Predicting every AFC East game

With Tom Brady in the fold for a full 16-game slate and motivated to put a trying off-season behind him, the Patriots are set to cruise to their seventh
Predicting every AFC East game
Predicting every AFC East game /

With Tom Brady in the fold for a full 16-game slate and motivated to put a trying off-season behind him, the Patriots are set to cruise to their seventh consecutive AFC title, right? Not so fast. The Bills and Jets both made coaching changes with slowing down the defending champs and their unflappable leader at top of mind, and the Dolphins made the biggest free agency splash of any team in the NFL when they landed quarterback tormentor Ndamukong Suh. The East may still run through Foxboro, but it figures to be far from a cakewalk.

Will Miami's soft September slate set the tone for playoff contention? How Rex Ryan fare against his old team in New York and his longtime nemesis in New England? Greg Bedard has predicted the outcome of every single game of the NFL regular season. Below are his picks for the AFC East.

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New England Patriots

Week 1

Win

Sept. 10

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vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 2

Loss

Sept. 20

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at Buffalo Bills

Week 3

Win

Sept. 27

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vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 5

Loss

Oct. 11

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at Dallas Cowboys

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 7

Win

Oct. 25

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vs. New York Jets

Week 8

Win

Oct. 29

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vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 9

Win

Nov. 8

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vs. Washington Redskins

Week 10

Win

Nov. 15

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at New York Giants

Week 11

Win

Nov. 23

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vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 29

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at Denver Broncos

Week 13

Win

Dec. 6

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vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 14

Win

Dec. 13

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at Houston Texans

Week 15

Win

Dec. 20

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vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 16

Win

Dec. 27

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at New York Jets

Week 17

Loss

Jan. 3

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at Miami Dolphins

Buffalo Bills

Week 1

Win

Sept. 13

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vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 2

Win

Sept. 20

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vs. New England Patriots

Week 3

Loss

Sept. 27

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at Miami Dolphins

Week 4

Win

Oct. 4

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vs. New York Giants

Week 5

Loss

Oct. 11

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at Tennessee Titans

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 7

Win

Oct. 25

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at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 9

Win

Nov. 8

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vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 10

Win

Nov. 12

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at New York Jets

Week 11

Loss

Nov. 23

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at New England Patriots

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 29

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at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 13

Win

Dec. 6

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vs. Houston Texans

Week 14

Loss

Dec. 13

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at. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 15

Loss

Dec. 20

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at Washington Redskins

Week 16

Win

Dec. 27

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vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 17

Win

Jan. 3

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vs. New York Jets

Miami Dolphins

Week 1

Win

Sept. 13

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at Washington Redskins

Week 2

Win

Sept. 20

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at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 3

Win

Sept. 27

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vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 4

Win

Oct. 4

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vs. New York Jets

Week 6

Loss

Oct. 18

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at Tennessee Titans

Week 7

Loss

Oct. 25

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vs. Houston Texans

Week 8

Loss

Oct. 29

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at New England Patriots

Week 9

Loss

Nov. 8

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at Buffalo Bills

Week 10

Loss

Nov. 15

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at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 11

Loss

Nov. 22

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vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 29

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at New York Jets

Week 13

Win

Dec. 6

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vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 14

Win

Dec. 14

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vs. New York Giants

Week 15

Loss

Dec. 20

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at San Diego Chargers

Week 16

Loss

Dec. 27

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vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 17

Win

Jan. 3

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vs. New England Patriots

New York Jets

Week 1

Loss

Sept. 13

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vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 2

Loss

Sept. 21

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at Indianapolis Colts

Week 3

Loss

Sept. 27

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vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 4

Loss

Oct. 4

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at Miami Dolphins

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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vs. Washington Redskins

Week 7

Loss

Oct. 25

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at New England Patriots

Week 8

Win

Nov. 1

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at Oakland Raiders

Week 9

Win

Nov. 8

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vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 10

Loss

Nov. 15

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vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 11

Loss

Nov. 22

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at Houston Texans

Week 12

Win

Nov. 29

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vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 13

Loss

Dec. 6

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at New York Giants

Week 14

Loss

Dec. 13

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vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 15

Loss

Dec. 19

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at Dallas Cowboys

Week 16

Loss

Dec. 27

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vs. New England Patriots

Week 17

Loss

Jan. 3

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at Buffalo Bills


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Greg A. Bedard
GREG A. BEDARD

Greg Bedard is a senior NFL writer who covered the Patriots, Packers and Dolphins as a newspaper beat writer and wrote a weekly column for The MMQB before joining SI as a senior NFL writer in 2015.