FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Another week, another win, another reason to believe the Patriots are the team to beat in the AFC.
New England played it safe in the final two weeks of the regular season a year ago, and it might have cost them a trip to the Super Bowl.
But Saturday's dominating 41-3 win over the Jets put the AFC on notice that the Patriots aren't in cruise control this time around.
Tom Brady did what he has done so many times during his career, throwing three touchdowns in three quarters of work to add to his growing MVP candidacy.