Best & Worst NFL Week Eleven

Another week down around the National Football League, and what a week it was. We not even two thirds of the way through the season and what we saw last week looked almost like a playoff preview. Buffalo pulled it off in a wild one at home against Tampa. How about Chicago, by some late game heroics, walking away with its seventh win in eight weeks. There was so much to dive into from last weekend, lets not waste any more time. Here's some of the best, and worst, from the week that was in the NFL.

Best: Josh Allen, Quarterback Buffalo Bills
There was some that were looking at this game between the Bills and Bucs as a possible big game preview. And it turned out that was as Buffalo walked away with a 44-32 win at home, thanks in large part to the MVP level play of Josh Allen. This isn't going to be a typo, this actually went down. Josh Allen finished the day with a total of six touchdowns. He ran for three of them (on six total carries for 40 yards), and of course threw for three of them (going 19 of 30 for 317 and a couple of picks). He spread the ball around to ten different receivers on the day, keeping the Tampa defense on its heels all day long. Josh is starting to find a rhythm, if he can keep it up it will be a big boost for the BIlls going on a deep playoff run. 

Worst: Sam Darnold, Quarterback Seattle Seahawks
It is a fair statement to say that, for the most part, 2025 has been a good year in Seattle for Sam Darnold. This went out to prove that what we saw last year out of Sam in Minnesota was no fluke. However, in the Seattle 21-19 loss to the rival Rams, it kind of went a little backwards for Darnold. Sure, he threw for 279 yards, which is a pretty impressive number. But he only went 29 of 44 to reach those yard totals. Oh yeah, he threw four picks on the day too, and wasn't able to toss a touchdown pass. The turnover problem plagued Sam early on in his career, and it picked a bad time to rear its head again this week. Hopefully for him, and the Seahawks, it was just a one off bad week.

Best: Bryce Young, Quarterback Carolina Panthers
To be fair, when you think of the Panthers offense this season, it is the running game that gets talked about. And that's with fair reason. But on Sunday, in a 30-27 win over division rival Atlanta, it was Young and the passing about that was the talk of the day. He was sacked five times, which was the only downside to his game. But the upside was the rest of it. Going 31 of 45 for 448 yards and three touchdowns. Those 448 yards became a franchise record and lead them to a big win. It kept Carolina within striking distance of the Bucs, just one game back of Tampa for the division.

Worst: Kansas City Chiefs Magic
Usually when you think of the Kansas City Chiefs, you can generally hold out some hope that they are going to have some late game magic in them at any given week. Look at what they managed to do last year, going 15-2 and win a lot of their one score games. IN fact, they had gone on a 17 game winning streak in one score games. This year, they sit at 5-5, following a 22-19 loss to the Broncos in Denver. This year, they are 0-5 in those one score games.  I only make this note as we are a month and a half or so out from the start of the post season. With that, Kansas City doesn't seem to have quite the same mojo they once did. If they want to have any chance of a deep playoff run, they need to get it back.

Best: Sean Tucker, Running Back Tampa Bay Buccaneers
We touched on it earlier with the matchup between the Bucs and the Bills in Buffalo. Yes, it turned out to be a crappy afternoon for the Bucs and their fanbase, but it wasn't for lack of effort on the part of running back Sean Tucker. With Bucky Irving still being out, this was Tucker's chance to take advantage of more opportunities, and he took every bit of it. Tucker finished the afternoon with 20 total touches on the day, 140 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns. Two of the three came on the ground, thanks to 19 carries for 109 yards. He added another score thanks to two catches for 34 yards. He was as much of a factor in this game, almost pulling this one out and out performing Josh Allen.

Worst: Jalin Hyatt, Wide Receiver New York Giants
There had been some potential for Hyatt in the Giants passing attack. The former third round pick was expected to be a factor for the G-Men in that pass attack. New York managed to hang around with the Packers the entire day, before Green Bay walked away with a 27-20 win. The Giants had a shot late to tie the game, but Hyatt made a critical mistake, stopping short on a corner route in the endzone that allowed for the pass to be picked off. Sure, Hyatt took the heat for it in the postgame, and he took full accountability. but the chances of him getting a shot again to really make an impact with this Giants team may have just faded with that mistake.