We’re handing out grades for every team that played in Week 8
Welcome to the Week 8 grades!
This might go down as the most bizarre Sunday in NFL history: We saw one team win a game without completing a single pass, we saw a final score that’s never happened before and we saw the Ravens lose two quarterbacks to injury before the first half was even over.
Here’s a closer look at some of the strange things that happened:
- Baker Mayfield went 0-for-3 passing in the Buccaneers’ 16-0 win over the Falcons. That stat line makes the Bucs the first team since 1974 to have zero completions in a win.
- The Falcons gave up 324 rushing yards to the Bucs, which is the most they’ve ever surrendered in a game in franchise history.
- The Ravens became the first team since 2017 to have three different quarterbacks throw a pass in the first half of a game. They lost Lamar Jackson to a thumb injury on the first offensive play and then they ended up losing Tyler Huntley to a toe injury in the second quarter. That left undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano as the only healthy QB on the roster.
- The Bengals beat the Titans 43-36, giving us a scorigami (that means it was the first time in NFL history that final score has ever happened).
- The Cowboys blew a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter, which had never happened before. The Cowboys were 202-0-1 at home when leading by 14 points or more in the fourth quarter before blowing a 24-10 lead and losing to the Cardinals on Sunday.
- Jahmyr Gibbs ran through the Vikings with 153 yards on the ground, making him the first player since 2011 to rush for at least 150 yards against a team that went into a game with a record of 6-0 or better.
Speaking of Gibbs, let’s get to this week’s grades, starting with Detroit’s big win.
