Top five storylines from week nine of 2020 NFL regular season

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We are now over halfway through the regular season, with several elite teams starting to separate themselves from the pack. It will be interesting to see if the teams at the top will rest their top players for a couple of weeks late in the regular season instead of one, due to the fact there are now seven teams from each league that will be postseason bound. Here are the top five storylines from week nine in the National Football League.

5) Seahawks D looked very susceptible. We all know how great Seattle’s offense is. However, their defense is far from good. On Sunday, the Seahawks gave up 44 points to the Buffalo Bills in a 44-34 loss. That is the most points Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has given up in a single game since joining Seattle in 2010. Bills quarterback Josh Allen was fantastic as he contributed to four Buffalo touchdowns (three in the air and one on the ground). The Bills are 7-2 and the Seahawks are 6-2.

4) Tua and Murray give us 2018 Orange Bowl rematch. Two years ago Tua Tagovailoa and the Alabama Crimson Tide beat Kyler Murray and the Oklahoma Sooners 45-34 in the Orange Bowl. This was the first time that these two future superstars of the game played against each other in the NFL and did not disappoint. Tagovailoa was victorious again as the Miami Dolphins beat Murray’s Arizona Cardinals 34-31. The two quarterbacks combined for five touchdown passes and 531 passing yards. Both Miami and Arizona are 5-3.

3) Chargers continue to get bad luck. The Los Angeles Chargers have been in every single game this season and do not deserve to be 2-6. On Sunday, in a 31-26 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, Donald Parham Jr. dropped a game-winning pass attempt from quarterback Justin Herbert in the end zone on the final play of the game. It was initially called a touchdown, but after further review, it was definitely incomplete.

2) Dalvin Cook is on fire. The Minnesota Vikings are on a mini-two game winning streak after a poor start where they lost five of their first six. The reason for their turn around has been the play of running back Dalvin Cook. After four touchdowns a week ago in a 28-22 Minnesota win in Green Bay, Cook ran for 206 yards in a 34-20 win over the Detroit Lions.

1) Brees gets the best of Brady. This was supposed to be the NFL’s premier matchup, and it was not even close. In the NFC South Division battle, the Saints pounded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-3. Things went awful for Brady (three picks, no TDs), and spectacular for Brees (26 of 32 for 222 yards and four touchdowns). The Saints move into first in the NFC South at 6-2, while Tampa Bay is 6-3. Remember the Saints have won the season series against the Buccaneers as they beat Tampa Bay 34-23 in week one.

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