Sunday, October 18, 2020

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 5: Might As Well Jump

This being booked as a Super Bowl 52 rematch is still funny, I'm sorry.


Bucs get the ball first. Ronald Jones gets the first carry, and he may get the rest of them, too. No Chris Godwin tonight, so a guy named Jayden Mickens, who looks like he's about 5-5, makes this catch for the first down. Brady to Gronk for 13. Jones turns a two-yard loss into an 11-yard gain on first and 20. No O.J. Howard, either, who suffered a torn Achilles tendon, so Brady overthrows Tanner Howard in the end zone. Succop hits from 39. Foles overthrows Robinson and the Bears have to punt. Brady's thrown up a couple of lobs so far. Robinson slides backwards on the sideline to make this catch, which means it wasn't the best throw. replay shows Foles was pressured. Robinson can't handle this pass and the Bucs end up with it! That's a big return, too.

Tyler Johnson bashing through defenders. The Bucs are at the 9 already! This Jones catch gets overruled and turned into an incompletion. Arians challenges. This... might be a touchdown? Because Jones was never touched and he rolled into the end zone. It's close. So... they ruled it a catch, but also that Jones was down at the 2 because the whistle blew because... momentum was stopped? Brady with a laser to Evans for the touchdown. Patterson fields this kickoff at the back of the end zone and brings it out to the 38. Foles underthrows rookie Darnell Mooney deep. Antoine Winfield Jr. breaks up a third-down pass. Aikman calls him a carbon copy of his father. Aikman wouldn't go for it here. The Bucs do, with a Brady sneak and it looks like he gets it. He does. Roquan Smith can't tackle Jones tonight. That's defensive pass interference. Brady throws wide of Evans, and Aikman wonders if a better throw wouldn't have been intercepted anyway. Field goal is good. 13-0 Bucs.

Mini tribute to Gale Sayers. Buck notes that Sayers grew up in Omaha as a big fan of Bob Gibson, who we lost last week. Foles finds Demetrius Harris wide open. Foles finds Montgomery on a swing route while being blitzed, and Montgomery converts 3rd and 7. Patterson takes a wheel route 25 yards to the Bucs' 5. Foles rolls out and wants Montgomery, but he's not open and Robinson can't stay inbounds. Montgomery cashes in for the Bears' first rushing touchdown of the season. This should be a catch and fumble. It somehow isn't, but they do pick up the flag on Kyle Fuller. If anything, they should have thrown a flag for roughing the passer. Now they're reviewing the rest of it. REVERSED! Bears ball! That artificial pop is HUGE. Bears get it back at the Tampa 32 with 1:31 left before halftime. Foles just overthrows Jimmy Graham, who can't stay inbounds. Graham with a one-handed grab in the end zone! Touchdown! Bears somehow lead 14-13 at halftime.


Patterson does NOT respect this kicker. Ronald Jones gets into the open field for a 37-yard gain. Mack sacks Brady. Evans only gets 12 on 3rd and 21. Succop hits from 46 and the Bucs retake the lead. Vita Vea sacks Foles. They call this an interception. There's also a flag. That ball hit the ground. It's offensive holding and they overturn the pick, so it's fourth down. Brady tosses a duck to Cameron Brate. (You can see the back (30) clapping that he's open in the flat, but Brady doesn't look his way and goes downfield anyway.) Gronk gets 15 on 1st and 20 on a ball that was probably intended for Evans. Offensive pass interference on Evans makes it 1st and 30. Mack sacks Brady again and there's ANOTHER flag. These are offsetting penalties. Now it's third and 27. Brady unloads and it goes through Evans's hands. Everything about that sucked. Brady's NOT happy.


