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That badge of the best now belongs to the NFC South, which just might have a three-team race between New Orleans, Carolina and Atlanta right down to the wire – very refreshing. If you combined the best of the rosters of the other three AFC East teams, that conglomerate probably couldn’t beat New England (8-2). The Patriots have a three-game lead on fading Buffalo as they cruise toward yet another division crown and quite possibly another Super Bowl berth. With two matchups with the Dolphins and one with the Bills upcoming, Tom Brady can look forward to some rest before Christmas time. The only obstacle to that could be a game at Pittsburgh in Week 15. Considering the lack of contenders in other divisions, that also carries a strong likelihood of being the conference championship matchup. 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That was a really good football team today, and we’re going to get a really good football team and a really good defense next week. We got to forget about this win fast and just move on because we got four days until Detroit.” We could have told you those comments were coming. — The new Raiders stadium will be more expensive than previously believed. But by only $40 million.Via the , this relative drop in the bucket (given the $1.8 billion total price tag) will cover among other things the addition of 20 suites. 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Any proceeds exceeding that amount will be devoted to the overall stadium project.