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Gardner-Johnson said the one-handed touchdown "probably" never happens again. That word is doing a lot of lifting, and the league's history of undrafted receivers is unkind to it.
A 68 percent closing favorite went down 3-2, three dogs drifted right past my number, and I still lost 1.87 units while beating the close nine times out of twelve.
Dallas answered a late collapse against Baltimore with a winning drive past Houston. Los Angeles and New England got off the floor too, and October's injury wave is already deciding who survives the dip.
No running back in the league is averaging more scrimmage yards per game under the lights, and Atlanta's next big stage is a Superdome still carrying 20 years of ghosts.
Carolina hung 36 on Detroit with Tetairoa McMillan going for 14 catches and 192 yards, and Campbell still would not put a word of it on Kelvin Sheppard.
Fourteen catches, 192 yards, two scores from Tetairoa McMillan and 329 through the air from Bryce Young. Carolina is 2-2, and for one night the Lions had no answer.
A three-point game, two decisions that went sideways, and a first-year head coach who put it on himself before anybody could put it on him. That part matters more than the result.
Arizona's tight end was apparently cursed at by an official during Sunday's game against the Giants. The league confirmed a review, which is the rare moment officiating discipline happens in daylight.
Rashee Rice went down with a right hamstring in the first quarter against Las Vegas. Up in Orchard Park, Drake Maye finally looked like the guy New England drafted him to be.
Jackson walked off against Tennessee, Kyren Williams erased a 10-point fourth quarter in four minutes, and Daniel Jones has lost three fumbles in two weeks. Both of those were wins.
Lamar Jackson limped off in Tennessee, Saquon Barkley's hamstring ended his afternoon, and Daniel Jones keeps winning while giving the ball away. Nothing on my board has cleared yet.
It took a ball-hawking All-Pro safety and a throw from the Division II quarterback nobody drafted to close out a streak the NFL record book had already filed away.
Marcus Mariota left the Colts game with a knee injury, pushing Athan Kaliakmanis into live NFL snaps, while Philadelphia lost Lane Johnson as a surprise inactive for personal reasons.
A knee sent Mariota to the sideline and the Colts from -104 to -15000 on the live board, with the spread stretching from -3 to -16.5. The bigger bill comes due next week.
The grip is the tell. Tampa opened the week a short home favorite at -141 and sits +150 by 8:30 a.m., with the total sawed from 46 down to 39 before most of the East Coast finished coffee.
The spread swung six points from Colts +1.5 to Colts -4.5 while the moneyline came the other way, -308 to -194. Two numbers telling two different stories before a 9:30 a.m. kick.
A torn ACL ends the year for one of the sport's best young passers. The part nobody can price yet: who takes the first snap for Pitt, and how much the offense shrinks around him.
Carolina lost a 2024 first-round receiver for at least four games, and the market answered by pushing Detroit past the sport's most important key number while raising the total two points.
Seattle lost its starting back, Chicago lost its left tackle and maybe its starter under center, and New Orleans is down two edge rushers for Monday night. Four spots, zero plays.
Elliss, Granderson and Jennings are all out, which means Atlanta walks into the Superdome against a pass rush missing its best two edges. That shows up in the total before it shows up anywhere else.
The Bears went from -245 to -174 and the total fell two full points off the open, but the spread crossed from -3 to -3.5 in the other direction. One of those moves is lying.
Chicago is expected to go with Tyson Bagent against the Jets, Minnesota is down Justin Jefferson, and a backup rep count in Columbia is doing more talking than any press conference.
Lamar Jackson came off the injury report and the scoring number still fell from 45 to 42.5. The money is reading a clock-killer, not a shootout, and almost all of it came out of Tennessee's side.
Baltimore's number grew a full point while the total dropped 2.5, and roughly 70 percent of that came off Tennessee's side of the ledger: an implied team total near 15.5 points.
Twenty-three franchises have been to more than one Super Bowl. Only 13 players were good enough, and well traveled enough, to land on two different teams' all-time lists.
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