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Not a hat and T-shirt game.

A championship.

That’s how Mike Vrabel has described Sunday’s showdown with the Bills, a perfectly timed visit as the Patriots try to end Buffalo’s five-year reign as AFC East champions. If the Pats win, they clinch the division. It’s that simple.

Surprisingly, the Pats (11-2) have been installed as home underdogs against the 9-4 Bills, who are coming off a home scare against Cincinnati last weekend. In their only other meeting this season, Drake Maye led a game-winning drive in the final minute to seal a 23-20 upset at Buffalo on Oct. 5. That win announced the Patriots’ arrival as a team to be taken seriously this season, a respect they’ve only grown since then.

But much has changed for the Bills, too.

Here’s w

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