If you needed a reminder of what a joke the AFC East is, here you go: The Patriots scored 31 points on Sunday. The Jets, Bills and Dolphins combined for 28.
No one should diminish what the Patriots have accomplished in the last 18 years, but man, sometimes it feels like they are running a 40-yard race with a 20-yard head start because the AFC East is so terrible.
Remember all the talk at the beginning of the season about the Patriots slipping? Their receivers were not any good. There was a rift between Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.