New England Patriots vs Miami Dolphins
1 2 3 4 FINAL
NEW ENGLAND 0 0 3 0 3
MIAMI 0 10 7 6 23
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins (10-3, 3-2 AFC East) ran their winning streak to six games with a 23-3 victory over the New England Patriots (3-10, 0-3) on Monday Night Football.
Latavius Murray led the way with 142 rushing yards while All Pro Khalil Mack added a team-high 3.5 sacks.
"Just a good, solid team win," Adam Gase said. "We could have played better, but they are a talented group on the other side."
The Dolphins next face off agains the Buffalo Bills, who ended their season a year ago with a 13-9 Divisional Round victory in the snow.
Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills
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INDIANAPOLIS 7 0 0 0 7
BUFFALO 0 10 24 24 58
BUFFALO – Ever since the Buffalo Bills (8-4-1) fired their defensive coordinator and moved to a 3-4 defensive scheme, the team has been unbeatable. That trend continued with their convincing win agains the Indianapolis Colts 58-7 Sunday.
The Bills added another four takeaways to their growing season tally while Aaron Rodgers earned AFC Player of the Week honors with his 17-29, 256 passing yards, and 5 TD day.
"I'd like to go re-read all those stories burying our postseason chances when we were sitting at .500 Week 9," Rodgers said. "The season is very long - we are peaking at the right time."
The Bills will stay home to take on the Miami Dolphins in a pivotal AFC East matchup next weekend.
New York Jets vs Denver Broncos
1 2 3 4 FINAL
NEW YORK 3 10 10 6 29
DENVER 7 0 0 17 24
DENVER – The NFL's #1 team was able to overcome a devastating loss of their QB with a 29-24 win over the Denver Broncos. The Jets (11-2) own the league's most complete and dominating roster, but will have to endure another huge loss as Derek Carr looks to be out at least until late January.
"It's brutal," Carr said. "First DJ (David Johnson), then we lost our two most explosive receivers in Tyreek (Hill) and Brandin (Cooks), and now I'm out."
A devastated Todd Bowles had no words at his postgame press conference and repeatedly gave one word answers.
The Jets defense again held the team up allowing only 19 yards rushing.
In back-up duty, quarterback Kevin Hogan rushed for 104 yards in what could be the new normal for the Jets.
Hogan and the Jets next head to New Orleans to take on the NFC's top-ranked team.
