New England vs Buffalo Bills
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NEW ENGLAND 0 0 0 6 6
BUFFALO 14 13 10 14 51
BUFFALO – Despite their overwhelming victory, the Buffalo Bills (7-4-1, 1-2 AFC East) paid a big price with the loss of MLB Dont'a Hightower during their 51-6 romp over the New England Patriots (3-9, 0-3) in a Buffalo Blizzard.
Myles Garrett and fellow rookie standout Zach Cunningham paved the way, pressuring Dak Prescott throughout.
"He (Cunningham) is coming into his own," Garrett said. "He looked like Barry Sanders out there today with all his TDs."
Cunningham, the rookie out of Vanderbilt, scored twice with a fumble recovery late in the 4th for a TD and a long pick-six early in the game.
"I wasn't here last year for the championship run," Cunningham said. "But this team is clicking. With 12 (Aaron Rodgers) behind center, we are always in it."
Rodgers had another typically strong game despite being down a few weapons in the win.
The Bills will next take on the reeling Indianapolis Colts.
Kansas City vs New York Jets
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KANSAS CITY 0 0 3 0 3
NEW YORK 7 3 0 0 10
NEW YORK – What once was a smooth-running ship toward the AFC crown, the New York Jets (10-2, 3-1) are taking on water despite their 10-3 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday.
All-Everything running back David Johnson was lost for the season early in the game along with Tyreek Hill who will miss time into the playoffs (to go along with the team's news that Brandin Cooks may not be available until the playoffs as well).
"Devastating," Derek Carr said. "Just horrible for him and us as a team. But we will rally."
Carr, without his top weapons, made no mistakes to help his team's defense bury the Chiefs who managed only a field goal attempt on the day.
The young signal-caller will certainly be leaned-upon moving forward to push his team deep into January.
The Jets will hope to find some new weapons before they take on the Denver Broncos next weekend.
Denver Broncos vs Miami Dolphins
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DENVER 7 7 10 7 24
MIAMI 7 7 8 17 39
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins (9-3) survived a battle against the Denver Broncos with a 39-24 victory Sunday in South Beach.
Five Drew Brees interceptions doomed his team's chances to regain the AFC West lead.
"They were all over the place in the secondary," Brees said. "Not my best effort out there."
Miami's defense led the way despite giving up two 70+ yard touchdowns. Without those two scores, the game would have been much more lopsided.
"It was a punch in the mouth with CJ Anderson's long run to start the game," Bobby Wagner said. "But we stuck with it and our offense finally started to get some points up on the board."
Teddy Bridgewater had another solid game with 225 yards passing and four total TDs (one rushing).
The Dolphins will next face the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football.
