NFL Week 8 grades for every team: Cowboys get an 'F' for choking, Steelers surge to 'A+'

We're handing out grades for every team that played in Week 8

Nov 1, 2026 at 6:50 pm ET • 13 min read

Welcome to the Week 8 grades!

This might go down as the most bizarre Sunday in NFL history: We saw one team win a game without completing a single pass, we saw a final score that's never happened before and we saw the Ravens lose two quarterbacks to injury before the first half was even over. 

Here's a closer look at some of the strange things that happened: 

• Baker Mayfield went 0-for-3 passing in the Buccaneers' 16-0 win over the Falcons. That stat line makes the Bucs the first team since 1974 to have zero completions in a win. 
• The Falcons gave up 324 rushing yards to the Bucs, which is the most they've ever surrendered in a game in franchise history. 
• The Ravens became the first team since 2017 to have three different quarterbacks throw a pass in the first half of a game. They lost Lamar Jackson to a thumb injury on the first offensive play and then they ended up losing Tyler Huntley to a toe injury in the second quarter. That left undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano as the only healthy QB on the roster. 
• The Bengals beat the Titans 43-36, giving us a scorigami (that means it was the first time in NFL history that final score has ever happened). 
• The Cowboys blew a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter, which had never happened before. The Cowboys were 69-0 at home when leading by 14 points or more in the fourth quarter before blowing a lead and losing to the Cardinals on Sunday. 
• Jahmyr Gibbs ran through the Vikings with 153 yards on the ground, making him the first player since 2011 to rush for at least 150 yards against a team that went into a game with a record of 6-0 or better. 

Speaking of Gibbs, let's get to this week's grades, starting with Detroit's big win.