Each week, there a number of surprises in the NFL. And each Sunday we also learn how fragile each team is as one injury can potentially derail an entire season of good work. That could be true for the Cincinnati Bengals, who will potentially lose Andy Dalton for the year with a thumb injury.
And then there is the Seattle Seahawks, who were already forced to start Thomas Rawls ahead of the injured Marshawn Lynch earlier in the season. Rawls looked an excellent replacement, but his season is now done with a broken ankle. Seattle now goes back to the drawing board.