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Pleasant surprises of the NFL season so far: Brock Purdy for MVP and actual Raiders competence
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 1 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC. The headline in use is “Pleasant surprises of the NFL season so far: Brock Purdy for MVP and actual Raiders competence”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
It’s still early in the 2026 season but a number of teams and players have found unexpected levels of success in the last few weeks Last season ended with a Super Bowl in which neither team – the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots – had been expected to…
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- First reported by The Guardian Sport
Pleasant surprises of the NFL season so far: Brock Purdy for MVP and actual Raiders competence
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- The Guardian