Four weeks ago, the Titans were sobering up after losing to the Jets. Now they've bullied two AFC heavyweights and look the business. Work that one out.
The Bengals are the AFC's top seed after blowing out Baltimore and the Bucs are still the team to beat in the NFC. Or is it the still overlooked Arizona?
The Raiders are the AFC's second seed with Derek Carr playing the best football of his career, while things look less rosy for Patrick Mahomes, Sam Darnold and Jared Goff.
There may be trouble ahead in San Francisco and a Bucs fan earned a fortune for a slice of good fortune – but could he have pocketed more?
BRADY'S $64,000 BALL
Tom Brady threw his 600th touchdown pass. That's right, 600. More than four franchises - the Jaguars, Panthers and Ravens and Texans – have scored in their history.
Tom Brady dissected the hapless Chicago Bears, throwing four touchdown passes
Anyhow, after catching the pass which launched the 600 Club, receiver Mike Evans was unaware of the ball's significance and handed to Byron Kennedy, a fan wearing his jersey.
Whoops.
After a brief negotiation, a Buccaneers staff member recovered the ball.
'That was really cool of him to do that,' Brady said after the game.
'I don't actually keep too many things. In that circumstance, I thought that might be a good one to keep.'
The Bucs announced his reward: two signed Brady jerseys, a helmet, another jersey autographed by Evans and Evans' game-worn cleats.
They also provided $1,000 to spend at the team store and a pair of season tickets for the remainder of 2021, all of 2022.
But opinion has been divided: should Kennedy have given up the trinket so easily, or should he have scarpered from the stadium?
'Byron lost all his leverage when he gave up the ball,' Brady joked with Eli and Peyton on the Manning Cast. 'He should've held it... I'm also giving him a Bitcoin, so at the end of the day, I think he's making out pretty well.'
HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Last season a former LSU receiver ripped up the record books in his first NFL season.
But Ja'Marr Chase is on pace to shatter Justin Jefferson's rookie record of 1,400 receiving yards – and could be the first rookie first team All-Pro receiver since Randy Moss.
Ja'Marr Chase exploded for eight catches for 201 yards - including an 82-yard touchdown
At 21, Chase leads the AFC in yards and his six touchdown receptions ties the lead in the conference too.
As in their outstanding 2019 college season, Joe Burrow and Chase are combining to put the Bengals well ahead of schedule.
SAFE HANDS
Kyle Pitts was drafted higher than any other tight end in history. With George Kittle, Rob Gronkowski and Darren Waller out injured, he showed why on the ludicrously hyped national tight ends day.
Two weeks after his last game, a career day at Tottenham, Pitts put on 163 yards – including this highlight reel grab.
JET FUEL
Bill Belichick once coached the Jets for a day.
His rivalry with the franchise reached its peak in 2007 when then Jets head coach Eric
