1. New England Patriots (1) Still won despite dud performance by offence.
2. Kansas City Chiefs (2) Scored 34 without a Patrick Mahomes TD pass.
3. San Francisco 49ers (5) Why does a team get a Monday game following bye?
4. Chicago Bears (13) QB Chase Daniel may be a better fit than Trubisky.
5. New Orleans Saints (14) Credit for consecutive wins without Brees.
6. Dallas Cowboys (3) Cowboys will finally face a top-ranked QB this week.
7. Los Angeles Rams (4) At least they only have four days to lament that one.
8. Buffalo Bills (8) It’s official: Defence as good as advertised.
9. Green Bay Packers (6) Run defence was thoroughly exposed by Eagles.
10. Carolina Panthers (18) Kyle Allen is no fluke, as others are finding out.
11. Baltimore Ravens (7) 2-0 is suddenly 2-2 and defence getting shredded.
12. Houston Texans (10) A ridiculous gimmick play likely cost them a win.
13. Detroit Lions (11) Bizarre mistakes cost them close one vs. Chiefs
14. Philadelphia Eagles (17) Huge effort on short week as visitors to Lambeau.
15. Cleveland Browns (20) Will breakout game lead to more of same?
16. Minnesota Vikings (9) Kirk Cousins should kiss his contract after each game.
17. Indianapolis Colts (12) Good teams don’t lose home games to Raiders.
18. Los Angeles Chargers (15) Coming off the Dolphins is like a bye week.
19. Seattle Seahawks (16) Wins have come against teams that are 1-10-1.
20. Tampa Bay Bucs (22) Shocking upset has them 2-0 on road, 0-2 at home.
21. New York Giants (21) It’s early, but Daniel Jones provides optimism.
22. Jacksonville Jaguars (24) Now the entire AFC South are tied at 2-2.
23. Tennessee Titans (25) Only team in division with positive point differential.
24. Pittsburgh Steelers (23) First win of year finds them in AFC North race.
25. Oakland Raiders (28) Upset win at Indy earns them a trip to London
26. Atlanta Falcons (19) Dan Quinn’s seat is as hot as anyone’s.
27. Arizona Cardinals (27) Growing pains.
28. Denver Broncos (26) Rare bright spot Bradley Chubb is lost for the year.
29. Cincinnati Bengals (29) Difficult to find a redeeming quality here.
30. Washington Redskins (30) It goes from bad to worse with Patriots upcoming.
31. New York Jets (31) Sam Darnold could return this week.
32. Miami Dolphins (32) A bye week will prevent another loss.
PRIME-TIME PICK
Rams (3-1) at Seahawks (3-1)
LINE: Seattle by 1½
In this week-to-week league, everyone is suddenly down on the Rams. Let’s not go too far down. There are some concerns with this Los Angeles team, no doubt. But when we have the better coach taking points against a team that still must prove they belong with the big boys, we find the choice to be an easy one. Seattle’s victories this season have come against teams that are combined 1-10-1 on the season with lone victory among those foes being Pittsburgh’s win over winless Cincinnati. The Seahawks were dominated by the Saints in Seattle’s one loss. The Rams have won three straight in this series. Most notably, L.A. was a 10-point favourite at home while closing at -7½ at here at CenturyLink last season. Has so much changed this year for the Seahawks to be favoured on this night? We hardly think so.
TAKING: Rams +1.5
Longley’s pick: Rams +1.5
Bilicki’s pick: Rams +1.5
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