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The New England Patriots still rule the AFC — deal with it

Bill Belichick is the AFC’s Thanos. He’s inevitable.

With the world watching a Monday Night Football matchup between two teams that thrive in frigid temperatures, it almost made too much sense that the Patriots and Bills played in a snow globe in a battle for the top of the AFC East, and the conference as a whole.

Two was the magic number of the night, as New England’s decision to go for a two-point conversion early in the game wound up giving it a cushion it could rest on for the duration of the night.