Just like that, a quarter of the 2015 NFL season is consigned to the past. Already, some of the narratives that drove the 2014 campaign have been flipped completely.
The NFC South, which last year sent a Carolina squad with a 7-8-1 record to the postseason, now boasts two of the league's six undefeated teams in Atlanta and Carolina.
While last year was the year of the rookie wide receiver, with the likes of Odell Beckham Jr., Kelvin Benjamin and Jarvis Landry (among others) making immediate impacts, there has only been one such wideout this year: Oakland's Amari Cooper.