CBCca SportsHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Fantasy Pool Olympics Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing National Football LeagueScoreboardStatsStandingsTeamsPlayersPlayer NewsInjuriesTransactionsHomePatriotsBills PreviewNFL HeadlinesMiami benches Henne to start Pennington Moss not upset with Vikings or Childress Shanahan McNabb better but still sore Bills Merriman injures leg at practice ExQB McMahon Memory pretty much gone Falcons White questionable for Thursday Concussed Colts WR Collie to miss game Cowboys DE Spears out for year Steelers LT Starks out for season Meggett sentenced to 30 years in prison By MIKE LIPKASTATS Writer(AP) Although turmoil and controversy continue to surround the New England Patriots they managed to avoid a third straight loss and maintain control of the AFC East for another week Next on their agenda they hope is finally earning their first true road win of 2009 Theres probably no opponent the Patriots would rather visit than the Buffalo Bills losers of 12 straight overall to the Patriots and trying to avoid clinching their fifth straight losing season Sunday New England (85) spent last week fielding questions about a defense that had struggled in backtoback defeats and four players who had been sent home from practice after showing up late for a team meeting Despite those distractions the Patriots beat Carolina 2010 to keep a onegame lead over both Miami and the New York Jets as they try to reclaim the division they won five straight times from 200307 On every NFL team you have times during the season or weeks like that where its a little more difficult cornerback Shawn Springs said We found a way to put all that in our rearview mirror Not that all the Patriots problems have been solved Linebacker Adalius Thomas one of the players disciplined by coach Bill Belichick last week was benched following his public retort to the coach Randy Moss another one who was disciplined fumbled away his only catch against the Panthers The veteran wideout who has just six receptions in the last three games had his effort questioned by Carolina defensive backs Chris Gamble and Chris Harris Belichick defended his explosive playmaker who has 43 touchdown receptions since joining the Patriots in 2007 I have a lot of respect for Randy I think hes one of our best players Belichick said If you watch other teams defend him watch other teams play against him they think the same way other than these two guys from...