NFL Week 4 Takeaways: Lessons, Big Questions for Every Game
Sunday's slate of games ended with the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes using some trickery and razzle-dazzle to hand Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers their second straight loss.
Week 4 of the 2022 NFL season got underway Thursday night with a Cincinnati Bengals win that was overshadowed by a frightening injury to Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa, who suffered a concussion and was briefly hospitalized.
Sunday’s slate of games ended with the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes using some trickery and razzle-dazzle to hand Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers their second straight loss.
Sunday’s action kicked off early as the Minnesota Vikings took on the New Orleans Saints in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The game came down to the final seconds when Wil Lutz’s 61-yard field goal attempt hit off the upright and the crossbar but fell short.
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Later in the day, Cooper Rush led the Dallas Cowboys to a win over the Washington Commanders, the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars battled through the rain, and a showdown between two of the league’s top teams — the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills — came down to a game-winning field goal.
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie QB Kenny Pickett made his debut in the third quarter and rushed for his first two career touchdowns, but Zach Wilson (who made his season debut) and the New York Jets took the win home with a last-minute touchdown.
The Tennessee Titans scored an AFC South road win against the Indianapolis Colts, and the Seattle Seahawks had an offensive explosion, putting up 48 points on the Detroit Lions, who tried to battle back but fell just short in the end.
The Las Vegas Raiders finally got in the win column in the later afternoon window, defeating the Denver Broncos to give coach Josh McDaniels his first victory in silver and black. The Green Bay Packers moved to 3-1 with a last-second, overtime win versus a gutty New England Patriots team playing with a third-string rookie quarterback.
Our NFL Nation reporters react with the biggest takeaways and lingering questions coming out of this week’s matchups and look ahead to what’s next. Let’s get to it.
