The officiating in Sunday's loss to the Bills was a topic of conversation for Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel on Monday morning.

An early 21-point lead wasn’t enough for the Patriots to beat the Bills and clinch the AFC East title on Sunday at Gillette Stadium. In the end, Josh Allen and the Bills scored touchdowns on five straight drives to stay alive for the division via a 35-31 win, which snapped New England’s 10-game winning streak.

Buffalo looks to narrow New England's division lead as the teams meet for their final regular season matchup at Gillette Stadium, on CBS at 1 p.m. ET.

Cornerback Christian Benford is inactive for the game. Benford was added to the injury report on Thursday with a toe issue and he missed practice on Friday before being listed as

Their 10-game winning streak may have created some overconfidence, but how New England responds to this adversity will determine how good the Patriots really can be.

The Bills were subjugated in every way through the first half. Mike Vrabel out-coached Sean McDermott. Drake Maye out-quarterbacked Allen. Robert Kraft even out-ownered Terry Pegula, the presence of rapper Travis Scott in the Patriots’ owners’ box ramping up the cool quotient.

In his postgame press conference, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was practically at a loss for words about what had just transpired. In the end, he simply gave credit to a generational quarterback for, you know, being a generational quarterback.