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Rex Ryan likes nothing better than beating the Patriots.His Buffalo Bills managed that 16-0 shutout in Week 4, with a very big absence on the New England side. Yeah, that guy: Tom Brady.On Sunday, the star quarterback brings his 6-1 team to Buffalo. Brady has owned the Bills throughout his career, and pretty much owned Ryan, too.Brady is 25-3 against the Bills. Those 25 victories are one short of matching the NFL record for most wins by a quarterback against one opponent: Brett Favre had 26 against Detroit.Well I think the last time was a great time to play them, says Ryan, who is 3-11 in the regular season, but 1-0 in the playoffs vs. Brady in Ryans stints with the Jets and Bills (4-3 this season). Theyve got a new player back there for some reason. He looks decent.I shouldnt make waves by saying he doesnt look the same to me.Asked if a quarterback approaching 40 has ever looked so good, Ryan responded: I think you can cut it off and say, `Have you ever seen a quarterback that good?Brady has torn up Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in his three starts.Now that he is done with the AFC North for a while, he goes after the only team to smudge New Englands record so far. To Brady, Buffalo is a challenge despite his dominance of the Bills.Yeah, I think the players do a good job disguising their looks and giving you some different looks, he says of Buffalos defense. He has always had good defenses when hes played us. Hes had very good players.They have a good scheme, and thats what makes it challenging. Last time we played them, we didnt score points, we didnt play particularly well. They played really well.The action began Thursday night with Tennessees 36-22 home victory over Jacksonville.Marcus Mariota threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns to end his home struggles and the Titans (4-4) had their highest point total of the season.Since the start of the 2014 season, the Titans home record is 3-0 against the Jaguars (2-5) and 1-17 against everybody else.Mariota was 18 of 22 for 270 yards and had a 148.1 passer rating, the second-highest of his career. DeMarco Murray ran for 123 yards and a touchdown, and the Titans had a season-high 494 total yards.Off this week are the New York Giants (4-3), Los Angeles (3-4), San Francisco (1-6), Miami (3-4), Baltimore (3-4) and Pittsburgh (4-3).Philadelphia (4-2) at Dallas (5-1)A prime-timer that seems worthy of the spotlight between two surprise contenders.The Eagles have won three in a row at the Cowboys, and they could really scramble the NFC East race with another victory. Their defense has come on and will test Dallas rookie standouts, quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott.Prescott and Philadelphias No. 2 overall draft pick, Carson Wentz, have looked like anything but newcomers. Wentz leads NFL rookies with eight passing TDs, while Prescott has a passer rating of at least 100 in five straight games, all wins.Elliott, coming off a career-high 157 yards rushing against Green Bay, is the first rookie with four straight games of at least 130 yards.Arizona (3-3-1) at Carolina (1-5)Its difficult to fathom that these teams faced off for a spot in the Super Bowl last January.Carolina obviously has fallen the hardest, plagued by turnovers (minus-8) and a leaky secondary. At least the Panthers got a little healthier after their bye.The Cardinals come off a physically and mentally wrenching 6-6 tie with Seattle on Sunday night, and now have this cross-country trip. Their running game, behind David Johnson, is in gear.This team right now is in a totally different place than when we went over there last year for the championship, and hopefully we can go somewhere else for the championship, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said. But this is next weeks game, no more, no less. Weve got to win.Green Bay (4-2) at Atlanta (4-3)The Packers go for five straight wins over the Falcons, and to do so they must slow down Julio Jones. Atlantas dynamic offense could be hamstrung a bit because of running back Tevin Colemans, uh, hamstring injury. And the Packers have the NFLs stingiest run defense.But Jones has 40 receptions for 830 yards, more than twice as many catches as anyone else on Atlanta.The Pack is struggling to run with injuries to Eddie Lacy and James Starks, but found a weapon out of the backfield in versatile Ty Montgomery in a win over the Bears.Minnesota (5-1) at Chicago (1-6), Monday nightJay Cutler will be back at quarterback for the Bears after missing five games (thumb). His replacement, Brian Hoyer, fared well even if Chicago didnt, but Hoyer broke his left arm against Green Bay.Minnesota comes off its first loss, and cant run the ball without injured Adrian Peterson, ranking 31st. But the defense is the leagues best and most opportunistic, allowing 14 points a game, the fewest through six games for this franchise since 1988. The Vikings lead in turnover margin (plus-11) and turnovers forced (16), too.Washington (4-2) vs. Cincinnati (3-4) at LondonNeither team has played a real game in London, though Washington lost to Buffalo in Toronto in 2011. Of note here is Jay Gruden was an offensive coordinator with Cincinnati, and so was Cleveland coach Hue Jackson. The Bengals beat the Browns last week.Two productive quarterbacks go at it in Washingtons Kurt Cousins and Cincinnatis Andy Dalton. Cousins has the offense enough in tune that it has all of six three-and-out series this season. Dalton has the superb A.J. Green as a target; Green leads the NFL with 50 catches and is second to Julio Jones with 775 yards receiving.Detroit (4-3) at Houston (4-3)The Lions have won three in a row, getting strong and clutch production from Matthew Stafford. They come off a three-game homestand that was preceded by two losses on