LV@NYJ: Offensive edge rusher

What do you do when defenders have you cut off from the end zone and you have no shot at running across the goal line? You get sneaky and look for a way to break the Great Invisible Plane, the friend of all frantic ball carriers.

The Raiders’ David Carr is forced to the sideline on his scramble run, and he takes advantage of the BTP rule, which allows him to run outside the end zone while barely sticking the ball into the end zone’s airspace. This essentially widens the scoring area, and ball carriers can pick up six points without ever contacting the end zone. That’s a loophole we think that is long overdue to be fixed. Hocus Bogus rating: 4.5

NO@ATL: Flipping (out)

Rather than attempting to run into the end zone after pulling down Matt Ryan’s high pass, Atlanta WR Russell Gage elects to flip over its corner, planting his right foot in front of the goal line and landing out of bounds on his left hand after slipping through the Great Invisible Plane.

Though the end zone was never touched, Gage’s flyover is considered good enough for six points. Looks like a cheap imitation of a touchdown to us. Rating: 3.5

DET@CHI: Wave-over

Chicago RB David Montgomery reaches out and touches . . . nothing.

Until, that is, he lands out of bounds after his ball-toting left hand passes through the Great Invisible Plane. And, by rule, that brief action magically grants the ball carrier six points. We, on the other hand, would call it a Nix Six. Rating: 4

JAX@MIN: Stuffed

When Jacksonville RB James Robinson gets up off the ground following his cannonball push into the line, his entire frame is in front of the goal line. If he managed to break the plane, we’re not sure how anyone could determine that. We say no TD. Rating: 3

PHI@GB: Technical touchdown

This is the 400th career touchdown pass for Aaron Rodgers, but to us it’s not a convincing call. (Item of interest: Jalen Hurts, then an Eagles’ rookie, entered the game after the ensuing kickoff and later threw his first professional touchdown pass.)

As he is being wrestled to the ground by Eagles CB Darius Slay (24), Green Bay’s Davante Adams gets spun around while extending his left arm. Adams makes a fraction jab into the end zone’s airspace and then is brought down out of bounds.

Even if Adams did momentarily nick the end zone’s airspace, this play shows the feebleness of the logic behind such a call. Does that really look like a touchdown to anyone? It is purely a touchdown by technicality, and that’s not very satisfying or exciting to watch. Rating: 4.5

DEN@KC: Stepover

Denver’s Tim Patrick cuts the corner of the end zone without getting either foot into the end zone. He did break the plane, but we think fans deserve more than players just whizzing past the end zone. Rating: 3