{"id":274617,"date":"2025-11-10T03:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274617\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T03:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:42:20","slug":"32-things-we-learned-in-nfl-week-10-the-meek-inheriting-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274617\/","title":{"rendered":"32 things we learned in NFL Week 10: The meek inheriting the league?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 32 things we learned from\u00a0Week 10<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a02025\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0season:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.\u201d If you didn\u2019t think you\u2019d be learning (or getting a refresher on) Biblical quotes in this week\u2019s installment, that one is from the fifth verse of Chapter 5 of the Gospel of Matthew. Worth wondering if several of the NFL\u2019s meeker teams read it prior to Sunday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n

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2. The number of consecutive games won by the New York Jets, who started the 2025 season with an 0-7 record that rendered them the final team to break into the win column.<\/p>\n

3. The NYJ prevailed Sunday despite being without arguably their two best defensive players, CB Sauce Gardner<\/a> and DT Quinnen Williams<\/a>, who definitely are no longer their best defensive players after they were stunningly exported<\/a> ahead of the league\u2019s Nov. 4 trade deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: The New England Patriots’ Robert Spillane (14) and Christian Elliss (53) tackle Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) during the second half at Gillette Stadium. The Raiders won the game, 20-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (3) fumbles the ball on a tackle by Washington Commanders safety Will Harris (3) during the first quarter at Northwest Stadium. It was a rough Giants debut for Wilson (17 of 37 passing for 168 yards) as the Commanders won the game, 21-6.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Fireworks go off before the NFL Kickoff Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles opened the season with a 24-20 victory over their longtime NFC East rivals.<\/p>\n

4. The number of sacks collected Sunday against the Cleveland Browns<\/a> by Jets DE Will McDonald IV, who established a new career high, tied the franchise single-game record and staked a claim as Gang Green\u2019s current preeminent defender.<\/p>\n

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5. RB Breece Hall, whom the Jets ultimately decided not to trade<\/a>, scored the only offensive touchdown in his team\u2019s 27-20 triumph, taking a screen pass 42 yards to the end zone. New York\u2019s other touchdowns remarkably occurred via both a kickoff and punt return \u2013 the first time in franchise history that had happened in the same game.<\/p>\n

6. The number of Jets players who caught a pass Sunday \u2026 none of them gaining more than 5 yards, save Hall. Yep, there\u2019s a reason this roster is about to get overhauled yet again. But, hey, they beat Cleveland \u2026 and might have hurt themselves long term in the draft order, but that\u2019s a 2026 problem.<\/p>\n

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7. The New Orleans Saints<\/a> also won their second game of the season, stunning the Carolina Panthers<\/a> 17-7 in Charlotte. Tyler Shough became the first Saints rookie quarterback credited with a win since Dave Wilson in 1981 \u2212 when Archie Manning was still the face of the franchise.<\/p>\n

8. Who needs WR Rashid Shaheed<\/a>, a player New Orleans moved ahead of the trade deadline? However they wisely kept WR Chris Olave (62-yard TD catch) and CB Alontae Taylor (INT), who both had key performances Sunday.<\/p>\n

9. Seems like perhaps the Panthers, though they didn\u2019t actually lose any ground in the NFC South despite the loss, should focus more on their offense and less on touchdown celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

10. The Miami Dolphins snapped a seven-game losing streak to the perennial AFC East champion Buffalo Bills<\/a> with a 30-13 upset in South Florida. Good for embattled Fins coach Mike McDaniel, who moved to 1-0 since the team moved on from apparently more embattled GM Chris Grier<\/a>. The Dolphins are now 3-7.<\/p>\n

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11. Miami RB De\u2019Von Achane eclipsed 200 yards from scrimmage for the second time in his career, putting 225 (and two TDs) on Buffalo\u2019s porous run defense.<\/p>\n

12. Who needs OLB Jaelan Phillips, a player Miami moved ahead of the trade deadline<\/a> \u2013 though Grier was apparently reluctant to do just that?<\/p>\n

13. The number of penalties the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> had (for 102 yards) in their defeat, which also included three turnovers.<\/p>\n

14. The Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, who prevailed in the Twin Cities for their third consecutive win, were only too glad to capitalize on those mistakes as they continue to capitalize with far healthier roster at their disposal.<\/p>\n

