Neil Reynolds' Wraps Week 7

Once he had finished being manhandled by Ndamukong Suh in our Sky Sports NFL Week 7 preview show on Sunday night, Jason Bell settled down to watch a wild set of games unfold and, at one point, remarked that the unpredictability of the league is exactly why, as teams, you just want to get into the playoffs. Once you're there, anything can happen!

I couldn't agree more. This league is about as hard to predict as it ever has been and it feels like it's getting wilder with each passing Sunday. On and off the field.

How many of us woke on Sunday morning wondering if Bill Belichick might genuinely be on the hot seat in New England? By the time his 1-5 team took to the field to face the Buffalo Bills, news had broken that Belichick had signed a lucrative contract extension with the Patriots in the offseason, all but ending that particular conversation for now.

Or had it? I still went into Sunday's kickoffs wondering if a continued miserable run of form might see Belichick jettisoned by the season's end, regardless of the financial implications. But, of course, there was unpredictability in the Foxboro forecast and New England shocked the Bills with a 29-25 victory.

The manner of the win was as surprising as the result. For much of the game, New England held Josh Allen in check. But they caved at the end with Allen scoring on a one-yard sneak with 1:58 to play. The Patriots needed a field goal to tie, a touchdown to win and the man who was asked to march them down the field had been ice cold in the previous month – quarterback Mac Jones.

But march them he did, completing passes to Rhamondre Stevenson, Hunter Henry, DeVante Parker and Demario Douglas before hitting Mike Gesicki from one yard out for the game-winner with 12 seconds