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The Jets are heading to Chicago shorthanded and it shows. Running back Breece Hall, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, tight end Mason Taylor, and left guard Dylan Parham are all ruled out for Sunday's road game against the Bears. That is a significant chunk of New York's offensive identity gone in one injury report.
Speaking of the Bears, Philadelphia is still feeling that twenty-seven to seven beatdown from Monday night. The Eagles drop to two and one, and they have almost no time to regroup. Coming up is a brutal three-game stretch that includes a short week, an overseas trip, and then straight back home with no bye in between. How Philadelphia responds will tell us a lot about who this team actually is.
Out west, San Francisco hosts Denver on Sunday with temperatures expected to push ninety degrees at Levi's Stadium. The question is whether the Forty-Niners, with Christian McCaffrey leading the charge, can simply grind the Broncos down in that heat. Denver's offense has had its early-season struggles, and playing in that kind of conditions on the road makes everything harder.
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