Week 4 of the NFL season featured dramatic fourth-quarter comebacks, quarterbacks who redeemed themselves, quarterbacks who continued to struggle and three teams left standing with undefeated records.
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Here’s all the action you need to know about from Sunday.
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The beleaguered signal-caller entered Sunday with only one touchdown, six interceptions and seven total turnovers through three games.
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caller → enter → games
Facing the undefeated Buffalo Bills on the road, Maye had his best game of the season, throwing for a season-best 269 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Patriots to a 26-21 victory.
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Maye → face → victory
Maye also led New England in rushing with 54 yards in a well-rounded performance.
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Maye → lead → performance
He outplayed his counterpart, Josh Allen, who finished with only 253 passing yards and threw a pick on a potential game-winning drive.
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who → outplay → drive
Maye led two go-ahead drives in the second half, including an eight-play, 73-yard jaunt in the fourth quarter that ended with the play of the game.
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that → lead → game
New England improved to 2-2, while the Bills fell to 3-1.
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Bills → improve → 3
Another stinker for Justin Herbert
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was also looking for a bounceback performance Sunday.
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Herbert → look → performance
He didn’t find one.
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He → find → one
Herbert had three turnovers as the Chargers lost 30-23 to the Seattle Seahawks, dropping Los Angeles to 0-4.
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Chargers → have → 0
Herbert threw two interceptions — his second multi-pick game in four weeks — and on a potential game-winning drive, he fumbled when he fell victim to blindside pressure.
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he → throw → pressure
The loss continued a rough season for Herbert.
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loss → continue → Herbert
His passer rating of 73.4 entering Sunday will drop after he posted a 62.4 rating in Seattle, and he’s on pace for a career low in that category.
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he → enter → category
Herbert is also averaging career-worst marks in completion percentage and yards per game.
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Herbert → average → game
The hiring of offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel has yet to unlock Herbert, who is lauded by league personnel for his physical tools.
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who → have → tools
To make matters worse for the Chargers, their schedule doesn’t let up anytime soon.
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Over the next five weeks, Los Angeles will play the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams, the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens.
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Angeles → play → Broncos
Only one of those teams (the Texans) has a losing record.
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one → have → record
The rest are a combined 11-5.
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Don’t sleep on the Jacksonville Jaguars
Are the Jaguars sneakily the best team in the AFC?
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Jaguars → sleep → AFC
Jacksonville improved to 3-1 with a 22-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4.
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Jacksonville → improve → Week
The Jags’ three wins have all come against solid quarterbacks: Joe Burrow, Maye and (a surprisingly competent) Deshaun Watson.
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wins → come → quarterbacks
Including the playoffs, the Jags’ only two losses in that time have come by a combined 10 points.
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losses → include → points
Quarterbacks beware:
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Jacksonville’s defense has six interceptions through four games.
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The Cowboys didn’t waste a great game from Dak Prescott
The Dallas Cowboys improved to 2-2 by winning the battle of Texas, taking down the Houston Texans 34-30 in a back-and-forth game.
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Cowboys → waste → game
Quarterback Dak Prescott continued his stellar play through the early part of the season.
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Prescott → continue → season
He has now thrown for eight touchdowns and only one interception through four weeks.
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He’s averaging 266.3 passing yards per game, and Dallas has scored at least 31 points in each of its last three games.
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Dallas → average → games
Prescott leaned heavily on receiver CeeDee Lamb on Sunday, connecting with him 17 times for 189 yards.
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Prescott → lean → yards
The Cowboys’ defense also did just enough to secure the victory, despite giving up at least 28 points for the third time in four weeks.
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defense → do → weeks
The Texans fell to 0-4, unable to capitalize on C.J. Stroud’s 347 passing yards and two scores.
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Texans → fall → yards
Case Keenum improves to 2-0 as the Bears’ starter
Keenum played only one snap for the Chicago Bears on Sunday: the opening one.
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Keenum → improve → one
He got to play what head coach Ben Johnson cheekily described as the “ceremonial first pitch.”
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Johnson → get → pitch
He was then immediately replaced by Tyson Bagent, who partnered with a steady rushing attack to lead Chicago to a 23-13 win over the New York Jets.
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One streak ends ...
It took 21 games, but a New York Jets streak at last ended Sunday.
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streak → end → games
When Minkah Fitzpatrick stepped in front of a pass by Chicago’s Tyson Bagent, it was the first interception by a Jets player in an NFL-record 20 games.
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it → step → games
The Jets hadn’t gotten a pick since Jan. 5, 2025.
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Jets → get → Jan.
That also made it the first interception since Aaron Glenn, a former NFL defensive back, took over as head coach.
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Glenn → make → coach
…and 17 more, not listed.
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