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The biggest game on Thursday pits a pair of playoff contenders against each other as Josh Allen leads the Buffalo Bills (8-3) into Dallas to play the Cowboys (6-5). Earlier, the Chicago Bears (5-6) face the Detroit Lions (3-7-1) and somebody called David Blough, while the night game pits New Orleans (9-2) against Atlanta (3-8). Use this thread to discuss them all.

Why does Derrick Henry hate the Jaguars? What is wrong with Carson Wentz? And what is going on with the Atlanta Falcons?

Your Thursday nighter sees Pittsburgh (5-4) traveling to Cleveland (3-6) in hopes of ending the Browns' playoff hopes. Big Sunday games include Houston (6-3) at Baltimore (7-2), New England (8-1) at Philadelphia (5-4), and ... um, Chicago (4-5) at the Rams (5-4) in prime time?

We probably should have posted an Extra Point earlier this week about the workout the NFL had arranged for veteran free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but the whole situation was so weird that it was hard to believe anything was going to happen until it happened.

Several players have been suspended following the brawl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns in the closing seconds of Thursday Night Football. 

The afternoon and prime-time games include some dandies with two teams in playoff contention. Rams-Steelers! Packers-Panthers! Vikings-Cowboys! And on Monday night, perhaps the biggest game of the year so far, as the Seahawks (7-2) visit San Francisco to take on the undefeated 49ers.

With a pair of division leaders (Cowboys and Ravens) on byes, Week 8 is a pretty dreary lineup.

Week 7 kicks off tonight with an AFC West matchup as the suddenly struggling Chiefs, losers of two in a row, travel to Denver to take on the Broncos. Big Sunday games include Houston (4-2) at Indianapolis (3-2), Minnesota (4-2) at Detroit (2-2-1), and Baltimore (4-2) at Seattle (5-1).

Week 6 kicks off with a snoozer, as Daniel Jones leads the injury-riddled Giants into Foxborough to face the undefeated Patriots. The rest of the weekend, however, looks stacked.

Week 5 kicks off with a doozy as the 3-1 Rams visit Seattle to play the 3-1 Seahawks on Thursday night.