DOLPHINS AT PATRIOTS
Perfect storm should reach 15-0
The Patriots are trying to tie their 2003-04 record of 18 consecutive regular-season victories. The Dolphins have won one in a row, and they're darn happy because of it.
COWBOYS AT PANTHERS
Dallas still has work to do
The Cowboys can't rest their starters as they attempt to clinch the NFC's homefield advantage. A victory coupled with a Packers loss in Chicago would do that.
EAGLES AT SAINTS
New Orleans pushing the Vikings
A Saints victory coupled with a Vikings loss to Washington would move the Saints into the NFC's sixth playoff seed. The Redskins would be seventh and the Vikings eighth.
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