• Aaron Rodgers only needs one leg to win. He was playing through a serious knee injury, his team was down 17 points at the start of the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bears seemed much-improved on both sides of the ball. But Rodgers got the ball back with 2:39 left to play and the Bears had lost the game even before Rodgers hit Randall Cobb for a 75-yard go-ahead touchdown, they just didn’t know it yet.

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• Who needs big-name receivers? Not Tom Brady, who said goodbye to Brandin Cooks and Danny Amendola, and is missing Julian Edelman because of a suspension. No problem. The 41-year-old outdueled Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans, throwing for 277 and three touchdowns. Having Rob Gronkowski stick around helped.

• Sometimes a tie is a win. The Cleveland Browns were 1-31 over the last two seasons with 17 consecutive losses, so a 21-21 overtime tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers represented the first regular season week without a loss since December of 2016. No need to crack open the victory fridges in Cleveland-area bars, but plenty of reason for optimism.