The Mole: Four Broncos in the gun as coach weighs up sweeping changes following 'embarrassing' loss
Michael Maguire has no alternative but to wield the axe after the Broncos' embarrassing performance at Brookvale on Saturday night - their sixth loss in seven games.
But where to start?
Analysing the heavy defeat to a weakened Manly team, there are four players whose stats were woeful and will be lucky to keep their places.
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I'll name names - though they had plenty of mates:
Ezra Mam - 5 missed tackles and 3 errors
Cory Paix - 1 run for 1 metre
Broncos players during the big loss. Getty
Kobe Hetherington - 4 runs for 29 metres
Billy Walters - 1 run for 5 metres.
These four - and plenty more - will have a nervous wait until the team is named on Thursday afternoon.
Giant Dragon on path to stardom
The Dragons have found a genuine front-row prospect in giant youngster Loko Pasifiki Tonga.
Just 12 months ago, the 19-year-old was playing in the SG Ball Cup and led the Dragons to a grand final win in the competition.
The Bulldogs junior, who also played in both Melbourne and Queensland, impressed club officials with his application to training over the summer and was rewarded with a spot in the top squad.
Loko Pasifiki Tonga of the Dragons celebrates scoring a try with team mates. Getty
A former NSW under 19 State of Origin player and Australian Schoolboy, he bagged his first NRL try with a fearsome charge up the middle against the Knights on Friday night.
There aren't many teenagers playing in the toughest spot in the toughest sport in the world, but Pasifiki Tonga has handled the rise in class with ease.
Pressure heating up on DCE Maroons jumper
Tom Dearden took a massive step towards taking Daly Cherry-Evans' Queensland No.7 jumper with a five-star display against the Tigers on Saturday night.
The Cowboys hung on for a 32-28 win after leading 32-6, and had Dearden not been there, they would have lost for sure.
The energetic halfback scored a try, had two try assists and five line breaks as well as 160 run metres in Townsville.
Daly Cherry-Evans runs the ball against the NSW Blues in State of Origin game one. Getty
With the Origin series on the line in Perth in two weeks, Dearden has all but forced Billy Slater's hand after DCE's quiet performance in game one.
DCE was good for Manly in the big win over the Broncos - but Dearden was better.
Fullback the key for Warriors' finals charge
Luke Metcalf keeps grabbing the Dally M points, but Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is the most crucial player in the Warriors' finals charge.
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The star fullback ran for an incredible 342 metres in the thrilling 36-30 win over the Rabbitohs in Sydney on Sunday, including 100 post-contact metres, and added a try for good measure.
It was the sixth time this season CNK has passed the double century - a stat that James Tedesco, Kalyn Ponga and Dylan Edwards would struggle to match.
If the Warriors can keep him healthy, a top four spot is a real chance.
'Desperate' Tigers bounce back
The Tigers were desperate to finish a troubled week with a win when they travelled to Townsville on Saturday night - and it didn't happen.
But Benji Marshall got the next best thing in one of rugby league's toughest road trips - a real dig from his players.
Down 32-6 early in the second half, the Tigers looked set for a hiding.
But in an amazing fightback, they piled on four quick-fire tries in an amazing 14-minute burst to reduce the deficit to 32-28 before time ran out.
One more try and it would have been the greatest comeback in league history - that doesn't look like something an unhappy team - which some would want us to believe the Tigers are - could produce.
Coach needs to 'bite the bullet' on Hastings
After seven scoreless first halves in 12 games, Knights coach Adam O'Brien needs to bite the bullet and bring Jackson Hastings back into his team.
I watched Hastings in NSW Cup at Kogarah last Friday night and he was lively, setting up two tries in a narrow loss to the Dragons.
He may not be the best halfback in the NRL - but he is the best in Newcastle.
Jackson Hastings of the Newcastle Knights. NRL Imagery
Besieged coach Adam O'Brien has been chopping and changing his halves all year to no effect.
Against the Dragons, the Knights' attack was embarrassing. They scored one try after Clint Gutherson dropped a bomb and rarely troubled the defence all night.
Hastings throws a neat pass, is an organiser with a good kicking game and the Knights have been lacking all three of those things all season.
Storm's reputation at risk
The Storm came away with the two points on the Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon - but did little to lower Craig Bellamy's blood pressure.
The 28-16 scoreline may look comfortable enough, but in reality wasn't a true reflection of the match.
The Storm were once again off their usually impeccable game and had it not been for a couple of intercepts and a contentious bunker decision that cost the Titans dearly, the result may have been different.
Melbourne missed 20 tackles, committed six errors, gave away eight penalties and big guns Ryan Papenhuyzen and Cam Munster both had mixed games.
The Storm remain right up there in premiership betting - but at the moment it's more on reputation than form.
