Welcome to the Week 8 grades!
It has been a week of blowouts in the NFL, and the Kansas City Chiefs capped things off by giving us another blowout on Monday night with a 28-7 win over the Washington Commanders. With Kansas City’s win, that means that 12 of the 13 played in Week 8 were decided by double digits. That means only one game was decided by one-score, marking the the first time since Week 14 of the 1970 season that we’ve seen anything like that.
Everyone got blown out … well, except for the New York Jets.
Going into Week 8, there was only one winless team in the NFL, but that’s not the case anymore after the New York Jets pulled off a stunning 39-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The Jets were trailing by 14 points with eight minutes left to play in the fourth quarter, but they pulled off the shocker after Breece Hall threw a game-winning touchdown pass (That is not a typo, Breece Hall threw a TD pass to put the Jets ahead with 1:54 left to play).
How shocking was this win?
- It was the Jets’ second-largest fourth-quarter comeback in franchise history. They trailed by 15 points at the start of the fourth quarter, but managed to outscore the Bengals 23-8 in the final quarter to pull off the win.
- Hall became the first running back since 2000 to throw a go-ahead TD in the final two minutes of a game. The last time it happened also came with the Jets when Curtis Martin threw a go-ahead TD back in 2000.
- Hall became just the third running back in NFL history to score two rushing touchdowns AND throw a TD pass in a single quarter (Hall did all of that in the fourth quarter).
- This game marked the first time since 2001 that the Jets topped 500 yards. The last time it happened also came against the Bengals.
It was a great win for the Jets, but an ugly loss for the Bengals.
With that in mind, let’s get to the Week 8 grades, starting with the Chiefs dominating win on Monday night.
The tush push didn’t die in a meeting room; it died on a Sunday in Philadelphia
Jonathan Jones
