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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Dont worry. The New England Patriots should be just fine for the playoffs.Thats the message Tom Brady delivered after his offences second straight poor performance.And this time they had an excuse: Brady played just the first half and six other key starters didnt play at all because the Patriots already had clinched the top seed and a first-round bye in the AFC.We have a lot of confidence as an offence, Brady said after the 17-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Weve been able to score points against a lot of good teams, a lot of good defences.A week ago they edged the lowly New York Jets 17-16.On Sunday, Stephen Gostkowski kicked three field goals, but the Patriots failed to score a touchdown for the first time since the fifth game last season, although top receivers Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski and starting offensive linemen Dan Connolly and Sebastian Vollmer were inactive.Its a big difference without Gronkowski, New England wide receiver Brandon LaFell said. The middle of the field is not that much open.The Patriots (12-4) must wait until next weekends wild-card games to learn their opponent in the divisional round. Meanwhile, coach Bill Belichick gave them Monday off.Belichick might need some time to regain his strength after he was checked by trainers and a doctor after the game.I had to spend a few minutes in the training room after the game, nothing serious, he said in a conference call after skipping his usual postgame news conference. It was no big deal. I dont want to get into it.The Bills (9-7) finished with their first winning record since going 9-7 in 2004. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the 15th straight season with a loss to the Oakland Raiders in their previous game.Sundays win was bittersweet, Bills centre Eric Wood said, because you always think what could have been.A winning record is important to some people, Buffalo coach Doug Marrone said. There were a lot of lessons that well reflect on. ... If we dont understand that after this season, then all will be lost.Some takeaways from Buffalos first win ever at Gillette Stadium after losing 12 games:RUSHING REVIVAL: The Bills ran for 104 yards after gaining just 13 on the ground, the fourth fewest in team history, the previous Sunday. One of their touchdowns came on a 1-yard run by Anthony Dixon that gave them a 14-3 lead about five minutes into the second quarter.The win is something we can build on, said Fred Jackson, who led the Bills with 58 yards rushing. We were able to come in here today and play well enough to get a victory.BRADYS DAY: Brady played all five offensive series for the Patriots in the first half and completed 8 of 16 passes for 80 yards with one sack. He also ran twice for nine yards and, most importantly, avoided injury.We always hate losing, he said. We didnt make enough plays to win, but, hopefully, we make them in a couple of weeks.ORTON IN CHARGE: Bills quarterback Kyle Orton completed 16 of 23 passes for 176 yards and a 6-yard touchdown pass to Robert Woods in his 12th straight start after taking over for EJ Manuel.I really didnt go into (the season) with a ton of personal goals, Orton said after finishing the season with 3,018 yards passing, his third season with more than 3,000. The later in your career you get, most of your goals are just team goals and fighting for that chance to get in the playoffs.DOMINATION DECLINES: The Patriots superiority in head-to-head meetings took a hit. Theyre now 21-2 in the past 23, Brady is 23-3 against the Bills and Belichick is 26-4 against them since become coach in 2000. Several Patriots streaks also were broken: 16 straight home victories in the regular season, 17 at home against AFC East opponents and 35 home wins against AFC teams.ROOKIE REPLACEMENT: Brady backup Jimmy Garoppolo completed 10 of 17 passes for 90 yards with three sacks while running four times for 16 yards. In the rookies previous five appearances in mop-up duty, he completed 9 of 10 passes.Thats my job as a backup to be ready to go whenever and the (game) speed is what it is, he said. Youve just got to play with it.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Damian Lillard Jersey . You can watch the game on TSN at 7pm et/4pm pt and listen to the game on TSN Radio 690 in Montreal. After starting the month of November on an 0-3-1 slide, the Canadiens have recorded wins in three of their last five outings (3-1-1). Gary Trent Jr. Jersey . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. http://www.blazersteamofficial.com/customized/ . 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The 19-year-old Venezuelan pitcher was 12-12 with a 3.36 ERA in 39 games, including 33 starts, in three seasons in the As farm system. ' ' 'is season. Joe Gilliam Steelers Jersey . Some will say that Martin is too sensitive while others will say that it is part of the way football is in the locker room. But to have to absorb what was said to him for any rational and intelligent person is too much. Justin Layne Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla.LONDON -- A lively Premier League weekend ended with Tottenham producing a stoppage-time winner against Southampton and Stoke coming from behind to easily win at Aston Villa as 10 goals were scored in Sundays two games. Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood launched himself down the touchline pumping his fists after Gylfi Sigurdsson completed a fight back from 2-0 down at home to Southampton to win 3-2. The victory kept Tottenham in touch with the Champions League places, with the London club six points behind fourth-placed Arsenal. Tottenham has played an extra game. Stoke climbed above Villa into 10th place after hitting back to win 4-1, the teams first away success in the league since August which took the weekend goal tally in the league to 42. Chelsea remains top of the league after crushing Arsenal 6-0, with Liverpool second following a 6-3 win at Swansea and third-placed Manchester City beating Fulham 5-0. Returning to the top four remains Tottenhams aspiration but Sherwoods defence will have to be tighter and less error-prone to achieve that. Jay Rodriguez put Southampton ahead on the break in the 19th minute at White Hart Lane after Tottenham defender Kyle Naughton managed to miss goalkeeper Artur Borucs kick. Rodriguez took advantage to slot the ball into the bottom corner of the net beyond Hugo Lloris reach. Naughton was at fault for Southamptons second, as his half-clearance went straight to Rickie Lambert who fed Lallana to sweep in his ninth goal of the season. But it was slackness in the Southampton defence that gave Tottenham a route back into the game in the 31st. Naacer Chadli teed up Naughton, whose cross was only partially blocked by Nathaniel Clyne and Christian Eriksen slammed the ball into the net at the back post.dddddddddddd Whatever Sherwood then said at halftime to his players worked. "It wasnt ranting and raving, it was considered and it was measured what I had to say to them," Sherwood recalled. "I wanted to play a high-tempo game and press them high up the field and I didnt think we had the energy to do it." But Eriksen was on target again in the first minute of the second half. Roberto Soldado outmuscled Dejan Lovren off the ball on the left flank, and squared for Eriksen to tap in from close range. Then, with it appearing the points would be shared, Eriksen laid the ball off for Sigurdsson to score his fourth league goal of the season. "It takes real guts, character and spirit to do that (comeback) and we showed that today -- brilliant," Sherwood said. At Villa Park, the hosts went in front after just five minutes through Christian Benteke. But Peter Odemwingie scored his third goal in two games to equalize in the 22nd minute and Peter Crouch seized on slack marking to put Stoke ahead four minutes later. When Leandro Bacuna and Nathan Baker both failed to clear the ball just before halftime, Steven Nzonzi scored from inside the penalty area. It took Stoke until the 90th to score again, with Geoff Cameron netting his second goal of the season. "At the start of the season we might have collapsed but we showed weve definitely improved," Stoke striker Peter Crouch said. ' ' '