Brett Favre and the New York Jets made their statement to the league by toppling the National Football League's last undefeated team.

Now that they've knocked off Tennessee -- something no one else this year has managed to do -- what other American Football Conference titans might they be ready to slay?

If the Jets can hang on to their division lead, they might just find out -- especially with more games like they had on Sunday. Favre threw two touchdown passes, Leon Washington ran for two scores and the New York Jets routed the Titans 34-13 in Nashville.

Favre broke an NFL record with the TDs, marking the 14th season he has completed at least 20 TD passes. Favre and former Miami quarterback Dan Marino shared the previous record of 13.

"It felt like we were on the sideline forever just watching Brett Favre play," Titans fullback Ahmard Hall said. "The defense, I felt bad that we on offense couldn't get anything going and keep them off the field."

One perfect team does remain in the NFL, though: The Detroit Lions came close to ending their unbroken run of losses to start the season by taking an early 17-point lead, but they managed to lose to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-38.

In other games, it was: Colts 23, Chargers 20 Patriots 48, Dolphins 28 Cowboys 35, 49ers 22 Ravens 36, Eagles 7 Bills 54, Chiefs 31 Vikings 30, Jaguars 12 Texans 16, Browns 6 Bears 27, Rams 3 Giants 37, Cardinals 29 Raiders 31, Broncos 10 Falcons 45, Panthers 28 and Redskins 20, Seahawks 17.

In Nashville, Tennessee, the Jets (8-3) came in atop the AFC East after a victory over New England at Foxborough, Massachusetts. They have won five straight for the first time since October 2004 and seven of their last eight. The win also got them within two of Tennessee (10-1) with five to play in the race for home-field advantage through the playoffs.

"Now people are going to start looking at us and say, 'They are a team you have to reckon with'," Jets linebacker Bryan Thomas said.

The Titans had won 13 straight regular-season games dating to December 16, 2007, becoming only the 11th team since 1970 to win its first 10 games.

"It was a great run, and we've got to win our next game," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said.

That shouldn't be too hard: The Lions are up next for Tennessee.

Favre threw fast and often, and the Jets wore the Titans' defense down by keeping it on the field for more than 40 minutes. New York overcame two turnovers and two sacks in the first half by outgaining Tennessee 409-281.

It was a comprehensive victory, but it was still just one.

"I'm not going to sit here and say we've established ourselves as the best team in football," Favre said. "All it says is I think we beat the best team in football today, definitely if you go by record and the way that they've played. They have been the best team in football."

Tennessee's only points came on two Rob Bironas field goals and a six-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Hall in the fourth quarter after the Jets trailed 6-27.

In Detroit, Tampa Bay fell behind the Lions by 17 points, then scored five unanswered TDs en route to its third straight victory.

The Buccaneers (8-3) trailed 0-17 after the first quarter before all three phases scored to contribute to a rout. Warrick Dunn ran for a TD and Jeff Garcia connected with Ike Hilliard and Jerramy Stevens for scores in the second quarter to put the Bucs ahead 21-17.

(Agencies via Shanghai Daily November 25, 2008)