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Good morning! Score from the one-yard-line today, will ya?
Coming into this week, we had a clear NFL hierarchy: Eagles and 49ers good. Some people pretty good. Everyone else meh.
Turns out we know nothing. The Bills, who we’d thought were in that middle category, nearly lost to the 1-5 Giants, who’d been forced to start backup QB Tyrod Taylor in Daniel Jones’ absence. Buffalo survived, 14-9, and advanced to 4-2 after a frankly baffling end to.