Thursday, October 13, 2022

Best & Worst NFL Week Five

Week five is in the books around the NFL. Philadelphia is still the only unbeaten team left in the game, while we got a few other solid teams at 4-1. Everybody in the league has at least one win, while some teams are leaving their fans scratching their heads. We have some players playing up to their expectations, while others have been dropping the ball, so to speak. So lets not waste any more time and dive right into it. Here's the best, and worst, from week five in the NFL

Best: Brian Daboll, Head Coach New York Giants
No what you are about to read is not a typo. The New York Giants are in fact a 4-1 football team. For that, Brian DaBoll deserves a medal. It showed in a 27-22 win over the Packers in London on Sunday. DaBoll has Sequan Barkley running like his old self, he's got Daniel Jones playing inspired football. They are playing great football. Oh and all of this is being done after cleaning up the mess that had been left over by Joe Judge. Yes this team is playing good and he is an early frontrunner for coach of the year.

Best: Taysom Hill, Quarterback New Orleans Saints
Hill is, without a doubt a jack of all trades for New Orleans. It was on display on Sunday in a 39-32 win over Seattle. Andy Dalton was the starting QB, but Hill had just as much of an impact. He threw a 22 yard touchdown pass, he had 68 yards in kick return yards. Oh and he also rushed for 112 yards, which was five more yards than what Alvan Kamara did. He has proven in the past that he can do a little bit of everything for the Saints and it was on display again on Sunday,

Best: Gabe Davis, Wide Receiver Buffalo Bills
There's going off, then there Gabe Davis level of going off. In a 48-4 dominating win by the Bills over Pittsburgh, Davis was a huge reason for that. Three catches for a league best 171 yards and two of those catches went for touchdowns. He outreached a defender for a ball at one point on one of the touchdowns that it didn't look like he even really had a chance to make the catch on. This is one of those possibly future iconic performances.

Worst: Roughing The Passer
This has been called into question at times in the past and its getting called in there again. It was on display in a couple of games but most notably in the game with the Bucs. Grady Jarrett got a sack on Brady and the way he took Brady to the ground seemed like it was a normal football play, but it was flagged and called for roughing the passer. It, to the naked eye, looked like a normal football play but was called to protect Brady. I get it that you want to protect the quarterbacks around the league and it makes sense, but it was a horrible call and the ruling of roughing the passer needs to be changed.

Worst: Baker Mayfield, Quarterback Carolina Panthers
When Cleveland got rid of him it looked like it was going to be a fresh start for Baker. Turns out it hasn't gone that way for Mayfield in Carolina. In a 37-15 loss to Carolina, baker had a below average day. 20 of 36 for 215 one pick and was sacked four times. The numbers only tell cold facts. There maybe a reason why Cleveland didn't have too many bites from other franchises when they put Baker on the market. Carolina only took him because Sam Darnold was hurt at the start of the season. He isn't well liked in the locker room, according to some, and that's making this look even worse. If he was an above average quarterback it would make up for some of his issues, but he's not. And his future in this league doesn't look very good.

Worst: Tyreek Hill, Wide Receiver Miami Dolphins
Small part of me feels bad here for Hill. When he's on his game, he's one of the top five receivers in all of football. Right now, he doesn't really look that way. The Jets beat the tar out of the Dolphins, to the tune of a 40-17 New York win. Sure Hill had seven catches, but it was for just 47 yards. yes he had a third string QB throwing to him but still. Those numbers are below his standards. That's not why I got Hill on here. He's here because he was on the receiving end of a big stiff arm from Quinnen Williams, the defensive lineman who is five inches taller and 112 pounds heaver.

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