Two of the league’s longest tenured quarterbacks had an uncharted streak heading into Week 7 of the 2022 NFL season.
It was the second time since the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost for the second week in a row. Aaron Rodgers And Tom Brady are experiencing simultaneous failures.
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Both of their teams sit at 3-4, the latest in any season in which both their respective teams have been under .500 since Rodgers became a starter again in 2008.
This week, their opponents had some simple answers to their misfortunes:
Tampa Bay closed as a 13-point favorite, but couldn’t score a touchdown in the third biggest upset of Brady’s career.
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β Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) October 23, 2022
Green Bay was favored in its last three games but dropped all three, matching its longest losing streak as a favorite in the Super Bowl era.
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β Washington Commanders (@commanders) October 23, 2022
Teams across the league celebrated their wins with celebratory posts:
Cleveland attempted a pregame troll Thursday, but it was a futile attempt as Baltimore escaped with a victory. While its AFC North opponent didn’t respond to the tweet, Old Bay fired back with some barbs of its own.
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β Old Bay (@OLDBAYSeasoning) October 21, 2022
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β Old Bay (@OLDBAYSeasoning) October 23, 2022
The Ravens have lost three times this season after blowing double-digit leads, but managed to overcome another fourth-quarter slump this week.
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β Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) October 23, 2022
The Giants started 6-1 or better, won each of their first seven games by one possession, and became the first team in NFL history to have six of their wins come by a combined 27 points.
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β New York Giants (@Giants) October 23, 2022
Dak Prescott’s first game got off to a slow start as the team went scoreless in the first quarter, but the Cowboys eventually recovered.
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β Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) October 23, 2022
Joe Burrow is connected with Tyler Boyd On a 60-yard touchdown run early in the game, the Bengals never looked back, with Burrow passing for 345 yards in the first half alone.
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β Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) October 23, 2022
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