Best & Worst Of NFL Week Eight

Week eight has come and gone in the NFL, meaning one thing. We've hit the halfway point of the regular season. It's starting to become more and more clear which teams are real threats for the Lombardi Trophy, while others are real threats for the first overall pick next season. this week saw some teams return their mojo, some players go off for massive days. We also saw other players seem to hit rock bottom. Still got a lot of good football to go in this regular season, so lets not waste anymore time. Here's a look at the best and worst of week eight in the NFL

Best:
Cooper Kupp, Wide Receiver Los Angeles Rams
To say that this guy had himself a day would be a total understatement. Kupp was playing at an amazing level on Sunday, as the Rams rolled to a 24-10 win over the happless Bengals. Kupp finished his afternoon with seven catches for a league high 220 yards and a touchdown. Those seven catches came on ten targets. He was in a zone and making the Bengals secondary look horrible. Nobody could stop him on the day as the Rams rolled to a victory. it helped the Rams go to 5-3 and keep them within pace of Seattle for 2nd in the NFC West, behind the unbeaten Niners.

Worst:
Matt Nagy Head Coach Chicago Bears
This one had to hurt a little for the Bears. it was bed enough falling 17-16 to the Chargers, but it was how it ended that had to make it sting just a little bit more. There was about 53 seconds left on the clock, a moment in which Matt Nagy felt it would be a good time to take a knee to give his kicker time to set up. Oh and the Bears had one more time out left. Why, if your Chicago, did you not try and move the ball further up field to give your kicker better aim and a shorter field for the winning kick? So out comes Eddy Pineiro to try the winning kick, and what happens? Pineiro’s kick hooked wide left. To make this even more head scratching is that Nagy showed lack of faith in his offense by not allowing them to try and get the ball closer to make it easier for Pineiro to try and hit the winning kick. the Bears are slipping fast in the NFC North and with a game like this, its easy to see why.

Best:
Drew Brees, Quarterback New Orleans Saints
Welcome back old friend. New Orleans had done a pretty good job with Teddy Bridgewater under center with Brees out. Teddy did manage to go 5-0 in his starts with Brees on the sideline. But Drew is back after missing the time with the thumb injury. And he didn't disappoint. New Orleans rolled to a 31-9 win over the Cardinals and Brees looked as if he hadn't missed a step, completing 34 of 43 passes for 373 yards and three touchdowns with one interception. The pick Brees knew was a bad throw from the moment it left his hand. Other than that, Drew looked like he hasn't missed a beat after his injury and at this rate, the Saints are going to be a very tough team to try and stop. The rest of the league now knows that if Brees goes down, Teddy can step right in and this machine can keep right on moving along.

Worst:
Sam Darnold, Quarterback New York Jets
Things went from bad against the Patriots to worse against the Jags for Sam Darnold. Less than a week after a record low performance against New England, the Jets went to Jacksonville and got trounced 29-15 by the Jags. To make it worse for Darnold lets start with this, he threw three interceptions. That's seven over the last two games. Oh and to make matters worse, he was sacked EIGHT times by the Jags defense. Now the sacks I don't totally blame on Sam, there's only so much he can do if the line doesn't protect him. But the interceptions are scaring me a little bit. Its way too high a number.

Best:
Adam Vinatieri, Kicker Indianapolis Colts
He's one of the more reliable kickers in the history of football, one who will see himself placed in Canton someday. For a spell Sunday, Vinatieri looked mortal. He missed a field goal and an extra point early on. Indy had trailed 13-12 late in the ball game. Indy kept a drive going late in the game. With time running down, Vinatieri showed all of us that he still had something left in the tank. He drilled a 51 yard field goal to give Indy a 15-13 lead over Denver. One in which they would not let go of. He may have his moments of mortality. But every now and again, Vinatieri shows that there's still a little bit of life in those ageless legs.

Worst:
Marcus Mariota, Quarterback Tennessee Titans
He didn't even have to take a snap this week to make the list. He's been outplayed the last two games by Ryan Tannehill. Now, by no stretch of the imigination is Ryan Tannehill a superstar. But he has done a solid job under center for the Titans. He threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns in the win over the Bucs (more on this game shortly). But with Tannehill playing the way he has, and Tennessee winning games, its making it a lot harder on Mariota to try and get his starting job back in a Titans Uniform. The way the last couple of weeks have gone had made it look almost impossible for Tennessee to switch back, because Mariota has been that bad.

Best:
Bosa Brothers
it was a good day on the West Coast for the Bosa brothers. First, lets start it off with Joey, who had himself a fine day for the Chargers 17-16 win over the Bears. Joey finished his day with four tackles for loss, including two sacks. He was a monster on the field, causing havoc against the Bears. Then, younger brother Nick took a step towards following in his brothers footsteps and win defensive rookie of the year. In the 49ers 51-13 rout of Carolina, Nick had three sacks and an amazing interception, leaping to snatch the ball out of the air at the line of scrimmage. It was a pretty impressive sight to see the two of them causing as much havoc as is humanly possible for a player to do on defense. It really was a sight to behold/

Worst:
Refs Whistles
Lets set the stage for you. Tampa Bay and Tennessee. 4th Quarter. titans have a 27-23 lead with 3:45 left. They try for a fake field goal, which how often does that ever really work. The play is snuffed out by the Bucs, who knock the ball lose and start running the other way. Looks like Tampa has a shot to score a go ahead touchdown. But the play was blown dead right away from the spot where the Titans fumbled the football. So OK maybe the Bucs can still take the lead with a lot of time left right? Wrong. A turnover on downs and an pic by Jameis Winston sealed the game for the Titans. But who knows how much the complexion of the game changed by that fast whistle. Its the 2nd time this year its happened too. Earlier this year, referees had whistled a play that should have been a Saints touchdown dead in a Week 2 matchup with the Rams. Look I get it the Ref's are human like everybody else. But they gotta make better decisions on when to blow the whistle or not.