In close games, DVOA doesn't look at wins and losses, which is how the Chiefs can take over the No. 1 spot from the Rams despite a close loss. The secret: strength of schedule and special teams. Plus, more of a look at the incredibly bad Buffalo offense and the surprisingly good Buffalo defense.

The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers leap up the DVOA rankings, but they're still behind the current big three of the Rams, Bears, and Chiefs. Plus, more on just how high-powered this year's offensive environment has been, and further exploration of why our Miami Dolphins ratings are so confusing.

The Los Angeles Rams are still No. 1 in our DVOA ratings, dominating the league with one of the best offenses we've ever measured. Week 4 introduces opponent adjustments into DVOA, so we look at how schedules have impacted team and player performance so far. Learn why Eli Manning had a very different September than Saquon Barkley.

The Chargers quarterback has been flying under the radar this season, but he's playing some of the best ball of his career and has Los Angeles primed to return to the postseason.

It's not just Baker Mayfield. Derrik Klassen shows how Cleveland's young stars along the defensive line and throughout the secondary have turned the Browns from a joke of a franchise to a team to be reckoned with.

Though his numbers have fallen off and the Texans are just 1-3, Houston's quarterback is playing even better than he did in his rookie season.

Atlanta gave up five sacks in a loss to Pittsburgh last weekend. Ben Muth shows how the Falcons were so discombobulated that sometimes it was hard to see what they were even trying to do.

The 49ers have already lost one quarterback this season, and if last Sunday's game against the Chargers is any indication, backup C.J. Beathard is going to have a hard time staying on the field. Ben Muth looks at how the 49ers struggled in pass protection, and also how they tried to help their blocker who needed it most.

Detroit running backs don't run for 100 yards very often, so when they do, plans get changed. Ben Muth shows how Kerryon Johnson got a lot of help from his interior linemen when he ran all over New England on Sunday night, and how Detroit's young linemen have already improved early in the season.

In the time it takes you to read this, the Baltimore Ravens have sacked Marcus Mariota again. We break down Mariota's sacks and look at other quarterbacks who suffered severe beatings (Randall Cunningham, hello!). Plus, the best passers, runners, and receivers of Week 6.

Saquon Barkley's good plays against Carolina were very good, but his bad plays were very bad. What does that kind of all-or-nothing production say about the Giants' chances this year, and Barkley's career going forward? Plus the best passers, runners, and receivers of the week, including a running game like we haven't seen in almost 60 years.

NFL quarterbacks are putting up passing numbers like never before. Does that mean the league's worst quarterbacks (*cough* Josh Allen *cough*) are hurting their teams like never before?

The AFC's game of the year so far lives up to its billing in New England. Not the game of the year: anything involving the AFC South.

How do we remember the Titans if we can't even figure out who they are? Ditto for Blake Bortles, who continues his season of extremes. Also, what do you do with a usually reliable kicker who has a nightmare game for the ages?

Some semblance of normalcy returns to the NFL in Week 4. Your Audibles crew discusses critical fourth-down decisions in Tennessee and Indianapolis, a big day for Mitchell Trubisky, an end to FitzMagic, and important injuries tempering important wins for the Bengals and Seahawks.

Reeling from their own terrible drafts, Bryan and Andrew take a glance back at the top fantasy prospects of 2018 -- and see just how many have fallen by the wayside.

Don't you call them pudgy, portly or stout. Inspired by Week 5's action, Bryan and Andrew take a look at the history and high points of the Big Man Touchdown.

Without his time in the Arena League and in Europe, Kurt Warner would never have developed into a Hall of Famer. Bryan and Andrew go back to Scramble's etymological roots, dipping into the strange world of minor football leagues. With a bumper crop of leagues jockeying for position, will any of them manage to catch on?

The Ohio State Buckeyes have one of the most talented rosters in college football. Their opponents, however, do not. Guest columnist Akshay Ramprakash looks at the caliber of athlete at every school to see which teams are heavyweights and which are punching bags.

Drew Brees needs 201 passing yards to surpass Peyton Manning as the NFL's new passing king. How long can his reign last, and who are the top challengers to the record?

Is it possible to use player, coach, and stadium data to perfectly predict player injuries in the NFL? No -- but analyzing all three at once can show some surprising trends, including that the Eagles (Carson Wentz aside) seem to be ahead of the curve in keeping their players healthy.