the road.Houston, meanwhile, has won six straight at home, but looks like a vulnerable team, especially when Brock Osweiler cant get the ball to DeAndre Hopkins. But first-round pick Will Fuller is second among rookie wideouts with 349 yards receiving.Kansas City (4-2) at Indianapolis (3-4)The Chiefs have lost six of the past seven in this series, two of them playoff games. They come into Indy with an opportunistic defense that has 14 takeaways, with 2015 Defensive Rookie of the Year Marcus Peters topping the league with five picks. Their running game with Spencer Ware and a healthy Jamaal Charles can be decisive.The Colts must better protect Andrew Luck (NFL-high 25 sacks), and while Adam Vinatieri has made a league-record 43 consecutive field goals, they need more touchdowns.San Diego (3-4) at Denver (5-2)Yes, these teams did face off on Oct. 13. Yet another quirk in this years strange NFL schedule.San Diego took that one and then rallied to beat Atlanta very impressively last weekend. With RB Melvin Gordon coming on -- a league-high 10 touchdowns- and Philip Rivers having another strong season, this is a difficult matchup for Denver. The Broncos rank only 22nd against the rush.Key here could be how well each quarterback is protected. Von Miller has been a wrecking crew against the Chargers with 12 sacks, 14 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles in his past 11 outings against them.Seattle (4-1-1) at New Orleans (2-4)The Seahawks are in a similar bind to Arizona after that endless deadlock last Sunday night. Certainly the focal point will be Jimmy Grahams return to the Superdome. The star tight end has become a bigger part of Seattles offense now that he is healthy.Seattles Legion of Boom, which shut down Arizonas strong group of receivers, will be further tested by Drew Brees and his targets. Although the Saints are struggling, Brees once more has been terrific: Brees passed for 367 yards and three TDs last week, and became the only player in NFL history with 100 career 300-plus yard games passing. He is averaging 403.4 yards passing in the past five home games, with 17 TDs against two interceptions.Oakland (5-2) at Tampa Bay (3-3)Tampa hasnt won a postseason game since routing the Raiders 48-21 in the 2003 Super Bowl. The Raiders havent made the playoffs since then.That could change for Oakland if it maintains its road success. The Raiders are 4-0 away from home, led by a dynamic offense. Theyve allowed a league-low seven sacks.To handle the Bucs, who have won two in a row, Oakland must clamp down on the run. 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Running the football is very important for a number of different reasons.To that end, Green Bay was awarded running back Christine Michael on waivers Wednesday. Michael joins a backfield with veteran James Starks, who returned last week after missing four games following knee surgery.Michael was released by the Seahawks on Tuesday despite being the teams leading rusher with 469 yards (4.0 average) and six touchdowns. The hope is he will help deliver the balance the failed trade with Kansas City last month for Knile Davis didnt provide. Davis carried five times for 5 yards in two games before he was released Oct. 31.It allows us to get balanced again, receiver Jordy Nelson said of Starks and before the addition of Michael. I think thats what we were able to do early in the year, just stay balanced. It allowed us to get into the play action. It makes the defense worry about another playmaker out there. I think he brings the screen game into it as well, like he did last week when he scored a touchdown on a screen.When you dont have a running back, its hard to do those things. Weve tried to manage. I think weve done a decent job with the circumstances but, hopefully, we can get some guys healthy and get back to a normal offense.The Packers offense has been anything but normal. They are paassing two-thirds of the time, the highest rate in the league.dddddddddddd Rodgers had a big game in almost upsetting Atlanta in Week 8 and rallied the team from deficits in losses to Indianapolis in Week 9 and Tennessee in Week 10. However, without the threat of a running game, the statistical production hasnt been consistently good. While Rodgers is third with 22 touchdown passes, he ranks 16th with a passer rating of 93.9, 20th with a completion rate of 63.1 percent, and 29th with 6.53 yards per dropback.Redskins cornerback Josh Norman said dont be fooled by those mediocre numbers.Hey, man, lets not get things mistaken over there, said Norman, who called Rodgers and New Englands Tom Brady the best quarterbacks in the NFL.That guy can hit you at any time, any place, anywhere, any given day, any given game, Norman added. I really dont care what the outside noise is. I know who were facing and thats a cerebral quarterback thats the best of the best at what hes doing. Regardless of what others may think of him, I know for a fact that that is the toughest quarterback challenge to face because he has everything in his toolbox, in his arsenal, to make them win.Time is of the essence for Green Bays offense to build an effective identity. With Starks and Michael, can it find balance? With Rodgers, is throwing the football repeatedly the way to go?The Packers have lost three in a row and four of their last five games. At 4-5, their best road to the playoffs is through the beleaguered NFC North, in which neither Minnesota nor Detroit (both 5-4) has seized control.It doesnt matter stats-wise if were running it a bunch of throwing it a bunch, Rodgers said. We just need to find a way to win. If weve got to throw it 60 times to win, weve done that before. Obviously, youd love to have some balance, but, at this point in the season, it comes down to winning football games.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '