Boston and Memphis rebound and get back to their winning ways. Michigan proves it can win a shootout, Atlanta and Orlando help to tighten up the Southeastern Division, while the Southwest also looks like a donnybrook ready to happen. We enter the traditional “home stretch” with a lot of teams still very much in contention and two divisions without a winning team. That is almost certain to produce some real battles for limited playoff opportunities across the league. Meanwhile, the Cannons and Dragons are within 1 game of locking up the first playoff berths of the season, with Seattle still unbeaten after a home win in a downpour. All this, plus a look back at one of the greatest individual seasons any USFL player has ever put forward, Brett Favre’s coming out party in 1992, and one of the most surprising MVP runs the USFL has ever witnessed, Matt Robinson’s “out of nowhere” 1988 campaign.
BIRMINGHAM 34 MICHIGAN 40 overtime
Week Nine’s best game was not one we had planned on focusing on. It was not a battle of top tier teams, nor a classic divisional rivalry, but the game between Birmingham and Michigan was the type of eye candy that the USFL has been all about since the beginning, two teams throwing everything they had at each other for 4 quarters, and then taking it into overtime before a winner could be named.
Michigan came into this game a prohibitive favorite, not only because they were viewed as the better team, but because Birmingham would have to go into the game without their starting QB. In place of Jason Campbell, Birmingham would start a journeyman QB signed away from the NFL, Anthony Wright, who had gone undrafted by both the USFL and the NFL back in 1999. Wright did nothing less than spark the Stallion offense with 293 yards passing on 30 of 38, throwing for three scores as the Stallions kept pae with Brian Griese all day despite the Michigan QB having a career day, throwing for 452 yards and 3 scores as well.
It was a shoot out that we did not see coming, but it sure was fun. Scoring was early and often as both defenses struggled to deal with the hot QBs of their opponent. Birmingham got on the board first as their opening drive produced a Shaun Alexander TD run from the 7 to give the visiting Stallions a bit of confidence.
Michigan would get confidence on their first drive as well, with Griese hitting Hines Ward with a short TD pass to level the score at 7. Birmingham came right back, moving the ball quickly into scoring range and then connecting Wright with Joe Horn for another 7. When Michigan punted on the next drive, Birmingham made it a 14-point lead, scoring on a short dink pass from Wright to little-used TE Corey O’Toole. 21-7 Birmingham, and the most points the Stallions had scored in any half this season.
But the half was not yet over, and in a classic 2-minute drill, Michigan cut the Stallion lead to 7 thanks to a late Leon Washington TD run. 35 points between the two teams in the first half, and we were nowhere near done.
Joe Horn got his second TD of the day to open the third quarter as Birmingham again showed that they had offensive firepower well beyond what the film on them had shown. Michigan would counter with a long drive of their own, one capped by a Justin Fargas TD run. After a shank on the PAT, the score would be 28-20 Birmingham, but they would boost that to 31-20 thanks to a Kris Brown kick to end the third quarter.
In the 4th, Michigan would mount a comeback, scoring 14 unanswered points to take a 34-31 lead. After a Marcellus Rivers TD from Griese, Michigan converted the 2 point play, pulling to within 3 at 31-28. Over the next 10 minutes, they would add 6 more on two Matt Prater field goals, andwith 1:14 left to play it looked like the Panthers had wrapped up a 34-31 win. But Birmingham would have one last drive to get into field goal range.
Anthony Wright would connect first with James Thrash for a 13-yard gain, then O. J. Santiago for 8 more, and then Ben Obomanu for 11. The Stallions kept making plays, and when they didn’t they still advanced the ball, as was the case when an incompletion led to a defensive holding call against the Panthers. When the clock reached 9 seconds and the Stallions faced a 3rd and 9 from the Michigan 26-yard line, Coach Franchione opted not to risk a pass to the endzone and sent in the kicking team. Brown would connect on the kick, and the game would go to overtime.
In the extra period, Birmingham got the ball first, but were clearly spent from their drive to tie the game. They failed on a 3rd and 5 and were forced to punt to a rested Michigan offense. The Panthers picked apart the Birmingham secondary, with Griese connecting on 4 of 5 passes as he moved the team deep into Stallion territory. Then, with a perfect touch pass on a fade route, Griese hit Hines Ward at the edge of the end zone and Michigan pulled out the win. With a final score of 40-34, it was one of the highest scoring games of the year, and with the win Michigan moved to 6-3 and maintained their spot atop the Central Division. Birmingham heads home at 3-6, but what is more, they may be heading home with a bit of controversy after a very strong perfromance from a player many had assumed was just window dressing.
ST. LOUIS 6 CHICAGO 23
Not an ideal first game for interim head coach Rob Ryan and the Knights as Chicago limits them to only 2 Rob Bironas field goals. Michael Turner had himself a game against Ryan’s defense, rushing for 144 yards and a score. The Chicago defense did the rest, blowing up every 3rd down attempt. St. Louis would go 0 for 13 on the down as they fall for the 8th time this year.
TAMPA BAY 14 ATLANTA 32
A huge game from former Georgia Bulldog Terrell Davis as the back rushes for 174 yards against a bewildered Bandit defense. David Garrard was solid in his return to action, completing 20 of 30 and helping Atlanta score on 7 of 10 possessions on the day. Daunte Culpepper is clearly not 100%, as he completed only 14 of 35 passes on the day.
WASHINGTON 30 NEW JERSEY 24
The Federals continue to fight hard for Coach Payton. Deuce McCallister rushes for 118 and 2 scores and Deion Branch gains 116 and scores as well as the Federals stay in the hunt at 4-5 and send New Jersey to their second 3-game losing streak of the year.
TEXAS 17 BALTIMORE 10
The Outlaws get their 3rd win of the year against a fading Blitz squad. While Ron Dayne did rush for 121 yards, he could not get in the endzone, and 2 red zone picks of Ben Roethlisberger spelled defeat for the Blitz at home. T.J. Duckett added another 100+ yard day to his season-leading total, racking up 115 yards for the Outlaws.
NASHVILLE 5 LOS ANGELES 19
A hard-fought game in an unseasonably wet LA as the Express slog through the wet field to take the W. Maurice Jones-Drew, in his first game as the undisputed starter in LA gains 101 to power the LA offense on the wet field. Jay Cutler, hindered by a sprained knee, struggles, throwing 3 picks, two to Defensive Player of the Week Renaldo Hill.
OAKLAND 27 ARIZONA 20
Arizona plays the Invaders tough after their coaching shuffle, but they fall to 2-7 as Oakland finds a way to win in the end, scoring a Jerious Norwood TD run with only 1:36 left in regulation to take the W. Oakland had the run game working, with Ricky Williams gaining 136 on 23 carries, and Norwood contributing another 52 on only 12 carries, including 2 scores.
BOSTON 20 PHILADELPHIA 17
One of the best games of the week saw these two NE contenders trade body blows all game long. Boston built up a 20-7 lead on a TD run Tony Hunt and a Jurevicious TD form McPherson, as Bledsoe again missed action. Philly countered with a late run that included a Gutierrez to Steve Smith TD as the two backups faced off, but in the end Boston held their ground and took the W.
MEMPHIS 17 NEW ORLEANS 9
The Showboats move to 7-2 thanks to Brett Favre’s two second-half TDs. Lee Evans benefitted from the Breaker’s coverage of Robert Ferguson, catching 4 balls for 118 yards and a score as the Showboats continue to dominate the Southern Division. Eli Manning was booed by the Breaker crowd as he threw 2 picks and failed to convert on 9 of 11 third downs.
OHIO 24 PITTSBURGH 21
The Glory got all they could handle from a feisty Mauler squad. New acquisition DeShaun Foster helped the Maulers rack up 117 yards on the ground, and QB Cody Pickett threw for 2 scores as the Maulers hung tough in this one. However, a late Stephen Alexander TD from Collins put Ohio up 24-21 and the score stayed there as the Pickett Hail Mary attempt was incomplete as time ran out.
DENVER 3 SEATTLE 6
While there was rain in LA, there was a pure deluge in Seattle for this one. The turf field was a slip and slide as both teams struggled to get anywhere in horrible conditions. Both clubs stressed the run game, with Benson and Prentice combining for 150 yards while Corey Dillon racked up 118 on his own in a game that was won by the surefooted Dave Rayner, whose 2 field goals were one better than Mason Crosby’s lone kick.
HOUSTON 10 LAS VEGAS 29
No rain in Las Vegas, just a lot of hitting as two of the meanest defenses in the league clashed. Both teams scored on pick sixes in this one. Shaun Springs for Houston and Eric Wright for Las Vegas both ran back errant throws. The only offensive TD of the game came from Steve McNair, as he found Kahlil Hill on a 49 yard toss that should have been picked, but slipped through the defender’s hands and right to Hill. A big win for Las Vegas, a tough loss for the Gamblers.
