Week 4 of the NFL is upon us and there’s something about this week that just feels right.
Maybe that’s because it’s finally October, and there’s a slight chill in the air. It just feels like football season. And with some pretty exciting — albeit predictable — wins in the books, it just feels like football is back in a big way. All is right in the world.
Here are the best reactions so far from Week 4:
The Rams are looking pretty unbeatable, despite their questionable uniforms:
I’m so here for a Rams v. Chiefs Super Bowl.
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) September 28, 2018
Active.#MINvsLA pic.twitter.com/bAQW4yFAsn
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 27, 2018
Game of year will be Chiefs-Rams November 19 in Mexico City.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 28, 2018
The Texans pulled off a somewhat impressive victory and, still, nobody really cared:
I don’t care how we do it!
TEXANS WINTEXANS WINTEXANS WINTEXANS WIN
— Dylan Cole (@dylancole31) September 30, 2018
hahahahahaha the most texans-y way i have ever seen the texans win a game
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) September 30, 2018
I just have to say this while it’s on my mind: Whatever happens with the Colts’ record this year, let’s quit with the “what’s wrong with Andrew Luck” questions, ok?
The answer is, not a damn thing.
(Franchise record in completions with 40 and a career high in yards w 464).
— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) October 1, 2018
Reggie set the bar so high.
True GOAT. https://t.co/d881V8jiBN— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 30, 2018
The Packers found a way to restore order in the football world (we won’t mention those clownish uniforms):
– First shutout since 2010
– Season-high 7 sacks
– Fewest yards allowed (145) since 2014#BUFvsGB postgame notes : https://t.co/mIiXDmhI10 pic.twitter.com/x4SXrFpD7k— Green Bay Packers (@packers) September 30, 2018
Clay Matthews assisting on a sack without a flag? Dreams do come true!
— Liz Gonzales (@TheLizGonzales) September 30, 2018
The full Josh Allen experience on this play pic.twitter.com/C3JTuCyF5x
— Ian Wharton (@NFLFilmStudy) September 30, 2018
JOSH ALLEN JUST HURDLED A DUDE #SCtop10pic.twitter.com/avCE3eieZ1
: FOX #BUFvsMIN
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 23, 2018
The Bears look like a real football team, and Fitzmagic turned into Fitztragic overnight:
Khalil Mack has singlehandedly made the Bears into a contender, and has singlehandedly made the Raiders into not a contender.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 30, 2018
Bears offense looks ready to go early #TBvsCHI pic.twitter.com/1lu9wg0DsV
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 30, 2018
Magic show cancelled @SoldierField.
: https://t.co/Ws0FYB8GzA pic.twitter.com/w4SLDSfKts
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 1, 2018
Mitchell Trubisky has five TD passes today….with 4:56 left in second quarter.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 30, 2018
Well, the Dolphins had a good run:
NFL East teams scoring today
Patriots 31
Jets 3
Dolphins 0
Bills 0The first 3 weeks were cute. Back to reality.
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) September 30, 2018
Live Look at the Patriots pic.twitter.com/kD7dRNgUuM
— DRAFT (@PlayDraft) September 30, 2018
NFL discussion we’ll be having in 2031: “I know the Patriots have won the AFC East 22 years in a row, but this year they’re off to a slow start and I really think it’s the year they don’t win it.”
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) September 30, 2018
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the demise of the New England Patriots may have been greatly exaggerated.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 30, 2018
People over-celebrated the Cowboys win:
THE DALLAS COWBOYS WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL.
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) September 30, 2018
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 30, 2018
The Lions deserve to lose for wearing those uniforms.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) September 30, 2018
The Falcons lost, and there’s a solid chance it has something to do with Matt Ryan looking like the guy who loads your car with groceries.
QB1 clocking in. #InBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/H3FB11yVch
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) September 30, 2018
walking into banana republic with a time sensitive 40% off coupon like https://t.co/JKbSl9coEh
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 30, 2018
allright class im your sub for today
— Nick (@NickGaming93) September 30, 2018
This is the most regular looking athlete I’ve ever seen https://t.co/04Z4tJ9f0s
— Zito (@_Zeets) September 30, 2018
This is the look of a man headed to the grocery store determined to remember which brand of yogurt his wife told him the kids like and which one they won’t eat. https://t.co/IJq1T0W1l7
— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) September 30, 2018
trunk of his car is full of paper towels because they were on sale https://t.co/KjtT7BMgdy
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 30, 2018
Blake Bortles is quickly securing his name as a legit QB:
Blake Bortles has thrown for A LOT of yards through the first five seasons of his career https://t.co/1D5qBSYdiI pic.twitter.com/HsejCkC6Bw
— Big Cat Country (@BigCatCountry) October 1, 2018
#Jets made Blake Bortles look like Tom Brady (or Baker Mayfield) today.
Career-high 388 yards.
