{"id":916707,"date":"2026-10-05T07:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/916707\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:06:54","slug":"nfl-week-4-grades-patriots-bears-earn-a-packers-bengals-continue-to-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/916707\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 grades: Patriots, Bears earn ‘A-‘; Packers, Bengals continue to slip"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re handing out grades for every Week 4 game<\/p>\n

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19 min read<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Week 4 grades!<\/p>\n

This was a rough week for injuries in the NFL<\/a>, with several notable players going down. In Baltimore, Lamar Jackson<\/a> left the game at halftime after injuring his ankle against the Titans<\/a>. Saquon Barkley<\/a> didn’t return for the Eagles<\/a> after injuring his hamstring in the first quarter against the Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bengals<\/a> also took a big loss when Ja’Marr Chase<\/a> was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first half against the Jaguars<\/a>. Cincinnati was hit with a double whammy when Tee Higgins<\/a> also suffered an adductor injury. The Broncos lost 2024 NFL defensive player of the year Patrick Surtain to an ankle injury. And then you have the Commanders<\/a>, who took another hit at QB when Marcus Mariota<\/a> went down with a knee injury in London against the Colts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how did those injuries impact this week’s grades? Let’s find out, starting with the Bengals’ loss to Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jaguars (3-1) 22-17 over Bengals (2-2)Panthers (2-2) 32-26 over Lions (2-2)Chiefs (4-0) 30-27 over Raiders (3-1)Seahawks (3-1) 30-23 over Chargers (4-0)49ers (4-0) 24-14 over Broncos (2-2)Vikings (4-0) 15-10 over Dolphins (0-4)Patriots (2-2) 29-26 over Bills (3-1)Cowboys (2-2) 34-30 over Texans (0-4)Rams (2-2) 24-20 Eagles (2-2)Bears (3-1) 23-12 over Jets (1-3)Giants (3-1) 36-24 over Cardinals (1-3)Packers (2-2) 17-14 over Buccaneers (0-4)Ravens (3-1) 24-18 over Titans (0-4)Colts (2-2) 30-13 over Commanders (1-3) (in London)Browns (3-1) 27-24 over Steelers (2-2) on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’re handing out grades for every Week 4 game Oct 5, 2026 at 12:01 am ET \u2022 19…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[626,1258,295094,64,63,6576,631,22816,1261,5372,123563,72839,1283,1248,88853,1252,1238,1273,1234,1277,240417,199826,21977,5374,177977,1243,1255,1246,19356,1237,55564,6579,67553,5375,2363,629,5364,88048,628,1263,3367,6588,5362,1231,1242,1235,593,28652,1260,1241,20795,13672,85,1247,627,1253,55567,1272,31890],"class_list":["post-916707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-athan-kaliakmanis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baker-mayfield","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-ben-johnson","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cam-ward","tag-carnell-tate","tag-case-keenum","tag-ceedee-lamb","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chris-boswell","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dak-prescott","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-daniel-jones","tag-denzel-boston","tag-deonte-banks","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-drake-maye","tag-edgerrin-cooper","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jamarr-chase","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacoby-brissett","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-jalon-daniels","tag-jameis-winston","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-joe-burrow","tag-jonathan-taylor","tag-kyle-monangai","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-marcus-mariota","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-minkah-fitzpatrick","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-nico-collins","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-puka-nacua","tag-saquon-barkley","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tee-higgins","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tyson-bagent","tag-washington-commanders","tag-zay-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}