The defense was great and the connection between Patrick Mahomes and DeAndre Hopkins is getting good. Mahomes was great against the Bucs. At 8-0 and not having played well offensively, what happens now when things are starting to click?

Their win over the Packers was great. They have weathered the injury to Aidan Hutchinson well.

They appear to have the AFC East taken care of, barring any absolute derailing.

That offense is so, so good, as they put up 41 on a very good Broncos defense. Can they improve their pass defense?

This wasn’t about what they did as they are in control of the NFC South and Kirk Cousins appears to have hit his stride.

They held on to beat the Joe Flacco-led Colts. Their defense was so good.

They held on against the Giants.

A banged-up Jordan Love wasn’t as good against the Lions. But they have offensive weapons.

Saquon Barkley has been ridiculous and the Eagles are keeping pace with the Commanders.

Man, that offensive line was bad against the Jets.

They have won three straight and four of their last five, and are alone in first place in the NFC West and had another 200-yard rushing performance as a team.

The bye had them slipping, but mostly because of teams around them.

They didn’t play last weekend and they are on their way to getting Christian McCaffrey back.

They went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs on Monday night but now are under .500.

They shut down the Browns with Jameis Winston after he lit up Baltimore. The Chargers’ defense is very good.

Yes, they were playing the hapless Raiders, but They are almost .500 now.

The Rams are now only half a game out of first place in the NFC West after knocking off the Seahawks.

They are 0-2 since Tua Tagovailoa’s return but they could have won either game. They look much better than without him.

Maybe they can salvage their season now after beating the Texans.

Their offense was terrible against the Ravens and so was their defense.

They were absolutely manhandled by the Cardinals on both sides of the ball. They are 0-4 on the road and have not scored more than 16 points away from home.

Trevor Lawrence had two more picks but they had a close loss to the Eagles.

They are 4-5 after a 3-0 start and now are in last place in the NFC West.

That boost from Jameis Winston lasted only one game. He was picked off three times against the Chargers.

What are the Colts this year? They are the least good of all the mid teams, it seems, but look like they might be decent.

Already a mess, they have lost Dak Prescott for a few weeks.

QB Daniel Jones had a nice game against the Commanders, but the only reason why they moved up is because of the bad teams behind them.

They beat the Pats, but that doesn’t say much.

They went back to being the Patriots after a win.

The Panthers beat the hapless Saints and got Dennis Allen fired.

They had to get Desmond Ridder on the field things were so bad for Aiden O’Connell. Now they fired OC Luke Getsy. The blame game is starting.

They decided to fire everyone, and Derek Carr’s return did not help them.

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