Montgomery cuts back and gains eight rather than losing three. Robinson's catch put the Bears inside the 15. Foles is sacked and fumbles but the Bears recover. Bears false start on 3rd and 24. Gronk reaches up and hauls this one in, then rumbles for 23. Another sack. Gronk gets 16 on 3rd and 17 and the Bucs elect to kick. It's good and they retake the lead. Foles ALMOST gets intercepted. Then a pump fake fools no one and he goes down. They get Shaq Barrett for roughing and that's not ideal. Aikman doesn't like it. Foles almost gets intercepted AGAIN by Dean, who has a better angle on that ball than Mooney did. Dean knocks it away from Graham. Kid's having a SERIES. Miller makes the catch for eight yards and a first down. 1:50 left? What? I would not have called a run here. Vea is down and they're bringing out the cart. Montgomery has to turn around and basket catch this one, but the Bears are now at the Bucs' 25. I would not have called a pass here. Aikman is rightfully confused. Then they don't get the first down and the Bucs call time out, leaving 1:13 after this field goal try. The kick is good, so that's a decent start.

Evans slides out of bounds. Pass to Gronk is tipped and had a chance to be picked off, but wasn't. Fourth and 5. Brady goes down the field to Brate, but it's broken up! Brady seems unsure what down it is?

That's Foles's first win as a starter since... the wild-card game against the Bears. Did they close with "Panama?"


(Bears 20, Buccaneers 19)

Signal Finder: PHI @ PIT, LV @ KC, NYG @ DAL

Hey, I have a question: If Sam Darnold isn't healthy enough to play after extended rest, why did he go back into last Thursday's game? (Cardinals 30, Jets 10)

About 5500 fans at Heinz. Eagles will get the ball first. T.J. Watt celebrates his 26th birthday with a third-down sack. Diontae Johnson loses two more yards trying to find space on third and 17. Good thing Wentz overthrew Hightower because he wasn't open. Eagles getting pressure early. Jonathan Vilma (new to FOX and NFL games) says to expect a lot of short crossing routes, and on cue, Steelers convert 3rd and 4 with a quick slant to Chase Claypool. Steelers have converted three short third downs on this drive. VERY late pass interference flag on Slay. First and goal at the 7. Unnecessary roughness call on Jackson gives the Steelers a first down. Quick handoff to Claypool and he follows blocks into the end zone. Wentz just misses Hightower downfield. They run a draw to Sanders on 3rd and 9... and he's gone! 74-yard touchdown! I'm not sure he was touched. We're tied. Second quarter starts and Conner breaks loose for a 25-yard gain. Touchdown Claypool, who appears to have neither been scouted nor covered. Travis Fulgham with three targets and two catches in a row, and the third one gets a roughing penalty attached to it. Make it three. Wentz hits Ertz on third down and it's first and goal at the 1. Touchdown Sanders! There might be a few Eagles fans here? That DPI was somehow a worse call than the one on Slay. Roethlisberger misses Claypool in the end zone. Eagles miss a sack opportunity, but Roethlisberger has to flip it to Conner, who gets upended, forcing a field goal attempt. It's good. Phil-Pitt Steagles footage? Wentz to Fulgham for 20 0on 3rd and 17. Then Hightower gets nine and the protection was good on those last two passes. Don't understand calling a run there with only one time out left. Wentz can't connect with Hightower in the end zone, as the pass goes through his hands. Can't get sacked. Time out? What's going on here? Arceaga-Whiteside makes the catch downfield, but the Eagles are going to run out of time.


Now Broncos-Patriots is NEXT week. Jay Glazer reports at halftime that Bills-Chiefs is off Thursday night and moving to Monday afternoon. This is going to get out of hand fast, if it hasn't already.

Who the hell is this? Ray-Ray McCloud on a reverse for 58 yards! "Ray-Ray"? In 2020? Cox down for the Eagles. Steelers bunch up four receivers at the top of the formation (which the Bengals punished the Eagles with), then send Claypool through and he catches a swing pass for a touchdown. 24-14 Steelers. Wentz is intercepted by Steven Nelson and I have no idea where that ball was supposed to go. Oh, here's what happened: Ertz got knocked off his route and illegal contact should have been called. That's not interference, either. Touchdown Conner and this game's probably over. They're doing a kickoff show for the Smackdown season premiere? Fulgham AGAIN. Quez Watkins in, and he draws a pass interference flag. Wentz lobs one to Ward for a touchdown.


