Best:
Baltimore Ravens Defense
With good reason, the story of the year in Baltimore has been the offense, The way Lamar Jackson has been going about things is pretty impressive. But it was the Baltimore D that made a pretty impressive statement on Sunday in a 41-7 dominating win over Houston. You could put DeSean Watson in the argument among the top QB's this year, with Lamar Jackson and Russel Wilson. Baltimore's D was able to keep Watson and the Houston offense in check on Sunday. In the first half the Texans had 102 yards, the fewest for Houston in any game with Watson starting. Houston actually took Watson out of the game in the fourth quarter when they trailed 41-7. IT was one of the worst showings of his career. As for the Ravens, they had gotten off to a slow start on that side of the ball, but it now appears as they are getting hot. And they're doing it at the right time. Hey they've won two Super Bowls on the strength of the defense, so who knows.
Worst:
Washington Redskins Offense
We all know that the Redskins aren't very good, and neither are the team they played on Sunday in the Jets. But it was Washington who may have laid an egg worse than expected. Dwayne Haskins had a below average day, which was capped off by a pick early in the fourth quarter. After going for about a month without scoring a touchdown, Washington scored two late, in a 3417 loss to the Jets. But its much more than that. Washington has scored 3, 7, 17, 0, 9, 9 and 17 points in their last seven games. Haskins has been in a bad spot in DC because he's gotten no support really from the weapons around him. The fact that they've played as bad as they had and looked just as flat against the Jets says something. They need to right the ship, and quickly, if things are ever going to improve in DC
Best:
Dak Prescott, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
There had been a thought process around the league that Dak Prescott had to really rely on Zeke Elliott and the run game to be a success. Dak proved on Sunday that he doesn't need the run game, he can do it all on his own. It was in a 35-27 Cowboys win over the Lions that Dak showed himself to be just a solid as anybody. Case in point he went 29 of 45 for 444 yards and three touchdowns. he's been key in critical situations too. On third downs against the Lions, he completed 7 of 11 passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns. Not only could these kind of performances put him in the MVP hunt but also could be a huge bargaining chip come contract time.
Worst:
Jameis Winston, Quarterback Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay can't catch a break this year. As a matter of fact, despite a vote of confidence going into the week, some Bucs fans are getting tired of dealing with Jameis Winston under center. Sunday, in a 34-17 loss to the Saints, Winston wasn't able to help quiet those doubters. Sure, he threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns. But he had four picks, one of them was a pick-six of the season. He overthrew a pass that was intercepted by Marcus Williams and taken back for the game-ending score. Then for good measure, Winston threw his fourth interception of the day with the Buccaneers at the Saints’ 1-yard line. He's not going to get over the hump making mistakes like this and could soon find himself out of a starting job.
Best:
Todd Gurley, Running Back Los Angeles Rams
There had been question marks about the offensive line for the Rams for part of this year, which might explain why the team has been underachieving. But the line managed to fix itself in the Rams 17-7 win over the Bears. During the win over Chicago, the Rams moved a few players around on the line and it seemed to work. Nobody benefited more from that fact than Gurley. When the day was over, GHurley had posted a season-high 133 yards from scrimmage and tied his season-high rushing yards with 97 to go with one score. If the Rams want to have any chance of getting back to a level of dominance this needs to be the level of norm for the Rams.
Worst:
Kyle Allen, Quarterback Carolina Panthers
When he first got the starting nod in relief of an injured Cam Newton, it looked really really good for Kyle Allen. But, over the last four games, my how the might have fallen. Over the last four week's, Allen has looked below average, and that was on display on Sunday in a stunning 29-3 Panthers loss to the Falcons. Allen has thrown nine picks in the last four games, including four against Atlanta, and in that same four week stretch, he's thrown a grand total of three touchdown passes. He's starting to look like all the hype after his first four starts is really starting to come back down to Earth, Maybe all the hype was too premature
Best:
San Francisco 49ers
Well it wasn't exactly pretty, but never the less a win is a win. San Francisco kept their pace on top of the NFC West with a 36-26 win over Arizona. It was thanks to a late game winning drive by Jimmy Garoppolo, who had himself a pretty good day. He was picked twice and sacked twice, but threw for 454 yards going 24 of 45. They did what they had to do as a team to stay a game ahead of Seattle, which is what they were hoping for.
Worst:
Houston Texans
We talked about this earlier from the Baltimore side of things, now here's the Houston point of view. Houston had two weeks to get ready for what was to come with a red hot Ravens team. Houston laid an egg in that 41-7 loss to Baltimore and it couldn't have come at a worse time for Houston. We already talked about what the defense did to this Houston attack. But it's also on the Texans D as well. They had no answer for Lamar Jackson who rushed for 86 yards on just 8 carries. To make this worse, Houston lost its strangle hold on top of the AFC South, thanks to Indy beating Jacksonville. L:ucky, Houston can change that quickly, as they play the Colts this week.
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