How the Rams, Cowboys, Patriots pulled off Week 4 comebacks - ESPN

It's never too early to turn around a season. Ask the 2024 Eagles, who hit their bye at 2-2 after allowing 33 points to the Bucs in Week 4. Vic Fangio inserted Cooper DeJean into the lineup at slot cornerback, the Eagles leaned on Saquon Barkley, and Philly went 16-1 the rest of the way en route to a Super Bowl victory. The 2025 Seahawks lost a 38-35 shootout with that same Bucs team in Week 5, but one week later, they played their best defensive game of the season to that point against the Jaguars. Like the Eagles, they lost just one game over the rest of the season before winning the Super Bowl.

Sunday of Week 4 might have seen that turning point take place for three would-be contenders. It's possible we just saw the Cowboys, Rams and Patriots save their seasons. At the very least, they put disappointing starts in their respective rearviews with fourth-quarter comebacks. Their flaws might still be real problems, but this could be a jumping-off point for the three teams as they try to launch their way back to the top of the playoff picture.

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Let's take a closer look at all three. And I'll start in Houston, where the Texans were attempting to salvage their own season after an 0-3 start, only for a massive day from the Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb to sink DeMeco Ryans' team. (Playoff probabilities are via ESPN's Football Power Index.)

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Lowest win probability for the Cowboys: 21.5% (2:00 to go in the game)
Chance to make the playoffs after win, per FPI: 82.3%

The Cowboys might look back at their past two games and feel like they probably deserved, on average, to win one of the two. A narrow loss to the Ravens in Brazil was followed on Sunday with a