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) September 30, 2018
NFL ratings have never started the session down in a year when Blake Bortles starts 3-1. @BortlesFacts https://t.co/w9j7abneXM
— Steve Schale (@steveschale) October 1, 2018
The Browns barely lost, Baker Mayfield had a pretty successful first start, and Johnny Manziel wrote what’s almost certainly the first formal letter of his life:
Baker Mayfield w a pick six and a really bad fumbled snap just now, deep in his territory. And….it’s ok. Made enough good plays today…to justify his start.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) September 30, 2018
Baker Mayfield played extremely well in his first NFL start. Made a couple of mistakes. Still played well enough to win. Two referee blunders cost the Browns chances to end it with a win in regulation.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 1, 2018
I have zero interest in anything Johnny Manziel has to say. It’s established that Baker Mayfield is not the same knucklehead he was. Different players, different people. Not news. Johnny blew a once in a lifetime opportunity and that’s on him.
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) September 30, 2018
Johnny Manziel’s letter to Baker Mayfield said not much of anything, but hey it was a way to inject Manziel into the Mayfield narrative https://t.co/OxAw7UhrQi
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 30, 2018
Johnny Manziel didn’t say a single meaningful thing in that strange “Letter to Baker” segment this morning on ESPN, and if I’m Mayfield, I’d be upset it was run
— Jordan Zirm (@clevezirm) September 30, 2018
The Seahawks eked out a win, but Earl Thomas’ injury gave the Le’Veon Bell contract controversy a human element:
#Seahawks safety Earl Thomas was just carted off with his left leg in air cast. Bad news.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 30, 2018
#Seahawks S Earl Thomas showed up without a long-term contract and wound up breaking his leg. Now, his future is up in the air. Seattle could franchise him at the end of the season, which would begin another standoff. If not, he’ll be a free agent with a new home.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 30, 2018
Is this how the #Seahawks career of Earl Thomas will end?
This was pointed to the #Seahawks bench by the way. Since he got hit on the job and they refused to give him a proper contract. pic.twitter.com/XfPVm57BMJ
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 30, 2018
My heart absolutely breaks for Earl. The interesting thing to think about though is the hypothetical: What if the #Seahawks had announced a big contract extension with guarantees this past week? Whole thing is hard to digest.
— Aaron Levine (@AaronQ13Fox) September 30, 2018
Earl knew this could happen. Seahawks knew this could happen. This is why holdouts happen. https://t.co/tfjmv1bh3S
— Realest Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) September 30, 2018
Earl Thomas flipping off his own sideline. I’m a new fan.
— Zach Lind (@zlind76) September 30, 2018
The Saints pulled off another W and Louisiana local Odell Beckham Jr. was not having it:
Uh oh, Odell is upset again… pic.twitter.com/mTCJ4ENrBD
— Kevin Boilard (@247KevinBoilard) September 30, 2018
Sports is about winning and losing. Except when it’s not. Today, at MetLife Stadium, @NOLAnews photographer @MichaelDeMocker saw a Saints fan helping to lift a disabled Giants fan out of his chair so he could stand during the National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/q6ikMqavsV
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 30, 2018
AIR @SAQUON! #GiantsPride #NOvsNYG
: CBS pic.twitter.com/7L5uRMzGNz
— NFL (@NFL) September 30, 2018
Saints’ QB Drew Brees will need 201 passing yards next Monday night at home against Washington to become the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 30, 2018
The Chargers won but CJ Beathard wasn’t nearly as disappointing as we thought he’d be:
CJ Beathard is one tough dude.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) September 30, 2018
I love the way CJ Beathard plays football. Sets a tone for the rest of the team: If I can lay it all on the line, you can do the same.
— Joe Fortenbaugh (@JoeFortenbaugh) September 30, 2018
What if CJ Beathard is better than Jimmy G?
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) September 30, 2018
CJ BEATHARD PART 2: BEAT HARDER
— Oscar Aparicio (@BetterRivals) September 30, 2018
The Ravens are better than we first suspected and the Steelers might want to start panicking:
The Ravens are much better than I thought they’d be. The Steelers are much worse.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 1, 2018
After Baltimore shut out the Steelers in the 2nd half, it now has outscored teams 49-9 in the 2nd half this season. Ravens are the first team since 2006 not to allow a 2nd-half TD in each of their first 4 games – and now they get back CB Jimmy Smith.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 1, 2018
Bad football team. I think the playoffs are seriously in doubt. Ravens are better than a year ago, this is a huge win for them. Bengals are most talented team in the North if they can not be the Bengals. Browns are much improved.
Steelers are in biiiiigggg trouble
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) October 1, 2018
Something happened with the Eagles, and it might be time to bring in some backup:
The Eagles are interested in trading for Le’Veon Bell, per @JasonLaCanfora ???? https://t.co/rL5jNuE9OL pic.twitter.com/bPmLVWUahT
— Bleacher Report NFL (@BR_NFL) September 30, 2018
Titans fans chanting, “HIT! THAT! LEG!” about Carson Wentz. Repulsive behavior that would be national news if it happened in Philly.
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) September 30, 2018
I’m just curious. Do the @Eagles’ offensive line have something against @cj_wentz? I’m just asking because they’ve done a piss-poor job of efending him today. Just awful.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 30, 2018
Did I read right? Did Jordan Matthews catch a 56 yard TD pass from Wentz? Why can’t Belichick get guys like that?
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) September 30, 2018
The good’s getting separated from the great as this season progresses, and I think we’re all ready for another look at Mahomes tonight. The Chiefs play the Broncos tonight at 8:15 p.m.