Ava Collins: "Baltimore had the better team on the field — more yards, better decision-making — and still lost because Denver's pass rush wouldn't let Lamar Jackson breathe. Nik Bonitto got 2 sacks, and the Ravens couldn't find an answer." Marcus Reyes: "Baltimore threw 37 times against a pass rush that collected 3 sacks; Bo Nix threw 26 times and still turned it over 3 times. Neither team executed well enough to win comfortably, but Denver's ground game (69 yards to Baltimore's 55) and discipline with the ball in their hands—relative to their usual season pattern—separated a 2-3 team from a 4-1 one that should have demolished them."

Broncos handled Ravens 28-21. Lamar Jackson was steady for Ravens — 18/37, 273 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Bo Nix was steady for Broncos — 18/26, 243 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT. Audric Estime's high-water mark for the year. Through the air: Ravens 273, Broncos 243.

Ethan Price: "Baltimore came to work and Pittsburgh did not. The Steelers coughed it up 4 times—including twice to a Ravens team that had Jackson running a ground game so clean it barely needed him to throw—and there is no margin for error against a division rival playing its best ball of the year." Ava Collins: "Pittsburgh's margin for error just got a lot tighter: they're a 3-seed headed to the playoffs with a division rival who looked genuinely dangerous today, and if the Steelers keep coughing it up like they did here, one of those wild-card rounds ends fast." Devon Walker: "Baltimore's 27-point margin looks bigger than it was—Pittsburgh still has the better resume and seed—but here's what matters: the Steelers threw it 35 times and ran it 17, and Baltimore ran 38 times against that. One team played its identity; the other abandoned theirs."

Ravens were never troubled, putting Steelers away 40-13. Lamar Jackson threw for Ravens — 17/28, 231 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Aaron Rodgers was steady for Steelers — 20/35, 208 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Lamar Jackson has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Ravens 436, Steelers 281.

Luca Santana: "This was a complete collapse by Baltimore. The Ravens managed 42 rushing yards and coughed it up 5 times while getting knocked down 7 times — that's not a close game, that's a team that came apart at every seam. Shedeur Sanders threw 5 touchdown passes, which is the kind of afternoon that rewrites how people see a young quarterback, and Cleveland's defense made sure Baltimore never had a chance to answer back."

24 points separated these two, and Browns had all of them. Shedeur Sanders threw for Browns — 16/21, 328 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT. Lamar Jackson was steady for Ravens — 16/26, 290 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Zay Flowers has now cleared 100 receiving yards in 3 in a row. On the ground: Ravens 42, Browns 0.

Talia Morgan: "Tampa Bay couldn't move the ball on the ground and couldn't protect the football—3 giveaways to Baltimore's 1—and that 15-point margin could've been worse. Baker Mayfield threw 2 interceptions in a game where the Bucs managed just 39 rushing yards, and that's the entire story."

The weirdest part of Baltimore's 30-15 win was how lopsided the ground game got: Ravens 110 rushing yards, Buccaneers 39. Baker Mayfield threw for 266 yards on 23 of 30 but turned it over twice, while Lamar Jackson went 13 of 22 for 207 and 2 touchdowns but gave up just 1 giveaway total. Tampa Bay's offense couldn't establish anything on the ground and couldn't protect Mayfield from 5 sacks, even as Vita Vea collected 2 of his own on the other side.