Bills' Bay Day Gives Pats Path To Top Spot - Best Of Nfl Week 10

Week 10 again delivered, pinch a immense upset for nan Buffalo Bills proving nan 'any fixed Sunday' mantra that draws truthful galore group into nan NFL.

That consequence whitethorn person opened things up for nan New England Patriots to creep backmost into a starring position they utilized to occupy, pinch a schedule that gives them an separator complete their 8-2 rivals.

Over successful nan NFC nan Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams had cleanable results to group up a monster conflict adjacent week, while our subordinate of nan week is chasing records arsenic good arsenic nan MVP.

Here's nan prime of week 10.

Was it conscionable an affectional comedown from beating nan Chiefs past week aliases thing more? That's nan mobility for nan Bills to answer.

The Bills had won 7 successful a statement against Miami but were 2nd champion from nan commencement arsenic nan Dolphins ran retired 30-13 winners successful an eye-opening consequence - and performance.

MVP Josh Allen only sewage nan team's opening first down successful nan 3rd 4th and first points successful nan 4th - yes Miami had 10 days to hole but it was still a monolithic ovum laid by 1 of nan league's apical offences.

Tua Tagovailoa threw 2 touchdowns but moving backmost De'Von Achane was nan devastating difference, pinch 225 full yards and 2 scores.

Bottling up nan league's champion rushing onslaught was besides key, pinch James Cook and institution registering conscionable 86 yards, their fewest of nan play and conscionable complete half their 161.5-yard average.

Then location were nan 3 important turnovers, and nan 2 from Allen successful particular. An interception successful nan extremity area meaning a nine-minute thrust produced nothing, and his fourth-quarter fumble that Miami turned into 7 points conscionable 2 plays later.

It was classical 'old Buffalo' arsenic they changeable themselves successful nan foot, getting into a spread connected defence and Allen trying to do excessively overmuch to excavation his squad retired of it - not nan calm, controlled, well-balanced Bills we've seen this season.

Miami person served up a spot of everything this play truthful nan jury's retired connected whether this is nan commencement of something, but for Buffalo they'll request an instant consequence successful a reliable crippled against Tampa Bay adjacent week arsenic nan Patriots are sneaking into a bully lead astatine nan apical of nan AFC East.

Speaking of nan Patriots, they're 1 of 3 8-2 teams successful nan NFL, each AFC sides, but are they nan best?

You tin prime holes successful New England, Denver and Indianapolis really for feasting connected nan lesser sides, pinch only 5 of their mixed 24 victories coming against teams pinch a winning grounds - and 1 of those was nan Colts beating nan Broncos.

Denver hit nan champion Eagles successful Philadelphia and are kings of nan fourth-quarter while Indy tin thrust Jonathan Taylor, but nan Patriots adding Sunday's triumph successful Tampa Bay to their primtime occurrence successful Buffalo seems for illustration a statement.

Their 2 defeats came successful caller caput coach Mike Vrabel's first 3 games, pinch 7 consecutive wins, conscionable for illustration Denver, since past - but taking down Baker Mayfield aft nan Bucs had a bye to hole was huge.

Drake Maye's MVP claims won't spell away, and he surely deserves constituent for bravery aft taking immoderate ferocious hits successful Tampa Bay but hanging successful location to steer his broadside to victory.

The defence is coagulated and rookie moving backmost TreVeyon Henderson exploded connected Sunday pinch 147 yards and 2 exhilerating touchdowns of 55 and 69 yards - becoming conscionable nan 5th shot bearer to break 22mph this play connected his first score.

While you tin reason who 'the best' is technically, nan Pats should beryllium favourites to decorativeness pinch nan champion grounds acknowledgment to their schedule - which includes conscionable 1 crippled against a winning team, albeit a immense 1 against Buffalo.

Visiting Baltimore is besides tough, but Denver person it moreover tougher successful nan AFC West pinch nan Chiefs to play twice, nan Chargers (who could besides situation for apical seed but look nan aforesaid problem) and besides nan Packers connected nan schedule.

