Cardinals won the turnover battle, and the turnover battle won the game. Sam Darnold was steady for Cardinals — 18/29, 215 yards, 2 TD. Brock Purdy was steady for 49ers — 24/37, 205 yards, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Jeremiyah Love — 95 overall — was held to 25 rushing yards, against an average of 66. On the ground: 49ers 100, Cardinals 77.

Cardinals had no answer. Seahawks took it 41-13. Jalen Milroe carried the load for Seahawks — 11 carries, 191 yards, 4 TD. Sam Darnold was steady for Cardinals — 10/21, 243 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. On the ground: Seahawks 251, Cardinals 37.

Ethan Price: "Arizona came in needing to run the ball—they had 12 carries to Detroit's 230 on the ground—and instead passed 68% of the time into a defense that sacked them 4 times and held them to 54 yards through the air. When you're down 21, the math was already broken." Kayla James: "Detroit walked away clean—Jared Goff managed just 93 passing yards and still got a W, because Jahmyr Gibbs did 230 on the ground and 4 touchdowns, the kind of day that erases what your QB couldn't do."

Detroit's 38-17 win over Arizona tells a story the final score understates: the Lions controlled what mattered most, while the Cardinals' game plan couldn't account for it. Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 230 yards and 4 touchdowns on 12 carries—a dominance that forced Arizona into desperation, passing on 68 percent of plays compared to their 64 percent season rate. Arizona gained 339 total yards to Detroit's 284, but that yardage came without answers; the Lions' defense generated 4 sacks while Arizona managed none, and Detroit's scoring margin adjusted for opponent strength sits at 13.0 versus Arizona's minus-1.6, meaning the gap between these teams is wider than one rout suggests. Sam Darnold threw for 234 yards and a touchdown, yet it was never enough to matter against a ground game that simply overwhelmed.

Vikings kept it respectable. Cardinals still won by 7. Sam Darnold threw for Cardinals — 23/34, 275 yards, 4 TD. JJ McCarthy was steady for Vikings — 20/34, 205 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Sam Darnold has now cleared 250 passing yards in 6 in a row. Through the air: Cardinals 275, Vikings 205.

Take care of the football or lose. Cardinals did not, and did. Myles Garrett lived in the backfield for Rams — 2.5 sacks. Trey McBride was the target for Cardinals — 4 catches, 87 yards — in a losing effort. A season best for Kyren Williams. Total yards: Rams 275, Cardinals 184.

Caleb Brooks: "Cincinnati had every chance to keep this one close — Burrow threw 3 touchdowns and the passing game kept pace — but Arizona's ground game (119 yards to 76) and Darnold's 425 yards were the difference in a 33-27 loss that drops the Bengals to 6-5 in a race they're still in." Devon Walker: "Marvin Harrison Jr. did the actual winning. 141 yards and a touchdown on 8 catches—that's the one player who showed up when it mattered, and Cincinnati had no answer for him."

33-27, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Sam Darnold was steady for Cardinals — 33/57, 425 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Joe Burrow threw for Bengals — 19/41, 334 yards, 3 TD — in a losing effort. Sam Darnold has now cleared 250 passing yards in 5 in a row. Total yards: Cardinals 544, Bengals 410.