They go for two and get it. Claypool with a big catch over Slay. Eagles... win this challenge? OK. Steelers punt. Meanwhile, Lane Johnson was apparently carted off, which is also bad. Fulgham with his eighth catch to end the third quarter. Hurts to Rodgers, for some reason. Fulgham is killing the Steelers. Wentz sidesteps the rush and hits Fulgham for a touchdown! Vilma: "How do you lose sight of that guy?" 31-29.


For starters, I believe Alshon Jeffrey's already played his last game with the Eagles. We just don't know it yet. Mills leaves Juju for absolutely no reason. Slay has not done well against Claypool today. Vilma's not a fan of how pass interference has been called in this game — that one was against Claypool. Yeah, that's not a whole lot. That's an interception if it didn't hit the ground. Ruled a catch and fumble. Let's see. Confirmed. Eagles ball! Wentz gets a first down with a sneak. Haden breaks up a pass intended for Fulgham. Elliott on for a 57-yard try on 4th and 5. That's short. I might have gone for it there? I'm not sure. Graham is called for a face mask. The Steelers have NEVER lost at home with a 17-point lead. Did Ebron fumble it AGAIN? They call it an interception but the ball clearly hit the ground. Call changed to incomplete pass. CLAYPOOL AGAIN! TOUCHDOWN. Utterly blown coverage. My God. Dupree comes completely unblocked and sacks Wentz. Wentz throws up a prayer on fourth down and it's intercepted.


Same, John. Same. Also, this is not a Scorigami, but it is only the second time we've had this ending. (Steelers 38, Eagles 29)

Graphics puts a Waller chyron on Tyreek Hill, for some reason. Mahomes uncorks a beautiful deep pass to Hill for a  touchdown... but it'll come back because of offensive holding. Chiefs PUNT. Carr finds Ruggs in the middle of the field for 24 yards. Carlson puts the Raiders on the board first. Mahomes finds Kelce down the sideline and he takes it to the Raiders' 5. Mahomes rolls left and just makes the corner of the end zone. Breeland intercepts Carr! He's finally brought down at the Raiders' 29. Hill gets a block from Kelce and walks into the end zone on a reverse. Carr goes downfield to Agholor, who fights off a tackle and scores! 59-yard touchdown. Hey, a Sammy Watkins sighting. The Raiders challenge this Hill catch, a challenge they will lose. Touchdown Mahomes to Watkins. Devontae Booker breaks two tackles and takes off. That's... 41 yards? 43, they tell me. Touchdown Waller and it's 21-17 Chiefs. Gruden and Charles Davis (who's now with CBS and paired here with Iain Eagle) were both assistants at Pacific once upon a time. I didn't know Davis coached after college. Touchdown Ruggs! Seventy-two yard bomb from Carr! Raiders LEAD. Mahomes scrambles left and throws across the field and across his body and somehow finds Kelce anyway. Touchdown Edwards-Helaire, for the moment, at least. Nope. OPI.


Mahomes to Kelce... gets broken up. Jacobs almost fumbles but still gets it to a close fourth down. Now it's fourth and 1 at the Chiefs 20 and the Raiders are going for it. Sneak picks it up. Chiefs can't stop Waller on this drive. Third quarter ends. Jacobs makes Chris Jones miss and goes in for a touchdown! Extra point misses? OK then. We'll see what happens with that. Crosby sacks Mahomes, putting a quick end to this drive. This is Hunter Renfrow, not to be confused with the baseball player, who is Hunter Renfroe. Got it? Carr gets trapped in the pocket and tries to get it to Jalen Richard but he can't get it off his fingers. Carlson hits from 43 with 6:34 left. Mahomes gets picked off! This is going to the 2! Jacobs dives in for another touchdown! 40-24! Keep in mind this is happening at Arrowhead.


