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New York Jets

• New York Times reporter Greg Bishop notes the Jets won't have much time to reflect on their most lopsided victory. They visit the Patriots on Thursday.
• New York Post columnist Mike Vaccaro writes we soon "will know for certain, and forever" if the Jets are for real.
• Tim Smith of the New York Daily News calls Thursday the "most important regular-season game between the two teams since the Jets went up to Foxborough with a playoff spot on the line" in December 2002.
• Newsday columnist Johnette Howard writes the Jets are one victory away from taking over sole possession of first place. 
• Erik Boland of Newsday writes the Jets believe Sunday's performance set the bar for them.

Buffalo Bills

• Buffalo News columnist Jerry Sullivan thinks Bills quarterback Trent Edwards "was shaken Sunday. You could see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice."
• Buffalo News columnist Bucky Gleason writes the Patriots are more about a system than individual players.
• Rochester Democrat & Chronicle writer Sal Maiorana doesn't know where to begin when looking for reasons the Bills can't win.
• Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun tracks the Bills' plunge from first to last in the AFC East.
• Allen Wilson of the Buffalo News writes the Bills' defensive backs weren't up to the Wes Welker challenge.
• Michael Rothstein of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette checks in with local boy James Hardy on his transition to the NFL.
• The Buffalo News and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle break out their red pens to grade the Bills' performance.

Miami Dolphins

• Miami Herald columnist Edwin Pope wasn't impressed with Sunday's victory, writing the Dolphins "couldn't run, couldn't pass, couldn't block, couldn't tackle."
• Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald writes the Dolphins are carrying themselves like winners.
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde writes Ricky Williams finally had the type of afternoon he had been craving.
• The Dolphins are winning, but they're stressing themselves out in the process, writes Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post.
• Palm Beach Post reporter Brian Biggane breaks down the Dolphins' defensive performance when it matter most.
• Omar Kelly of the Sun-Sentinel looks at Miami's special-teams troubles.

New England Patriots

• Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe breaks down what the loss of linebacker Adalius Thomas will mean to the defense.
• Christopher Price of Boston Metro News lists his weekly 10 things we learned about the Patriots on Sunday.
• Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe writes running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis is making a name for himself.
• Boston Herald columnist Steve Buckley lauds Patriots coach Bill Belichick for his game plan against the Bills.
• Boston Herald reporter Rich Thompson writes about Wes Welker's 10-catch, 107-yard afternoon.
• Providence Journal reporter Robert Lee takes a look at the Patriots' 19-play drive in the fourth quarter.