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Week 8 of the 2022 NFL season featured an aboriginal riser and plentifulness of games of significance.
The Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked things disconnected connected Thursday with the Ravens pulling retired a 27-22 victory, handing Tom Brady a 3-5 grounds for the archetypal clip successful his vocation arsenic a starter.
On Sunday morning, the league played its 3rd and last crippled successful London this season. Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos' discourtesy were acold from perfect, but they were bully capable to get past the Jacksonville Jaguars 21-17.
The Philadelphia Eagles volition effort to amended to 7-0 erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Pittsburgh Steelers; and Aaron Rodgers volition spot if the Green Bay Packers respond to his nationalist situation erstwhile they look the Buffalo Bills connected Sunday night.
The "Monday Night Football" crippled features an all-Ohio conflict erstwhile the Cincinnati Bengals instrumentality connected the Cleveland Browns connected ESPN.
Our NFL Nation reporters respond with the biggest takeaways and lingering questions coming retired of this week's matchups and look up to what's next. (Game times are Sunday unless different noted.) Let's get to it.
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DEN-JAX | BAL-TB
Denver 21, Jacksonville 17
Broncos
What to know: Well, the Broncos surely did bring everything to London, including punishment woes (10 successful the archetypal fractional alone), spotty backmost play from Russell Wilson (his 2nd walk effort was intercepted) and a heap of violative troubles that person plagued the Broncos each season, including repeated stumbles connected archetypal downs. It was each determination connected show successful Wembley. Right up until they somehow, immoderate mode enactment unneurotic an 80-yard thrust for a game-winning touchdown with 1:43 to play for a 21-17 lead, and K'Waun Williams made it basal with an interception. No squad oregon coaching unit apt needed a triumph much than this one.
Will the Broncos beryllium sellers astatine the commercialized deadline? General manager George Paton said Thursday successful London the Broncos were "not successful a mode wherever we privation to get escaped of our champion players,'' but present we'll spot if that's truly the case. Outside linebacker Bradley Chubb has, and will, gully the astir involvement arsenic Tuesday's deadline approaches. Chubb is successful the past twelvemonth of his rookie woody and having his champion all-around play arsenic a pro. Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, who scored Sunday successful London, has besides gotten immoderate interest, but the subordinate who could person the champion accidental to determination is choky extremity Albert Okwuegbunam. He was a game-day inactive for the 3rd consecutive week and had been intelligibly displaced successful the discourtesy by rookie Greg Dulcich. Okwuegbunam has uncommon velocity (4.49 astatine the combine) and was successful John Elway's past draught people arsenic the Broncos' apical shot decision-maker. -- Jeff Legwold
Next game: astatine Titans (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Jaguars
What to know: Any concerns astir whether Travis Etienne Jr. could grip the RB1 relation should beryllium enactment to remainder aft Sunday. Etienne ran for a career-high 156 yards and averaged 6.5 yards per carry. His 1 TD tally should person been bully capable for the game-winning people had the defence not fixed up a TD thrust late. This is wherefore the Jaguars felt comfy trading James Robinson earlier successful the week.
Has anyone seen Josh Allen? Allen had conscionable 2 tackles against the Broncos and has conscionable 2 QB hits successful the past 4 games and lone 1 sack successful the past 5 games. This was a crippled erstwhile the Jaguars' walk unreserved was captious with Russell Wilson dealing with a hamstring injury, but Allen was practically invisible. A apical 10 prime should beryllium counted connected to marque plays erstwhile the crippled is connected the line, and Allen isn't. -- Mike DiRocco
Next game: vs. Raiders (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Baltimore 27, Tampa Bay 22
Ravens
What to know: The Ravens request to clasp their ground-and-pound identity. In the archetypal half, Baltimore scored 3 points erstwhile Lamar Jackson threw the shot 30 times. In the 2nd half, the Ravens totaled 24 points erstwhile they ran the shot 26 times for 204 yards. It's tempting to privation to fto Jackson propulsion the shot much successful his 5th NFL season. He conscionable hasn't shown capable consistency to bash so. Since Jackson took implicit arsenic starter midway done the 2018 season, Baltimore is 37-8 (.822) erstwhile the Ravens tally the shot 30 oregon much times.
How signficant are the injuries to Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman? Andrews and Bateman were ruled retired for the full 2nd half, but manager John Harbaugh said neither suffered "serious" injuries. Andrews injured his close shoulder, and Bateman aggravated his near ft wounded that sidelined him for 2 games earlier this season. The bully quality is the Ravens lone play 1 crippled implicit the adjacent 23 days (Baltimore plays astatine the Saints connected Nov. 7 earlier going connected a bye). The Ravens did larn they tin triumph without Jackson's apical 2 targets. Isaiah Likely (6 catches for 77 yards) and Demarcus Robinson (6 for 64 yards) stepped up to capable the void. -- Jamison Hensley
Next game: astatine Saints (Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Buccaneers
What to know: The Bucs' stunning escaped autumn continues. Despite scoring connected their archetypal possession and ending the NFL's fourth-longest opening thrust scoring drought, the Bucs couldn't support it rolling. They failed to people different touchdown until 53 seconds remained, erstwhile Julio Jones hauled successful an 8-yard drawback successful his archetypal crippled backmost since aggravating a genu wounded successful Week 4. They managed to incorporate the Ravens' discourtesy until Shaq Barrett suffered an ankle wounded successful the 3rd quarter, surrendering 3 touchdowns after.
How bash the Bucs ascent retired of this? The 1 happening going for them close present is the NFC South is looking highly weak, with the Bucs astatine 3-5, conscionable down the 3-4 Falcons but holding the head-to-head tie-breaker implicit Atlanta. But determination aren't galore existent 'gimme games' remaining connected this schedule, though the combined grounds of their remaining 9 opponents is 30-39. Next week features a crippled they've been eyeing since the docket came retired - a rematch of the NFC divisional playoff against the Los Angeles Rams, whom they mislaid to 30-27. Brady has gone 0-3 against the Rams since joining the Bucs. -- Jenna Laine
Next game: vs. Rams (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET)
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