Pats defeat Viks on Halloween + Standings

On Sunday, the Patriots beat the Vikings 28 - 18. It was the return of Randy Moss, and Mr. "I'm o.k. to play" Brett Favre to Foxborough. Well, Moss was greeted by the fans with many boos. The running game for the Patriots seemed to come to life. It got started when Danny Woodhead took a direct snap from Dan Kopen and ran it in for a 3-yard score. At that point, the game was tied 7 - 7. Then, BenJarvus Green-Ellis had two-touchdowns, and rushed for 115 yards. Tom Brady also had a TD pass to Brandon Tate who had 101 yards receiving. The pass to Tate, was the old Randy Moss fake handoff and go deep. The pass was a 65-yard connection and the first between the two. Another note, was Tom Brady had a 100.8 passer rating. This was a big win, because the Jets lost 9 - 0 to the Green Bay Packers.

Below, is the scoring summary from the game:

Scoring Summary

SECOND QUARTER				MIN	NWE
	TD	14:57	Adrian Peterson 1 Yd Run (Ryan Longwell Kick)	7	0
	TD	10:25	Danny Woodhead 3 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick)	7	7
THIRD QUARTER				MIN	NWE
	FG	09:33	Ryan Longwell 24 Yd	10	7
	TD	07:59	Brandon Tate 65 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick)	10	14
	TD	02:25	BenJarvus Green-Ellis 13 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick)	10	21
FOURTH QUARTER				MIN	NWE
	TD	07:26	Naufahu Tahi 1 Yd Pass From Tarvaris Jackson (Tarvaris Jackson Pass To Percy Harvin For Two-Point Conversion)	18	21
	TD	01:56	BenJarvus Green-Ellis 2 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick)	18	28

Below, is the AFC East standings:

AFC East Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	TD	Home	Road	Div	Pct	Conf	Pct	Non-Conf	Streak	Last 5
New England Patriots	6	1	0	.857	205	154	51	25	4-0	2-1	2-1	.667	5-1	.833	1-0	5W	5-0
New York Jets	5	2	0	.714	159	110	49	17	2-2	3-0	3-0	1.000	4-1	.800	1-1	1L	4-1
Miami Dolphins	4	3	0	.571	133	149	-16	11	0-3	4-0	1-2	.333	2-3	.400	2-0	1W	2-3
Buffalo Bills	0	7	0	.000	131	211	-80	15	0-3	0-4	0-3	.000	0-6	.000	0-1	7L	0-5

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BY JASON ROBBINS, NOT DENOMONEE