I went 5-11 this past week in my sports betting against the spread to drop my season mark to 56-64-3. The last month has been brutally bad. I was 9-7 straight up to raise that mark to 68-55-0, so that's not awful.

The Lions surged at a sopping-wet Lambeau Field, decimated the rival Green Bay Packers, and maintained the NFC's No. 1 seed with a 24-14 victory.

Saints’ Marshon Lattimore and the Browns’ Greg Newsome are among names mentioned by sources as possible deadline targets. Both play on contracts beyond 2024 and are set to earn eight figure salaries in 2025, a reality that may preclude Washington from getting in the mix.

However, it was a complete turnaround for QB Aaron Rodgers and the offense in the second half, with the four-time NFL MVP throwing three touchdown passes and outscored the Texans, 21-6, in the second half as the Jets five-game losing streak came to an end in a 21-13 victory on Halloween.

"I’m just looking at where we’re at with the team. We’re at .500. It’s my obligation to 53 players in the locker room to win football games.” Ballard has made a single NFL trade deadline deal in his eight years as general manager -- sending Nyheim Hines to Buffalo for Zach Moss and a fifth-round pick (that became tight end Will Mallory) -- and that only after Hines asked for a deal.