Defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a shock 24-9 defeat at the Denver Broncos on another intriguing NFL Sunday.
The Philadelphia Eagles own the league’s best record after grinding out a seventh win, but the San Francisco 49ers lost their third game in a row.
The Miami Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys enjoyed blowout wins, while the Carolina Panthers finally got their first victory of the season.
A win at the Pittsburgh Steelers means the Jacksonville Jaguars are the form team in the league, rookie quarterback Will Levis made a spectacular NFL debut for the Tennessee Titans, and veteran Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins may have had his season ended by injury.
Denver had lost 16 games in a row against the Chiefs but broke that streak in style, becoming the first team to score more than 21 points against the impressive Kansas City defense this season.
Patrick Mahomes failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time in 30 games in a bad day all around for the Chiefs, with their star quarterback suffering from illness in frigid conditions at Mile High Stadium.
The Broncos forced five turnovers as they secured their first win over Mahomes in 13 attempts and first win over their divisional rivals for 2,965 days – and they could not resist sending Travis Kelce and his team off the field to the sound of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off.
The defeat leaves the Chiefs on 6-2 and tied at the top of the AFC with the Baltimore Ravens, Jaguars, and Dolphins, all of whom won in week eight.
A 20-10 success in Pittsburgh made it five wins in a row for the Jaguars, who started their run with two victories in London.
The Ravens’ 31-24 success in Arizona was their third in succession thanks to a strong defensive display and three rushing touchdowns for Gus Edwards, with Lamar Jackson not at his best.
The 49ers were the best team in the league after a 5-0 start, but they have now lost three straight games after a 31-17 home defeat by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Christian McCaffrey scored for the 17th consecutive game to tie Lenny Moore’s NFL record from the 1963-64 season, but that was as good as it got as the 49ers stuttered on both sides of the ball.
In contrast, Cincy is heading in the opposite direction with a third straight win after Joe Burrow, who looks to be over a calf injury, threw three touchdowns.
Jalen Hurts suffered a knee injury but still threw four touchdowns as the Eagles again did just enough to beat the Washington Commanders 38-31.
AJ Brown made a stunning one-handed touchdown grab as he carved out a slice of NFL history with six straight games recording at least 125 yards, helping Philly to 7-1 and the best record in the league.
Bill Belichick has won 300 games as a head coach, but he cannot find a way to beat Tua Tagovailoa, the fourth-year quarterback who led Miami to a 31-17 victory to move to 6-0 against the New England Patriots.
The Cowboys emerged refreshed from their bye week to smash the Los Angeles Rams 43-20 behind four touchdown throws from Dak Prescott and some smothering defense that included DaRon Bland running back his third pick six of the season.
At 5-2 and with the 49ers struggling, the Cowboys are back in the conversation about who will be the biggest challengers to the Eagles in the NFC.
Source- BBC