ORLANDO 34 JACKSONVILLE 7
Another Sunday Night Shocker as the Renegades ran roughshod over Jacksonville in Alltell Stadium. Drew Brees looks like he is in All-USFL form, throwing 4 TDs and gaining 365 yards through the air. Brandon Marshall’s 78-yard score was a highlight as Orlando served notice that they were very much a part of the Southern Division race, despite their 0-3 start to the season.
QB Controversy in Birmingham?
We don’t want to stir the pot in Birmingham, but we think this particular pot is already boiling. NFL journeyman and former undrafted free agent Anthony Wright has made life tougher for Jason Campbell in only 2 games. After coming in last week due to Campbell’s injury, Wright got the start this week and proceeded to put up some numbers that Campbell has rarely achieved. Wright lost the game in Michigan, but kept Birmingham in the game with a 30 of 38 passing day, totaling 293 yards and 3 touchdowns with no picks.
While Campbell’s numbers this year have been an improvement over last season, a 3-5 record as a starter and a QB rating of 86.2 is not exactly sending chills down the fanbase in Birmingham. When Wright comes in, with the same talent around him, and puts up numbers like that against a solid Michigan squad, it raises eyebrows. The question now turns to embattled coach Dennis Franchione. Will he go back to Campbell this week against the Bandits or keep Wright in to see what the longstanding 3rd stringer can do? We know that there is a pretty sizable fan contingent ready to make a change, and a game like this, even in a defeat, will not quiet that group down. If anything, they will get louder in their critiques of Franchione if a switch is not made.
Who Wants the Southeastern Title?
That is the big question as the entire division is now below .500. Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa Bay all sit at 4-5 after the Bulls lost their 4th in a row. This was a club that at one point was 4-1 and looked like a serious title contender, but the Bulls have let games slip away, losing in consecutive weeks to Oakland, Boston, Tampa Bay, and now getting blown out by the Renegades.
Orlando, once thought out of contention after an 0-3 start, is now tied for first after a modest 2-game win streak. Tampa Bay appears to be a shell of their former selves, with questions swirling about Daunte Culpepper’s health. Even Atlanta, sitting at 3-6, is still very much in the mix after their big win over the Bandits this week. Does anyone want to win this division? And can anyone else even make the playoffs as a Wild Card? With 3 of 4 teams able to get back to .500 this week, we may get our answer soon.
Who Wants the Southwestern Title for that matter?
As confusing as the Southeastern Division is, it is no better in the Southwest, where Houston and Denver currently lead the division with equally mediocre 4-5 records. Texas is a game back at 3-6 after winning this week, and, believe it or not, Arizona at 2-7 is not out of the picture.
Inconsistency on offense has been the bugaboo of pretty much every SW team. All three top teams in the division have given up fewer than 200 points so far this season, but their offenses have simply not been helping. The normally reliable Houston passing game has been sputtering. Denver has not found a rhythm with Matt Leinart under center, and Jeff George is looking like a shadow of his former self in his first year in San Antonio. So, what do we see happening here? Well, it seems likely that one team only will make it to the postseason from this group, and that team may be lucky to be at or over .500 when it happens. With Seattle still unbeaten and Houston now 2 games behind Michigan, a bye week seems out of the question, as it appears whoever wins the division will be a 3-seed, which guarantees a road game in the divisional if they can get past their Wild Card foe. Still a lot of games left to be played, but just like in the SE Division, someone has to get hot if they want any chance to play homefield football beyond one game this postseason.
Did DeShaun Foster Trade Help Both Clubs?
The early results seem to be yes. What we saw this week was two teams whose run games were improved by the transfer of Foster from one team to the other. LA got a 100-yard game from MJD in his first game as the bona fide starter. Meanwhile, Foster gained 99 yards for Pittsburgh as they took Ohio to the limit before bowing to the Glory. Coach Rivera, who has taken a lot of heat for trading Terrell Davis away and hoping to replace him with a combination of Ladell Betts and Brandon Jacobs, seems to have gained a bit of a reprieve by bringing in a recognized talent like Foster. Meanwhile, Jones-Drew is eager to prove he is a true lead back in LA, and with 2 more draft picks still to be taken in the deal, LA is certainly not showing any concern about trading away their former top pick. This could actually be one of those rare situations where the two clubs, and their two fanbases, are all happy with the result of a midseason trade.
