Bills' Bay Day Gives Patriots Path to Top Spot - Highlights of NFL Week 10

Week 10 once more provided excitement, with a major surprise for the Bills demonstrating the 'any given Sunday' saying that attracts so many people into the NFL

That result could have created opportunities for the New England Patriots to creep back into a top spot they used to occupy, with a remaining games that gives them an edge over their 8-2 competitors

Meanwhile in the NFC the Seahawks and Rams had perfect results to arrange a major confrontation in week 11, while our top performer is pursuing milestones as well as the Most Valuable Player award

The Breakdown - Just a Bad Day for Buffalo?

Could it simply have been an emotional letdown from defeating Kansas City last week or something more? This remains the question for the Buffalo team to address

The Bills had secured seven victories in a consecutive games against Miami but were outperformed from the beginning as the Miami team ran out 30-13 victors in an surprising outcome - and display

MVP Josh Allen only achieved the team's initial first down in the third quarter and initial scoring in the final quarter - admittedly Miami had 10 days to prepare but it was nonetheless a significant failure produced by one of the league's best offenses

Dolphins quarterback Tua passed for two scores but running back Achane was the game-changing factor, with 225 total yards and two touchdowns

Bottling up the league's best rushing attack was also key, with James Cook and teammates registering just eighty-six yards, their fewest of the year and slightly more than half their 161.5 yard season average

Additionally there were the three critical ball losses, and the pair from Allen in particular. An interception in the end zone resulting in a nine-minute possession produced nothing, and his fourth-quarter fumble that the Dolphins converted to seven points just later

It was typical 'old Buffalo' as they hurt themselves in the foot, falling into a deficit on defensive side and Josh Allen trying to overcompensate to rescue his squad from the situation - not the calm, disciplined, balanced Bills we've seen this season

Miami have demonstrated a bit of everything this year so the jury's out on if this is the beginning of a trend, but for Buffalo they'll need an instant response in a difficult matchup against the Buccaneers next week as the Patriots are quietly moving into a nice lead at the top of the AFC East

In Focus - New England See Path to Unexpected First Place

Regarding the Patriots, they're among three eight and two squads in the league, all American Football Conference teams, but could they be the best?

One could find flaws in the Patriots, Denver and Indianapolis really for dominating the weaker opponents, with only five of their total 24 victories achieved against opponents with a positive record - and one example was the Indianapolis beating the Denver

The Broncos beat the champion Eagles in Philly and are masters of the final quarter while Indy can ride Taylor, but the Patriots including Sunday's victory in Tampa Bay to their prime time success in Orchard Park appears to be a declaration

Their two defeats occurred in new head coach Vrabel's initial three contests, with seven consecutive victories, just like Denver, since then - but taking down Mayfield after the Bucs had a week off to get ready was huge

Drake Maye's MVP claims won't go away, and he definitely earns credit for courage after taking some savage hits in Tampa Bay but hanging in there to steer his team to success

The defense is reliable and rookie rusher TreVeyon Henderson exploded on game day with 147 yards and two exciting scores of 55 and 69 yards - establishing himself as just the fifth ball carrier to exceed 22mph this year on his initial touchdown

Although you can argue who 'the top team' is technically, the Pats should be favourites to finish with the top record due to their schedule - which includes just a single matchup against a successful opponent, albeit a significant contest against the Bills

Traveling to Baltimore is challenging too, but Denver have it even tougher in the AFC West with the Kansas City to face two times, the Los Angeles Chargers (who could also challenge for first place but face the identical challenge) and also the Packers on the fixture list

The Indianapolis also play the Chiefs, and have the Seattle, San Francisco and two matchups with the 5-4 Jaguars to face. There is a long way to go but the door is available for a surprise top seed in the American Football Conference

Next Week - Los Angeles and Seattle Set for Next Week Clash

Both squads with solid claims to be superior to all of the three different 8-2 sides are NFC West opponents the Seahawks and Los Angeles, who both put up 40 burgers to go to seven and two ahead of next week's major meeting between the two in Los Angeles

They've both secured four victories in a consecutive games, have signal callers in Matthew Stafford and Darnold performing at an high standard (although Sam Darnold had ball security problems on Sunday) with excellent pass catchers, and defenses allowing under 20 points a game

Both could easily be without a loss as well - especially the Los Angeles as their pair of losses occurred in extra time against the 49ers and then that agonising loss in Philadelphia when they had a potentially winning kick with the final play blocked and run back by the Eagles for a touchdown

The Seahawks also lost to the 49ers, with a last-minute score in week one, before falling to the final play of the game against the Buccaneers - so they're truly among the top teams in the league

The next matchup on Sunday could be the most exciting of the season to date

Top Performer - Jonathan Taylor

Jonathan Taylor might be on for a record season after his remarkable performance in Germany - running for 244 rushing yards, registering three scores and adding an additional forty-two {receiving yards