Best: Alvin Kamara, Running Back New Orleans Saints
This was a big win and a big weekend for the Saints. New Orleans came away with a 13-10 win over Seattle, which is big enough. But the story of the day coming out of this game was Alvin Kamara. This man can pretty much do it all for the Saints. He had 20 carries for 51 yards, which is a decent day on the ground. But what also needs to be talked about is the 10 catches for 128 yards. Kamara had 30 touches for 179 total yards. With that performance, he became the fastest player in NFL history to have 3,00 receiving yards and 3,000 rushing yards in his career. Kamara has been one of the best all around offensive players in the league the last number of years, and his statistics really reflect that. The guy is good, scary good.
Things had looked so promising for the Panthers early this year. They started off 3-0 and looked like they could be really good. But the Panthers have lost four straight, including getting trounced 25-3 by the Giants in New York on Sunday. Sam Darnold, who had showed some promise at the beginning of the year, was downright bad against the Giants. 16 of 27 for 112 yards and a pick. He was also sacked three times and had a passer rating of 57.4, the worst of any starter in the NFL this week. That kind of performance is making it hard for the Panthers to want to keep him around for longer then this year.
Best: Kyle Pitts, Tight End Atlanta Falcons
Talked about it a couple of weeks ago when he had the big weekend over in London against the Jets. Well the Falcons tight end was back at it again on Sunday in Miami. Atlanta walked away with a 30-28 win over the Dolphins, and Pitts was a big reason for that. He wasn't able to find the endzone, but he did help the Falcons offense push forward. Pitts finished with seven catches for 163 yards. That's now back to back weeks of over 100 receiving yards for Pitts, who's now up to 470 yards on the year. He's proving that he can be worth his weight in gold for Matt Ryan in the pass catching department, as well as his blocking ability.
Worst: Dan Campbell, Head Coach Detroit Lions
A small part of me almost feels bad for the Lions. They fell to the Rams 28-19. You can't even put the blame on Campbell. He tried EVERYTHING to lead his Lions to their first win of the year. Trick plays, two fake punts. Scoring on their first drive and racing out to a 10-0 lead. It didn't matter as former starter Matthew Stafford still came in and pulled off the comeback. Campbell's gambles worked, but it didn't in a sense as the Lions still lost. I feel bad for the coach, he is trying to come up with ways to get a win. He doesn't have the talent around him. I had to put something here in the loss department so here we sit.
Best: Ja'Marr Chase, Wide Receiver Cincinnati Bengals
If your a Bengals fan, you have to be over the moon at this moment. Following a 41-17 crushing of the Ravens over the weekend, the Bengals now have the best record in the AFC. A big reason for that was the play of receiver Ja'Marr Chase. He went off like a man possessed against the Ravens. Eight catches, one for a touchdown, for an eye popping 201 yards. He had almost as many receiving yards by himself as the ravens did as a team (Baltimore finished with 296 yards passing). That's saying a lot. Shows not only how much the Bengals and Chase were feeling it on Sunday, it shows how bad the Ravens have been. Bengals fans rejoice your on top of the mountain in the AFC.
Worst: New York Jets
It was tough enough going into New England to play the Patriots, as the Jets had lost 12 straight games to their division rivals. Now that is up to lucky number thirteen, as the Patriots blasted (and that's being nice) the Jets to the tune of a 54-13 win. New England had 551 yards of total offense and scored seven touchdowns. This game wasn't even close and that is so sad. New York thought things were going to be better with a new coach, but it hasn't gotten any better. They are still the butt of a lot of jokes and the performance in New England on Sunday just added more fuel to that fire.
Best: Derrick Henry, Running Back Tennessee Titans
This guy can do a little bit of everything for the Titans. Tennessee pulled off a huge weekend, to the tune of a 27-3 win over Kansas City. Derrick Henry had himself a pretty good day. He caught two passes for 16 yards, carried the ball 20 times for 86 yards. The big moment of the day was Henry threw a five yard touchdown pass to MyCole Pruitt. It was pretty cool to see a direct snap to the running back to throw for the touchdown. It made it even cooler to see it happen against a team like Kansas City. Henry, like we mentioned with Kamara before, is the Mr. Do It All on offense for the Titans.
Worst: Chicago Bears
It not looking good in the Windy City right now. The bears are back under .500 at 3-4 following a 38-3 thrashing by the Bucs. Here's where it really gets bad. We're seven weeks into the regular season, and the Bears are the ONLY team in the NFL that doesn't have a passer throw for more than 200 yards in a game. Case in point, Fields only had 184 passing yards against the Bucs. Yes the Bucs are a good defensive team, but still that's a surprisingly low number. Chicago needs to start figuring this thing out if they want to have any shot of making noise in the NFC playoff picture.
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