The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions today canbecome just the fifth and sixth teams in the last 22 years to start4-0 after opening the previous season 0-4.
One week after blowing a 21-0 second-quarter lead and losing toBuffalo, the New England Patriots got back on track Sunday with a31-19 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
It would have been hard to live up to the premature andunrealistic buzz after the previous Sunday's win over the Jets, butthe Raiders had a chance Sunday.
LINEUP WATCH: With Jerod Mayo expected to miss at least a few weeks with a reported MCL injury, there will be a scramble to fill a big void in the Patriots' linebacking corps.
Neither the Patriots nor the Jets had the first quarter of the season they wanted leading into Sunday afternoon's key AFC East battle at Gillette Stadium.
Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth will again be unavailable forthe New England Patriots Sunday against the Oakland Raiders as hecontinues his recovery from a back injury that ruled him out oflast week's 34-31 loss to Buffalo.