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Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

    Atlanta Falcons vs Los Angeles Chargers

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 27-24 Falcons win

    Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Miami wins

    Cincinnati Bengals vs Carolina Panthers

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 28-21 Bengals win

    Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 28-27 Green Bay wins

    Las Vegas Raiders at Jacksonville Jaguars

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 27-24 Jacksonville wins

    Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots

When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-17 Patriots win

    Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 28-21 Bills win

    Washington Commanders vs Minnesota Vikings

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-20 Vikings win

    Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

    When: 4:05 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Seattle wins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Los Angeles Rams

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 17-16 Buccaneers win

Kansas City Chiefs vs Tennessee Titans 

When: 8:20 PM ET

Score: 28-21 Chiefs win

As one of the better matchups of the primetime games this season, the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles take on the AFC South’s Houston Texans, as the Eagles are the biggest betting favorite in Thursday night history at -14. Yesterday I previewed this matchup and what each team‘s biggest X factor will be to winning this game. Let’s go through the game to finish it off with how close my prediction was.

In the first half Philadelphia’s first two scores were run plays with running backs, Miles Sanders and Kenneth Gainwell, but the Texans showed poise, throwing for a touchdown in the first quarter, and looking really good throughout the first half as a whole. With the Eagles turning the ball over with a crucial Jalen Hurts fumble. It gave Houston away back into this game and gave them a shot to score again in the second quarter. With this explosive Eagles offense this Philadelphia team is getting the majority of their yards on chunk plays throwing to receivers.

Going into the second half with a tie ball game at 14-14 the Philadelphia eagles out scored the Houston Texans 15-3 in the second half and won the game 29-17, with one of the biggest questions going into this game was if the Eagles can close in the second half they sure look like they could last night, the Eagles have been one of the most struggling teams in the second half of games this season and last night proved that they can close out a game.

With quarterback play being the biggest differences last night, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen hurts had a nice game with two touchdown passes and a good sprinkle of rushing yards {23}, for the Texans quarterback Davis Mills had a rough game with two second half interceptions that really cost them the game, Davis Mills started out the first half on fire throwing for two touchdowns but the second half, credit to the Eagles as they made some great adjustments and forced Davis Mills into some bad throws.

Overall my prediction was close to the reasoning of I thought Houston had to keep it a low scoring game and run the ball effectively as they did with Damien Pierce, but the Eagles had too much fire power on both sides of the ball for the Texans to overcome that. Eagles improve to 8-0 as the Texans fall to 1-7-1.

Thursday night on Amazon prime is said to be the biggest betting favorites in the history of the NFL on Thursday night football as the Philadelphia Eagles are a 14 point betting favorite over the Houston Texans. The Philadelphia Eagles who are 7-0 take on one of the bottom teams in the league the Houston Texans, as Philadelphia looks to increase their win streak and the Texans look to get back on track this game could get out of hand rather quickly. Let’s go through the biggest X factor for each team to win this game in my overall prediction for this game.

For the Philadelphia Eagles, their biggest X Factor winning the game is how they’ve won most of their games this season with taking a first half lead and chewing the clock in the second half with running the ball and passing deep with their star pass catchers. The Eagles are one of the best running teams in the whole league, between Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and the eagles depth at running back with Miles Sanders and Kenneth Gainwell.

For the Houston Texans their key to winning this game is to play smart football to force the Eagles into turnovers as this Houston team doesn’t have much room for error. Houston should look to run the ball with future star running back Damion Pierce, who has quickly become one of the best rookies in last year’s draft class. With wide receiver Brandon Cooks being questionable that really limits the Texans passing game, but the Texans should look to run the ball and keep this a low-scoring game anyways.

My prediction for this game is that the Philadelphia Eagles will win 27-13 and advance to 8-0, as the Texans continue to keep their season alive.

