The cold showed up fast, and it didn’t even bother knocking.

No complaints here, though, because this Week 11 slate might be one of the best we’ve had all season. This is not a “play Wordle during commercial breaks” kind of Sunday.

(And speaking of Wordle, a true pinch-me moment: I have my own puzzle! And you can, too.)

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Darkness falls early now, like a countdown clock from the football gods, reminding us that the Super Bowl is less than 100 days away.

We’ve also reached that point where you can toss a dozen team names in the air and make an argument for any of them to be playing in Santa Clara on Feb. 8.

Look, it always seems to be Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs or Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, but why can’t it be Daniel Jones and the Colts in 2025? Why not Sam Darnold and the Seahawks, or even Drake Maye and the Patriots? Have you watched Matthew Stafford and the Rams lately?

This is the most unexpectedly wide-open Super Bowl race we’ve seen in years.

I’m not a sports gambling expert. But as I first heard my friends Cousin Sal and Bill Simmons note, if the postseason started today, the Chiefs wouldn’t even be in it, yet Vegas still gives them the best odds to win the Super Bowl.

We’re about three weird weeks away from convincing ourselves the Dolphins are Super Bowl contenders.

OK, I’ll stop … let’s not go bonkers. But speaking of the Dolphins, their general manager opening is getting lots of attention around the league, as it’s viewed as an exceptional front office opportunity by seasoned GMs. More on that in the weeks to come.

This is what else I’m hearing on:

Is Giants GM Joe Schoen really safe?

Aaron Glenn’s about-face

Why A.J. Brown is fuming

The game of the weekend

Poison pills

Pump protocol

Taco talk

Same street, different futures

There’s a street in Bergen County, New Jersey, where one head coach at the beginning of his journey as an NFL head coach lives next door to another at the end of the line. On one side lives Aaron Glenn, the first-year Jets coach, trying to figure out how to respond to a Thursday night loss to the Patriots marred by more bad quart