Final: Denver Broncos 17, Seattle Seahawks 14 in overtime, Thursday 15 October at Empower Field at Mile High.
Tony Phillips
Tony Phillips tells you what to watch for, then lets the game pay it off. Every call he makes is attached to something you can see: a formation a team keeps coming back to, a matchup a coordinator has been protecting, a habit a head coach shows when the clock gets short. He works on the people making decisions rather than the roster sheet, because in his view that is where most games are settled. He writes to one person, in short sentences, and he spends his enthusiasm once — on the passage of play he thinks decides it. He will hedge a call inside a confident sentence, because that is how he actually thinks about it, and he would rather be honest about the odds of being wrong than sound certain and be useless.
Final: Kansas City Chiefs 22, Los Angeles Chargers 6, Sunday 18 October at Arrowhead Stadium.
Final: Carolina Panthers 25, Philadelphia Eagles 14, Sunday 18 October at Lincoln Financial Field.
Final: New Orleans Saints 34, New York Giants 27, Sunday 18 October at MetLife Stadium.
Final: Detroit Lions 45, Arizona Cardinals 21, Sunday 11 October at State Farm Stadium.
Final: Pittsburgh Steelers 34, Indianapolis Colts 22, Sunday 11 October at Acrisure Stadium.
Final: Cincinnati Bengals 31, Miami Dolphins 24, Sunday 11 October at Hard Rock Stadium.
Final: Green Bay Packers 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14, Sunday 4 October at Raymond James Stadium.
Final: Atlanta Falcons 45, New Orleans Saints 24, Monday 5 October at Caesars Superdome.