Sunday's slate started out with a bang, a true "you can't make it up" moment in St. Louis.Kickoff of - was . Seriously. Stranger than fiction indeed.It was that kind of day. In fact, it's been that kind of season thus far, chock full o' amazing and wild developments.Here are nine things you simply can't make up:1) Carson Palmer, MVP candidate.My respect for the organization . In Luc Robitaille Jersey the preseason, . They are even better than that -- this team is a true contender.And is an early MVP candidate.Can't make that up.Through Sunday, Palmer is tied with for . Arizona is , averaging an eye-popping 42 points per game.Bruce Arians' team has won nine straight games with Palmer starting at quarterback, and 16 of 18 going back to October 2013. Fresh off his second ACL surgery, Palmer looks better than ever. Clearly, the 35-year-old quarterback isn't just along for the ride on this talented team; he's as important a contributor as any player in the league right now.2) Tom Brady's playing the best ball of his career at age 38.I made a simple prediction in the preseason: Still, I can't help but marvel at this level of dominance. I'm beyond impre sed. It's like Brady has played three straight scrimmages against air.Following the ' of the on Sunday -- a day in which Brady piled up 358 pa sing yards and two touchdowns -- the New England signal caller boasts a 119.6 pa ser rating as well as a 9:0 TD-to-INT ratio. At the moment, he's on pace to throw for 5,931 yards.Brady's remarkable. He's a legend. And he's certainly a man on a mi sion, doing stuff Jaromir Jagr Jersey that 16th-year pros just shouldn't be able to do.3) Joe Philbin is even more underwhelming than I anticipated.I was sort of expecting the to change coaches . Miami -- perhaps the will leave the coach in London.Like Brady, Philbin spawned . Of course, my feelings on each individual were quite different. I thought Philbin would continue to leave something to be desired in Miami -- though I'm not sure I thought it'd be this uninspiring.In Sunday's home opener, by the division-rival . The played with no energy, no plan, no desire to adjust and, quite simply, no clue. Frankly, the final score doesn't do this blowout justice -- Buffalo led 27-0 at the half, thanks to three picks in the opening 30 minutes. The crowd was dead. The defense -- fronted by 114 Million Dollar Man -- was a sieve. QB looked like John Elway.And this nightmare outing came right on the heels of .The have talent, but they don't have a coach. Miami entered Monday and . The 'Fins are 1-2, with the one bright spot being .Bottom line: Le s than a month into the season, Joe Philbin somehow has fallen below my basement-level expectations. And he now has a lower winning percentage (.471) in Miami than his predece sor, Tony Sparano (.475).4) The Carolina Panthers are 3-0!To quote the catchy team song from the mid-2000s, and the have been the epitome of toughne s to start the season.No (for the second straight game)? No problem. The stayed perfect with .Honestly, I thought the were en route to six or seven wins this season, with general manager Dave Gettleman leaving the cupboard bare at receiver and along the O-line. And I wasn't the only one who left them for dead after the crippling injury to . But here they are tied for first place in the NFC South, thanks to clutch play on offense and smothering defense. (Carolina ranks .)On Sunday, the ' starting wide receivers were , and . And Cam finished with 315 pa sing yards, two touchdowns, no picks and a sparkling 119.7 pa ser rating. Nope, can't make that up.5) The Eagles are better without DeMarco Murray?Chip Kelly is a genius! Or something ...On Sunday morning, for the winle s ' road date with the undefeated . Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia notches of the Adam Graves Jersey season.Without the big-name free-agent addition in the backfield, Kelly's frustrated the with ball-hawking defense (four takeaways) and a fine game from the team's other new back, (25 rushes for 108 yards, plus ).In a flawed NFC East, the are right back in the thick of things at 1-2 -- especially with a winnable stretch of games on the horizon (, , ).6) The Raiders are ... legit!After , Oakland is 2-1 with against the worst team in the NFL, Chicago. The haven't won three games in any season's first four weeks since 2002 -- which also marks the last time they've participated in postseason football.Oakland, behind , and a ferocious pa s rush, looks like a real NFL team. That's still just a bizarre sentence to write, given this franchise's recent history (even though ).7) The Colts remain a franchise Jaroslav Chmelar Jersey in flux.Another bizarre sentence to write: The needed a ma sive fourth quarter and log their first win of the year.It shouldn't be that hard for the to look the part. This team has plenty of talent, especially on the offensive side of the ball. came to play in the final quarter Sunday, but he looked awful for much of the game, forcing the i sue in an extremely disconcerting manner. Luck entered the season as an MVP front-runner. Three weeks later, he and owns a career-worst 65.1 pa ser rating. Maybe Sunday's fourth quarter, in which Luck led three TD drives, will get the talented youngster going. Hard to imagine he'll have more picks than touchdown pa ses for much longer.A lot of folks blame the dreadful offensive line and defense for Indy's underachieving start. Honestly, I think the biggest problem with this franchise exists off the field of play. Even after Sunday's win, the conversation won't shift from the reported dysfunction between head coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson. Le s than a month into a projected year, we're already talking about . Didn't see that coming.8) Maybe Sean Payton will be the next coach Indy ...... because it sure feels like the beginning of the end in New Orleans. is hurt, and the look completely rudderle s. New Orleans is 0-3 and on a road to nowhere.9) Andy Dalton, Mr. Clutch?!First of all, credit receiver Sr. for a turn-back-the-clock performance . Thirteen catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns? And this dude's retiring at season's end??Still, Smith putting a team on his back is something we've come to expect over the years. Something we haven't come to expect: clutch play from the Red Rocket.No, didn't play a perfect game on Sunday, logging a pair of second-half turnovers, including and gave Baltimore the lead halfway through the fourth quarter. But with the game on the line, Dalton bounced back, hitting for of in the game's final seven minutes.The Ron Greschner Jersey have been one of the best and most complete teams in the league so far this season. And Dalton, with a dazzling 121.0 pa ser rating, is a major reason why.You can't make it up.Follow Adam Schein on Twitter .