(My Sportsbook) - Nothing has come easy for the Buffalo Bills this season.

Beginning with Week 1, when Buffalo allowed a game it had seemingly won in New England to slip way following a late-game fumble, Dick Jauron's team has turned making things difficult on itself into a kind of art form.

So it should have come as no surprise that the Bills looked at a post-game box score that saw them intercept six passes against the New York Jets on Sunday, and scratched their heads about how they needed a little more than 72 minutes to polish off the win.

Some of the problem in the 16-13 triumph, which ended when Rian Lindell atoned for a fourth-quarter miss by drilling a 47-yard field goal at the 2:44 mark of the overtime session, was that the Bills were hopeless against the run.

Buffalo allowed 318 yards on the ground to Gang Green, including a combined 309 to running backs Thomas Jones (22 carries, 210 yards, 1 TD) and Leon Washington (15 carries, 99 yards), and were fortunate that rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez put the ball in the windy air on 29 occasions.

And the Bills also failed to do a heck of a lot to capitalize off the turnovers, generating fewer than 300 yards of total offense in almost five quarters of play while being led for a majority of the afternoon by backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (10-of-25, 116 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT).

Fitzpatrick did hit on a 37-yard touchdown pass to Lee Evans to tie the game at 13-13 in the third quarter, but supposed offensive stars like Marshawn Lynch (19 carries, 61 yards) and Terrell Owens (3 receptions, 13 yards) failed to register much of an impact.

But Buffalo did end up with the win, and though half as many interceptions might have lifted some teams to an easy win on this day, there should be little question that the Bills needed all six.

"Anytime you can win the turnover battle...you stand a great chance of winning it," said Jauron "The percentages are really with you."

The six interceptions were the most by the Bills since notching the same number against the Patriots on Dec. 9, 1967. Rookie free safety Jairus Byrd had two of the picks, upping his INT total to three in the last two games.

"It was all about being in the right place at the right time," said Byrd. "[Sanchez] was just throwing the ball up and I went and got it."

The blossoming Byrd will have to keep up the good work for a team that has been beset by injuries on defense during its 2-4 start."

"He makes unbelievable plays on the ball and terrific ball skills," said Jauron of the Oregon product, "Just a really good player."

Though the work of the pass defense was part of the story, the injury that sidelined Edwards was a bigger one.

The third-year quarterback suffered a concussion after being sandwiched on a hit by Jets linebackers Calvin Pace and David Harris, and his availability for this week's trip to Carolina is unknown.

"Anybody that's injured, you're really concerned for him and Trent's no different," Jauron said. "We'll take that day to day and just see how he comes out of this thing."

"I'm hopeful he's healthy."

If Edwards is not ready for the Panthers, Fitzpatrick would get his first start in a Buffalo uniform. Fitzpatrick, the Harvard product who was acquired by the team as a free agent this past offseason, went 4-7-1 in 12 starts with the Bengals last season, and also started three games as a St. Louis Ram (0-3) in his rookie campaign of 2005.

The former seventh-round choice has career totals of 13 touchdown passes, 18 interceptions, 388 rushing yards, and four rushing touchdowns during his time as a pro.

DOLPHINS: After scoring a crucial home victory against the New York Jets last Monday night, the Miami Dolphins (2-3) had a week off to enjoy their two-game winning streak and think a bit about the next opponent on the schedule.

With an emphasis on the latter, presumably, since the next opponent is the 5-0 New Orleans Saints.

The Saints will travel to Miami fresh off a 48-27 dismantling of the previously unbeaten New York Giants at the Superdome, and have arguably been the NFL's most dominant team through the season's first six weeks. Though the scenario comes earlier in the season, there's definitely a connection to be made between the 1985 Chicago Bears team that found its only blemish of the season in Miami, and this seemingly unstoppable version of the Saints.

And, just like in 1985, this Dolphins club might be suited better than any other to beat up on that "team to beat".

