Best & Worst NFL Week Four

We are a month into the NFL season, there's quite a few surprises to look at. One unbeaten reams remains in the form of the Eagles, while the Texans remain as the only winless team in the league. Buffalo looks human, while Tampa's defense looks below average. Miami's doctors are in trouble for how they handled Tua. Big games for some players and horrible ones for others. Plenty to dive into with week four in the books. Here's a look at some of the best and worst of the week that was in the NFL.

Best: Cooper Rush, Quarterback Dallas Cowboys
Dallas is now on a three game winning streak, following a 25-10 win over Washington. Cooper Rush has been the big story for the Boys over the last three weeks. He's now 3-0 as the starter in Dallas since Dak went down with the thumb injury in week one. Rush has been controlling the games he's started and is starting to take over, throwing for at least 200 yards in every start and as of this writing hasn't thrown a pick yet this season. With as good as Rush is, who's now 4-0 as a starter in the NFL, it leads to a big question in Big D. What do you do when Dak comes back from his thumb injury?

Best: Rashaad Penny, Running Back Seattle Seahwaks
Have yourself a day Rashaad Penny. Seattle was involved in a slugfest with Detroit, with the Seahawks somehow coming away with a 48-45 win over a very game Lions team. Penny was a big reason for that, leading all NFL rushers this week. He had 17 carries, for 151 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He was a tough man to bring down this week. Those two scores were his first two TD's on the season. It was also the first hundred yard game for Penny on the season, which, if he keeps this pace, could be a huge advantage for the Seahawks in a very tough NFC West.

Best: Saquon Barkley, Running Back New York Giants
Talk about another guy having a monster day. New York is now 3-1 on the year following a 20-12 win over the Bears. Barkley is a massive reason for that being the case. He leads the NFL after the seasons first month in carries with 84 and rush yards with 463. This comes after 31 touches for 146 yards in the win over Chicago. This year, Saquon is showing why the Giants took him as the 2nd overall pick in 2018 and he's bounced back from the knee injury he suffered a few years back

Best: Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs
This game lived up to the hype on Sunday night. Kansas City came away with a 41-31 win, and Brady had the better day, throwing for 352 yards. But Mahomes stole the show. Why? How about a couple if insane passes, including a spine move away from one tackler then throwing a lob shot to Clyde Edwards-Helaire for a score. It was like Mahomes was in a Madden game but in real life. It was fun to watch in a battle of two of the very best in the game today.

Worst: Kenny Picket, Quarterback Pittsburgh Steelers
I get it, its the kids first NFL start. At the same time he got to play with a little more control. Pittsburgh fell 24-20 to the Jets. Mitch started for the Steelers but was benched at the half in favor of Pickett, who they have very high hopes for. His first pass in the NFL? Gets picked off. he threw three of those in the game. 10 of 12 for 120 isn't terrible, but those three picks are rough ones to swallow. And still even with all that, the Steelers almost came away with the win. Things can only go up from here for Pickett right?

Worst: John Harbaugh, Head Coach Baltimore Ravens
I'm starting to wonder sometimes what is going on in Baltimore. The Bills walked away with a 23-20 win over the Ravens, a game in which they didn't really have much business winning. A lot of that for the Ravens falls on coaching decisions. Games tied at twenty in the final minutes of the ball game. Its fourth down and your in field goal range. It looked like a chip shot. Instead, Harbough went for it on fourth down and Lamar Jackson got picked off. It the second time in three weeks that Harbough seems like he's made a bad decision that cost his team a game.

Worst: Baker Mayfield, Quarterback Carolina Panthers
Things looked like they might be better with Baker under center in Carolina than with Sam Darnold, but now some are starting to question even that. Well Sam is hurt at the moment, so Baker has to be the go to under center for now. Baker didn't exactly make a case to keep his job when Same comes back. Sunday, Arizona slapped around the Panthers to the tune of a 26-16 win. Baker threw 36 passes for 197 yards. He fumbled once, got picked off twice and got five of his passes knocked down at the line. He had stints like this in Cleveland as well, but if things don't start to turn around, it might not last longer for Baker in Carolina.

Worst: Trevor Lawrence , Quarterback Jacksonville Jaguars
Its bad enough that the Jaguars fell 29-21 to the unbeaten Eagles on Sunday. When your the quarterback of an NFL franchise, you'd like to think he'd be able to hold onto the football. That's not exactly what happened with Trevor Lawrence on Sunday. He fumbled four times in the loss, none of which were recovered by the Jags. Oh and Lawrence was also sacked four times as well. Yes, the Eagles have a good defense but still, Lawrence has to do a better job of being able to hang onto the ball.