Sunday in the NFL was one of those days where you looked at the 1 p.m. games and thought they were nothing special.
Then a few hours later you couldn’t believe what you were watching as both the Jets and the Dolphins finished off some incredible comeback wins on the road with furious rallies in the fourth quarter that left fans of the Browns and Ravens in absolute disbelief.
Oh, and then the Cardinals finished off the afternoon games with an absolutely incredible overtime win over the Raiders that ended on a fumble return for a TD.
It was just a fun day of football action (except for those two fanbases) that reminded us all that there are indeed reasons why they play the games.
Let’s have some more fun and hand out some awards for a wild day of football.
Biggest hit suffered by someone who wasn’t playing in the game: This poor audio guy in Dallas.
Ouuuuuuuuch.
Ja’Marr Chase absolutely destroys the audio guy pic.twitter.com/guXAIFAHRH
— IKON Highlight Heaveñ (@highlghtheaven) September 18, 2022
That poor gentleman seemed to have a cut on his face and hopefully that was all that was wrong for him after that unfortunate collison:
oh man, a sound man on the sideline just took a hard hit to the face from ja’marr chase — been tended to now pic.twitter.com/jZHdE4ZILa
— mike taddow (@MikeTaddow) September 18, 2022
Second biggest hit suffered by someone who wasn't playing in a game: This poor security guard in Las Vegas.
This poor guy didn’t see it coming.
That security guard felt contact & saw a payday.
Go get that bag! pic.twitter.com/eC90Zi492L
— 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 (@Raider_Ryan1) September 18, 2022
Hopefully he’s OK, too!
Biggest tantrum thrown by a 7-time Super Bowl champ: This one by Tom Brady.
The GOAT was not happy earlier in the Bucs’ win over the Saints.
Tom Brady throws his tablet in frustration. pic.twitter.com/d6QTX8dRyV
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) September 18, 2022
Oh, he also threw his helmet:
The frustrations continue for Tom Brady and the Bucs offense today.
📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/e5ScdcFF5d
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 18, 2022
Worst trick play attempted near the end zone: This one by the Seahawks.
The 49ers weren’t fooled at all by this silly trick play.
.@49ers weren’t fooled on this trick play…
📺: #SEAvsSF on FOX
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/5seLjDGe69 pic.twitter.com/aj07qUbesx— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2022
Most costly TD: This one by Nick Chubb.
The Browns most likely would have won this game if Chubb took a knee before the end zone. Instead, he scored and the Jets, who had no time outs left, came back to win.
Nick Chubb decided to run this in for a TD rather than slide down.
The Jets came back to win 31-30.
(via @Browns)pic.twitter.com/5LYhhE9yZz
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 18, 2022
Best job of looking like a legend: Tua Tagovailoa.
What a day for the Dolphins’ QB, who had 6 TD passes and threw for 469 yards in Miami’s 42-38 win over the Ravens.
Most TD passes in a game in @MiamiDolphins history:
Tua Tagovailoa 6
Dan Marino 6
Bob Griese 6 pic.twitter.com/Up5Nhu4Szj— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) September 18, 2022
The least subtle shade thrown after a win: This comment by Bucs LB Devin White.
White did not hold back on his former teammate, Jameis Winston, after Tampa’s win over the Saints.
Devin White on Jameis Winston: "When Jameis left our team, everybody knows what he did that last year," "He threw 30 picks."
"We just knew he was going to give us the ball."
Winston threw 3 INTs and had a pick-6 today in the 4th quarter. (@JCAllenNFL)pic.twitter.com/1LdBQeNIo2
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 18, 2022
Best job of starting off a game: Baltimore Devin Duvernay.
The Ravens finished the game in miserable fashion but this first play of the day was pretty nice.
DEVIN DUVERNAY RETURNS THE OPENING KICKOFF! @Dev_Duv5
📺: #MIAvsBAL on CBS
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/LqzAxQaA7Q pic.twitter.com/gwK930d33Y— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2022
The worst attempt of throwing a flea flicker: Carson Wentz.
This was ugly.
This was not close.
A flea-flicker attempt where Wentz and the deep receiver were absolutely not on the same page.
Yuck.#HTTC pic.twitter.com/lI0hgGsDPd
— Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) September 18, 2022
Best job of running for a TD by a QB who is in a contract year: Lamar Jackson.
Again, bad loss for the Ravens but look at how good Jackson is at football.
Lamar Jackson is incredible.
79 yard TD!pic.twitter.com/chRecH9p6x
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 18, 2022
Most unexpected analogy used by an announcer: This one by Mark Sanchez.
Didn’t expect to hear this today.
Mark Sanchez is out of pocket 😭 pic.twitter.com/hbTKQJpdKP
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 18, 2022
The worst job of learning from Week 1 mistakes: Nathaniel Hackett.
The Broncos first-year coach made some more wild mistakes Sunday. Look at this sequence:
Please watch this entire sequence. Nate Hackett has officially lost it. Denver went from 3rd and inches, a TE rush attempt, a long FG attempt, and then a punt. Lord pic.twitter.com/3Eugrn7sHG
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) September 18, 2022
The most ridiculous 2-point conversion scored by a QB: This one by Kyler Murray.
How in the WORLD did he pull this off?
Kyler Murray just went video game mode. This is crazy. pic.twitter.com/ztOoDLWmAf
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 18, 2022
He later had the best pass on a 2-point conversion that sent the game to OT:
Kyler. Murray. Unreal comeback performance.
📺: #AZvsLV on CBS
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/FVZamC6mMP pic.twitter.com/mTlkoeLSzq— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2022
And here’s how Arizona won the game:
SCOOP AND SCORE FOR THE WIN!
Cardinals score 22 unanswered points in the 4th quarter and OT to win! #AZvsLV pic.twitter.com/9sHEfc3Bhl
— NFL (@NFL) September 18, 2022
What a day!