As Super Bowl contenders look to stack their teams to make a Super Bowl run and rebuilding teams look to add draft compensation for the future we have one of the biggest NFL days of the year as Tuesday at 4 PM was the end of the NFL trading deadline. Let’s go through some of the biggest trades that happened between Monday and Tuesday afternoon and what team gave up or received and their trade.

Atlanta Falcons trade with the Buffalo Bills

BUFFALO RECEIVES

S Dean Marlowe

ATLANTA RECEIVES

2023 seventh-round pick

Atlanta Falcons trade with the Kansas City Chiefs

ATLANTA RECEIVES

CB Rashad Fenton

KANSAS CITY RECEIVES

Conditional seventh-round pick

Buffalo Bills trade with the Indianapolis Colts

BUFFALO RECEIVES:

RB Nyheim Hines

INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVES:

RB Zack Moss

2023 conditional fifth-round draft pick

Denver Broncos trade with the New York Jets

DENVER RECEIVES:

DE Jacob Martin

2024 fifth-round draft pick

NEW YORK RECEIVES:

2024 fourth-round draft pick

Jacksonville jaguars trade with the Atlanta Falcons

JACKSONVILLE RECEIVES:

WR Calvin Ridley

ATLANTA RECEIVES:

2023 conditional fifth-round draft pick

2024 conditional second-round draft pick

Miami Dolphins trade with the Denver Broncos

MIAMI RECEIVES:

LB Bradley Chubb

2025 fifth-round draft pick

DENVER RECEIVES:

RB Chase Edmonds

2023 first-round draft pick

2024 fourth-round draft pick

Pittsburgh Steelers trade with the Washington commanders

PITTSBURGH RECEIVES:

CB Williams Jackson III

2025 conditional seventh-round draft pick

WASHINGTON RECEIVES:

2025 conditional sixth-round draft pick

Chicago Bears trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers

CHICAGO RECEIVES:

WR Chase Claypool

PITTSBURGH RECEIVES:

2023 second-round draft pick

Minnesota Vikings trade with the Detroit Lions

MINNESOTA RECEIVES:

TE T.J. Hockenson

2023 fourth-round draft pick

2024 conditional fourth-round draft pick

DETROIT RECEIVES:

2023 second-round draft pick

2024 third-round draft pick

Chicago Bears trade with the Baltimore ravens

BALTIMORE RECEIVES:

LB Roquan Smith

CHICAGO RECEIVES:

LB A.J. Klein

2023 second-round draft pick

2023 fifth-round draft pick

A battle of the AFC North with the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns will be featured on Halloween or as known as Monday night football. This highly anticipated matchup will be a great game for the NFL and its fans as the Bengals look to improve and continue their win streak. The Browns look to save their season and win this very important game. With Bengals star receiver Ja’Marr Chase being out, this Bengals team will look to run the ball and set up play action with tee Higgins being a lead receiver in this game.

The first half was very low scoring but nonetheless both teams played great defense with each quarterback turning the ball over with an interception and both getting sacked, as the Browns offense has really struggled in the last month, this Bengals defense was primed to have a great day in forcing Cleveland into turnovers. This Bengals offense didn’t look the same without Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins really struggled in the first half. But the Browns did score with Nick Chubb running it in like per usual, You can’t say the same about the Bengals running game as they really struggled to get Joe Mixon going against Cleveland’s run defense.

Even though this game looked to be a blowout with Cleveland winning 32-13 this game wasn’t even that close, with the Bengals not scoring through the first three quarters they looked to score in garbage time down over three scores. Looking in the box score Joe Burrow played well but watching the game Burrow and this Bengals offense looked atrocious, with the run game really struggling with running back Joe Mixon only rushing for 27 yards and this Bengals run game didn’t have over 40 rushing yards total. 

