Best: Josh Allen, Defensive End, Jacksonville Jaguars
In the battle of Josh Allen's, its the defensive one who won the day. Jacksonville pulled off an upset, in a 9-6 drubbing of the Bills. For the first time in history, a player was able to sack, intercept and recover a fumble against the quarterback of the same name. Josh Allen of the Jaguars also lead his team with eight tackles. This is huge on so many levels. It rare to see players of the same name play each other and one dominate the other. IT also huge in the fact that it was the Jaguars of all teams to take down the Bills. Buffalo was favored by 14.5 points going into the game. The Jags Josh Allen was better than the Bills one on this day.
Worst: Robbie Anderson, Wide Receiver Carolina Panthers
Talk about a team starting to slip. The Panthers are now standing at 4-5, following a 24-6 drubbing by the Patriots. This was a Panthers team that had started the year at 3-0. IN this case, Robbie Anderson wasn't having a good day. He had started to show signs of life with Sam Darnold again, but Sunday against New England he's magic wasn't there. Anderson had one catch for two years. Quite day for sure. But to make matters worse, after Darnold threw his third pick of the day, Anderson was seen ripping into his quarterback on the sideline. He had showed signs last year that he was becoming a number one wide out again in Carolina. Now he started slipping back and this isn't good for a struggling Panthers team.
Best: Jonathan Taylor, Running Back Indianapolis Colts
Indy rolled over the Jets on Thursday night, to the tune of a 45-30 win. The score was made closer thanks to Josh Jonson performance for the Jets later in the game. That's not the real story here. The real story is the Colts offense. They had a balanced attack, gaining 272 yards on the ground and 250 more in the air. The biggest beneficiary of the day was Jonathan Taylor. He ran wild against the Jets defense, with 19 carries for a league leading 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The Jets defense had no way of stopping Taylor, who had himself a career day. This guy was good, scary good on prime time.
Worst: Jordan Love, Quarterback Green Bay Packers
Sitting behind a future hall of famer is a very tough thing to do. But that's what Jordan Love has had to endure, sitting behind Aaron Rogers. Love's first career start came against the defending AFC champions in Kansas City. KC walked away with a 13-7 win and Love wasn't great. He was 19 of 34 for 190 yards, a touchdown a pick and was sacked once. Those pass yard totals are the lowest against Kansas City the entire season. Kansas City has been struggling pretty badly this year, but they managed to keep it together enough to shut down the Rogers-less Packers. Love had a chance to make a name for himself and show the Packers organization that he could be ready to step up and take over when Aaron leaves. Now it seems Green Bay could have a big problem down the road.
Best: Xavier McKinney, Safety New York Giants
We look at a team like the Giants, they are a good example of an enigma. With all the talent that this team has, you'd like to think that they'd be better than they are. But the Giants are now sitting at 3-6 following a 23-16 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Xavier McKinney is a big reason for that. He was the 36th overall pick in the draft and he was out there like he had something to prove. He picked Derek Carr off twice. The 2nd pick would be a pick six that put the Giants into the lead for good late in the game, giving the Giants a four point lead. He now has four picks on the year, good enough for fourth in the NFL on the year and 2nd amongst safety's. Yeah, this guy's kind of good.
Worst: Philadelphia Eagles Defense
Its turned into a rough going for the Eagles, who now fall to 0-4 on home field after falling 27-24 to the Chargers. Justin Herbert was able to complete 80% of his passes against this defense. That's the 5th time this season alone that an opposing QB has done that against them. Oh, and that vaunted defensive line the Eagles have barely got any pressure on Herbert, allowing him to make his throws, allowing him to throw for 356 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Philly is a second place team in the division and fading fast. Maybe this defense is an area that the Eagles really need to start looking into come this offseason.
Best: Mike Vrabel, Head Coach Tennessee Titans
The last month, on paper was going to be tough for the Titans. Over that time, they've had to face the Bills, Chiefs, Colts and Rams. All really good teams. Some would think that the Titans, who are without there best offensive player, would either go 1-3 or at best case 2-2. But the Titans have won all four of those games, following the 28-16 win over the Rams. They now sit at 7-2 and have the best record in the AFC South. It shows how well Mike Vrabel is able to gameplan. He knows how to get his guys ready. Oh they can be good, like scary good.
Dallas had a six game winning streak coming into this week. Then it came to an abrupt end, thanks to the Denver Broncos. Denver walked away with a 30-16 win in Dallas, and this coming with the Broncos having a 30-0 lead by the time the fourth quarter got underway. Dallas got two scores late, but it was all in garbage time. Dallas gave up over 400 yards of offense to the Broncos, something which looked an awful lot like they would have done last year. And the Dallas offense couldn't muster much of anything. 60 yards receiving between Cooper and Lamb combined, while Elliott had just 51 yards on the ground. All in all a day in which Dallas wants to forget
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