Best & Worst NFL Week Five

We are almost a third of the way through the NFL season and what a roller coaster it has been. Jacksonville seems to play better on the other side of the pond then they do over here. One team in the New York Metro area found its game again, at least for one week. That being said, here's some of the best and worst from week five in the NFL

Best: Breece Hall, Running Back New York Jets
Yes, I know its against a bad Broncos team, but a win is a win. And Breece had himself a redemption day of sorts. See it was week seven last year against the Broncos where Hall hurt his knee and missed the remainder of the season. Now he shown that the knee seems just fine. Hall helped power the Jets to a 31-21 win in Denver, as he had 22 carries for a league best 177 yards. Seventy Two of those yards came on a long run late in the first half. He has shown that the knee feels and runs just fine. If the Jets can keep using more of him and Dalvin Cook as the season goes along, maybe it will take the pressure off of Zach Wilson and he can perform to the level the Jets need him to if they hope to make the playoffs.

Worst: Mike McCarthy Head Coach Dallas Cowboys
You want to talk about some poor decision making, look no further then what McCarthy did against the 49ers. Dallas got un out of the building by the 49ers, to the tune of a 42-10 loss. That 42 points Dallas gave up Sunday was more then they had in the first month of the season combined, which is scary to think about. A lot of it came down to play calling against the 49ers and that falls on coach McCarthy. Dak threw three picks, not McCarthy fault, Dak threw the ball, but maybe better play designs wouldn't have seen Dak make those bad plays. McCarthy said he wanted to run the ball against the 49ers, but Dallas as a team had only 19 carries. That theory went right out the window. This play calling goes right to the coach, who rightfully should take the blame for this loss with his own bad decision making.

Best: Pittsburgh Steelers Defense
When we talk about the Steelers winning football games as of late, it seems like it's been their defense that has been getting them through it rather than the offense. Nothing against the Steelers offense, but it was there defense that stood tall against the Ravens this weekend in a 17-10 victory. Pittsburgh had been driving the Ravens wide outs nuts all day, forcing dropped passes along the way. But what really stuck out for the Steelers was the fact that they forced two Ravens turnovers in the final six minutes of regulation, which lead to ten Steelers points and a win.

Worst: Mac Jones Quarterback England Patriots
Feel like I'm starting to sound like a bit of a broken record here with Mac Jones. Yes I know taking over for Tom Brady in New England was going to be a very tall task, and Mac Jones hasn't lived up to the task Not only did the Patriots get routed by the Saints 34-0, but Jones was making bad decisions with the football. He threw a pick six to Tyrann Mathieu, his 3rd pick six this season and second in as many games. To be fair here, this isn't totally on Mac Jones. Yes he the one throwing the ball, that's true. But some of this has to fall on his head coach, who hasn't exactly been able to surround his quarterback with what he needs to take this Patriots club to another level again. Its really the fault of both player and coach here.

Best: Desmond Ridder Quarterback Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta managed to walk away with a 21-19 win over the Texans, and a lot of that was the play of Desmond Ridder. He played a pretty good game going 28 of 37 for 329 yards and a touchdown. he played a clean game too, meaning he wasn't picked off and he wasn't sacked, shout out to the Falcons line for keeping him upright. He also started showing hook ups to Kyle Pitts and Drake Landon, both of whom have took a little while to find a groove with Ridder, which it looks like they finally have.

Worst: Bryce Young Quarterback Carolina Panthers
Sure there's a lot of pressure surrounding a player taken first overall in the draft, there's a lot of hype surrounding him. So far, Young has done a serviceable job handling it. That was until Sunday. In a bad 42-24 loss to the Lions (who are still one of the best teams in football, not to take anything away from Detroit), Young looked like he took a step back in his development at the NFL level. yes he threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns, but threw two very costly picks that led to Detroit scoring drives. He still hasn't seemed like he's gotten comfortable at this level yet and it's a big reason why the Panthers are still winless on the season.