NFL Winners and Losers, Week 10: Dolphins, Raiders surging at right time

NFL Week 10 Winner: Steve Keim and the Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals provided fans with the best moment of Week 10. After Josh Allen found Stefon Diggs with only 34 seconds on the clock, it seemed as if the Bills had the Cardinals dead to rights. But after some quick throws to move the ball downfield, magic transpired as Kyler Murray bought just enough time to toss a Hail Mary to DeAndre Hopkins. Despite being draped with Buffalo defenders, Hopkins came down with the game-winning touchdown in the end zone.

Cardinals general manager Steve Keim deserves all the credit in the world. While we’ve seen organizations mortgage their draft future for star players, he took advantage of a market inefficiency (Bill O’Brien making trades) and netted a true game-changer. And this play showed just how brilliant of a move it was.

With the win, the Cardinals are not only 6-3 but sit atop the NFC West thanks to the Rams beating the Seahawks and tiebreakers in the division. All it cost them to get there was David Johnson and a second-round pick.

NFL Week 10 Loser: Carson Wentz

The NFC East is a dumpster fire. But amidst that burning trash of the division, it felt as if the Philadelphia Eagles were safe bets to be better than their peers in the East and earn the playoff spot as the winner. Instead, they came out in Week 10 and lost to the ailing New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. And now things are dicey for the Eagles as they hold only a half-game lead in the division.

While there are numerous issues in Philly, though, quarterback Carson Wentz is the one that stands out and may be the biggest issue. We’ve seen him play at an MVP level before but he’s looking downright replaceable at this point. His decision-making, his throws and just his grasp of the offense right now aren’t there. The result is that the Eagles offense has a defined ceiling, one that makes them simply a part of the divisional dumpster fire, not the surefire contender to emerge from it.