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The first three weeks of the NFL season has featured a record number of late scores to win games. Week 4 started with another.
Week 4 started with another, when the Seahawks beat the Cardinals on a walk-off 52-yard field goal. Which pushes the number to 16.
It makes for plenty of exciting games. Even when, as happened on Thursday night, the first three quarters are forgettable, plenty of teams have found ways to make the closing moments memorable.
The dynamic also points to the fact that plenty of teams are clustered together. Although a handful of great teams, and a handful of not struggling franchises, have declared themselves early, the teams that can consistently find ways to win late could stack victories and build momentum and become extremely viable as January approaches.
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