Denver is beating Pittsburgh just enough.

Leading the AFC West! Whoo-hoo!

They haven't won a divisional game since November 2004.

Onion Sports: Patriots Stunned By Mere 17-Point Victory   Oct. 11, 2007
By Onion Sports

BOSTON -- The Patriots organization is reeling this week following their narrow 34-17 victory over the lowly Browns, taking stock of their game-planning methods, philosophy, and indeed their entire season in the aftermath of a game in which they gained barely more than 500 total yards, came within seconds of failing to cover the spread, and scored only twice as much as their opponent.

"I think it's too early to call the season a failure," said visibly shaken Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who was called into the office of owner Robert Kraft Monday morning and officially placed on probation in light of the insufficiently dominant victory. "I wish to extend my deepest apologies to the Patriots fans and ask them to continue supporting the players and the team. All the blame for Sunday's victory has to lie with me."

Practices have been subdued and intense this week as players struggle to adjust offensive and defensive schemes that were unable to put the Browns away until late in the first quarter, produced a scant 4.4 yards per rush -- only 0.6 yards over the league average -- and had to rely on two interceptions and a fumble recovery to finally go up by more than 10 points.

"I have to take my share of the blame," said quarterback Tom Brady, who has already drawn moderate criticism this season for throwing only three touchdowns in each of the Patriots' games so far. "With two minutes left in the fourth quarter, I missed [tight end] Kyle [Brady] in the end zone. Any other greatest quarterback makes that touchdown pass and we win by 24 -- not outstanding, but at least it would have given us some pride in the locker room. As it was, we couldn't look each other in the eye."
     
Although Belichick has refused to discuss personnel moves, Patriots insiders say that benching Brady for next week's game against undefeated Dallas was a definite possibility. All-pro tight end Ben Watson, who only scored twice against the Browns and struggled to produce a 106-yard performance, will almost certainly lose his starting job. Backup running back Samuel Morris managed only 102 yards on 21 carries and is generally acknowledged to be finished in the NFL. And wideout Randy Moss, held to only 49 yards, is almost certain to be traded by next week.

"It was probably my worst game as a pro," said linebacker Junior Seau, who was almost invisible for the whole game, only able to intercept a total of two Derek Anderson passes all game and none in the second half. "Not that I was alone out there. Randall [Gay] only recovered one fumble for a touchdown. And I hate to call out the other unit, but there were a couple of times when the offensive line almost gave up their fourth sack of the season."

"I've tried so hard to build a culture of winning here, and this is the kind of win we get," Belichick said at a post-practice press conference Wednesday. "This team has so much wrong with it, it's hard to believe we've managed to only lose zero games."

I'm scared to death of when we play the Pats this season, and the sad part is we play them back-to-back with the Colts.

Buffalo was the upset pick for this week.  How the hell is beating the Jets an upset?

Pats are going to spank Washington although I will not be surprised if jaws drop during the game cuz the Skins defense is nasty. 

But it would be nice to see the two only undefeated teams in the NFL, get to duke it out again like last year...assuming both win this week.   

I don't get it, its like every other time a team plays they do good or fairly well but when they play the Pats they just can't get their act together

And now its 45-0 for New England...

I knew the Packers would win last night but I didn't think they'd have to go into overtime.