Buffalo's Bay Day Gives New England Path to Top Spot - Best of NFL Week 10

The tenth week once more provided excitement, with a major surprise for the Buffalo Bills demonstrating the 'any given Sunday' mantra that attracts so many fans into the National Football League

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

Meanwhile in the National Football Conference the Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams had ideal outcomes to arrange a major confrontation next week, while our player of the week is chasing records as well as the MVP award

The Breakdown - Just a Bad Day for Buffalo?

Was it just an emotional comedown from beating the Chiefs last week or a deeper issue? That's the question for the Buffalo team to address

The Bills had secured seven victories in a row against Miami but were outperformed from the start as the Dolphins emerged as 30-13 winners in an surprising outcome - and performance

MVP Josh Allen only achieved the squad's initial first down in the third quarter and initial scoring in the fourth - admittedly Miami had 10 days to get ready but it was still a significant failure laid by one of the league's top offences

Dolphins quarterback Tua passed for two touchdowns but rusher De'Von Achane was the devastating difference, with 225 combined yards and two touchdowns

Bottling up the league's best rushing attack was crucial too, with Cook and teammates registering just 86 yards, their fewest of the season and slightly more than fifty percent their 161.5 yard season average

Then there were the three crucial turnovers, and the two from Allen specifically. An pass caught by defense in the scoring area meaning a nine minute drive yielded no points, and his fourth-quarter fumble that the Dolphins turned into a touchdown just later

It was typical 'old Buffalo' as they hurt themselves in the foot, falling into a hole on defense and Allen attempting to do too much to dig his team from the situation - not the composed, controlled, balanced Bills we've witnessed this year

The Dolphins have demonstrated a bit of everything this season so the jury's out on if this is the start of a trend, but for the Bills they'll need an immediate bounce-back in a difficult matchup against Tampa Bay in week 11 as the New England are sneaking into a nice lead at the top of the AFC East

Spotlight - Patriots See Path to Surprise Top Seed

Speaking of the Patriots, they're among three different 8-2 squads in the NFL, all AFC sides, but are they the top team?

You can pick holes in New England, the Broncos and the Colts actually for dominating the weaker opponents, with just five of their total twenty-four victories achieved against teams with a positive record - and one example was the Indianapolis beating the Broncos

Denver beat the champion Eagles in Philly and are masters of the fourth-quarter while Indianapolis can ride Taylor, but the New England including Sunday's win in Tampa Bay to their primtime success in Buffalo appears to be a statement

Their two defeats occurred in new head coach Mike Vrabel's first three games, with seven straight wins, similar to Denver, since then - but defeating Mayfield after the Bucs had a week off to get ready was significant

Drake Maye's MVP claims won't go away, and he certainly deserves point for bravery after absorbing some hard tackles in Tampa Bay but hanging in there to guide his team to success

The defensive unit is solid and rookie rusher TreVeyon Henderson burst onto the scene on Sunday with 147 rushing yards and two exhilerating touchdowns of fifty-five and sixty-nine yards - becoming just the fifth different runner to break 22 miles per hour this season on his first score

While you can debate who 'the best' is technically, the Pats should be favorites to end with the top record due to their remaining opponents - which includes just one game against a successful opponent, although a huge one against the Bills

Visiting the Ravens is also tough, but Denver have it more difficult 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 additionally the Packers on the fixture list

The Indianapolis also face the Kansas City, and have the Seahawks, San Francisco and two games with the five and four Jaguars to contend with. There's a long way to go but the door is available for a shock top seed in the AFC

Coming Up - Rams & Seahawks Set for Week 11 Clash

Both squads with strong arguments to be superior to all of the three different eight and two teams are National Football Conference West opponents the Seahawks and Los Angeles, who each put up forty points to go to 7-2 ahead of the upcoming major meeting between the two in Los Angeles

They've both won four in a row, have signal callers in Stafford and Darnold playing at an high standard (although Darnold had turnover issues on Sunday) with excellent pass catchers, and defenses giving up fewer than twenty points a contest

Both could easily be undefeated as well - especially the Los Angeles as their two defeats occurred in extra time against the San Francisco and then that painful defeat in Philly when they had a game-winning field goal with the last kick deflected and returned by the Philadelphia for a score

The Seahawks also lost to San Francisco, with a last-minute score in the opening week, before falling to the last kick of the contest against the Buccaneers - so they are truly two of the top teams in the league

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

Player of the Week - Jonathan Taylor

Taylor could be on for a record season after his incredible display in Berlin - rushing for 244 rushing yards, scoring three touchdowns and contributing an additional 42 {receiving yards