In the afternoon round of four matchups, the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Seattle Seahawks to gain sole possession of first place in the NFC West. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy returned and found Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle early and often in a rout of the Arizona Cardinals.

Now, the Chiefs find themselves 5-5 with seven games to go in the regular season, a full 3 1/2 games behind the Broncos in the AFC West and having lost head-to-head tiebreakers to both Denver and the ...