SEVEN UNDERDOGS WON IN NFL WEEK FOUR

Seven underdogs won in Week 4, and the biggest was New England beating Buffalo 29 to 26 as a seven point underdog. A week after 12 games came down to one possession, 11 of the 16 did again. Three teams are still unbeaten, five are still winless, and the injury list now includes Lamar Jackson, Ja'Marr Chase and Saquon Barkley.

Seven Underdogs Won

New England handed Buffalo its first loss. Drake Maye turned the ball over twice in the first half, then threw three touchdown passes, the last a one handed catch by Efton Chism with 1:50 left.

Carolina beat Detroit 32 to 26 on Sunday night as a three and a half point underdog. Bryce Young completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns, both to Tetairoa McMillan, who caught 14 passes for a career high 192 yards.

Atlanta routed New Orleans 45 to 24 on Monday night. Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, starting with a 59 yard run on the Falcons' third play, and Brian Robinson Jr. ran for three more.

Dallas won 34 to 30 in Houston when CeeDee Lamb caught a 12 yard touchdown with 40 seconds left. Lamb finished with a career high 17 catches for 189 yards, and the Texans fell to 0 and 4.

Jacksonville held on 22 to 17 in Cincinnati by stopping Chase Brown a yard short of a first down with 50 seconds left, Trevor Lawrence's first win over the Bengals. The Giants beat Arizona 36 to 24 behind three Jameis Winston touchdown passes and a 98 yard pick six by Deonte Banks. Cleveland opened the week by beating Pittsburgh 27 to 24 on Thursday night, when Deshaun Watson led a go ahead fourth quarter drive for the third straight week and Andre Szmyt hit a career long 56 yard field goal with 10 seconds left.

Three Teams Are Still Perfect

Kansas City, Minnesota and San Francisco are 4 and 0. The Chiefs won 30 to 27 in Las Vegas behind 177 rushing yards from Kenneth Walker III. The Vikings beat Miami 15 to 10 on five Will Reichard field goals, their second straight game without a touchdown, and played without Justin Jefferson for the first time since Week 12 of the 2023 season. The 49ers scored touchdowns on three straight second half possessions to beat Denver 24 to 14.

Houston, Tampa Bay, Tennessee, Miami and the Chargers are 0 and 4. The Chargers lost 30 to 23 in Seattle, where Emanuel Wilson caught one touchdown and ran for another for the defending champions. Tampa Bay lost 17 to 14 to Green Bay with undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels starting in place of Baker Mayfield.

The Injury List Got Longer

Lamar Jackson's ankle rolled under a Tennessee defender in the final seconds of the first half, and Baltimore did not score again in a 24 to 18 win. Ja'Marr Chase left Cincinnati's loss with a concussion in the second quarter, and Tee Higgins went out with a groin injury in the fourth. Saquon Barkley injured his right hamstring as the Rams came back from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia 24 to 20.

Washington lost another quarterback in London. Marcus Mariota, starting for the injured Jayden Daniels, left after the second drive with what Dan Quinn said looks like an MCL injury, and the Colts won 30 to 13 behind two Jonathan Taylor touchdowns. Chicago played a second straight game without Caleb Williams, who first went down in Week 2, and beat the Jets 23 to 12 with Tyson Bagent at quarterback. Kansas City lost Tyquan Thornton to a left ankle injury after he caught two touchdowns, and Denver lost cornerbacks Patrick Surtain II and Riley Moss.

Stat Leaders

Joe Burrow threw for 428 yards and Jared Goff for 412, both in losses. Kirk Cousins threw for 365 for Las Vegas. Drake Maye, Jameis Winston and Aaron Rodgers each threw three touchdown passes.

Walker led all rushers with 177 yards, ahead of Chicago's Kyle Monangai, who had 146 and two touchdowns, and Robinson with 145. Javonte Williams and Brian Robinson Jr. each ran for three touchdowns.

McMillan led all receivers with 192 yards, then Lamb with 189, Higgins with 157 and Tennessee's Carnell Tate with 145.

Fantasy Winners and Losers

By our count in full PPR scoring from the box scores, McMillan led everyone with 45.2 points, then Lamb with 41.3 and Kyren Williams with 36.7 on two touchdowns and 10 catches. Javonte Williams scored 31.3, Walker 30.9 and Nico Collins 30.8, with two touchdowns in his first game back from a hamstring injury. Maye was the top quarterback at 24.2.

The surprise names were Monangai at 28.0, Seattle's Wilson at 27.0 and Thornton at 28.1 before his injury.

The worst weeks belonged to Barkley, at 2.0 points before he got hurt, Travis Kelce with two catches for 15 yards, Chase with 5.7 before the concussion, Garrett Wilson with three catches for 27 yards and Davante Adams with four catches on nine targets for 32 yards. Jalen Hurts threw for 93 yards with two touchdown passes.

Week 5 Starts in Dallas

Tampa Bay brings Daniels to Dallas on Thursday night to open Week 5, with the Buccaneers still looking for their first win and the Cowboys coming off Lamb's career day.