The Winless N.F.L. Teams Trying to Avoid Disaster This Sunday

If 0-3 spells danger, then 0-4 spells disaster for an NFL team. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals — both with high expectations entering the year — could find themselves in that position after Sunday.

Before the season, some might not have expected Minnesota VikingsGreen Bay Packers to arguably be Week 4’s most interesting game. But Sam Darnold’s rebirth, Brian Flores’ “wild” and “different” defense and Malik Willis’ superb backup job (as well as Jordan Love’s status) changed plans.

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Elsewhere, it gets more difficult by the week to pry the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback job from Justin Fields. He leads Pittsburgh on the road against Anthony Richardson and the Indianapolis Colts

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