Miami's ground control offense would seem to be perfectly-suited to keeping the ball out of the hands of Saints QB Drew Brees, who has a whopping 13 touchdown passes to two interceptions so far. The reigning league Offensive Player of the Year is definitely a QB that the Dolphins respect.

"This guy has tremendous control of their offense, outstanding command of their offense," said head coach Tony Sparano of Brees. "Uses the whole field. What I mean by that is not necessarily just the deep throw, but he gets 'one to four' really fast. He can get through the progression really quick to get to where he is going with the football.

"He doesn't take a lot of sacks and also you know that he understands, and he is getting it out pretty fast," continued Sparano. "But more than anything it is his anticipation. This guy has great anticipation, the ball is out of his hand in a hurry and soon as those guys turn around it is on them, it's on their back shoulder, it is where it needs to be for them to catch the ball."

JETS: Following Sanchez's five-pick meltdown against the Bills, the Jets and head coach Rex Ryan are doing a re-evaluation of the rookie quarterback.

Obviously, that re-evaluation will not lead to anything resembling a benching at this stage, but the look of the struggling Jets offense could be much different beginning with this week's trip to Oakland.

"I just think we've got to do a great job at looking at what we are asking this young man to do," said Ryan on Monday. "Do we need to cut things back? Are there things that we could do to put on somebody else's plate to take some things off his plate?"

After an efficient first three games, the No. 5 overall pick out of USC has thrown just one touchdown pass versus eight picks during the Jets' three-game losing streak. The rookie's passer rating on the year has dipped to a microscopic 56.7.

"We have to realize that this isn't a guy that's played 20 years in the league," Ryan continued. "Whatever it is, he's got an unbelievable amount of talent. We all see it. We know what he's going to be in the future, but we've got to be smart with him. I remember when Ben Roethlisberger, who is a talented guy also [was a rookie], Pittsburgh was smart with what they did and they won a ton of games. I think we can still win a ton of games."

Ryan claimed that despite the recent results, his quarterback was not suffering from a crisis of confidence.

"He's resilient," said Ryan of Sanchez. "He's going to bounce back from this. I believe that. He's mad at himself because he thinks he let his team down. This football team cares about each other and they don't want to see him suffer. Could he have played better? Absolutely. There's a lot of guys that could have played better. When he makes a mistake, they are obviously much more glaring and he has to realize that sometimes it's OK to take the incompletion. You don't have to try to force a ball in there and try to complete every pass. If it's not there, get rid of it."

PATRIOTS: Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher might have expected the Patriots to go to the ground given the steady snow that was falling upon Gillette Stadium on Sunday. But Bill Belichick, who doesn't care much about conventional NFL wisdom, decided his quarterback was going to throw some footballs through the white stuff.

And throw it Tom Brady did, as he was 29-of-34 for 380 yards and six touchdowns - five in the second quarter - before being removed early in the third quarter of a jaw-dropping 59-0 win over the Titans. Randy Moss caught eight of Brady's passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns in the rout, while Wes Welker finished with 10 catches for 150 yards and two more scores in the game.

"You know, some days out there when it's snowy like that, it's actually an advantage for the offense," said Brady, who had his best came by far since returning from the injury that prematurely ended his 2008. "Today was one of those days...and it's just fun to be a part of it. I was saying, when you see the weather forecast on Thursday, you're kind of [angry] and then once the day of the game comes around, everyone is excited because you're out there and you're like, 'This is football. This is how it should be.'"

Also as it should be, as far as many are concerned, is the Patriots' current place in the AFC East standings. Just four weeks after New England's loss to the Jets signaled a possible transfer of power at the top of the division, the Patriots were back alone atop the division following their win, which was about as emphatic as they come in the National Football League circa 2009.

The margin of victory was the largest in the league since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, matching the Los Angeles Rams' 59-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons in 1976.

"You never go into a game thinking it's going to be like this," said Belichick. "But we did a good job protecting the quarterback, we threw the ball and caught it, opened some holes, ran well. Anytime you turn the ball over that can lead to some points and it did today."