Best: New York Jets Defense
You want to talk about bigtime performances, look no further then what the Jets defense did against the unbeaten, at the time, Eagles. Philly isn't unbeaten anymore, as the Jets walked away with a 20-14 victory. New York's offense had done just enough to get the job done, but it was the defense that was the star of the day. They forced four eagles turnovers, including a huge pick late in the game that led to the Jets go ahead touchdown at the end of the day. Now, after the way the Jets started the season with Rogers getting hurt, there wasn't much hope. After this win, they go into the bye week as a .500 football team, which I didn't think I would be saying with the way things got started.
Worst: Carolina Panthers Offense
Things just seem to keep getting worse for Carolina, who are the only winless team left in the NFL this season. This comes after getting spanked to the tune of a 42-21 drubbing at the hands of the Dolphins. For one thing, Morstert on Miami had more rush yards by himself then the Panthers did as a team. Stroud was sacked 4 times and the Panther pass attack had 188 total yards through the air. This leads to head coach Frank Reich saying that he's going to actually had offensive play calling off to his offensive coordinator Thomas Brown. Maybe, just maybe, this will give the Panthers offense the kick right square in the ass it needs to get going. Because it was horrible against Miami,
Best: Kyren Williams Running Back Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles seemed to find part of its game again on Sunday, in a 26-9 win over the Cardinals. Williams was a huge part of that with a big game on the ground on Sunday, He was one of two backs with over a hundred yards on the ground (Mostert of Miami was the other one). Williams finished with 20 carries for 158 yards and a touchdown. It's performances like this that prove that there can still be good runners on any given week and there is a pretty big place in the game for the running game and teams need to start getting back to it more
Worst: Gardner Minshew Quarterback Indianapolis Colts
With Anthony Richardson out with injury, Gardner had a chance to step up and take hold of this job. And it was against his old team in Jacksonville no less. But it didn't go the way anybody expected. Jacksonville walked away with a 37-20 win. Yes Minshew threw for 329 yards on the day, but only completed 33 of the 55 passes he threw. Oh and he had three ugly picks on the day too. Not a good way for Gardner to get back under center in this league. But with Richardson down for what looks like the year, its Gardners team and he's going to have to get this thing figured out.
Best: Jim Schwartz Defensive Coordinator Cleveland Browns
Another case of a great defense knocking off a previously unbeaten team. Cleveland pulled off a huge upset, beating the 49ers 19-17 thanks in large part to what Jim Schwartz dialed up against the Niners. It didn't help San Francisco that they lost McCaffery to injury early on. But the Browns defense put all kinds of pressure on Brock Purdy on the day, and you could see it was driving him nuts. Cleveland was throwing its collective weight around late and the Niners had no answer. Now Cleveland isn't going to be a contending team in the same vain as say a Buffalo or Kansas City in the AFC, but with how well there defense can play, it will keep them in a lot of games.
Worst: New York Giants Pass Game
Its tough enough going up a very good Buffalo Bills team. Its even tougher when its not Daniel Jones, but rather Tyrod Taylor under center for the night. Buffalo walked away with a 14-9 win in a game that really shouldn't have been that close. Buffalo looked bad all night too, but the Giants offense was even worse. Against a depleted Bills defense, this should have been a runaway, with Saquan Barkley back in there for the Giants too. But the pass game didn't do much of anything. Sure Taylor threw for 200 yards but it wasn't anything meaningful. They went 0 for 5 in trips to the redzone on the night. How much more embarrassing can you get if your the Giants?
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