On Sunday, each of the eight matchups at 1 p.m. Eastern time featured either a one-score game that went down to the wire or a preseason favorite that took a bad upset loss. But the Green Bay Packers’ home loss to the Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ flailing against the Pittsburgh Steelers provided the clearest takeaways.
Later, the Buffalo Bills got a measure of payback for last season’s playoff loss by meeting the Kansas City defensive coordinator’s dare while Coach Kliff Kingsbury’s Arizona Cardinals looked as lost as ever against the Seattle Seahawks.