This Cleveland team looked great, specifically the defense in what forced this explosive Bengals offense to really struggle and force Cincinnati’s defense to stay on the field for the majority of the game. Looking at the key factor why this Browns team won the game was the run game in which they played really well with Nick Chubb who had over 100 rushing yards and backup RB Kareem Hunt having 42 yards, this Cleveland run game is the best in the league.

Week 8 in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

Raiders done for the season

Multiple teams across the league that were once contenders already seem to be way out of contention, with the Las Vegas Raiders getting shut out 0-24 by the New Orleans Saints they are now 2-6 on the year and feel like a bottom team in the AFC and not close to a playoff team at all. With multiple players questionable or out like tight end Darren Waller, wide receivers Davante Adams and Hunter Renfrow and others on the defense this Raiders team just can’t seem to get it going on either side of the ball, is it newly signed head coach Josh McDaniels? Is it the offensive line getting manhandled or is it just bad luck? Even though we’re only halfway through the season the Raiders just feel so far out of it that I don’t see a way for them to come back and make the playoffs.

Dallas a top tier contender

With the Dallas Cowboys manhandling the Chicago Bears 49-29 is this Dallas team a real contender? I don’t think so and let me explain, before the turnovers happened for the Bears. It was a one score game and Dallas has allowed 23 points through three quarters. Even though Chicago came off a big win against the New England Patriots on Monday night earlier in the week They’re not a good team and Dallas has yet to prove they can beat a legitimate team. For the NFC being so weak this year I see Dallas making it to the divisional round and going home after that, even though this Dallas defense is possibly the best in the league I don’t think the offense is consistent enough week to week to compete with the top teams in the NFL.

NFC beasts falling apart

With the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers both losing on Sunday these two teams seem to be so far out of the Super Bowl window that they were in in the beginning of the year, most fans and media had both of these teams making the playoffs and possibly going further and through eight weeks of the NFL season both of these teams are in jeopardy of missing the playoffs completely. Even in the weak NFC the Green Bay Packers have one of the worst offenses in the league and a very disappointing defense that was supposed to be a top defensive team in the NFL this year. The Rams coming off of Super Bowl year didn’t address some of their all season issues including their left tackle retiring, their number two wide receiver leaving in the off-season and key pass rusher Von Miller leaving for the Buffalo Bills, between all those things and now injuries starting to rattle team their stars, the Rams are facing a hole of missing the playoffs completely and having no draft picks to rebuild this star heavy team.

Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

    Jacksonville Jaguars vs Denver Broncos

    When: 9:30 AM ET

    Score: 21-17 Jaguars win

    Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-20 Falcons win

    Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-14 Dallas wins

    Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Miami wins

    Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 27-24 Cardinals win

    Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints

    When: 1:00 PM ET

Score: 24-20 Raiders win

    New England Patriots at New York Jets

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Jets win

    Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 27-20 Eagles win

    Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans

    When: 4:05 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Texans win

Washington Commanders at Indianapolis Colts

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Commanders win

San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 28-27 49ers win

New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 21-20 Seahawks win

Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills

When: 8:20 PM ET

Score: 28-20 Buffalo wins

With this game being one of the better primetime games thus far of the season this Buccaneers and Ravens game has high potential to be a great standalone game for the week. As I previewed this game yesterday and looked into the biggest X factor for each team to win, let’s take a look and break down what happened in this game and how close my prediction was.

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers controlled the first quarter they really stood out with the passing game, but ended up scoring with the run game and Leonard Fournette, as Tampa‘s offense has really looked stout in the first half of this game, controlling the line of scrimmage and blitzing Lamar Jackson, Tampa’s linebackers are really giving the Ravens tight ends big trouble. As the Ravens saw themselves in multiple third and longs due to penalties and or runs for losses their offense really struggled in the first half.

The second half was the complete opposite as the Ravens completely dominated the Buccaneers and outscored the Bucs 24 to 12 and win the game 27-22, speaking of the second half the Buccaneers just looked so gassed as this team was missing tackles left and right, making big mistakes which ended up costing Tampa a potential touchdown in the red zone. The Bucs had six drives which resulted in a punt as their offense just doesn’t look like it’s clicking for some reason. 

