Best & Worst NFL Week Six

Week six is in the books in the NFL and an interesting week it was. There's a lot to take in from this past week. Philadelphia took a blow with Hurts now being out for the rest of the season. Them and the Cowboys are falling behind the New York Giants, and even they are struggling. Then the AFC North is all having winning records, including one of the biggest surprises being the Cleveland Browns. We also had a couple of players make history, and others still have bounce back performances. With all that being said, lets take a look at some of what was. Here's some of the best, and worst, of the week that was in the NFL.

Best: Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs
Move over Brady, you've got company in the record books. Kansas City rolled to a 22-6 win over the Chargers on Sunday, and with that win, Patrick Mahomes went into the record books. The performance itself was solid. Mahomes went 23 of 30 for 272 yards and a pick. The game was won mostly on the back of the running of Kenneth Walker. But for Mahomes, the win was his 100th as a starter in the NFL. It was his 131st career start. It tied him with Tom Brady for the fastest to 100 career wins as NFL starting QB. The only other QB in history to hit 100 wins in under 104 starts was Joe Montana, who's third on the list at 139 starts to 100 wins.

Worst: Backup Quarterbacks
This week, we saw four backup quarterbacks make starts in the league. Yes, you read that correctly. Four backups got starts in the NFL this week. The combined record of those four quarterbacks was 0-4 on the week. We had Jalon Daniels have a roller coaster of a day in just his third NFL start in the Bucs OT loss to the Steelers. Two other backup starters, Tyler Huntley in Baltimore and Jameis Winston of the Giants, have been around longer and had higher expectations. Baltimore was favored to beat Cleveland. But the Browns kept Dereck Henry in check and forced Huntly to create offense, which he wasn't able to do in the Browns win. Winston was so bad in the Giants loss to the Saints he got benched in favor of former Vikings QB JJ McCarthy. Last there was the bad luck to fall on Tanner McKee, who's now got to take over for Janel Hurts who's out for the year in Philly. McKee, who was making his third career start, had to drop back nearly 50 times because the Eagles had no run game.

Best; Travis Hunter, Wide Receiver/Defensive Back Jacksonville Jaguars
Since the NFL merger with the ALF in 1970, there's a very short list of players who have an interception on defense and a touchdown on offense in the same game. In fact, there's only three names on it. Roy Green did it with the Cardinals in 1981. Brian Dawkins did it with the Eagles in 2002. and Now Travis Hunter has done it with the Jaguars this past week. Yes, the Jaguars lost to Houston 34-31, but it wasn't for lack of effort on Hunter's part. Most of Hunter's time in the NFL prior to this year was on the defensive side of the football. Now the Jags are starting to use him more on offense as well. Sunday was a good day on both sides for Hunter, He had three tackles and the pick on defense. On offense, he finished with four catches for 59 yards and that touchdown. That was a day for the ages for the young receiver. If that was what he did this week, he could have a very bright future going forward on both sides in Jacksonville.

Worst: Zachariah Branch, Kick Returner Atlanta Falcons
Special Teams are just as critical in the game of football as offense and defense. When you are a kick returner, your job is to be able to get the ball and set your offense up in good field position. Your main role in during this is being able to hang onto the football. Somebody forgot to tell kick returner Zachariah branch that. His butter fingers moment lead to the Bears walking way with a 31-23 win over the Falcons. He not only muffed a punt on the day, but he also fumbled a ball during a kickoff return. Both of those muffes lead to Bears scores, allowing them to build on a 31-7 lead. Atlanta almost pulled off the comeback, which would have been a miracle in its own rights. But the end of the day, those two mishandles turned out to cost the Falcons the game.

Best: James Cook, Running Back Buffalo Bills
Last week seemed like an off week for Cook, who had two fumbles on the day. Normally he's a lot surer handed than that. So, this week, he needed to have a bounce back game. And he got it. This week, Buffalo walked away with a 33-30 win over the Raiders, and Cook was a solid part of hit. He finished with 22 carries for 95 yards and a touchdown. There was only two guys to hit the hindered or more rush yards this week (Kenneth Walker and Chuba Hubbard). Buu the performance by Cook got him back on his game. Oh, and that touchdown turned out to be the go ahead score in this game. Josh Allen is what makes the Buffalo offense really go, but he needs help for the Bills to go anywhere. Cook showed that he can be that guy to be able to take the pressure off Allen so he doesn't have to be Superman.

Worst: Jim Harbaugh, Head Coach Los Angeles Chargers
Jim Harbaugh has been a winning coach almost everywhere he went. In fact, during his coaching career, between the NFL and College, he's had two seasons in which he's finished at .500 or lower. He went 5-7 at Stanford in 2008 (as well as 2-4 at Michigan in 2020 but that was the Covid year) and 8-8 in his last year in San Francisco in 2014. Otherwise he's had winning records. This year, he's going to have a losing record. The Chargers are now 0-6 on the season, following the 22-6 loss to Kansas City we talked about earlier. It was a poor start to the season, along with injuries taking hold, and it's getting to the point where this is borderline unwatchable. Harbaugh has to take his share of the blame for it. Having Mike McDaniel run that poor offense is on him. It's going to be tough out in Califnoria to watch this team.