Not with the Patriots moving toward another division title.

Despite a noticeable limp and playing on a slick, snowy field, Brady kept his feet and his poise in leading New England to a 35-7 victory over the Bills on Sunday.

"He sucked it up and made plays for us as he always does," New England receiver Troy Brown said.

Brady shrugged off the praise, saying he wasn't going to come out after getting hurt when he was tackled in the end zone following a 3-yard scamper that opened the scoring.

"I'm just playing," Brady said. "It's going to be hard to ever get me out of there."

"Are you kidding me?" Patriots running back Corey Dillon said, referring to Brady. "Oh, man, No. 12 is 12. ... He's a heck of a quarterback."

What bugged Brady is that he was penalized on the play for an illegal crackback.

"I thought it was a good block," Brady said. "We don't get a chance to block a whole lot so you get excited when you can stick your nose in there and make a play."

Corey Dillon had 102 yards rushing and a touchdown, Brown and Christian Fauria caught touchdown passes and New England piled up a franchise-record 32 first downs.

Brady's performance, combined with a stingy outing by the Patriots' defense, put New England (8-5) on the verge of clinching its third consecutive AFC East title and fourth in five seasons. The Patriots, who host Tampa Bay on Saturday, need one more victory or a Miami loss to clinch after the Dolphins (6-7) stayed alive with a win at San Diego on Sunday.

The Bills (4-9) are headed in an entirely different direction, having lost six of their last seven. Willis McGahee described the Bills as a team in "chaos" earlier this week, and they looked it on Sunday.

"It's been a tough week for a lot of people," team president Tom Donahoe, whose status has been called into question, told The Associated Press. "Maybe it was just too much for everybody to overcome."

Assessing his team's performance, Donahoe added: "We didn't have a chance. We never really got us into the game. You have to give them credit and we've got to find a way to regroup."

The margin of defeat was the worst for Buffalo at home since a 38-7 loss to New England on Nov. 3, 2002. And it would have been worse had J.P. Losman not hit Josh Reed for a 51-yard touchdown catch in the final two minutes, averting the Bills' first shutout loss at home since 1983.

The Bills managed eight first downs and limited to 183 yards offense, including 14 yards rushing -- the fourth fewest in team history.

It was so bad that a fan, wearing a brown bag over his head, yelled to Patriots owner Robert Kraft following the game, saying: "Bob, buy our team."

The game turned in the first quarter when Losman -- facing third-and-goal from the 22 -- ignored a wide-open receiver and threw a pass into the end zone that was easily intercepted by Asante Samuel.

Brady took over and went 5-of-6 for 73 yards passing, capping the eight-play drive himself by taking the ball up the middle. Brady came up limping after he was hit diving into the end zone by linebacker Jeff Posey.

Dillon made it 14-0 in the second quarter, and Brady then made it 21-0 late in the third quarter by completing a 5-yard swing pass to Brown.

The Patriots defense did the rest.

New England forced seven three-and-outs and intercepted Losman three times, the capper coming when safety James Sanders scored on a 39-yard return after Tedy Bruschi tipped the pass at the line of scrimmage.

"We're starting to roll," defensive lineman Richard Seymour said. "I thought the offense did a a good job creating situations for us, and I thought it just rolled over to the defense."

It's easy when the offense is functioning as well as it did.

"Thirty-five points is a defense's best friend," linebacker Rosevelt Colvin said.

Brady threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns before Adam Vinatieri kicked a 29-yard field goal with 17 seconds left to lead injury-plagued New England past the Falcons 31-28 on Sunday.

The Patriots (3-2) avoided their first losing streak since 2002 despite blowing leads of 14-0 and 28-13 to a team that didn't have Michael Vick.

``We put a lot into this one,'' said Brady, who spouted off in defense of his teammates after a 41-17 loss to San Diego last week. ``We've had doubters for a long time. We're just going to keep coming out and doing the hard things every week.''

Matt Schaub filled in admirably for the injured Vick, matching Brady's three TD passes, including a tying score with 3:52 remaining. Schaub threw a 14-yard TD to Dez White, then went to Brian Finneran for a 2-point conversion.

The Falcons (3-2) had all the momentum, but Brady wasn't concerned.

``We came into a tough environment against an excellent team and had a chance to win the game with three minutes left,'' he said. ``I would take that any day of the week.''

With Patriots backed up at their 26 on second-and-20, Atlanta cornerback Allen Rossum was called for a blatant pass interference on Deion Branch -- the last of a four-penalties-in-four-plays stretch that gave New England a first down at the Falcons 44.

Patrick Pass, replacing the injured Corey Dillon, broke off a 15-yard gain that set up the 19th game-winning kick of Vinatieri's career -- two of those, of course, winning Super Bowls.

``The offense did a good job in the two-minute drill to get down there and use up all the clock,'' Vinatieri said. ``We found a way to get it done. We've had some ups and downs this year, but this team has a lot of heart.''

Vick went out the previous week with a strained ligament in his right knee. In a questionable use of the NFL injury report, he barely practiced all week, but was listed as probable until Saturday, when the Falcons downgraded him to questionable.

On Sunday, Vick wasn't active, watching from the sideline, dressed out in a visor and gray sweat shirt.

``He wasn't ready to play,'' coach Jim Mora said. ``It was an easy decision. When a player is not ready to play, you are not going to put him out there in harm's way. This team felt confident we could perform with Matt Schaub, and I think we proved that to be true.''

``I'm happy with the way I performed,'' Schaub said. ``I thought I came out and made some good decisions and gave us a chance.''

But the Falcons' defense couldn't slow Brady, who completed 22-of-27 to lead a 483-yard performance by the Patriots.

``He certainly was making some incredible passes today,'' defensive end Patrick Kerney said. ``When you hit a guy square on his shirt and he's still hitting the receiver, it's frustrating.''

Branch, MVP of the last Super Bowl, had eight catches for 107 yards. Tight end Daniel Graham piled up 119 yards on five receptions, including a 45-yard TD. Bethel Johnson hauled in a 55-yard touchdown catch, and Ben Watson went 33 yards with Brady's other scoring play.

Dillon rushed for 106 yards before he went to the locker room with an undisclosed injury late in the game, though he returned to watch Vinatieri's winning kick and wouldn't disclose the nature of his problem.

Pass had the first TD rushing of his career in the opening period.

The Falcons were hurt by potentially season-ending injuries to linebacker Ed Hartwell (foot) and cornerback Chris Cash (arm). Also, Kerney was limited to passing situations after hurting his oblique (side).

Of course, the Patriots aren't sympathetic about injuries. They lost safety Rodney Harrison for the season and had 14 players on their injury report, including defensive end Richard Seymour, who didn't play.

Graham scored on a brilliant play, taking a simple screen for a long TD. Stephen Neal put a crushing block on Falcons linebacker Demorrio Williams, then Graham bounced off Bryan Scott and dived into the end zone.

But Atlanta pulled to 14-13 at halftime with two field goals in the final 1:25. The first was expected, Todd Peterson punching through a 33-yarder.

Then, rookie punter Matt Koenen came out with 6 seconds left to try a 58-yarder, far beyond Peterson's range. The first was wide right, but New England called timeout to give Koenen another try.

This one went through with plenty to spare for the first field goal of his career and second-longest in Falcons' history.