The Patriots slid into the second seed in the AFC by controlling the day against the Bills defensively, though their pass offense appeared out of sorts. They also clinched their 10th straight division title, a rare feat that, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, only one other team in the four major professional sports leagues has accomplished: the Atlanta Braves. The difference here -- not to take away from Atlanta's 14 straight division titles from 1991 to 2005 -- is that the Patriots have also won two Super Bowls during their stretch, and that's not counting the three Lombardi Trophies Tom Brady and Co. took home in the early 2000s before this streak even began. Those Braves won one World Series in the strike-abbreviated 1995 season. More importantly, a playoff bye is now the Patriots' to lose. Given that the offense has been off-kilter as of late ( Tom Brady was mum Monday about the specifics of a left knee injury that appears to be affecting his play), a week off to sort things out sure would help. They will need to beat a Jets team that has been a tough out the last couple of weeks first.