We're well and truly into the heart of the NFL season and week eight has been a dramatic one so far.

From a stunning Hail Mary to another loss for Aaron Rodgers and his Jets, these are the five quick hits from the action on Monday morning.

1. Commanders escape with a lucky Hail Mary toss

Jayden Daniels connected with Noah Brown on a 52-yard Hail Mary as time expired to give the Washington Commanders an 18-15 victory over the Chicago Bears.

Daniels scrambled for several seconds before heaving the ball from the Commanders 35-yard line. It was deflected about three yards short of the goal line and fell into the arms of Brown, who was standing alone in the end zone.

Chicago had taken its first lead with 23 seconds left in the game, going ahead 15-12 on a 1-yard TD run by Roschon Johnson after a pass-interference penalty on the Commanders (6-2). 

The Bears (4-3) had their winning streak snapped at three after falling behind 12-0 and giving up the Daniels-to-Brown play that sent players and fans in the stands into a frenzy.

The unlikely TD was Daniels's 21st completion on 38 attempts while playing through a rib injury that left his status uncertain until hours before kick-off. In the NFL's sixth match-up of rookie quarterbacks taken with the top two picks in the draft, Daniels threw for 326 yards and ran for 52.

The unexpected ending ruined a turnaround for number one overall draft pick Caleb Williams, the Washington-area native who engineered a late 62-yard scoring drive after starting the game completing just four of his first 16 passes. Williams finished 10 of 24 for 131 yards, and D'Andre Swift ran for a TD as part of his 129-yard performance.

2. Packers win but lose quarterback Love to another injury

The Green Bay Packers might have to play without quarterback Jordan Love again.

This time, it could be longer.

Love injured his left groin on the opening possession against Jacksonville, left the game for good in the third quarter and then had a front-row seat as backup Malik Willis rallied the Packers to a 30-27 victory.

Coach Matt LaFleur said he had a "high level of concern" for Love's latest injury. Love missed two games in September with a sprained left knee.

With Love watching from the sideline, Willis completed a 51-yard pass to Jayden Reed that set up Brandon McManus's second winning kick in as many weeks. Willis completed 4 of 5 passes for 56 yards, with a touchdown and the biggest completion of the day.

"The moment's never too big for him and he made a lot of big-time plays in this game, not only with his arm," LaFleur said.

Willis found Reed wide open down the left sideline after safety Andre Cisco cramped up and fell down.

"I already knew I was going to be open before the play was even called," Reed said.

It was all the Packers (6-2) needed to rebound from Trevor Lawrence's perfectly placed, 14-yard touchdown pass to Evan Engram that helped tie the game.

3. Jets slump to another loss as Rodgers looks for answers

The New York Jets made some major changes to try to jump-start a once-promising season that was heading downhill.

Robert Saleh was fired as coach after a 2-3 start, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich changed offensive play callers and the Jets acquired Davante Adams to reunite him with Aaron Rodgers.

Yet New York is somehow in even worse shape now.

The Jets lost 25-22 to a New England team that had lost six straight and was forced to bring in Jacoby Brissett, the quarterback during the Patriots' 1-4 start. Brissett, playing after rookie Drake Maye was sidelined with a concussion, led New England to its first home win in more than a year.

And it helped send New York to its fifth straight loss — and third in a row under Ulbrich. The Jets are now tied with the Patriots for last place in the AFC East.

"This is a moment of darkness, and we understand that the outside world is going to get really loud right now," Ulbrich said.

Added Rodgers: "Yeah, I've been in the darkness. You've got to go in there, make peace with it."

Greg Zuerlein missed two kicks — a field goal and an extra point — and the Jets burned through all three first-half timeouts in the first quarter, two of them 44 seconds apart on the same drive.

"On one of them, we were lagging out of the huddle, one I was trying to get the protection right," said Rodgers, who threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns. 

"One I felt like we could have gotten off, but it was fine to take it there. Our operation was a little slow at times."

4. Chiefs keep their perfect start alive as Kelce scores first touchdown of the season

Patrick Mahomes passed for 262 yards and two touchdowns and the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs remained undefeated with a 27-20 victory over the reeling Las Vegas Raiders.

The Chiefs (7-0) extended their winning streak to 13 games, including the playoffs. Their last loss was at home to Las Vegas, but the Chiefs are 5-0 against the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium and 6-0 there including the Super Bowl in February.

Las Vegas (2-6) has lost four consecutive games, but this was the first time the Raiders had scored at least 20 points since a 20-16 victory over Cleveland on September 29.

Mahomes became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 30,000 yards, doing it in his 103rd game. Matthew Stafford had hit that mark at 109 games.

Mahomes' top target was Travis Kelce, who had 10 catches for 90 yards, both season highs. He last caught double-digit passes on October 22, 2023, and this was the highest-yardage output since Nov. 26.

Kelce also had a touchdown catch, his 75th to pass Jason Witten for fifth on the NFL tight end list. Kelce moved within two of breaking Tony Gonzalez's team record.

5. Ladd McConkey makes a name for himself at the Chargers

Ladd McConkey had two touchdown catches, including a 60-yard score in the third quarter, and became the first Chargers rookie receiver in 11 years to have a 100-yard receiving game as Los Angeles defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-8.

Justin Herbert had 328 total yards (279 passing, 48 rushing) and two touchdown throws to help the Chargers (4-3) bounce back from a last-second loss last week.

The Saints (2-6) have lost six straight for the first time since 2005. Alvin Kamara, who signed a two-year, $24.5 million contract extension earlier this week, had 122 total yards. Chris Olave had eight receptions for 107 yards.

Jake Haener replaced an ineffective Spencer Rattler in the third quarter and completed nine of 17 passes for 122 yards.

Rattler — making his third straight start with Derek Carr sidelined with an oblique injury — was 12 of 24 for 156 yards. The Saints didn't reach the red zone and managed only a field goal in the nine drives he directed.

New Orleans's points on offence came on a pair of field goals by Blake Grupe.

McConkey, selected in the second round of the draft, finished with six receptions for 111 yards to become the first Chargers rookie to reach the century mark since Keenan Allen had five such games in 2013.

AP