Week Eight has come and gone in the NFL and what a week it was. We saw almost half the quarterbacks in the league replaced due to either poor performance or injury. We had running backs hit high water marks and some receivers having a huge day. Here's some of the best and worst of week eight around the NFL.
Best: Kayvon Thibodeaux Defensive End New York Giants
Sure the Giants lost 13-10 in Overtime to the Jets (more on this game in a second), but Thibodeaux was one of the bright spots in this game. He was a monster on the Giants defensive line. He finished with nine total tackles, three of which were for a sack. He also forced one fumble on the day as well. It was one of those really make a name for yourself kind of day.
Worst: New York Football Fans
Having written what I just wrote was really the only positive to come out of Sundays 13-10 overtime win by the Jets over the Giants. Neither team was good on Sunday. At all. The only thing that was really exciting about that game was the end of regulation and most of overtime. That's about it. it was just a day of bad football at Metlife Stadium in a bad football game. The Giants threw for -9 yards on the day and the two punters combined for 24 punts on the day. Yikes!
Best: Will Levis Quarterback Tennessee Titans
Aside from the fact that the Titans walked away with a 28-23 win over Atlanta, the quarterback play is a pretty big story here. Will Levis got his first career start for the Titans, and did he make the most of it. As a team, the Titans had thrown for just two touchdown passes all season. Levis hit that total in the first half alone. He finished the day with four touchdowns, going 19 of 29 for 238 yards. Three of those tosses went to DeAndre Hopkins, who finished with 128 receiving yards. He had been quite most of the year too, but it now seems there's something cooking with Levis under center and it seems to be working.
Worst: Cleveland Browns
Cleveland had a chance late to hold a lead and draw closer to the Ravens. They weren't able to hang onto it against the Seahawks, falling to Seattle 24-20. All it took was one bad pass to turn the tide around. PJ Walker saw a pass get tipped near the line that was picked off by Jamal Adams. A few minutes later Seattle Wide Receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught the go ahead score to give the Seahawks the lead for good. For as well as the Browns have played at times this season, it still seams like they can't really buy a break.
Best: Rashid Shaheed Wide Receiver New Orleans Saints
New Orleans walked away with a 38-27 win over the Colts and this guy was a big reason for it. He had three catches the entire day. No that isn't a typo, he actually had three catches the entire afternoon. But what stuck out was that those three catches went for 153 yards and a touchdown. The second year wide out just had to have the ball chucked in his general direction by Derek Carr and he was gonna grab it. He's averaging 16 yards a catch so far in his career. This performance against the Colts looked a lot like what Randy Moss did against Dallas on Thanksgiving in 1998.
Worst: Brock Purdy Quarterback San Francisco 49ers
Yes Brock Purdy threw for 365 yards and a touchdown on Sunday. but he also got picked off twice, got sacked twice and fumbled one in the Niners 31-17 loss to the Bengals. In the first five games of the season, all wins, Purdy was good at ball control. The last three games, all losses, not so much. Sure there's no Debo Samuel or Trent Williams in the lineup for the 49ers due to injury, but that's not an excuse. Purdy hasn't been able to really protect the ball the last three games for the 49ers and its biting them in the butt. If he doesn't get it together, and fast, the playoff window for San Francisco this season is going to fade to almost nothing.
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