Patriots have their December game faces on. A Week 14 NFL quiz

The Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons may have spent much of this NFL season thinking it was “their year,” but the 11-2 records they’ve posted suddenly don’t seem so impressive. Not after the Carolina Panthers knocked off Atlanta Sunday, 30-20, and the New England Patriots crushed Houston Monday night, 42-14. Since 2010, the Patriots (10-3) are now 21-0 in games played in the second half of the season and looking increasingly Super Bowl ready. To test your knowledge of Week 14 developments, take this 14-question quiz.

2. Carolina quarterback Cam Newton compiled a career-high 116 yards rushing in the Panthers’ 30-20 of the previously once-beaten Atlanta Falcons. How did Newton cap a 72-yard touchdown run?

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady runs onto the field before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.

He leaped into the end zone seats.

He swung on the goal post crossbar.

He threw the ball out of the stadium.

He did a flying somersault in full stride.

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