less often than Fidel Castro.

"I've spent limited time with him," Dolphins CEO Mike Dee told Shaughnessy. Dee is former CEO of the Boston Red Sox. "But in the time I have known him, I have found him to be everything you would expect -- smart, experienced, with great insight. An iconic figure. He's a very tall tree in a forest of tall trees.

"The Dolphins hold a high place in this community. In the last six or seven years, they had fallen on hard times. Them going 1-15 was the equivalent of the Red Sox going 70-92 and finishing 22 games behind the Yankees.

"Bill's arrival, and what he stands for, immediately gave optimism to the marketplace. Even with the 0-3 start this year, fans are not panicking. He brings a level of credibility that things are going to turn around. It goes way beyond the X's and O's."

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- What a gorgeous Sunday at Gillette Stadium. The forecast is for a high temperature of 63 degrees and the skies couldn't be bluer, so clear that I still could see the moon when I walked toward the stadium at 10 a.m.

The forecast for Sunday's only AFC East game -- the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets are on their byes -- appears about as crystalline.

The New England Patriots originally were installed as heavy favorites to beat the Miami Dolphins, and the matchup has gotten easier for the division leaders. The Dolphins on Saturday downgraded two of their better defensive players, underappreciated nose tackle Jason Ferguson and inside linebacker Channing Crowder.

Referee Mike Carey's crew will call the game. Perhaps we'll see if there's anything to Dolphins outside linebacker Joey Porter's contention Patriots quarterback Tom Brady benefits from a special set of rules. Carey has called only one roughing the passer penalty all year, so he doesn't seem too liberal. Any borderline call will be scrutinized.

I'll post the official inactives a little later, but we already have a good head start.

In addition to Dolphins third quarterback Tyler Thigpen, Ferguson and Crowder, we already know these players are out for the Patriots: running backs Sammy Morris and Fred Taylor, receiver Julian Edelman, left tackle Matt Light and defensive lineman Jarvis Green.

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The New England Patriots' chances of victory over the Miami Dolphins have improved even more.

Ferguson

Crowder

The Dolphins have downgraded underrated nose tackle Jason Ferguson and inside linebacker Channing Crowder from doubtful to out for Sunday's game Gillette Stadium.

A battered, inexperienced defense generally isn't the blueprint to beat Tom Brady.

A significant amount of experience has vanished from Miami's defense the past two weeks. Top cornerback Will Allen went down with a season-ending knee injury in Week 7, forcing the Dolphins to start two rookie cornerbacks (Sean Smith and Vontae Davis).

In last week's victory over the New York Jets, the Dolphins took it a step further and granted safety Chris Clemons his first NFL start in place of Gibril Wilson. That gave the Dolphins a secondary comprised of three-quarters rookies.

Miami will miss Ferguson the most. He's not a star nose tackle like Kris Jenkins for the Jets or Vince Wilfork for the Patriots, but he's in their mold. Ferguson anchors the Dolphins' 3-4 defense and is a solid run-stopper who can occupy multiple blockers.

Backup defensive tackle Paul Soliai, who was in coach Tony Sparano's doghouse over weight issues and a general lack of commitment last year, is coming off the best game of his career. Soliai was credited with six tackles, a pass deflection and the forced fumble Jason Taylor returned for a touchdown against the Jets.

Soliai will need to be a force again to compensate for Ferguson.

Crowder will miss his second straight game with a shoulder injury. Reggie Torbor should start again.

Crowder's absence doesn't mean as much to the Dolphins as the casual fan might think. His mouth has made him more relevant than his play this season. He's a decent tackler but has zero sacks, zero passes defensed and zero forced fumbles.

Plus, the dropoff to Torbor isn't that considerable. The season the New York Giants won the Super Bowl, Torbor started their final five regular-season games and all four in the postseason, including that gargantuan upset to deny the Patriots a perfect season.

The Patriots, however, have their share of injuries. They've already ruled out left tackle Matt Light, running backs Sammy Morris and Fred Taylor, receiver Julian Edelman and defensive end Jarvis Green.

