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• The only quarterback in the N.F.L. better than Ryan Fitzpatrick is Patrick Mahomes. Sure Tom Brady and Drew Brees are good, but Fitzpatrick, serving as a fill-in for Jameis Winston, has thrown for 400 or more yards and four touchdowns in consecutive wins. The 22-year-old Mahomes has been even better, with his six passing touchdowns in a win over Pittsburgh giving him 10 through two games, the fastest start in N.F.L. history.

• It’s better to be nowhere than Buffalo. That’s apparently how Vontae Davis felt at halftime of the Bills’ loss to the Chargers. The 30-year-old cornerback left the team at halftime, announcing after the game that he had decided to retire. Buffalo has dropped to 0-2, officially killing off any enthusiasm that remained from last year’s playoff run.

• It’s going to be a big week for @BortlesFacts. The Twitter account dedicated to the greatness of Blake Bortles, the Jacksonville quarterback — which often focuses on his superiority to Tom Brady — should have plenty of fodder after the often-mocked signal-caller outplayed the future Hall of Famer by passing for 377 yards and four touchdowns in the Jaguars’ 31-20 victory over the Patriots.

• Football is now soccer. The two sports cause some confusion in terms of nomenclature depending on who is talking, but they rarely have much in common in terms of scoring. Not true so far this season, with an N.F.L. game ending in a tie for a second consecutive week. Kirk Cousins of the Minnesota Vikings and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers fought to a stalemate (thanks to the failures of their team’s kickers) a week after Cleveland got off to a promising start by not losing (but also not winning) against Pittsburgh.