Atlanta beat Green Bay on Thursday night, and the number that matters is thirteen: consecutive home openers the Packers had won before Bijan Robinson and Drake London walked into Lambeau and ended it. Robinson and London did the damage on the ground and through the air. Jordan Love and a Green Bay offense that looked settled in August looked lost by the fourth quarter. Thirteen years is a long time to hold a streak nobody outside Wisconsin was tracking closely, which is exactly why losing it stings more than the box score suggests.

Meanwhile the actual pennant races quietly finished themselves. The Dodgers clinched a top-two National League seed and a first-round bye before they even played Thursday, courtesy of the Braves losing to the Reds. The Brewers hit 100 wins the same night, beating Philadelphia and slowing the Phillies' own charge toward October. Cleveland clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year. None of that is an accident of scheduling. Major League Baseball's postseason format rewards the teams that lock up seeding early with rest, and rest is the one asset money can't buy back once the games start counting. Atlanta gets a signature win in Week 3. The Dodgers get something better: a bye week nobody has to explain to the fans.