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15. Like the Ravens, the two-time-defending AFC South Houston Texans<\/a> improved to 4-5 and served a fresh reminder that they\u2019re still in the thick of the playoff race. Houston scored 26 points in the fourth quarter to stun the Jacksonville Jaguars 36-29.<\/p>\n

16. Unlike the Texans, the Jags, who have now lost three of four, made a big pre-deadline acquisition \u2026 but got all of 41 receiving yards (still a team high Sunday) out of WR Jakobi Meyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

17. Are the Seattle Seahawks the best team in the league? Pretty impressive when you can win by 22 points on a day when QB Sam Darnold\u2019s MVP credentials<\/a> take a hit with a season-high three turnovers and season-low 12 pass attempts.<\/p>\n

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18. The normally explosive Shaheed had just one catch for 3 yards in his Seattle debut, though he did gain 20 yards on two rush attempts and handled three kickoffs.<\/p>\n

19. We should know more about the Seahawks a week from now, when they visit the Los Angeles Rams \u2013 with whom they\u2019re tied atop the NFC West with matching 7-2 records.<\/p>\n

20. However Rams QB Matthew Stafford is pretty clearly ahead of Darnold and the rest of the MVP field<\/a> after another sterling performance, which included four TD passes, Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n

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21. Sunday, Stafford became the first player in league history with at least four TD passes but no interceptions in three consecutive games.<\/p>\n

22. Indianapolis Colts<\/a> RB Jonathan Taylor also kept his name squarely in the MVP debate \u2013 which is effectively a quarterback award \u2013 with another huge game Sunday in the NFL\u2019s first-ever regular-season game in Berlin. (And it didn\u2019t hurt that Colts QB Daniel Jones turned the ball over two more times.) Taylor rushed for 244 yards yards and three TDs \u2013 one an 83-yarder that was the league\u2019s longest of the season, another the game-clincher in overtime.<\/p>\n

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23. Taylor overtook Hall of Famer Edgerrin James for the most rushing TDs (66) in franchise history. He also became the fourth player in NFL annals with at least three TDs in five games during a single season \u2013 all-time greats LaDainian Tomlinson, Marshall Faulk and Chuck Foreman being the others.<\/p>\n

24. And yet Taylor has a dogfight on his hands to be the Offenisve Player of the Year with Seattle WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who has a shot to be the league\u2019s first 2,000-yard receiver. He now has a league-high 1,041 through nine games.<\/p>\n

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25. As for new Colts CB Sauce Gardner? Really good player. But probably not worth two first-round picks and probably not the missing piece<\/a> in what Indy hopes is a Super Bowl recipe.<\/p>\n

26. The New England Patriots beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-23, prevailing in the (Tom) \u201cBrady Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n

27. The Pats, who already beat the struggling Bills earlier this season, also opened up a 1\u00bd-game lead in the AFC East while keeping pace with the Colts and Denver Broncos atop the conference standings.<\/p>\n

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28. If the season ended today (it doesn’t), the Colts and Seahawks would be the No. 1 playoff seeds. However the Philadelphia Eagles will overtake Seattle by winning Monday night in Green Bay.<\/p>\n

29. In his Soldier Field debut for the Bears, DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson had the first multi-sack game of his seven-year NFL career. The second one forced the New York Giants to punt and gave Chicago possession on what would be its game-winning touchdown drive in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

30. President Trump<\/a>, who apparently wants the Washington Commanders\u2019 new stadium named after him<\/a>, appeared in the FOX broadcast booth<\/a> at Northwest Stadium on Sunday with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma. \u201cI\u2019d love to have your job someday,\u201d said Trump. (How about now?<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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31. RIP to Marshawn Kneeland<\/a> and condolences to his family and Dallas Cowboys teammates<\/a> after the 24-year-old defensive end apparently died by suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

31a. But a salute to Colts OT Braden Smith, who’s had his own mental health struggles but is now trying to affect change with the way the league deals with mental health. His agent detailed some of Smith\u2019s laudable ideas to Pro Football Talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

32. Finally, RIP to former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. The Hall of Famer\u2019s 17 years running the league were hardly perfect, yet he also pushed it to new heights in terms of its earning power and footprint in the country\u2019s sporting landscape. \u201cTags\u201d died Sunday at the age of 84<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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