One More Trade Before the Deadline
With Week 10 action being the deadline for trades in the USFL, there was time for one more deal to try to help that late playoff push. The team that made the move is Washington, still hoping for a Wild Card bid even without Kordell Stewart available this year. Washington is in the hunt at 4-5, but Coach Payton felt that Henry Burris was just not getting enough support In the passing game. Cam Cleeland’s numbers have not been good, and with a need for a safety blanket, Payton wanted to find a receiving TE. He found a willing trade partner in New Orleans’s Head Coach Mike Nolan.
Bubba Franks, New Orleans’s big target, was the player in question, and while it took some wrangling, Payton was able to make a deal to bring the big man to Washington. The Feds send LB Torrance Marshall, practice squad TE Ben Troupe, and a 4th round pick obtained from Las Vegas to the Breakers, and New Orleans provides Payton’s offense with another mid-range, middle of the field target for Burris. The Breakers also free up over $2M in cap room going into the offseason, something the desperately needed to do.
Will this move have a huge impact on either club? Perhaps not. Tight Ends are rarely game changers, but if Washington can get even marginally better results out of the passing game, they could find themselves in the playoff hunt, and that is a lot better than what many foresaw for them this year, especially after Stewart went out for the year.
Our first official Playoff Progress Chart and our first team officially eliminated after 9 weeks. St. Louis at 1-8 is the first club out of the picture, thanks to the number of 6-3 clubs already on the board. The Skyhawks, who already gave the boot to Head Coach Art Shell, could well find themselves as the #1 overall pick, though New Orleans is also in that mix. On the other side of the spectrum, there are two clubs who could lock up a playoff birth this week as both Boston and Seattle could make it official with one more win.
If the playoffs started today, the top two seeds in the East would be 8-1 Boston and 7-2 Memphis, while in the West 9-0 Seattle and 6-3 Michigan are in the catbird’s seat. At 4-5, both Houston and Jacksonville currently lead their divisions, but that is anything but settled at this point. Current Wild Card positions are held by Philadelphia, Nashville, and Washington in the East; LA, Ohio, and Oakland out West, but there is still a lot of football to be played before we know for sure who is going to be in the dance.
Several more season-ending injuries as, with only 5 weeks left, even a medium duration injury can keep a player out of the lineup through Week 14. This week we saw several players added to IR and several free agents signed for depth. Among those ruled out for the remainder of the year we have Denver tackle Jason Odom (neck), Nashville safety Curtis Fuller, and St. Louis TE Fred Baxter.
Expected back within the final 5 weeks, but out for at least 1-2 weeks we have Nashville CB Lenny Walls, Baltimore DE Chuckie Nwokorie, New Jersey LB Donterrious thomas, Houston safety Shaun Williams, Tampa DT La’Roi Glover, and Pittsburgh HB Brandon Jacobs.
Those considered Doubtful or Questionable this week include CB Ken Irvin of Birmingham, Las Vegas DE Erasmus James, Seattle corner Ray Mickens, Arizona TE Kevin Everett, and Texas SS Lawyer Milloy.
Potentially returning to action this week we have Carlos Rogers (LA), Jason Campbell (BIR), Richard Seymour (HOU), Drew Bledsoe (BOS), and Dwayne Rudd (PIT).
Coaching Hot Seat Already In Effect
While the midseason firing of Art Shell in St. Louis was something of a surprise, it is certainly not surprising that several teams are already hearing from fans that the time has come to go a new direction. This is as much a part of the football cycle of the year as training camp or the draft. Teams that underperform, teams headed down the wrong path, even just teams that don’t meet the lofty projections that fans put on them, can start to feel pressure to make a change. Changing players can be costly, but switching up the Head Coach tends to be a quick way for a franchise to deal with fan negativity, and often a way to dramatically alter the dynamic in the locker room as well. So, in addition to St. Louis, who will almost certainly conduct a search this offseason for a permanent hire, who else do we see potentially on the hot seat 9 weeks into the season.
Dennis Franchione, Birmingham: A lot here will depend on how the Stallions handle the QB position. Anthony Wright’s strong performance this week triggered a potential QB controversy, and fans in general have simply not been impressed with Jason Campbell’s lack of production, Auburn grad or not. If the Stallions continue to struggle, and if it is seen as Franchione’s fault if QB play does not improve one way or the other, then we don’t see a way the former Crimson Tide coach does not find himself on the outs by Black Monday.
