Even as the New England Patriots won a 10th game for the 15th consecutive season to move closer to yet another AFC East title and a No. 1 seed for the playoffs, a late hit to an opponent's head by Rob Gronkowski and a sideline spat involving Tom Brady made things interesting for the defending Super Bowl champs.
Not that anyone on the Patriots was willing to say anything revelatory about either episode. Nothing new there, either.
Still, as much as coach Bill Belichick will want to ignore it all and move on to the next game, there are some key talking points about the Patriots for the coming days that have zero to do with what the scoreboard said at the end of Sunday's 23-3 victory over the Buffalo Bills.