Several Major NFL Points at the Six-Week Mark

• Ezekiel Elliot has won another TRO after failing to get his case heard by a full appeals panel.
• It's clear the NFL boycotts are working.  There are now banks and rating organizations who are cutting Fox and CBS stock price targets because of the decline in NFL ratings -- and this was after last year being the "Great" Trump Circus.
• The NFL and the players sat down for a discussion on many topics on Tuesday, including the Anthem protests.  One cannot think, though, that the NFL is not going to try to look at ending these protests to satisfy MAGA America.

Now, a number of observations, including the big Rig Job of the Week...

• When you can actually get Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio to question the call that much for his beloved Jets, you know you have a problem...

It is clear that a number of the highlight clips do not want to give you a clear view of the Jets receiver on the far side of the field, heading for the pylon.  Though there is a moment where he may have lost arms on the ball, he clearly regains possession as he goes to the ground.

He is ruled on the field to have scored, but then it's reversed in the booth to a touchback and a win for the Patriots, eventually.

Why does this happen?

Well, let's take a look at the current NFL...

• I have already had to tear up my 19-0 ticket, as Pittsburgh's win over Kansas City means we don't even make Week 6 before the last undefeated team loses!  Same week as last year.  Two recent years didn't even get to Week 4!!!
• And it gets worse for the NFL when you start looking at the present landscape.
• AFC:  1) AFC West:  Kansas City, 5-1.  2)  North:  Pittsburgh 4-2  3) East:  New England 4-2 and one less conference win.  (They do play in Week 15.)   4)  South:  Titans 3-3 (the Jaguars and Texans are also 3-3, but the Titans have one more division win)
• Wild cards would be two of these three teams:  Buffalo, Miami, and Denver.

That, alone, should tell you why you saw that rig-job against the Jets.  If the Jets win that game, all four AFC East teams are 3-3!

• NFC:  1) East:  Philadelphia 5-1.  2) North:  Minnesota 4-2.  3/4)  Carolina and the Rams at 4-2 with a worse conference record.
• Wild Cards:  Washington, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Seattle are all 3-2.  (Yes, Green Bay is 4-2, but does anyone honestly believe that, with Rodgers and that brittle offense out for the year...)

Take one look at that landscape and try to storyline a compelling situation.

I'll wait.