If it weren’t for the greed of the NFL owners, right now the NFL would be in the middle of its regular season, but with the expansion of an extra game, the schedule was thrown out of square to separate it in half.
With 10 weeks ahead, the kickoff with which the season started feels as distant as the world we knew before the start of the pandemic.
We have a lot of football ahead of us but now is the time to review the lessons that the eighth Sunday of the campaign gave us.
Again the outcome of the encounters is still as good as a meal when it comes to dessert. So far 26 games have been defined with a score in the last minute of regular time or in overtime. It is the most of these types of juices in NFL history, only tied with the 2015 season.
Two teams overcame a deficit of at least 10 points to win: Tennessee rallied 14 points to defeat Indianapolis, 34-31, in overtime, while the New York Jets overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Cincinnati, 34-31.
Coming almost halfway through the season, the NFL took time to reflect on the mental health of players. As has happened in other sports, this Sunday Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley announced through his social networks that he will leave the NFL to attend to his mental health. The news came while Atlanta was playing the Carolina Panthers.
At least for one more season, lThe Dolphins of 1972 they will hold their annual dinner dance meeting included, to celebrate that they are still the only NFL champion who finished without a loss. The Arizona Cardinals lost on a Halloween weekend.
On Thursday night the Cardinals suffered their first loss of the year Murray was intercepted in his final offense that represented the triumph of Arizona.
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With a game ahead, seven underdog teams surprised their rivals to capture the win.
Another dark week for the local teams. Nine games were dominated by the visitor. The world changed with the pandemic and one of the things it took away was the old hometown advantages.
This and five more things we learned in Week 8 of the NFL.
Derrick Henry is not Superman
In a season where the expansion of the calendar led us to imagine that several records will be broken thanks to the extra game, there is one that is no longer so feasible that it will fall in 2021.
Eric Dickerson can rest easy one more year, But in Tennessee these are worrying hours.
The Titans runner Derrick Henry, the most intimidating man when taking the ball, suffered a foot injury that could end his season.
Henry came into Sunday against the Colts with pace to surpass Dickerson’s 2,105 yards.But now the stars are lining up so that the mark set by Dickerson in 1984 will last at least one more season. Henry finished the game with 68 yards, his second worst performance of the year and his last in 2021 according to reports.
The man with a comic book superhero physique, he found his worst villain in his drive.
Cooper what?
As Sunday night’s game approached and the voices surrounding the quarterback’s health Dak Prescott weren’t optimistic, bookmakers traded the Cowboys from favorites to underdogs against the Vikings.
However, they did not contemplate that in Dallas a man without a great name, but great skills, would take the balls below the center.
Cooper Rush. BIn the lights of Sunday Night Football, the backup quarterback became the first player to throw more than 300 yards and win in his first game as a starter in a primetime game since Gary Hogeboom in 1984.
In one of those strange connections in life, the Cowboys’ win score is the first touchdown pass where the quarterback’s first name and the receiver’s last name match.
Kupp dominates
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp leads the league with 924 yards and 10 touchdown receptions this season. He is the first player in the Super Bowl era with at least 800 yards and nine touchdown receptions in his team’s first seven games of a season.
Kupp has become the main target through the air, yet opposing defenses can’t control him. Kupp, who has 63 receptions for 924 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, he is the first player in the Super Bowl era with at least 900 receiving yards and 10 touchdown receptions. in his team’s first eight games of a season.
Mattew Stafford passed for 305 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Stafford has 28 career games with at least 300 passing yards and three touchdown passes.
The Bills shake off the rust
Despite a slow start in the first half, the Bills managed to retake the helm and beat the Dolphins to sweep the series this year.
Doing his 50th career start, quarterback Josh Allen threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns and added 55 yards rushing and a rushing touchdown in the Bills’ 26-11 win over Miami.
Allen has 112 combined passes and rushing touchdowns, tying Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas for the third most by a quarterback in his first 50 games..
Allen has 28 career rushing touchdowns, tied with Cam Newton, the most by a quarterback in the first 50 games.
Brady is capable of failing and making it look great
Tom Brady has historically struggled with the Saints despite his win last year in the Playoffs.
On Sunday he entered the SuperDome with a three losses in five games since 2006 with a passer rating of 78.1, the lowest against any team.
In Sunday’s win, the Saints intercepted him twice and Brady lost another ball.
Tampa Bay added its second setback of the year Brady could not guide the final offense of the triumph.
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Despite the defeat, not everything was bad for TB12. He passed for 375 yards with four touchdowns. Brady has 38 career games with at least four touchdown passes and 98 games with at least three touchdown passes., the most such games in NFL history.
Brady He has at least 25 touchdown passes in 16 career seasons, tied with Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (16).
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The five things we learned in Week 8 of the NFL