LAS VEGAS — When an undrafted rookie quarterback from Samford is winning on the road in October, it’s a sign of an odd NFL season. Devlin Hodges of the Steelers is a duck-calling champion and an underdog story that’s tough to top.
A quarterback coming back from mono to upset the Cowboys is not quite as unlikely, but Sam Darnold’s storyline was most popular with bookmakers on Sunday because it made the bottom line.
Regression is due to hit at some point, yet this is shaping up to be the Year of the ’Dog. There were bigger ’dogs than the Jets in Week 6, but none more important.