Tom Coughlin, Baltimore: Every time it seems the Blitz are ready to challenge in the Northeast, they go on a losing streak. The offense has talent but seems to underperform on a regular basis. The defense should be better than it performs as well. It just feels like a team that needs a new culture. Maybe Coughlin’s disciplinarian routine is just not right for this roster, or maybe, after 4 years of the same, with minimal success, it is just time to try something new.
Ron Rivera, Pittsburgh: Rivera has the Maulers at 4-5, which is pretty decent for a club that looked very lost last year. Is he totally out of danger? No, not really. He seems like a coach that needs 7-7 to feel safe, so that means 3 wins in the final 5 games, certainly doable, but not a sure thing in a tough division like the Central.
Dick Jauron, Denver: It may seem unfathomable that the Gold would let Jauron go after a pretty successful run in the Mile High City, but if Denver again fails to reach .500, we could see ownership looking for a spark, and that often means a new head coach. Would we fire Jauron at this point? No, we still think there is growth to be had with Matt Leinart and they need to find a replacement for Cedric Benson, but neither of those flaws is entirely the head coach’s fault.
Jim Fassel, Arizona: It’s not that last year’s success is forgotten, it’s how comfortable ownership is with a roller coaster ride between good years and bad years. That schtick grew old with Art Shell, when he was the head man for the Wranglers. We cannot imagine it is sitting well with them now. Arizona needs to show some signs of life. The window is closing on Jake Plummer, and a 3-4 win season is not going to look good for Fassel.
Rob Ryan, St. Louis: We just don’t see Ryan as Head Coach material at this stage of his career, and we really don’t see him turning around a Skyhawk club that struggles on both sides of the ball, not enough to impress ownership. We think Ryan was a convenient interim pick, but the Skyhawks are going to look elsewhere to find a new coach who can help build something in St. Louis.
A Sophomore Season that Shaped the Stallions
While it is not entirely accurate to say that Brett Favre made a huge first impression, it certainly felt that way in 1992. You see, Favre was drafted out of Southern Mississippi by the Birmingham Stallions in 1991, and he would spend that season sitting behind Cliff Stoudt. He got into one game,went 2 of 5 for 20 yards, and that was it. So, while 1992 was not his rookie year, it was for many the first time they saw him get any action. He would sub in for Cliff Stoudt in Week 1, when Stoudt was dinged up, and he would not leave the starting lineup until after the 2004 season, when he would “retire” before joining the New York Jets.
So, what did he do in his “sophomore” campaign, his first real action? How about throwing for 5,169 yards, a league record at the time. Along with those yards were 47 touchdowns, another league record at the time. He would lead the Stallions to a 10-6 record with a club that led the league in scoring with 493 points, nearly 31 per game. And while his inexperience showed in the playoffs, where a late pick doomed Birmingham to lose at home to Tampa Bay, the excitement around this young QB and around the Stallions was a thing to behold. By the time the 1993 season kicked off, you could barely drive through the South without seeing Favre on a billboard, whether it was for convenience stores, tires, Budweiser, or the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS. Everyone seemed to have "Favre Fevre" (as it was spelt in the local press).
The mania for the gunslinging young QB certainly did not abate in 1993, when Favre’s Stallions finished the season 14-2 and raced through the playoffs before upsetting the defending champion Houston Gamblers in a wild shootout, 38-36. The young man from Kiln, Mississippi, playing in Birmingham, had exploded on the scene, a 2nd year “rookie” who took his shot and ran with it. Favre is, of course, back in the USFL this season, still in the South, but now with the rival Memphis Showboats, and still on more billboards than the Golden Arches. He returned this year after only 18 months away, after a rough year with the NFL Jets, and he returned with a vengeance, already leading the Showboats to a surprising 7-2 start. He already holds many career records and is just adding to his totals for attempts, yardage, and touchdowns. Week 2 against Chicago he threw #500, an amazing total, but one that is not done yet. It has been 15 years since that fateful season, but sometimes it still feels like we are discovering this now greying QB for the first time all over again.
Matt Robinson: The MVP Out of Nowhere
Brett Favre was not the first USFL QB to come out of nowhere with a miraculous season. John Reaves started it all off in 1983, when the “washed up” former Florida Gator came onto the scene with this new league. Then it was Kelly, coming in from the U. of Miami and lighting things up for the Gamblers. But, no quarterback quite matched Matt Robinson’s 1988 season as a bigger shocker for the league.
