Best & Worst Of NFL Week Six

We've hit the six week mark in the National Football league season. And talk about an up and down kinda week. Buffalo is getting hot managing to win four straight, the Bears can't hold a lead in a football game and now sit at 1-5. Cleveland is still winless, no shocker there. The Jets hit a new low getting blasted on Monday night by the Cardinals, meanwhile the Giants managed to show up and win a game in dramatic fashion against the Ravens. There was a little bit of everything this week, what with Pittsburgh getting upended by the Dolphins. Atlanta, who had been one of the hottest teams in existence the last few weeks, blow a 17-3 lead to Seattle and lose by two points. Dallas, lead by Dak, outplayed Rogers and the Packers in a good football game. Oh yeah and Vontaze Burfict shows how much of a moron he is. All that and more made up week six in the NFL. Here's some of the best and worst from the week that was.

Best:
Jay Ajayi, Running Back Miami Dolphins
If you're a Dolphins fan, there haven’t been many bright spots this seas season up to this point. Sunday, the team picked up its second win after defeating the Steelers 30-15. Sunday's breakout star was running back Jay Ajayi, who amassed 204 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. He took advantage of stellar blocking up front from Miami’s top-five offensive linemen, who were on the field together for the first-time this season. It appeared to make all the difference in the world as Ajayi cruised to his first game of rushing for more than 100 yards. He averaged a stunning 8.2 yards per carry, including a 62-yard scamper with less than a minute to go in the ballgame. That 62 yard run put the nail in the Steelers’ coffin for good Sunday.

Worst:
Vontaze Burfict, Linebacker Cincinnati Bengals
As if this guy didn't cause enough trouble last year in the playoff against the Steelers. He missed the first three games of this year because of his stupidity with the hit on Antonio Brown. So he's been back now for three games from that suspension, and he's back at it again. During the 4th quarter of the Patriots win over the Bengals, Burfict dove low at Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett’s knee/ankle and may have also intentionally stepped on Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount’s leg. The league is reviewing both incidents. Burfict has long lost the benefit of the doubt. He was standing upright when a pass came Bennett’s way and went low, made contact at the knee, and didn’t attempt to wrap him up. If fines and suspensions don’t get through to him, maybe nothing will.

Best:
Odell Beckham Jr, Wide Receiver New York Giants
For all the antics and crap that the guy has done on the sidelines and all that other stuff, people seem to forget that he is a talented wide receiver and maybe one of the top three wide outs in the game today. The last couple of weeks, Odell's numbers had been low, failing to break the 100 yard mark in a game since week three against Washington. In fact, that game against the Redskins was the only game through the first five in which he had over 100 yards. That changed in week six in the 27-23 win over the Ravens. He had eight catches for 222 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the last one was the score that put the Giants ahead for good in the ballgame. Hell the 222 yards in this game accounted for almost half of his total production for the year. Sure he may have been a little bit banged up but he was good enough to help the Giants snap their three game losing skid and get back on track. Now the question is can he keep this performance up in London Sunday morning against the Rams?

Worst:
Indianapolis Colts Defense
How the hell did Indy blow this football game? You'd like to think that if a team has a lead that they would be able to hold it together right? I mean think about it. Indy kept Brock Oswiler in check most of the game. He'd looked shaky the last couple of weeks. During the bulk of the ballgame, Brock had only managed 113 passing yards on the day. Indy had a two touchdown lead when we hit the final seven minutes of that football game. It all fell apart from there. Osweiler to tally 156 yards on 14-of-17 passing and lead the Houston Texans on a 17-0 scoring run to close out the game in overtime. The collapse of Indianapolis can be seen in the final touchdown pass from Osweiler to tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz. Safety Mike Adams just whiffs past the tight end, who ends up strolling into the end zone without being challenged. The Colts should have won this one, they had the ballgame, THEY HAD IT! But an utter collapse by the defense in the final minutes of the game allowed the Texans to steal the win.

Best:
LeSean McCoy, Running Back Buffalo Bills
Shady McCoy had been one of the top running backs in all of football a few years ago when he was playing with the Eagles. He hasn't quite been that same back since, but we saw flashes of it on Sunday in the Bills 45-16 win over the 49ers. Buffalo ran wild against the 49ers defense, totaling 312 yards and four scores. Oh yeah, three of those scores came from LeSean McCoy, who had 140 yards on 19 carries to go along with those three scores. He helped open things up for Tyrod Taylor to throw for two scores as well. It was total domination by the Bills and it was a big screw you from McCoy to his former coach in Chip Kelly, who traded him away from the Eagles while he was still running the ship in Philly.

Worst:
Ben Roethlisberger, Quarterback Pittsburgh Steelers
It was a bad day for football in the Steel City. Nont only did a rookie run you over, but Big Ben had a bad day. Not only did he tear his meniscus, but he was beat by the lowly Miami Dolphins. They left him limping and hobbling to the locker room after hyperextending his knee on a scramble that led to his first interception of the day. After the game, Roethlisberger was seen with ice on both knees and a bruise in the middle of his back. Sunday’s contest was easily Big Ben’s worst outing of the season as he was held to just 19 of 34 passing for 189 yards, one touchdown and two picks. Not good for the Steelers.

Best:
Rob Gronkowski, Tight End New England Patriots
The best tight end in the game is back and with a bang. I know he missed time with an injury, but his first couple games back on the field, he didn't look all that comfortable. Then Brady comes back and its like the light switch went on for Gronk. Brady had a good game, throwing for 376 yards and three scores in the Patriots 35-17 win over the Bengals. His favorite target in this ball game, no surprise here, was his big tight end. Gronk hauled in more yardage than any game in his remarkable career, he caught seven passes for 162 yards and caught his first touchdown of the season. Gronk's back, so is Brady, and the Pats look like themselves again. They're going to be a tough team to beat.

Worst:
Julio Jones, Wide Receiver Atlanta Falcons
Jones had a monster week two weeks ago when he had that 300 yard day. Last week he was held to just two catches for 29 yards. This week was a bit more of a bounce back week, as he finished with 7 catches for 139 yards and a touchdown. But how can he be in the worst department with those kinda numbers? Because he had a bad drop in the Seattle loss, but he and the Falcons got robbed on the no-call late in the fourth. Jones, a superstar, is supposed to get those calls, even late in the game. Both Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas III were hanging on him as the ball came down.