There doesn’t seem to be a dominant team in the league unless you count – believe it or not – the Indianapolis Colts. They own the best record in the league at 6-1 after routing the Los Angeles Chargers, 38-24, on Sunday as Jonathan Taylor scored three touchdown and Daniel Jones threw for 288 yards and two touhdowns. Taylor leads the league with 131 rushing attempts, 697 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. If he leads the league in all three categories, it will be the second time he’s done it. He also did it in 2021. Even Jim Brown only did it just three times. The Colts now appear to be real and the team to beat in the AFC.
–Now the question is which team has the best chance of overtaking them in the AFC. New England and Denver both won to go to 4-2 along with the Bills, who had a bye, and the Steelers, who lost, while the Chiefs routed the Raiders to go to 4-3 and could make another Super Bowl run now that Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy are both back. The Chargers and Jaguars, who both lost, are also 4-3.In the NFC, the Packers beat the Cardinals to stay the only team with one loss at 4-1-1. The Bucs lost to the Lions and now are tied with the Lions, Eagles, 49ers, Seahawks and Rams at 5-2. The Eagles snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the Vikings while the 49ers, Seahawks and Rams beat Falcons, Texans and Jaguars.
–In the game of the weekend or maybe the season, the Broncos fell behind 19-0 and still trailed by 18 points with six minutes left but rallied with 33 points in the fourth period to beat the Giants, 33-32, who were the victims of two missed extra points by kicker Jude McAtamney. He was filling in for injured kicker Graham Gano. Hard to believe but the previous 1,602 teams in NFL history who were behind by 18 points with six minutes left and all lost.
— Another frustrated team is the Arizona Cardinals, who started off 2-0 but have lost five consecutive games by a total of 13 points. The Cardinals have gone into the fourth quarter with at least a touchdown lead in all five games and still lost. No team has ever done that and only one, the 2017 49ers, lost five in a row by a total of 13 points. The latest loss was by a 27-23 margin to Green Bay Sunday. The Cardinals now have a bye before playing the Cowboys on Monday night the following week. Maybe they can regroup during the bye week.
–In a matchup of two quarterbacks in their 40s, Joe Flacco beat Aaron Rodgers as he passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns. Rodgers passed for 249 yards and four touchdowns. The Bengals traded for Flacco after Joe Burrow was injured and backup Jake Browning was ineffective. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin complained before the game about the Browns trading Flacco in the division. And it turns out for good reason Tomlin was upset. The 4-2 Steelers are now just two games ahead in the loss column ahead of the 3-4 Bengals.
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