NFL: Best and worst of week-6

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The The National Football League has already finished the first third of its 2021 regular season and until this point there is barely one undefeated team left.: Arizona Cardinals and one without wins: Detroit Lions. However, in these first six weeks they have left some surprises like the 5-1 of the Ravens and the 3-3 of the Kansas City Chiefs. With autumn in full swing, the weather will start to factor into the middle of the year.

This was the best and worst of week 6 in the NFL

The best

  • Dallas Cowboys: In his second season under the command of Mike McCarthy, the Texan team seems to have found the balance, especially on offense with Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliot. Although it was not the best game against the New England Patriots, they knew how to resist the onslaught, handle the bad moment and take the victory in Foxboro. Their divisional rivals appear not to put up much of a fight, so the “lone star” goal will be to keep their stars healthy with a view to hosting a postseason game at AT&T Stadium.
  • Tennessee Titans: Despite a start where the strength of the team was questioned thanks to a loss to the New York Jets, the Nashville team has been able to recover and with a victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars they returned to the .500 percentage, although still with doubts. However, the victory against the Bills, the best-projected team in the American Conference, gives them a breather in the postseason contest on the “new circuit.” His game against Kansas City next season could confirm whether Derrick Henry and company could go far in the year.
  • Green Bay Packers: Beyond the five consecutive victories they have won in a row after a disastrous kickoff in New Orleans, Aaron Rodgers’ men are not only in the fight for the first place in the National Conference, but the current MVP of the league was reunited with his fans (thanks to his controversial statement to his rivals Bears who beat them 24-14 in Chicago: “I am his owner”) and established himself as the undisputed leader of his dressing room. On the other hand, Matt LaFleur became the first coach to record seven division victories on the road in his first three seasons at the helm, not counting key casualties on both sides of the ball. In a low-key way, but it looks like the Wisconsin’s challenge will come in the Conference Championship once again.

Worst

  • New England Patriots: Before the Tom Brady era, the Foxboros had been a mediocre team, pulling bad. In fact, in 1993 they were even the first overall pick, where they chose Drew Bledsoe, the immediate predecessor of the 12 with which they reached six Super Bowl titles. However, before his departure, Bill Belichick’s team has barely been able to keep the team afloat and in fact, for the first time since the year where they had the first position of the Draft they fell in their first four games at home with two particularly painful defeats. against Cowboys last Sunday and against the Buccaneers of the aforementioned quarterback. However, Mac Jones already gave sparks of his ability and it seems that it is a matter of time before the Massachusetts men return to the fore.
  • Miami Dolphins: After getting a win in their first week against the aforementioned Patriots, Florida’s are in free fall, including a 35-0 loss at home to the Bills and a 45-17 loss to the champion Buccaneers. However, to escalate the crisis, the Dolphins fell to a Jacksonville Jaguars who had not won a game in the 2021 season, despite the great performance of Tua Tagovailoa, who signed 329 yards and two touchdown passes.
  • Detroit Lions: For the first time since 2008, when they became the first team to sign an 0-16 campaign, the blue and silver team started with six consecutive defeats in the year where their offensive capacity is the critical unit, since only in their second game they were able to sign more than 20 points (33 vs San Francisco) and it seems that Michigan’s got the weak part of the deal by obtaining Jared Goff, who has four interceptions and just over 1,500 yards.

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