Turnovers -- like Dylan Haines' interception -- played a big part in Texas' dramatic win over Oklahoma last weekend. Brian Fremeau explains how he accounts for turnovers, and how that methodology has changed this year.

Through five games, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been more dominant than any team on record -- so why do they keep dropping in the FEI rankings? Brian Fremeau explains why we won't really know how good the Tide are until November.

Brian Fremeau updates his ratings through Week 4, and looks at which teams have moved up and down since the preseason. On the rise: LSU, North Texas, and Buffalo. Underperforming expectations: Florida State and Louisville.

We finally got a week full of upsets: eight top-25 teams lost, and nearly everyone looked vulnerable.

The top 15 got a shake-up this week with five teams losing to lesser-ranked or unranked teams. None were all that surprising, but it still made for a good weekend of football.

Ohio State's win in Happy Valley gives it the best strength of record through five weeks, while Notre Dame significantly increased its playoff odds with a big win over Stanford.

Saturday's biggest game has Nick Fitzgerald and the Mississippi State Bulldogs squaring off against LSU. Other notable matchups include Michigan-Michigan State, Oklahoma-TCU, and Ohio State-Purdue.

It's a big week on the West Coast, where the eventual finalists in the Pac-12 Championship Game could be determined. USC will square off with Colorado in a battle for first place in the South, while Myles Gaskin and the Huskies batt Oregon for control of the north.

Big games this week include LSU-Florida, Florida State-Miami, Kentucky-Texas A&M, and of course the Red River Showdown between Kyler Murray's Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns.

Dallas runs the offense they were always supposed to run; Jacksonville runs out of explosive plays.

Folks! The NFL's one true Josh Allen won a game despite not passing for 100 yards! Marvel at the enigma that is the Titans offense with us!

NFL pinball continued in Cincinnati, where the Falcons became the first team to score 36 points in back-to-back losses since the 1966 Giants.

Recapping all the baby-makin', Lambeau-leapin', job-savin', non-tacklin', anti-tankin', text-leavin', dehydratin', rhyme-droppin' activity of the last seven days of the NFL.

Between airplanes, haircuts, audibles, and children's books, this is the most Chargers-focused TWIQ we have run in some time. Plus, Peyton gets sore about his record being broken, hints of reunions in Minnesota and Dallas, and of course the Eli-Odell-Lil Wayne rap beef.

This week: Patrick Mahomes' weird voice, Blake Bortles' workmanlike attitude, Dirk Koetter goes scorched earth on his own team, and Jalen Ramsey makes his feelings on Tyreek Hill very clear.

A bland week was spiced up by the Chiefs-Patriots and 49ers-Packers in prime time. Also: Pittsburgh loves playing in Cincinnati, Brock Osweiler loves the Bears, Falcons on the winning side of history, and is Nathan Peterman the worst NFL quarterback in decades?

Sean McVay iced the Seahawks with the NFL's most effective play, but did Pete Carroll use his timeouts wrong? Also: Doug Pederson's rare two-point conversion, Josh Allen channels Mike McMahon, and one of the greatest field goals in NFL history bails out Carolina.

Patrick Mahomes aces another test in Denver to close a wild Week 4. Also: overtime decisions in the AFC South, where Hue Jackson went wrong, Atlanta's historic losing streak, a Zeke wrinkle, and the biggest problem with Pittsburgh's offense.

Recapping all the baby-makin', Lambeau-leapin', job-savin', non-tacklin', anti-tankin', text-leavin', dehydratin', rhyme-droppin' activity of the last seven days of the NFL.

Could the days of constantly running David Johnson straight into a pile of defenders be over? The Cardinals fired offensive coordinator Mike McCoy this morning, replacing him with Byron Leftwich. It's the second straight season that McCoy has been fired in the middle of a season; the Broncos fired him halfway through last year. Leftwich is a Bruce Arians disciple, so the hope here is that we'll get a more exciting Cardinals offense that a) uses Johnson smarter and b) throws downfield more often.

We start this week's podcast by playing "Real or Fake" about the Chargers, Bears, Seahawks, Eagles, and Panthers. Then game previews of Week 7's most important games: Texans-Jaguars, Cowboys-Redskins, and Chiefs-Bengals. (Click for audio link.)