Robinson was no hotshot rookie in 1988. He had been in the league since arriving with Jacksonville in 1985. Before that he had played with the NY Jets, where he was drafted in the 9th round more as a camp arm than a starting prospect. After seeing limited action in NY, he was in Denver by 1980, and with Buffalo in 81 and 82. He was out of football altogether when the Bulls brought him in for their inaugural season in 1984, and he dutifully sat on the bench behind Doug Williams.
In 1985 he was again out of work, but picked up by New Orleans in camp. He would see action in 5 games for the Breakers. In the two years that followed he would start 4 games, always due to injuries to the starter, and he would be back on the bench as soon as the starter returned. You can imagine, with this history, that it was quite a shock that New Orleans jettisoned Tony Eason, their highly recruited QB, after the 1987 season and opted to go with Robinson as the starter. This was, after all, a Breakers squad that had made the playoffs every single year of Eason’s tenure.
The Breakers were expected to be retooling, trying to get further than the Conference Title Game, where they had fallen in 1986. In 87 they lost in the first round of playoffs, so folks were anticipating a deeper drop in 1988 as the team retooled, and they were none too happy that Eason was allowed to go to Jacksonville and Robinson would be the main man under center.
Fan disappointment would not last long. Robinson came out of nowhere in 1988 to electrify the Breaker offense. He would start all 16 games, throw for nearly 3,700 yards, and 38 touchdowns. He led the Breakers to a 13-3 record, a division title, and into the Conference Title Game. New Orleans, who would develop a reputation for choking in the title game, struggled against division foe Houston, falling 27-21, but Robinson would still win MVP of the season for his production and his leadership of the Breaker offense.
Robinson would remain the Breaker starter for the next 5 years before injuries in 1992 took their toll on the mustachioed QB. He would throw for over 16,000 yards and 130 TDs in that span, and the Breakers would appear in the Conference Title Game in 88, 89, 90, and 92. When Robinson hung up the cleats in 1993, so too did the Breaker playoff run. They would make the playoffs only once between ’93 and 2000.
As we look back over the 25 years of the USFL, for all the tales of storied careers, the Kellys, Walkers, and Favres, there is still room for those who burned brightly for a short while, who came out of obscurity and amazed us with a sudden and furious rise to the top. Matt Robinson had struggled for years, paid his dues, and when given the chance, he made the most of his opportunity. You can still occasionally find Matt at Breaker games, though he spends most of his time now working with the USFLPA, helping other players make the transition from football to their post-football lives. We suspect that there are many a bar in Breakerland where Matt doesn’t have to buy his own beers, though he is quite a bit harder to recognize now that he no longer has the Fu Manchu moustache.
(IRL: Of course, Matt Robinson did play for both Jacksonville (84) and the Breakers (Portland, 85). He had been with all three NFL teams listed above, and after the USFL he did not play any longer. We shifted his work with the NFLPA to the USFLPA, and his career was longer in this alt history than in real life, but not much else was changed except the fact that he was able to lead the Breakers to several Conference Championship games and win an MVP in this version of history, a far cry from his 2 years IRL).
The week kicks off with one of the league’s best rivalry games as New Jersey hosts the Stars from Philadelphia. On Saturday we have an interesting Central clash between Chicago and Pittsburgh, and Washington tries to reach .500 against Memphis. Sunday brings us Nashville at a resurgent Orlando club, Seattle facing a feisty Oakland team again, and a nightcap with Houston traveling to Michigan to face the surging Panthers.
FRI @ 8pm Philadelphia (6-3) @ New Jersey (3-6) NBC
SAT @ 12pm Chicago (5-4) @ Pittsburgh (4-5) ABC
SAT @ 12pm Baltimore (3-5-1) @ Boston (8-1) FOX
SAT @ 12pm Texas (3-6) @ Atlanta (3-6) FOX
SAT @ 4pm Washington (4-5) @ Memphis (7-2) ABC
SAT @ 4pm Jacksonville (4-5) @ New Orleans (1-8) FOX
SAT @ 8pm Los Angeles (6-3) @ Las Vegas (5-4) ESPN
SUN @ 12pm St. Louis (1-8) @ Ohio (6-3) ABC
SUN @ 12pm Nashville (5-3-1) @ Orlando (4-5) ABC
SUN @ 12pm Tampa Bay (4-5) @ Birmingham (3-6) FOX
SUN @ 4pm Arizona (2-7) @ Denver (4-5) ABC
SUN @ 4pm Seattle (9-0) @ Oakland (6-3) FOX
SUN @ 8pm Houston (4-5) @ Michigan (6-3) ESPN
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