This AFC East “battle” could turn into garbage quite fast. (Not gonna say hot garbage, as I’ve seen enough Dumpster fire tweets to steer me away from the genre for awhile.) While it’s easy to consider the mismatch to be Brady versus the Miami secondary, Matt Patricia’s defense has been balling since early October. And the Dolphins‘ offense has been sucking since early September. The difference can be seen in a stat I developed with the help of @RealJackAndrade: N3P, or net positive play percentage. Tom Brady generates net positive plays (positive plays minus harmful plays) a staggering 39.9 percent of the time, which leads the league. Jay Cutler is way in the back at 28.2. He’s currently ahead of Mitchell Trubisky, Joe Flacco, Mike Glennon, DeShone Kizer and Tom Savage.

I know the Chiefs have struggled, losing four of their last five games, but they’re due for a fun outing. Bills coach Sean McDermott could make it an even better day for Kansas City by, I don’t know, signing Jeff Tuel and sending him out there. Maybe make a trade for Austin Davis. Perhaps, in sitting Tyrod Taylor and starting rookie Nathan Peterman against the Chargers last week, McDermott was trying to send a message to his team that no player was above being benched after the debacle(s) against the Jets and Saints. Well, Peterman threw five first-half picks and Taylor isn’t riding the pine anymore. It will be interesting to see how Taylor responds at a tough place to play like Arrowhead. How will Chiefs back Kareem Hunt play after yet another so-so game? After posting at least 100 yards from scrimmage in his first seven games, the rookie workhorse has failed to hit that mark in any of the last three contests.