What a Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season ! The Jets are 2-6, the Commanders won on a Hail Mary, Tua Tagovailoa got cheered on a slide and the Lions scored 52 points without moving the football. Halfway through the season and everyone's still having a blast except for the Chiefs, who are super boring and also 7-0. Every Tuesday, I'll spin the previous week of NFL football forward, looking at what the biggest storylines mean and what comes next.
We'll take a first look at the consequences of "Monday Night Football," break down a major trend or two and highlight some key individual players and plays. There will be film. There will be stats (a whole section of them).
And there will be fun. Let's jump in. Jump to a section: The Big Thing: Toughest teams to figure out Second Take: Richardson wasn't that bad All-Film team: Midseason callouts Mailbag: Answering questions from .
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Unlimited The Big Thing: The toughest teams to figure out Every week, this column will kick off with one wide look at a key game, player or trend from the previous slate of NFL action. What does it mean for the rest of the season? Last week, I was pretty confident I could identify the league's "good" teams. (Spoiler alert: I cannot.
) What I do know for sure is that there are a few teams that are still enigmas to me even after eight weeks of football. There are teams that could win any game and I wouldn't be too surprised. But there also are teams that can lo.