Best:
Robert Woods, Wide Receiver Los Angeles Rams
Some people around the league scratched their heads when the Rams paid Robert Woods like a low end #1 receiver, the man had never had more then 700 receiving yards in a season while in Buffalo. Now it looks like he could hit it by early December. In the Rams 33-7 win over Houston on Sunday, Woods was the guy powering the offense for LA. He had eight catches for a league best 171 yards and two touchdowns. He's been the teams best receiver all year, and had the best game of his career Sunday. Look no further then the 94-yard touchdown catch he had that broke the game open. Sure the Rams traded to get Sammy Watkins from Buffalo, but there's no doubt in anybody's mind that this is Woods team, as far as the receiving core goes. Sunday he went out and proved it further.
Worst:
Vontaze Burfict, Linebacker Cincinnati Bengals
Some things never change around the league. Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict continues to make boneheaded plays time and time again. Don't get me wrong he's one of the better linebackers in the game. But he still has his boneheaded moments. This week, in the Bengals 24-20 loss to the Titans, Burfict was making a scene and the ref tried to calm him down./ So what does he do, he shoves the are of the official out of the way, something that is frowned apon by the league. Burfict has been fined upwards of $800,000 in his career and still hasn’t learned how to behave. He’s cost his team wins, including in the playoffs, because of his inability to stay on the right side of the fine line that separates players who are aggressive to those who are just plain dirty.
Best:
Adrian Clayborn, Defensive End Atlanta Falcons
He had himself a feast against Dallas on Sunday. Atlanta won 27-7 and he was a big reason why. Calyborn took full advantage of the weak spot at left tackle for the Cowboys. Clayborn racked up six sacks on the day, which broke the team record previously held by Hall of Famers Claude Humphrey and Chuck Smith. to make this day even more impressive was that Clayborn had only had two sacks all year going into this game. And that he’s only ever had more than six in an entire season one time, back in 2011 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Worst:
Adrian Peterson Running Back Arizona Cardinals
Ever since the trade from the Saints to the Cards, Adrian Peterson has had a Jekyll and Hyde four game stretch. He has two games where he's amazing, and then two games where he's below average. Now a week after setting a new career mark for carries in a game while gaining 159 yards, Peterson managed just 29 yards on 21 carries against the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle did a very effective job of being able to shut down the veteran back after what he did last week. Peterson has got to find a way to be able to try and keep his game at a highi level
Best:
Case Keenum, Quarterback Minnesota Vikings
reports started coming down that Teddy Bridgewater was going to be the starting QB for the Vikings next week, his first start in over a year after a horrible knee injury. Minnesota sits at 6-2 and atop the division in the North. Case Keenum was still under center and played like a man with his job security on the line on Sunday, as he had the Vikings offense playing on fire. He went 21 of 29 for 304 yards and four touchdowns. A very impressive day, yes. He also threw two awful interceptions that helped get the Redskins back in the game, but overall it was a good day for Keenum, as Minnesota walked away with a 38-30 victory, getting the Vikings up to 7-2 on the year. As much fun as it would be to see Teddy under center again, if Keenum has more games like he did Sunday, Teddy will keep him on the bench.
Worst:
Ben McAdoo, Head Coach New York Giants
Talk about a guy who's pretty much a dead man walking at this point with this Giants team. They fell to 1-8 after getting beaten by the previously winless San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco walked away with a 31-21 victory. This was a bad meeting, because it was the first time in 33 years that two teams faced off this late in the season with one combined win. And now this loss may have been the end of Ben McAdoo it appears to have lost his team, because nobody on the defense seems to really care anymore. They were missing tackles left and right it was an embarrassing game to watch really, especially if you're a Giants fan. The Giants have not fired a coach during the season since 1976 when Bill Arnsparger was let go after a 0-7 start and replaced by John McVay, who had more success as an executive who helped build the 49ers dynasty in the 1980s. That won't happen here as it appears his job is safe, but by the end of the season who knows.
Best:
Brett Hundley, Quarterback Green Bay Packers
He wasn't show stealing, but he was good enough to help out Green Bay. The Packers came away with a 23-16 win over the Bears, and Hundley had a hand in that. He was 18 of 25 for 212 yards and a touchdown. He made a couple nice throws downfield, which wasn’t the case in his first two starts. There was a lot that Packers fans were worried about, because they didn't know how the team going to perform without Aaron Rogers. But Hundley showed that he can at least hold down the fort and keep the Pack relevant in the division until Rogers gets healthy and is ready to play again.
Worst:
John Fox, Head Coach Chicago Bears
Tough going for the Bears on Sunday in the 38-30 loss to the Pack and Mitchell Trubisky had them lined up for a possible chance to win, but John Fox made one big blunder. Fox won a challenge in which he believed his player reached for the pylon on a play, which would have resulted in a touchdown. Unfortunately for Fox, it was determined that Benny Cunningham actually lost control of the football before he touched the pylon, resulting in a fumble and a touch back for the Packers. It cost them the game. Only the Bears.
Best:
New Orleans Saints
They may not be the best team in football right now, that's still the Eagles, but the New Orleans Saints are one of the hottest teams in football. New Orleans dominated Buffalo by a score of 47-10, pulling up to a 7-2 record. With this dominating win over Buffalo, the Saints have now won seven straight games. All told, New Orleans rushed for six touchdowns, which is just an embarrassing thing to happen to any defense. But this isn’t a brand-new development. Ever since the Saints traded Adrian Peterson to the Arizona Cardinals, they’ve been unstoppable on the ground. Mark Ingram ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns. Alvin Kamara was once again brilliant, totaling 138 yards and a touchdown. New Orleans is starting to really heat up at the right time and are going to make things very interesting down the stretch this season.
Worst:
Los Angeles Chargers
Talk about a bad way to lose a football game. The Chargers had two possessions begin in the final two minutes of regulation, and held a lead at the start of both possessions, yet still lost the game. Think about that. Here's what went down. A crazy sequence of events followed. A Jaguars recovery for a touchdown was overturned, a 15-yard taunting penalty on Marqise Lee knocked Jacksonville out of field-goal range and Blake Bortles threw a desperate interception. Los Angeles got the ball back with 1:24 left, but turned the ball right back over again. The Jaguars had all three timeouts left. The Chargers went three-and-out, punted, a Joey Bosa roughing the passer penalty got the Jaguars good field position, and Jacksonville tied it. Then Philip Rivers threw an interception in overtime and the Jaguars won on a field goal. Incredible.
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