NEW YORK (AP) — There's never really a good time for the New York Jets to face the New England Patriots. Since Bill Belichick became New England's coach in 2000, the Jets are 7-13 against their division rivals.

Many of the NFL games have been contentious — remember Spygate and the Eric Mangini-Belichick non-handshakes — and Belichick and current Jets coach Rex Ryan aren't exactly friends. It won't help Belichik's mood, either, that New York won 16-9 in September.

Not that Belichick's dour demeanor has been anything close to cheery since last Sunday's late-game gamble backfired and the Patriots fell 35-34 to the Indianapolis Colts.

So playing extra hard against the Jets might be on the mind of Belichick and the Patriots, if not to virtually secure another AFC East division crown then to ease the memories from Indianapolis.

"I'm worried about the Jets," Patriots star Tom Brady said. "I think we've all got to move forward (from the Colts game) and understand that we're playing a great opponent, one that really gave our offense a lot of problems the last time we played them and that has a lot of good players."

The Jets also have problems on both sides of the line. Their running game is strong, but rookie Mark Sanchez is going through the expected struggles of a first-year quarterback. Their aggressive defense was rolled over by Jacksonville for a winning drive last weekend.

And now they have some ticked off Patriots to contend with.

Following that gritty, if somewhat fortuitous, comeback against New England, the Colts should be feeling rather spry. Their record is 9-0 for the third time in five years, and they have a team-record 18 consecutive regular-season victories. A win against the Baltimore Ravens will give them the second-longest streak behind New England's 21 that included the 16-0 mark in 2007.

"We can't be in any better spot, that's a given," said Jim Caldwell, thus far the most successful rookie coach in the modern era. "But the fact of the matter is there's still a lot of work to be done. If you take a peek in the rearview mirror, there are some teams behind us, but not very far behind us, in our division even."

The other perfect team, the New Orleans Saints, have struggled so often in the past month — and not against the toughest opponents — that talk at home has quieted down about a "perfect season."

Of course, for these Saints struggling means that they haven't clinched games by the end of the third quarter.

Utility back Reggie Bush had one of his better performances against St. Louis last week, and the one-win Tampa Bay Buccaneers are so vulnerable against the run that Bush, Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell could give quarterback Drew Brees' arm most of Sunday off.

A month ago, the Denver Broncos had a three-game lead over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC West. Now they're tied after the Chargers stopped underachieving and won four in a row, Denver has dropped three straight heading into Sunday's faceoff.

The Broncos could be without quarterback Kyle Orton, and backup Chris Simms was very rusty last weekend.

The Chargers got their running game in gear in a win over Philadelphia, and their passing game hasn't missed a beat. Perhaps most significantly, they're making some key plays on defense again.

Also Sunday, it's Cincinnati at Oakland, Seattle at Minnesota, Pittsburgh at Kansas City, Washington at Dallas, Arizona at St. Louis, Atlanta at New York Giants, Philadelphia at Chicago, San Francisco at Green Bay, Buffalo at Jacksonville, and Cleveland at Detroit.

Tennessee is at Houston on Monday.

The round began with Miami winning 24-17 at Carolina on Thursday.