This was the weekend for the 1972 Dolphins to toast their perfect season. The last two unbeaten teams, the Eagles and Bills, both lost so this will be the 53rd season in a row there will be no unbeaten teams. The Dolphins like to claim they are the only unbeaten team in NFL history but the NFL now counts AAFC records and Paul Browns Cleveland Browns had a perfect season in 1948.
–There are now six teams tied at 4-1, so there is no dominant team now. The Bills lost to the Patriots and the Eagles lost to the Broncos and fell to 4-1. The Colts beat the Raiders, the Lions beat the Bengals, the Jaguars beat the Chiefs and the 49ers beat the Rams as they all went to 4-1. The Steelers had a bye and remained 3-1.
–There is only one winless 0-5 team, the Jets, who lost to the Cowboys, plus seven 1-4 teams So basically eight are longshots to make the playoff and the other 24 teams are bunched between one and three losses fighting for 14 playoff spots. The most surprising 1-4 team is Baltimore, which has suffered a rash of injuries.
–The most talked about play of the week came when the Titans appeared to fall behind the Cardinals 28-6 when Emari Demercado dropped the ball on the goal as he was about to score on a 72-yard run. Coach Jonathan Gannon was so irate that he got in the player’s face and appeared to brush him. He apologized the next day. The Cardinals wound up losing 22-21.
–A lot of questions are being raised about the Chiefs after they fell to 2-3 with the loss to the Jaguars. Is their dynasty over? Are they just complacent? Can they still make the playoffs?. We will get more answers when they play the Lions and Bills the next two weeks.
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