In the days leading up to Sunday's game against the 49ers, Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith said it was a game his team needed to win "if we want to be that type of team we say we are."
There was more to like about the Bears offense in their first game since firing offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, but there wasn't much to celebrate at the final whistle.
The three biggest blowouts of this NFL season have been wins by the Lions: They beat the Jaguars by 46 points on Sunday, and they beat both the Cowboys and Titans by 38 points earlier this season.
The 49ers had a lead over an NFC West opponent at home in the fourth quarter on Sunday, but that turned out to be a bad thing for the third time in three chances this season.
Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen's history with the Ravens made him a popular figure in the days leading up to Sunday's game between the AFC North teams and Queen wound up making a major play just before halftime.
Thoughts of past failures may have been in the mind of Chargers fans when the team blew a 27-6 lead in the second half of Sunday night's game against the Bengals, but the end result was different this time around.
The Bengals suffered yet another late-game defeat on Sunday night, falling to the Chargers 34-27 after mounting a 21-point comeback to tie the game in the second half.