Credit to the Baltimore Ravens as they won this game on the road to advance to 5-3 on the season and without their top two pass catchers in Rashod Bateman and Mark Andrews who got injured in the second quarter of this game, the Ravens were also missing their top running back in J.K Dobbins. The Bucs seem to be in more and more trouble as the weeks go on with another potential season ending injury to pass rusher Shaquill Barrett who is the Bucs leading sacker for the last couple seasons. Ravens advance to 5-3 and the Bucs fall to 3-5.

With this being one of the better primetime games of the season thus far, this game had potential to be a good one, and it was. With the New England Patriots starting slowly the Chicago Bears took a favorable 10-0 lead in the second quarter, the patriots had to fight back in the second quarter to try to spark a comeback, with Mac Jones returning under center for the patriots and this offense, New England’s offense had some horrible three and outs in the first quarter, and Mac Jones making a horrible throw which turned into an interception in the second quarter.

Justin Fields also looked good with a 3-3 drive and a 3 yard rushing touchdown to cap off the drive. Patriots backup quarterback Bailey Zappe. Came in halfway through the second quarter and led the patriots to a touchdown drive including a very nice 30 yard touchdown reception. With Mac Jones being injured for a couple weeks and Bailey Zappe coming in 2-0 this game as a starter, Patriots fans have quickly transitioned to wanting Bailey Zappe.

Although the Patriots had the momentum going into halftime the second half was all about the Chicago Bears as they shutout New England in the second half and outscored the Patriots 13-0 to blow them out. Although Bailey Zappe showed out in the second quarter he was ice cold in the second half scoring no points and throwing two picks. 

There’s slowly becoming a quarterback controversy in New England and with Pats head coach Bill Belichick benching starting QB Mac Jones after throwing an interception and Bailey Zappe playing well, it looks like there could be a problem here. 

Bears quarterback Justin Fields looked great as he’s really starting to shine in these last few weeks, although Fields played okay last night he did make some big throws and show poise in the pocket, even against Belichick who’s given first and second year QB’s trouble with his defensive disguises.

Week 7 in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

    Upset alert all around the league

    With there being multiple teams around the league every week let’s look at this week’s biggest upsets, first let’s go back to the two teams that were on last week’s list with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers who both lost two teams who are under .500 on the season and now both the Packers and Bucs are 3-4 on the season as they look to be in trouble if they want to compete for a Super Bowl this season. Another upset and possibly the upset team of the year is the Seattle Seahawks who are really overachieving as they advanced to 4-3 on the year as they blew out the Los Angeles Chargers at Sofi Stadium in L.A. 

    Chiefs a top 3 team in the league?

    With a dominating 44-23 win over the San francisco 49ers in the 4 o’clock window game the Chiefs and the NFL had their first look at newly acquired running back Christian Mccaffrey on the 49ers and wow does this trade have potential, Mccaffrey look phenomenal in his first game as a 49ers with limited snaps and less than four days with this playbook. For the Kansas City they turned the number one defense in the league into shambles with Patrick Mahomes throwing four touchdowns and over 400 passing yards, this Chiefs team looked great on both sides of the ball, from sacking Jimmy Garrappolo multiple times and the Chiefs registering the best offense in the league without Tyreek Hill. 

NFC East looks dominant 

With the philadelphia Eagles on a bye the rest of the NFC East all won in the 1 o’clock window with the Dallas Cowboys routing the Detroit Lions at home with another dominant defensive performance, the New York Giants advancing to 6-1 with a nail biting win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville and newly added head coach Brian Daboll turning around this organization. Lastly the Washington Commanders narrowly beat the Green Bay Packers to advance to 2-5 on the season as backup quarterback Taylor Hieneke played well under the circumstances he was under.