Hardman gets to the Raiders' 15. Robinson makes a one-handed grab in the end zone but he's out of bounds. Touchdown Kelce and this isn't over by any means. They go for two and Mahomes finds Darrell Williams in the back of the end zone after rolling all the way to the far sideline. Chiefs kick deep because they can. Breeland stops Zay Jones short of the marker on third down, and we're at the two-minute warning. They'll measure. It's short. Raiders go for it! Carr sneaks it and picks it up! Raiders win! (Raiders 40, Chiefs 32)

ALEX SMITH SIGHTING. Should this have happened? Ramsey should have been penalized for that hit.


Also, this is not the defense to put him in against, not that they had a choice at the time.


There's nothing this franchise can't ruin. (Rams 30, Washington 10)

So that happened. (Ravens 27, Bengals 3)

For the second straight week, the 49ers have benched their starting quarterback against a bad team. Only this time, it's Jimmy Garoppolo. That is suboptimal. (Dolphins 43, 49ers 17)

We arrive at Jerryworld to see Legatron hit a 24-yard field goal. Nantz says the Eagles' loss means the NFC East will all be under .500 after five games, which has only happened two other times — the 2013 NFC East, and in 1968 with something called the Century Division (Browns, Cardinals, Saints, Steelers). Giants try a flea-flicker, the Cowboys blitz, and Jones gets very lucky to find Slayton downfield. Good footwork by him to stay inbounds, too. Freeman to the 4. End around to Engram catches the Cowboys off guard, and that's their first touchdown in 21 quarters. Dak gets picked off by Kyler Fackrell on a tipped pass. He brought it back! Touchdown Giants. It went off Elliott's hands and Fackrell got good blocking on the return. 14-3 Giants. Markus Golden sacks Prescott. Has Jones completed a pass on this drive? Wait, there's one. Field goal is good. 17-3 Giants. Wilson takes a screen to the Giants' 1. Prescott finds Lamb over the middle, and let's add 15 to that for roughing the passer. Elliott is stopped short, but makes it in on second down. Jones with a throw off his back foot and Tate bails him out. Jones is hit and he fumbles, because of course he does. Anthony Brown scoops and scores! Brown was the blitzer but DeMarcus Lawrence got to Jones first. We're tied. Giants run a fake field goal and Engram gets wide open for a touchdown!


But there's a flag and it won't count.


Now it's a 50-yard attempt and it's good. These teams can't do anything right.

Cooper gets the first pass thrown his way with 55 seconds left in the first half. Money well spent. Lamb's already becoming the over-the-middle guy for the Cowboys. That's a hit to the head. THE COWBOYS JUST RAN THE PHILLY SPECIAL. Burn that stadium to the ground. Prescott caught the pass from Cedrick Wilson, who Nantz tells us is the son of the other Cedrick Wilson. I didn't realize it was that long ago. I'm old. 24-20 Cowboys at halftime. Jones starts the second half with a deep ball that Slayton can't catch up to, then hits him underneath on third down. Slayton beats everyone for a touchdown! Romo thinks this flag is OPI and he hates it. He's right about the call. I'm not sure Radley (who was flagged) was running a route, though, because he just stopped. The Cowboys have 12 men on the field on the punt, giving the Giants five yards and putting them back into field goal range. Kick is GOOD. Golden whiffs on Tony Pollard. Dak grabs his calf after going down after a scramble... oh, I didn't see the ankle at first. Feet aren't supposed to bend like that. Cart's already out. Garrett out on the field with McCarthy. Prescott hops onto the cart. Andy Dalton coming in. He's sacked on his first play. Elliott finds a hole and goes through for a touchdown. Cowboys don't buy the play fake and Jones gets buried. Two long passes to Slayton frame the end of the third quarter. Giants down to one time out, for some reason. They settle for three after all that and it's 31-26. Dalton fumbles the snap! Giants ball! Touchdown Freeman and the Giants go ahead. They go for two and the extra tackle is wide open! So much so that he juggled the pass a bit. Cowboys lean on Zeke on this drive, as they're in no real hurry. Tony Pollard gives him a breather. Dalton knows to find Lamb for the tough yards. Someone reminded the Cowboys that the two-minute warning is coming and there's no need to kick this before then. They wait, and Zeurlein ties the game. This is a good punt. The Cowboys didn't use a time out on their previous drive or on defense on this Giants drive that just ended. Cooper gets a first down. Time out. Gallup! Review upholds the call. They're already close. Gallup AGAIN!! His knee came down inbounds, not that it matters. He's their best receiver. Change my mind. Legatron from 34. It's... good. But at what cost? AT WHAT COST?

