Neil Reynolds of Sky Sports has the final say in Week 10 in the NFL; join Neal and the guests at Inside the Huddle every Tuesday at 9 p.m. on the Sky Sports NFL as they look back for the best of the weekend …
I give up! I have to make predictions for the game every week on the audio version of Inside the Huddle with Jeff Reinbold, and our questionable decisions are highlighted on this very website every seven days – it’s a humiliating job!
Nothing is normal about this campaign and I love it, except when I have to make my weekly choices!
Let’s talk about another result that we did not expect! We expected Tom Brady to crush the NFL’s worst pitches defense. Instead, Washington’s soccer team intercepted him twice and secured a well-deserved victory with a score of 29-19.
On both sides of their farewell week, the Tampa Bay Pirates lost to the Saints of New Orleans and now to Washington. And a pattern has emerged that should seriously concern head coach Bruce Arians, who on Sunday called his team “dumb.”
The Bucs turned the ball five times (Brady’s four interceptions), ran 62 yards per game on average and were unable to leave the field on defense. Four back in the last period, Tampa needed a stop to give Brady one chance to win. Instead, Washington went 80 yards in 19 games and scored one yard against Antonio Gibson. After Mike Evans scored in just under 11 minutes left for the Bucs, Washington lost 10 and a half minutes on that single march.
Several of the teams we thought were contenders started to look more like themselves in week 10.
The Dallas Cowboys played a miserable home defeat to the Denver Broncos but dominated the Atlanta Falcons from start to finish with a 43-3 win. Ezekiel Elliott and Sidi Lamb both scored twice when the Cowboys hit 431 yards.
The Buffalo Bills averaged just six points in their ninth week loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but recovered in Sunday’s 45-17 win over the New York Jets. Josh Allen threw 366 yards and landed twice, Stephon Diggs and Gabriel Davis both topped 100 yards for 489 yards.
And in Sunday Night Football it was more like what the Kansas City Chiefs had when they hit 516 yards in a 41-14 palindroming against Las Vegas. Patrick Mahomes seemed to have some fun again when he threw 406 yards and scored five points. Now, can the leaders continue? The next ones are the Cowboys.
