On any given Sunday has been a popular mantra for decades in the NFL. Because any team, no matter how bad, can rise up and shock the world. As was the case in Week 10.
At least for one week.
On Sunday, we saw a few teams do just that.
The biggest surprise had to be the Miami Dolphins. Miami shut out Josh Allen and Buffalo in the first half and rolled to a 30-13 win.
The Bills were their own worst enemy, but this was a game they should have easily won.
The New York Jets held a fire sale last week, trading players for draft picks as if the last day of the season wasn’t still weeks away.
They rose up and defeated the Cleveland Browns, 27-20. Touchdown returns on a punt and a kickoff fueled the upset.
The New Orleans Saints beat Carolina 17-7.
The same Panthers team that edged the Cowboys a few weeks back.
The Texans erased a 19-point deficit going into the final quarter by scoring 26 unanswered points for a 36-29 win. They did it with a backup quarterback, Davis Mills.
Then there were the near misses.
The Giants blew a 20-10 lead to lose 24-20 to Chicago while the Falcons failed to hold a late three-point lead and lost in overtime to the Colts.
Maybe it’s a good thing Dallas wasn’t playing the Raiders this week. They might have ended up joining the fallen favorites.
Gloomy Week 10
Week 10 of the 2025 season was filled with gloomy news off the field.
Thursday morning’s shocking news of Marshawn Kneeland’s death by his own hand was just the start, it seems.
Sunday morning brought news of the passing of former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. The league’s fifth commissioner, Tagliabue succeeded Pete Rozelle in November 1989.
He served in the role until 2006, when Roger Goodell succeeded him.
Both Tagliabue, who would have turned 85 on the 24th, and Goodell have been committed to expanding the league overseas.