(Cowboys 37, Giants 34)

Russ arrives wearing a jersey of the still-elite Sue Bird. Vikings go for it on 4th and 2 from the Seattle 37. Collinsworth notes that kicker Dan Bailey didn't have a great pre-game warm up. Cousins goes to Justin Jefferson and gets the first down. Cook slices through the defense for a touchdown.

Wilson runs out of time in the pocket. No one was open. Punt pins the Vikings at their own 2. Cook gets tripped up but still gets the first down. He gets stopped on 3rd and 1 but picks up 4th and 1 at midfield. Seahawks can't contain Cook right now. Cousins escapes one sack only to get sacked anyway. Bailey drills it from 52. Seahawks get 14 on 3rd and 16 and punt. Wilson gets sacked again. Seahawks just aren't themselves tonight. Then Ngakoue gets to him. Pass to the end zone goes off Thielen's fingertips, with help from Shaquill Griffin. Field goal is good. 13-0 Vikings. There's been nothing available down the field all night for the Seahawks. Cook pulls up with a leg injury. That's a really good punt that Moore probably shouldn't have fielded, even though he got a decent return out of it. Greg Olsen lives! Touchdown Seahawks. Touchdown Will Dissly? All right then. Michele reports that Cook has a groin injury. Cousins gets sacked?


Review does change it to a sack and fumble but they rule the ball down. Bomb to Metcalf! Touchdown! What happened, Vikings? Cook came back from the locker room and now his team's behind. K.J. Wright just made a one-handed interception. Chris Carson breaks three tackles and he's got a 29-yard touchdown! Good God. Three touchdowns in 1:53. Zimmer's gonna get fired too at this rate.

Amir Abdullah gets WRECKED on the kickoff return by Dontrae Moore, who caused the Cousins fumble that started all this. Vikings re-centering themselves here. Thielen with a rolling catch for a first down. Touchdown Thielen in the near corner. Vikings go for two but it falls apart. Still 21-19. Al: "I have a feeling that before this season is done, you and I will be doing a Thursday morning game." Moore lays out in the end zone but can't quite catch it. On the next play, Wilson gets hit by Harrison Smith as he throws, and it's out of Metcalf's reach. Snacks Harrison in a box; he just joined the Seahawks' practice squad. Who moved? This is big. It's on the Seahawks. First down Vikings. Alexander Mattison, Cook's backup, gets another first down. He's done well filling in tonight. Touchdown Thielen to cap off a 15-play, 97-yard drive.

Wilson is intercepted! Another big run by Mattison. Boone getting some carries. Vikings have had the ball for more than 38 minutes. Vikings go for it on fourth and short from the Seahawks' 4 or so... and don't get it. I absolutely would NOT have done that. Kick the field goal and win the game. (Or, at worst, secure overtime.) There is this, however:

Oh, man, if Mattison had bounced it outside he'd have gotten a touchdown. It is RAINING. Metcalf outmaneuvers Dantzler and makes the catch on 4th and 10. Lockett goes out of bound at the Vikings' 21. Cris wonders if no crowd influenced the Vikings' decision. ESPN ran numbers!

Wilson to Metcalf to the 6! They still have their time out left. Metcalf... DROPS it in the end zone! Third down pass sails way too far.

