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I'm not ready to put anyone on the same tier as the . And so far in the NFC, only the and occupy the upper echelon.But after four games this season, the are becoming exactly what we thought they could be when signed there in March.The Bucs dropped their season opener to the in a game where, if you remember, to not make any declarative statements about the GOAT Danilo Gallinari Jersey . The next two weeks, the Bucs showed they can put away opponents like they did against the and . And on Sunday, Tampa Bay proved coming back from a deep deficit doesn't have to be that hard.In the Bucs' 38-31 victory over the in Week 4, Tampa Bay stormed back from a 24-7 second quarter hole while withstanding a likely season-ending injury to tight end O.J. Howard and dealing with top receiver coming in and out of the game due to an ankle injury.  "It's a long season and we're 25% of the way through. It's not early anymore," Brady said after the game. "We have a decent sample size and we have to figure out what we're good at, what we're not good at and keep working to get better."With , the Bucs spent a large portion of the season working on rhythm and timing at a small, private Christian school apparently deep in the woods. That Brady's pursuit of a seventh Lombardi hasn't gotten off to a world-beating start is hardly surprising.  But what we've seen are perceptible, weekly improvements by the Bucs. First breaking the backs of the Panthers in Week 2. Then toying with Denver's backup quarterbacks with various blitzes in Week 3. Mike Muscala Jersey  And then this week, the defense giving Brady a chance to tighten the margin at the end of the first half before the offense took over in the second half.Brady has 11 touchdown pa ses to four interceptions this season after throwing five touchdown pa ses Sunday, and he may never figure out that out pa s to , that Sunday was intercepted and housed for a pick-six for the second time this year. (Later he would say that comes down to execution, but I cannot imagine he'll be throwing that pa s to that receiver in the remainder of a spooky season.) Any questions about his arm strengthwhich were ridiculous to begin with and asked only by people who haven't closely watched him the last two yearswere quieted when he launched his longest completed pa s in the air for 52.6 yards Sunday.After a seven-catch, 122-yard showing from Evans, we can definitively say Brady and his top receiver have found their groove. That comes a week after Brady and rewound the clock. And everyone in Tampa is happy.  Opponents should fear that the Buccaneers just treated the first quarter of the regular season like preseason. If so, they'll just  Al Horford Jersey keep getting better, and then we'll all feel comfortable calling them a contender.A Panthers source texted me last week after their win against the Chargers saying "I really think we're going to win more games than people think." Today, the Panthers are 2-2.I always thought it was unfair to group Carolina in the bottom-of-the-barrel . is too good of a quarterback for them to Tank for Trevor. It'll be hard for me to pick the Panthers on Sundays, but they'll win games.  I think offensive coordinator Joe Brady has transitioned fantastically to the pros. The LSU mastermind has seen his offense post 30-plus points in two of their four games, and they've been competitive in all four contests. That's more than most teams in the NFL can say. has been a breath of fresh air for Carolina. Yes, the Panthers mi s , but has been more than serviceable in his time as the starter.Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera is a fighter. His team should be inspired by his fight against cancer, especially when he's physically struggling  Luguentz Dort Jersey throughout the game. I know Rivera is doing what's best for his health and his team, and I know sometimes those things can be in conflict. During this Crucial Catch month, I want his family to know I'm thinking about him. He is strength incarnate. I know Anthony Lynn doesn't want to lose his job due to unavoidable injury, but at this point, I don't see how it's po sible to take the ball out of 's hands. The rookie was 10 yards from his third straight 300-yard pa sing game and L.A. has its future at the position.Houston has no busine s being 0-4. The would have lost the first two games against the Chiefs and with or without , but they can't give the their first win of the season. Why has Bill O'Brien been entrusted with *more* job duties in the organization?Zac Taylor finally understood that he couldn't keep putting his quarterback in harm's way behind that offensive line. In 's first pro win, he had 36 pa s attempts while feeding  Oklahoma City Thunder Jeresy 25 times on the ground.