Philadelphia had the lead and almost had the afternoon packed away. Then Little kicked from 57 yards as time expired, and the Eagles acquired considerably worse hand luggage.

Jacksonville won 19-17 in London. Nick Sirianni took the blame. For the fan waking up in Hong Kong, the cruelty fits inside one replay: a late lead, a kick, and an entire team suddenly needing a different explanation for its Sunday.

San Francisco escaped its own trouble and stayed perfect. With the offense struggling and the game demanding a drive, Mike Evans supplied the reason the 49ers pursued him so hard this offseason. Recruitment departments spend months imagining precisely that emergency. Evans answered the phone.

Baltimore got its rescue from the understudy. With Lamar Jackson still out, Tyler Huntley led the Ravens past Atlanta in overtime. The expensive business of assembling a team eventually comes down to who is available when the game starts collecting debts.

October collected from the Dodgers, too. Brice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal, and Milwaukee’s bullpen secured a 2-1 win. On October 3, we wrote that Los Angeles was betting Skubal could cover the difference with Ohtani less than fully healthy. Milwaukee found a bill he could not cover. Our scoreboard has the Dodgers back in Milwaukee on October 13.

Across in China, Kyrie Irving returned to the Mavericks after 586 days away and scored 17 points. Dallas got a player back. San Francisco got the escape it had recruited for.

Philadelphia gets the flight home, with the lead it lost occupying the seat nobody wanted.