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Why isn't anybody barking about Trent Edwards having his own special set of rules?

Turns out Edwards has drawn just as many roughing the passer calls as Tom Brady, the subject of a Joey Porter rant that alleged the NFL gives Brady favorable treatment.

Porter, the outspoken Miami Dolphins pass-rusher, made some bold comments Thursday on the NFL Network. Porter declared Brady the beneficiary of courtesy calls.

I took that as my cue to sort through the NFL penalty stats to see if Porter was onto something about the New England Patriots.

What I found was that opponents have been flagged for roughing Brady five times, a high number, but the same as Edwards, who is averaging almost one roughing call per game. He has missed the Buffalo Bills' past two games with a concussion.

Edwards' replacement, Ryan Fitzpatrick, also has elicited a roughing flag. That gives the Bills and league-leading six calls in their favor. Two of them were committed by the Patriots against Edwards on opening night.

All but one of Brady's roughing calls occurred in two games. The Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans were flagged twice each. The Titans have done the deed a league-high four times.

Eli Manning of the New York Giants and Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears have drawn three roughing calls apiece. No other quarterback has been wronged more than twice.

Miami Dolphins quarterbacks Chad Henne and Chad Pennington haven't gotten a call. Neither has New York Jets rookie Mark Sanchez.

The Jets are the lone AFC East team that hasn't committed a roughing the passer penalty, which is impressive given their penchant for blitzing.

Defenses should be extra careful when Ed Hochuli, Ron Winter or Walt Anderson is lined up behind the quarterback. Hochuli has ruled roughing the passer six times, more than any other referee. Winter, who handled the Ravens-Patriots game in Week 4, and Anderson have flagged it five times.

AFC East team-by-team penalties Team Players Flagged Total Flags Accepted Yards Buffalo Bills 36 69 59 458 New England Patriots 26 50 44 347 New York Jets 26 60 52 381 Miami Dolphins 27 47 40 323

AFC East Penalty Tracker Player Team Pos. Flagged* Yards Will Allen Dolphins CB 5 69 Mark Sanchez Jets QB 6 57 Logan Mankins Patriots LG 5 41 D'Brickashaw Ferguson Jets LT 4 35 Geoff Hangartner Bills C 3 30 Kawika Mitchell Bills LB 2 30 Jairus Byrd Bills S 3 28 Demetrius Bell Bills LT 9 27 Eric Wood Bills LG 5 25 Stephen Neal Patriots RG 4 25 Dwight Lowery Jets CB 2 25 Jake Grove Dolphins C 4 24 Ben Hartsock Jets TE 4 22 Chris Baker Patriots TE 3 21 Shawn Nelson Bills TE 3 21 Marshawn Lynch Bills RB 2 21 *Includes declined and offsetting penalties

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It's a pretty good formula for victory.

Get first downs on offense; prevent first downs on defense.

AFC South sensei Paul Kuharsky has an enlightening item that ranks how often teams avoid three-and-outs offensively and force them defensively.

You can check out the Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon of charts on Kuharsky's blog. I'd run them here, but I don't have the bandwidth.

The New England Patriots and New York Giants are the only clubs that rank among the top six in both categories. The Patriots have possessions without a first down 30.8 percent of the time (sixth-lowest in the NFL) and stop opponents from gaining a first down 44.2 percent of the time (second-highest).

The rest of the AFC East ranges from fair to uninspiring.

The Miami Dolphins rank 12th on offense with 32.9 percent of their possessions failing to achieve a first down and 23rd on defense by forcing a three-and-out at a 33.3 percent clip. The latter figure combined with the Patriots' offensive efficiency doesn't bode well for the Dolphins on Sunday in Gillette Stadium.

The Buffalo Bills are 19th on offense at 36.8 percent and 17th on defense at 35.6 percent.

The New York Jets rank 26th on offense at 40.8 percent and 12th on defense at 39.3 percent.