Weekend winners
Tom Brady. The Brady Bird Finger Vengence Tour made its second stop of the season. In his two weeks back from his DeflateGate suspension, Brady is 57-of-75 (76 percent) for 782 yards with six TDs and no picks as the Patriots have outscored its two opponents by a 68-30 margin. We’re willing to be that Brady has spoken openly to close friends and teammates about how much he wants to be on the podium and get the Super Bowl trophy from Roger Goodell for the awesomely awkwardness it would create.
This dog because, well, if there’s a more clear definition of winning the weekend than a dog trained to go get a football tee after the kickoff then we don’t know of it. Tennessee (Titans). Tennessee landed its first home win of the season Sunday and moved to 3-3 overall by holding off the Cleveland Browns. First, know that every NFL win is a good NFL win, even a 28-26 victory over the Browns who were quarterbacked by someone named Kessler, who somehow threw for more than 300 yards. Despite being on the negative side of the point differential stat, the Titans are now relevant in the AFC South – a game back of Houston – and have a very favorable run of games ahead of them with Indy and Jacksonville coming to Nashville the next two weeks. Tennessee plays six games before its bye the first week of December, and only one of those opponents currently has a winning record, and it’s Green Bay, which hardly looks like a world beater right now. In fact, the five opponents in those six games – Tennessee plays Indy twice in the next six weeks – have a combined record of 12-22.
The Citadel. With an impressive defensive effort and a ball-control offense that posted a 22-14 win over UTC despite all of 4 passing yards, the Bulldogs grabbed firm control of the Southern Conference standings.
Dak Prescott. Dude has come in and completely taken over the reins of the Dallas Cowboys.