Best And Worst Of NFL Week Six

We have hit week six in the NFL season and there are more and more interesting story lines starting to take shape around the league. Injuries are starting to plague Gang Green and Big Blue,  the Dallas Cowboys are starting to show they're for real and are going to be a threat in the NFL, the Jets may be getting better, but not by much and the Arizona Cardinals are starting to now show just how much they miss Carson Palmer at quarterback. Oh yeah and the Seattle Seahawks were beaten at home, something that rarely happens. So, as you can tell, things are starting to get shaken up in the NFL through week six. Here's some of the best and worst performances from this past week in the National Football League.

Best:
Philip Rivers, Quarterback San Diego Chargers
This guy is really starting to make a strong case for league MVP this season. Rivers finished Sunday going 22 of 34 for 313 yards and 3 touchdowns. Those numbers were good, but what makes him so impressive is the fact that the passer rating for Rivers has eclipsed 120 (123.8) for the fifth straight week. Those numbers are freaking scary good. This guy can flat out sling the football and if he can keep this pace up, teh Chargers will not only unseat Denver at the top of the West.

Worst:
Atlanta Falcons Offense
With the line in tatters, the Falcons are now resembling their inept 2013 outfit as QB Matt Ryan gets abused (7 hits and four sacks Sunday) while the backs run to darkness. Nothing really clicked right on offense for the Falcons in the loss Sunday to the Bears. The team only put up 13 points, there was no rushing attack at all, it was a struggle for the passing game. It was just a bad day Sunday for the Falcons offense.

Best:
DeMarco Murray, Running Back Dallas Cowboys
Even though he didn't put up the top individual rushing effort in week six, that went to LeSean McCoy of the Eagles, Murray still had a very solid week once again. Murray finished the day with 29 carries for 115 yards and a touchdown in the Cowboys big win in Seattle. That's what makes this effort so impressive. Coming into the game, Seattle had one of the top ranked run defenses in the league, and they were lit up for the 115 by Murray. Oh and Murray now has rushed for over 100 yards in every game the Cowboys have played this season.

Worst:
Seattle Seahawks At Home
So, the world champions are human at home after all. Including the loss last Sunday to Dallas, the Seahawks have actually lost two of their last five games at home, a place where people thought they were unbeatable. It may be premature to talk about playoff seeding, but the Seahawks are suddenly second in their division and now essentially two games behind Dallas (tiebreaker incorporated) in the early race for home-field advantage. The Cowboys and Chargers have both shown the Seattle D, which lost depth in the offseason, can be worn down.

Best:
Joe Flacco, Quarterback Baltimore Ravens
Joe Flacco showed that he can still sling it, looking like a flash of his old self last week. Flacco went 21 for 29, throwing for 308 yards. Oh yeah and he also threw for five touchdown passes against the Bucs. Sure the passing yards weren't the tops in the league by a quarterback this week, Tom Brady did that. But the fact that Flacco threw for five touchdown passes shows that he can still get back to the level of a Super Bowl winning quarterback once again.

Worst:
New York Giants Offense
After putting up 30 points in each of the last two games, the Giants offense went AWOL against the Eagles, getting shut out. IT was a drubbing by the Eagles, with Big Blues offense not being able to get everything set up and established the way they had the two weeks prior to this. To make matters worse, the Giants lost Victor Cruz for the season with a knee injury. Yeah it was a rough week for the Giants this week.

Best:
LeSean McCoy, Running Back Philadelphia Eagles
The 2013 rushing king is picking up steam after posting his first 100-yard game (149) of the season against the Giants. Big Blue has been decent at being able to hold down the opposing running game, but that wasn't the case this week as the best runner in the game showed off on Sunday. Is this a sign that McCoy is back to form? Maybe, but only time will tell.

Worst:
New York Jets Running Game
Yeah this hasn't been existent as of late. QB Geno Smith set the pace with 11 of New York' 31 rushing yards in a 31-17 loss to the Broncos. As much heat as Smith has taken during the Jets' 1-5 start, this team's foundation was supposed to be a strong defense and a relentless ground attack. The run game hasn't been used effectively every since the loss in week two to the Packers. The Jets do have solid running backs in Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson, but the team really hasn't been using them properly over the last few weeks. Once the Jets wake up and start using the run game the right way again, it will take some of the pressure off the passing game.