It's stressful watching football this time of year. In Week 9 and 10 you maybe aren't analyzing the standings as closely in leagues; in Week 14 you have to, thinking about every player and matchup and how it affects you. Extra tough when starters leave early due to injury, leaving a sad/angry zero staring at you. Let's get to the recap.

Jets at Bills: Decent game, with a couple of very good defenses playing well. Uncomfortable moments with Mike White being knocked out of the game with an apparent rib or chest injury, returning, and then taking another big hit and seeming to have trouble breathing. Apparently OK to play (brain injuries bad, chest/rib injuries OK), with Joe Flacco just having a cameo appearance. I'm not sure the offense was going to do enough in this one regardless. Quiet game for the Bills offense, as well, with the Jets Defense coming to play. But they did enough to get the win, and it's not like benching Stefon Diggs was an option. Instead, Josh Allen and Dawson Knox (once in a blue moon it seems) were the usable guys.

Eagles at Giants: This was the first week I noticed how similar the Eagles and Jets helmet designs are. The Red Zone Channel was switching back and forth from Jets-Bills to Eagles-Giants, and you had to keep double-checking which game was on the screen. How did the Giants get the ball back? Oh wait, that's the Bills. Etc. Anyway, the Eagles have now put on a clinic two weeks in a row against credible defenses. Jalen Hurts for MVP? He's killing it right now. Only bad options in this game among reasonable starters were Giants.

Browns at Bengals: Hey, Joe Burrow has now beaten the Browns! I know, not surprising. But surprising in that both Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd picked up injuries during the game (some debate over whether Higgins was hurt coming in and the Bengals downplayed it on the injury report), so Burrow had Trent Irwin and Trent Taylor as his non-JaMarr Chase options. Bengals were able to stop Nick Chubb and force Deshaun Watson to carry the load, and Watson did deliver some nice numbers for Donovan Peoples-Jones and an athletic touchdown by David Njoku. He also ran some, helping his value. But just 10 points for the offense, and disappointments by both Chubb and Amari Cooper.

Texans at Cowboys: Game of the Day, with the Texans shockingly using a quarterback platoon of Davis Mills and Jeff Driskel to have the Cowboys on the ropes all day long. They'd have won, too, after Dak Prescott threw a pick near his own end zone, trailing by 3 in the final minutes. But the Texans couldn't seal the deal, with Chris Moore coming up inches short of the end zone on a second-and-goal catch, Rex Burkhead (after Dameon Pierce left with an ankle injury) getting a carry on third and goal and losing 2 yards, and then Driskel getting stuffed on a quarterback scramble (I guess, it was pretty awkward-looking) on fourth down. Houston then let Dallas march the field for the winning touchdown. There are no moral victories in the NFL, but a good game for Houston's offense and some good plays along the way by the defense, just not quite enough. Chris Moore was on my list of desperation wide receiver pickups, sadly I didn't listen to the impulse.

Vikings at Lions: The other really good game on the early slate, with the Lions moving the ball at will all game, and the Vikings also passing the ball up and down the field, especially late. All Vikings either great (Cousins, Jefferson), pretty good (Thielen, Hockenson) or serviceable (Cook). But Jared Goff and the Lions were even better, with four different wide receivers putting up numbers (which is why we were cool on all but St. Brown), only the third running back doing anything, a touchdown I'm still not sure should have counted. Anyway, good for the Lions.

Ravens at Steelers: About as expected in many ways; I'd have bet the under. It might have gone better for the Steelers had Kenny Pickett not been knocked out early with a concussion, because Mitchell Trubisky was just brutal, throwing 3 interceptions in what wound up being a 2-point loss. Decent stats from the receivers and Najee scored. J.K. Dobbins came off IR to have a big game, just like Gus Edwards did six weeks ago. Didn't see that coming, obviously. Perhaps Dobbins will be able to build on things slightly better than Edwards did. Mark Andrews a disappointment (not better with Tyler Huntley this week) and Huntley himself left with a concussion. Anthony Brown the starting quarterback next week? We'll see.

Jaguars at Titans: The Texans upset didn't come to pass; this one did. Guess Trevor Lawrence wasn't too bothered by that foot injury, because he was lighting this defense up all day. Was particularly weird since it was all Derrick Henry steamrolling the Jaguars in the first half, but that faded, Henry lost a fumble, and Lawrence kept slinging it. Titans looked so good a couple of weeks back, but that's now two bad losses in a row. Couple of really lousy South divisions in the NFL these days.

Kansas City at Broncos: It's not every week (any week?) there's a Broncos game I can enjoy writing about. For a while this one was a debacle, with a couple of ridiculous Mahomes touchdowns (I picked the wrong week to be facing Jerick McKinnon, that's for certain) and then a comical Russell Wilson Pick Six on 4th and 1 -- if you strung together a video reel of all the Broncos 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 plays this year, from Melvin Gordon goal-line fumbles to Wilson sacks to random false starts...well, it would be really ugly. But down 27-0, Denver woke up, with Jerry Jeudy blowing up for 3 TDs (one from Brett Rypien, after an unusually spry Wilson slammed his head into the turf after a run and had to be taken out). Kansas City won of course, but there are some building blocks in Denver, in the event Wilson can play better next year and the coaching thing gets resolved. Good game for JuJu, decent for Pacheco (but McKinnon was a lot busier).

Panthers at Seahawks: A mini-upset, but c'mon, the Seahawks aren't great. They don't play much defense, they didn't have either of their top 2 (or 3 if you count Penny) running backs, etc. Smart game plan by the Panthers to attack (and attack again) with the ground game, although a real blow to everyone who started DJ Moore (3 targets, no catches). Carolina's offense and defense both made a lot of plays, and the upset happened. Seattle faces San Francisco next week, which won't be any easier.

Buccaneers at 49ers: This was a butt-kicking, overshadowed only slightly by Deebo Samuel suffering what's been called a high-ankle sprain. Range of possible outcomes for that injury, but usually means multiple weeks away. Easy to say things after the fact, but these are the risks you when you use wide receivers as running backs in the middle of the defense; every once in a while a big guy tackles you and you get twisted awkwardly like unto a pretzel. Bucs lone highlight was probably a long Mike Evans touchdown that got correctly erased by a holding penalty in the backfield that enabled it to happen. Which South division is worse, AFC or NFC, discuss. I think it's the AFC, but Tennessee is probably the best of the eight teams at this point; Bucs do not look good.

Dolphins at Chargers: Chargers showed up ready to play in this one, which wasn't as close as the final score. Los Angeles moved the ball from the get-go, with Justin Herbert hitting most everything and Mike Williams coming off the injured list to remind everyone how good he is. Keenan Allen also busy and Joshua Palmer made a bunch of catches. Game was close because LA's opening drive stalled near the goal line and Tyreek Hill picked up a fumble and ran it in for a long touchdown on one of the crazier plays you'll see. Tua Tagovailoa really struggled, the Tua is better than Herbert crowd may be quiet today. Tyreek the only Dolphins to have a good game; Jeff Wilson left early with a hip injury, giving me a win in one league and a loss in another.

Monday, Monday: Big game with two teams on the outskirts of playoff contention; well Arizona is on the way way outskirts, but they probably haven't given up yet. The feeling is that the Patriots should move the ball at will and probably frustrating Arizona's offense for a lot of it. Better matchup for New England's passing game than run game, set your parlays accordingly. Patriots 24, Cardinals 17.