NFL Week 8 grades for every team: Cowboys get an ‘F’ for choking, Steelers surge to ‘A+’

Welcome to the Week 8 grades!

This might go down as the most bizarre Sunday in NFL history: We saw one team win a game without completing a single pass, we saw a final score that’s never happened before and we saw the Ravens lose two quarterbacks to injury before the first half was even over. 

Here’s a closer look at some of the strange things that happened: 

• Baker Mayfield went 0-for-3 passing in the Buccaneers’ 16-0 win over the Falcons. That stat line makes the Bucs the first team since 1974 to have zero completions in a win. 
• The Falcons gave up 324 rushing yards to the Bucs, which is the most they’ve ever surrendered in a game in franchise history. 
• The Ravens became the first team since 2017 to have three different quarterbacks throw a pass in the first half of a game. They lost Lamar Jackson to a thumb injury on the first offensive play and then they ended up losing Tyler Huntley to a toe injury in the second quarter. That left undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano as the only healthy QB on the roster. 
• The Bengals beat the Titans 43-36, giving us a scorigami (that means it was the first time in NFL history that final score has ever happened). 
• The Cowboys blew a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter, which had never happened before. The Cowboys were 202-0-1 at home when leading by 14 points or more in the fourth quarter before blowing a 24-10 lead and losing to the Cardinals on Sunday. 
• Jahmyr Gibbs ran through the Vikings with 153 yards on the ground, making him the first player since 2011 to rush for at least 150 yards against a team that went into a game with a record of 6-0 or better. 

Speaking of Gibbs, let’s get to this week’s grades, starting with Detroit’s big win. 

Lions (5-2) 19-15 over Vikings (6-1)

Commanders (2-4-1) 27-10 over Eagles (2-6)

Broncos (6-2) 28-24 Chiefs (5-2)

Rams (4-4) 24-9 over Chargers (0-7)

Patriots (5-3) 24-19 over Miami (1-6)

Bills (6-1) 36-10 over Ravens (4-4)

Steelers (6-2) 27-6 over Browns (5-3)

Buccaneers (3-5) 16-0 over Falcons (3-5)

Jaguars (5-2) 42-7 over Colts (2-6)

Raiders (4-4) 38-33 over Jets (2-6)

Bengals (5-2) 43-36 over Titans (1-7)

Cardinals (3-5) 33-30 in OT over Cowboys (3-5)

Packers (5-3) 27-19 over Panthers (3-4)