MIN@DET: Breaking a plane

Detroit RB D’Andre Swift never touches the end zone; he just appears to give the ball a brief wave over the goal line. It did not look like a touchdown to the announcing crew. Even the referees initially disagree on what to call.

What is clear to us is Swift never contacted the end zone. That should be the primary criterion for ruling if a touchdown should be awarded or not. Simple. Hocus Bogus rating: 4.5

HOU@JAX: Long-distance plane-breaker

At the end of a 73-yard catch-and-run, Jacksonville’s DJ Chark, Jr., cannot quite make it to the end zone. Luckily for him, it’s not a requirement under the break-the-plane rule. Such a convenience at the end of a busy sprint. Rating: 4

BAL@IND: Flip flop

The Colts’ Jonathan Taylor catches just enough end zone airspace to qualify for a break-the-plane touchdown, then inverts and crashes to the turf short of the goal line. To us, no actual end zone contact means no touchdown. Thus this is yet another Nix Six. Rating: 4

SEA@BUF: A hop, skip and a TD

Bills’ QB Josh Allen goes airborne just because he can, leaping high above the goal line and landing on his right foot, out of bounds.

It’s a simple, celebratory act on Allen’s part, and it shows how casually, even sloppily, ball carriers treat the end zone when they know all they have to do is zoom through the air aloft above it and they’ll still get six. Rating: 2