Brothers Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown and Stuttgart's Jakob Johnson will not fondly remember this NFL game day. He is the opposite of successful. Great advances are given away, harsh applause are received and, for once, no points are scored.
The German football professionals in the NFL have to deal with frustrating results again with their teams. The Detroit Lions around Amon-Ra St. Brown gave up a 14-point lead against the Miami Dolphins and lost 27:31. His brother Equanimeous St. Brown suffered a 29-49 loss with the Chicago Bears at the Dallas Cowboys. And the Las Vegas Raiders with Stuttgart's Jakob Johnson even had no points of their own at 0:24 against the New Orleans Saints. It was the fifth loss of the season for the Bears and the Raiders, and the sixth in seven games for the Lions.
The Philadelphia Eagles, on the other hand, got their seventh win in seven games and remain the only undefeated team in the National Football League. At 35:13 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback Jalen Hurts threw four strong touchdown passes and did not lose the ball.
The Lions took an early 14-0 lead against quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's Dolphins and were still ten points clear at half-time. In the second half, however, only the guests from Florida scored. Tagovailoa had three touchdown passes in the second game after his concussion. St. Brown caught seven passes from Lions quarterback Jared Goff for a total of 69 yards.
The Bears worked their way back to 11:35 after 7:28 and then had a miss and a touchdown against themselves. After the Bears lost possession, Cowboys pro Micah Parsons grabbed the ball and went down. Because no Bears pro touched him during the game - Bears quarterback Justin Fields even jumped over him and avoided contact - he was able to get up and carry the ball into the end zone. The team from Chicago never recovered from that.
The New England Patriots' 22:17 against the New York Jets was the 325th NFL win of Bill Belichick's coaching career. He is now alone number two in the list of the most successful coaches, including playoff victories. In first place is Don Shula with 347 wins.