The Colts besides look nan Chiefs, and person nan Seahawks, 49ers and 2 games pinch nan 5-4 Jaguars to contend with. There's a agelong measurement to spell but nan doorway is unfastened for a daze apical seed successful nan AFC.

Two teams pinch coagulated claims to beryllium amended than each of nan 3 8-2 sides are NFC West rivals nan Seahawks and Rams, who some put up 40 burgers to spell to 7-2 up of adjacent week's Hollywood blockbuster gathering betwixt nan 2 successful LA.

They've some won 4 successful a row, person quarterbacks successful Matthew Stafford and Sam Darnold playing astatine an elite level (although Darnold had turnover issues connected Sunday) pinch apical receivers, and defences allowing nether 20 points a game.

Both could easy beryllium undefeated arsenic good - particularly nan Rams arsenic their 2 defeats came successful overtime against th 49ers and past that agonising nonaccomplishment successful Philadelphia erstwhile they had a game-winning section extremity pinch nan past footwear blocked and returned by nan Eagles for a touchdown.

Seattle besides mislaid to San Francisco, pinch a precocious touchdown successful week one, earlier losing to nan past footwear of nan crippled against nan Buccaneers - truthful they're genuinely 2 of nan champion sides successful nan NFL.

The upcoming crippled connected Sunday could beryllium nan champion of nan play truthful far.

Jonathan Taylor could beryllium connected for a grounds play aft his unthinkable show successful Berlin - moving for 244 yards, scoring 3 touchdowns and adding different 42 receiving yards.

He's presently connected gait for 1,936 rushing yards, truthful Eric Dickerson's long-held grounds of 2,105 is still wrong his grasp pinch much large games for illustration this one.

Taylor could besides person Chris Johnson's scrimmage yards grounds of 2,509 successful his sights arsenic he's connected target for 2,378 - and he's shown he tin break disconnected for large runs and touchdowns astatine immoderate moment.

A 4th hat-trick of nan play connected Sunday is nan astir immoderate subordinate has managed done 10 weeks, and pinch 15 rushing touchdowns and 17 wide he tin besides pursuit LaDainian Tomlinson's records of 28 rushing and 31 wide scores.

His 83-yard touchdown connected Sunday is nan longest of nan season, he's besides clocked nan fastest velocity of nan play astatine 22.38mph, but has spot to travel that speed, pinch 228 yards aft interaction against nan Falcons, which nan NFL's NextGen Stats says is nan astir successful 8 years.

MVP voters emotion records, and Taylor could drawback a fewer of them if he continues successful this form.

The Baltimore Ravens looked dormant and buried earlier this season, but a triumph complete nan Vikings positive Pittsburgh's conclusion astatine nan Chargers intends nan AFC North is up for grabs now - pinch nan 2 fierce rivals still to look each different twice, including successful nan last crippled of nan season.

Detroit Lions caput coach Dan Campbell took complete violative play calling duties from coordinator John Morton aft 3 below-par games, admittedly against bully defences.

The consequence successful Washington was 44 points scored, 546 yards, 30 first downs and Jared Goff going mostly untouched. Campbell whitethorn person nan clipboard and glasses connected for a fewer much games going forward.

Matthew Stafford became conscionable nan ninth subordinate to eclipse 400 regular play touchdown passes arsenic nan Rams hit nan 49ers - while besides becoming nan first subordinate ever pinch 4 touchdowns and nary interceptions successful 3 consecutive games.

It's not often nan New York Jets and 'amazing' person gone together this season, but successful their triumph complete Cleveland they scored connected a 99-yard footwear return and past a 74-yard punt return successful nan abstraction of 36 seconds.

Jaxson Dart became nan only rookie backmost successful NFL history pinch a rushing touchdown successful 5 consecutive games, but nan Giants mislaid him to concussion earlier losing a 10-point lead to nan Bears.

Giants caput coach Brian Daboll will consciousness nan power turning up connected him if he fails to find a measurement to protect a backmost that looks each inch nan look of nan franchise successful nan future.

Caleb Williams is increasing into nan look of nan Chicago Bears by starring different precocious comeback aft past week's epic successful Cincinnati.