If Week 7 of the 2017 NFL season taught us anything, it is that the unpredictability that has engulfed the league this year is nowhere near dissipating.
Three teams were shut out, including a Denver Broncos outfit that once looked like a legitimate playoff team. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Bills improved their win-loss total to 4-2, and longtime basement dwellers the Los Angeles Rams shocked the Arizona Cardinals in London, beating them 33-0 to improve to an NFC West-best 5-2.
A strong defensive performance by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second half of their AFC North matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals and sheer dominance by the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl LI rematch against the Atlanta Falcons helped them set up foundations on which to enjoy fruitful and successful second halves of the season.