This is it. Wilson fires into the end zone — TOUCHDOWN METCALF! Yeah, that's a catch. Wow. They go for two but the pass is dropped. One last play for the Vikings. Ball's out. It's called a fumble. This is an incomplete pass. Some extracurriculars happening. A ruling hasn't been made yet. Now it has. Call stands. Game over. Seahawks night games never make sense. They break the Vikings' hearts again.

Michele, to Russ: "I feel like I just watched four football games in one." (Seahawks 27, Vikings 26)


So that's that. LDT in the virtual audience. Chargers win the toss and take the ball, which no one does anymore. On their second rive, Herbert finds Allen in a tight window for a first down. Touchdown! Herbert got chased out of the pocket, Allen followed him across the field and Herbert found him. Badgley misses his first extra point of the year. Levy jinxed him! Brees to Sanders for a first down. Three straight incompletions and the Saints punt. Sack! Taysom gets stuffed on third and short, and Lutz makes a field goal to end the first quarter.

Herbert gets sacked again, and was lucky to not lose the ball. This is roughing the kicker. Griese and Riddick debate over whether it should have been roughing or running into, ending with saying that the punter's kicking leg getting hit was the difference. Guyton splits the middle and Herbert hits him in stride! Down at the Saints' 4. Touchdown Mike Williams. We got a punt return here, and the Saints will... well, wait. We got a flag, and it's holding on the receiving team. So instead of midfield, it'll be Saints ball at their own 22. Levy: "Check your local listings." Intercepted! Adderley takes it all the way back to the... 1, as he gets brought down just before he can stretch the ball across the goal line. Brees either forced that throw or lost control of it. Herbert gets sacked AGAIN. Joshua Kelley gets most of it back. Hunter Henry with a leaping catch for a touchdown! Herbert's the only rookie QB to face Super Bowl MVPs in three of his first four starts (Mahomes, Brady, Brees). Brees hits four in a row in the two-minute drill to get to first and goal with 35 seconds left. Brees to Sanders for a touchdown! Quick slant and Sanders falls into the end zone. Oh, hang on... it looks like his knee was down before the ball broke the plane. Let's see. Nope, down at the 1. Taysom Hill gets thrown down in the end zone and it goes uncalled. BREES SNEAK? Touchdown! Both Lynn and Payton had Covid during the summer, and Payton told a story about getting recognized because of catching it. Herbert's third-down pass to Henry gets right to the line. First down. Drive stalls and the Chargers punt. Lutz hits a 53-yarder.

Fumbled snap but Herbert falls on it. Justin Jackson drops a pass on the sideline, then Herbert underthrows Mike Williams under pressure. We find out that Chauncey Gardner-Johnson was the teammate that Michael Thomas got into it with, which is why Thomas isn't playing tonight. Griese notes that Payton's explanation sounds like Bill Parcells. (We also learn that both Payton and Lynn were assistants under Parcells during his time in Dallas.) Nick Bosa takes Brees down. Feels like Kamara's has a quiet game tonight. 70 total yards. Brees goes deep to Jared Cook, the help comes too late, and we're tied! Malcolm Jenkins drops an interception on a ball Herbert shouldn't have thrown. Williams is WIDE open for a 64-yard touchdown!

Chargers go ahead with 3:40 left. Saints get to midfield at the two-minute warning. KAMARA! He juggled and caught that ball over the man's head and somehow stayed inbounds. 28 yards and the Saints set up at the Chargers' 15.

Taysom Hill thinks about a pass, but he runs it and gets a touchdown! Saints kick it to tie.

52 seconds left. Not a fan of the Chargers' play calling here — they don't have time to be content with 10-yard chunks. They're reviewing this Justin Jackson catch on the sideline and if he got the first down or not. Herbert throws a jump ball and Williams beats Lattimore to it! Williams loses his helmet post-landing.

Ball's at the Saints' 32. Chargers run one more play but nothing's there and Herbert dumps it.

