8 AFC East stories from last week for Bills fans to know
Here are the latest happenings from around the AFC East for Buffalo Bills fans to know involving the New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, and New York Jets:
Week 3 recap
Here is how the AFC East standing look after Week 3:
Buffalo Bills: 2-1
Miami Dolphins: 1-2
New England Patriots: 1-2
New York Jets: 0-3
For more details on how each game in the division played out and for a deeper look at the standings, see our coverage below: https://billswire.usatoday.com/lists/afc-east-standings-buffalo-bills-week-3-patriots-jets-dolphins/
Miami Dolphins
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1),BILL INGRAM/ Palm Beach Post
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Tua is actually hurt
At this time last week, reports indicated that Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa might still play moving forward. As the days progressed, things changed and it turned out that the QB had some broken ribs after facing the Bills in Week 2. Backup Jacoby Brissett played this Sunday as Tagovialoa was placed on injured reserve. He'll miss a minimum of three games.
Miami Dolphins
Dolphins wide receiver Will Fuller (3) Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Will Fuller returns
Not only did the Bills not face much of Tagoviloa in Week 2, they did not see wide receiver Will Fuller. He was excused for personal reasons, but returned last week against the Raiders, catching three passes for 20 yards.
New York Jets
Zach Wilson stands . (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Wilson playing through injury
Rookie QB Zach Wilson has little help with the Jets and played terribly again in Week 3, being shutout. However, he is playing through an injury. According to Jets Wire, Wilson popped up on the injury report last week with a groin injury.
New York Jets
Jets head coach Robert Saleh Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
The wrong side of history
The Jets are off to a 0-3 start. It's the third year in a row that New York has done so. That's a franchise first, according to Jets Wire.
New York Jets
New York Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims
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Second-year pro struggling
The Jets offense is bad, but one former second-round pick can't even crack the lineup. Second-year wideout Denzel Mims has been inactive for the past two games. Not a good look for him.
New England Patriots
Patriots wide receiver N'Keal Harry Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
WR might return
The Pats don't have the best wideouts in the NFL. While N'Keal Harry requested a trade previously, he still is in New England... and could return soon. Per Patriots Wire, the third-year receiver might beback in Week 4 from a shoulder injury.
New England Patriots
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady . (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Tom's trainer lashes out
In Week 4, the Pats will face a familiar foe in quarterback Tom Brady. Prior to Brady returning to New England for the first time, his known trainer, Alex Guerrero, spoke out against New England head coach Bill Belichick. Via Patriots Wire, here's some of the criticism Guerrero had:
Brady’s body coach Alex Guerrero spoke with The Boston Herald’s Karen Guregian to speculate upon how Belichick and Brady’s relationship went sour. “The interesting thing I think there — and this is just me, an outsider looking in — it was like Bill never really . . . I think his emotions or feelings never evolved with age,” Guerrero told the Herald. “I think in time, with Tom, as Tom got into his late 30s or early 40s, I think Bill was still trying to treat him like that 20-year-old kid that he drafted. And all the players, I think, realized Tom was different. He’s older, so he should be treated differently. And all the players, none of them would have cared that he was treated differently. I think that was such a Bill thing. He never evolved. So you can’t treat someone who’s in his 40s like they’re 20. It doesn’t work.”
New England Patriots
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Belichick wants none of the story he can't control
There is nothing Belichick can do to stop people from talking about Brady's first time facing the Patriots this upcoming week... but he's doing his best. Already asked about Brady on Monday morning, Belichick tried to say he's already talked about it. “Well, I think we’ve been through all of the dynamics of that,” he said via Patriots Wire. Good luck not talking about it all week, Bill. Belichick went on to say to WEEI radio that he felt his relationship with Brady “never changed,” not even in the final years when multiple reports indicated there was growing tension between the two stars.
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