If the playoffs were to start today, the Rams, Vikings and Eagles would all be division winners in the NFC. If that isn't enough quirkiness for you, the Panthers and Cardinals, the two teams that met in the NFC Championship Game, would both be watching the playoffs from their couches. Yes, the NFL season has been wild and wacky to date, and Week 4 promises much more of the same.
NFL Week 4 Opening Odds at BookMaker.eu
Dolphins ( 44 ) at Bengals ( -7 )
Colts ( 49.5 ) vs. Jaguars ( -1 ) ( At Wembley Stadium )
Browns ( 45.5 ) at Redskins ( -10 )
Bills ( N/A ) at Patriots ( -4 )
Seahawks ( N/A ) at Jets ( +1.5 )
Panthers ( N/A ) at Falcons ( +3 )
Lions ( N/A ) at Bears ( -2 )
Titans ( 41 ) at Texans ( -6.5 )
Raiders ( 47 ) at Ravens ( -4 )
Broncos ( 44.5 ) at Buccaneers ( +3 )
Cowboys ( 44 ) at 49ers ( -2.5 )
Saints ( N/A ) at Chargers ( -4 )
Rams ( 44 ) at Cardinals ( -9.5 )
Chiefs ( 47.5 ) at Steelers ( -4.5 )
Giants ( 44 ) at Vikings ( -3.5 )
Games of the Week
Raiders at Ravens – Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET
The Raiders and the Ravens were both on the wrong side of the playoff picture last season, but they were both expected to take some major leaps forward in 2016. Neither one has played all that impressive of a schedule yet, but they two are a combined 5-1, and whichever team wins this game will really have to feel good about the way the first quarter of their season ultimately ended.
Baltimore has definitely done it with defense. Allowing just 44 points in three games has been crucial, and the team has forced a slew of turnovers, including three in the second half last week against Jacksonville to sew up a game that otherwise would have been lost.
The Raiders meanwhile, finally found some defense after a couple really poor games. They held the Titans to just 10 points in Week 3, including coming up with a big stop in the red zone at the end of the game to walk out of town with a second victory in the Central Time Zone this year.
We know that Derek Carr can play, and we know this defense has potential with Khalil Mack leading the charge, but it all hasn't come together quite yet for Raider Nation. The team is still 2-1 though, and at +4, this is a very winnable game in Baltimore even though it's a second straight really long flight to take.
Giants at Vikings – Monday 8:30 p.m. ET
Little did we know that Sam Bradford was going to make that big of a difference for the Vikings! Minnesota was excellent in Week 3, going on the road and stunning the Panthers in Charlotte. That moves the Vikes to 3-0 with wins over the Packers and Panthers already to their credit, a double that very few teams, if any, will pull off in 2016.
New York just missed starting off at 3-0 itself. It probably had the better team against Washington in Week 3, but these NFC East games are going to be gritty every step of the way for sure. Eli Manning knows that he needs his defense to step it up at some point, as there are just too many broken down drives on that side of the ball that badly need to be fixed.
You'd like to think that playing against a team without Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Peterson would be a blessing for opposing defenses, but so far, that just hasn't been the case. Instead, maybe Eli Manning and the offense should be trying to figure out how to score against a 'D' that has allowed just 40 points in three games thus far in 2016.
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