Favored teams did well in Sunday’s early N.F.L. action, with the A.F.C. South heavyweights both winning, the Miami Dolphins eliminating an old rival from playoff contention and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting slowly before racing back for a surprising road win over Atlanta.
Here’s what we learned:
A Derrick Henry stiff arm sounds even scarier than it looks. Henry is known for turning the stiff arm into a work of art, but he took it up a notch in the Tennessee Titans’ laughable 46-25 victory over the Detroit Lions. On a 7-yard run early in the second quarter, Henry was heading toward the left sideline when Alex Myres, a second-year cornerback, tried to wrap up the much larger running back.