Announcers remind us that we're here because of Badgley's missed extra point at the start of this game. It hits the upright... and bounces OUT! OVERTIME.

Saints win the toss and receive. Murray gets a first down. Saints moving without resistance. No idea why the Saints are letting the clock run here. Incomplete on third down. Field goal is good. 5:08 left.

Herbert gets hit low, giving the Chargers a first down. Herbert throws behind K.J. Hill on third down. Slant to Williams on fourth down and he didn't even get close. Lattimore's revenge! (Saints 30, Chargers 27, OT)

AND WE'RE NOT DONE. I don't know why Andre Roberts didn't catch that, but he didn't and Malcom Butler did. Titans in business, and A.J. Brown cashes in almost immediately. Allen looking a lot sharper on this second drive.

All kinds of things going on here: The Bills went no-huddle; Clowney was offside; and the Titans had 12 guys on the field. Touchdown to Gabriel Davis is called back for a procedure penalty. Roberts catches this one. Touchdown Isaiah McKenzie, whoever he is. Titans start the second quarter with a slant to A.J. Brown, who gets to the 3. Henry punches it in on second down. 14-7 Titans. Dawson Knox with a stiff arm after the catch. Diggs is open on the sideline across midfield. Sack! Diggs comes back to bail Allen out and pick up a first down. Is Tom McCarthy calling this game? Dear God. Field goal is good. So much play-action. SPEAKING OF STIFF-ARMS, Henry just sent Josh Norman back to Washington. The run won't count (Offsetting penalties) but holy crap.

Titans take a delay of game on 4th and 7 to get out of considering a 55-yarder. I don't understand that. They were at the Bills' 36. This version of Gostkowski probably can't hit a 55-yarder, but why not go for it? Bills go three and out. This is a PUNT. Add whatever that flag was to it and the Titans have the ball at their own 10. Titans doing nothing deliberately here. They get Norman for interference, giving the Titans a first down. Tannehill to Firsker to the Bills' 10. Tannehill tries to rush up to the line but there's a flag. Bills were offside. Tannehill rolls away from pressure and takes it himself. Touchdown! He shoots a running jumper afterwards. PAT is good but the long snapper's rusty. Apparently he's been in COVID protocol? Of course he has; it's the Titans. Titans punt is downed at the Bills' 2. Why is T.J. Yeldon getting these carries? Allen to Beasley for another first down. Diggs gets 12 for another first down on 3rd and 10. James Brown breaks in: Le'Veon Bell RELEASED.

We come back and Malcolm Butler picks off Allen. He breaks a tackle that would have pulled him 10 yards back from the spot of the interception, and he keeps going! He's finally brought down inside the Bills' 15!

Allen both forced that throw and didn't put enough on it at the same time. Touchdown to Jonnu Smith!

Beasley moves the chains. Rinse and repeat. Allen throws behind Davis. He drifts left and throws a laser that Yeldon comes back and catches for a touchdown! AND he almost got clotheslined afterwards. They go for two and don't get it. 28-16 with 10 minutes left. Tannehill scrambles for 20. Bills jump offside. 3rd and 2 from the Bills 24. They pick it up with 5:30 left. Henry turns the corner and scores, which should seal this. Then the Bills fumble the kickoff and the Titans recover. Touchdown Smith! Not sure what they're reviewing here. I guess if Tannehill was across the line of scrimmage? Call STANDS.

And, of course:

(Titans 42, Bills 16)

RANKINGS:
TOP 4:
1. Seattle (5-0) — Yes, Russ is the first quarter MVP
2. Kansas City (4-1) — There are also gonna be some duds
3. Green Bay (4-0) — Not the best time for a break
4. Pittsburgh (4-0) — Yes, really

BOTTOM 4:
29. Detroit (1-3) — Can't lose if you don't play, right?
30. Jacksonville (1-4) — Minshew Mania seems to not be going well the second time
31. N.Y. Giants (0-5) — That was a winnable game
32. N.Y. Jets (0-5) — Trash fire

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