NFL Week 6 Recap: Learning Lessons

It seems like yesterday that we were all counting down the days until this NFL season started, but the season is just over a month old, and Week 6 places the season at the one-third mark. The honeymoon phase is now over, and the teams now prepare for the real test, but first, a look back at Week 6.

The Game of the Week, by far, was the Sunday Night Football contest between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers. We all remember what happened the last time these two teams met on NBC. A fabulous display of offense, but in the end, nothing was settled. This year, the setting was different. It was at Lambeau Field, and on that night, the Packers did strike first; a TD pass to Matthew Golden. The Packers' first half was a strong one; intercepting Dak Prescott twice and going up 17-0, with the half ending with Jordan Love getting in himself. Dallas wouldn't get on the board until the third quarter, and while the Packers offense did cool off a tad, it was still hotter than Dallas' offense when it counted. Packers only added a pair of Trey Smack field goals, but that ended up being enough, even with Dallas getting a garbage time TD.

The Packers won it, 23-13. Now to put on the Green and Gold shades.

What's the lesson here? Well, there are a few. For one, 1-2 is way too early to say that a team's season is over, yet when we were 1-2 after getting clowned by the Falcons, people stuck forks in us. Secondly, have faith in Matt LaFleur. My fellow Packers fans wanted LaFleur fired after Week 1! Seriously? There's knee jerk reactions, and then there's that nonsense. Third, and most of all, Jordan Love is a top 5 QB. People should get that message, but they want to sleep on him. Look at how he's reacted after the 1-2 start. Three straight wins, two of them statement wins. Second place in the NFC North behind a somehow unbeaten Vikings team. But sure, keep sleeping on the Packers if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

The Philadelphia Eagles are done, and it's their own stupid fault. We heard the news earlier on Monday morning. Jalen Hurts is out for the season, because the blood clot he had that sidelined him this week, traveled from his calf, multiplied, and spread on both lungs. And get this; he had that clot since the day before the Eagles' London game against Jacksonville, and the team knew it, yet they started him anyway! A blood clot in his calf, and he was on no sleep, yet they put him on the plane and put him out on the field!

The Eagles endangered Jalen Hurts' life all in a desperate attempt to try to save their lost season, and guess what? They lost in London, Hurts was out for this week, and they lost to the Panthers, too. With this and Saquon being out as well, the Eagles are done. And it's everyone's fault but Jalen's. They failed their quarterback!

The Houston Texans are doing that thing again! This team got their first win of the season a week prior against the very lowly Tennessee Titans, and this week, they were in London against another division foe: the aforementioned Jaguars. This was a battle; a gritty high-scoring affair that saw the Texans with the ball last, and they got to field goal range, allowing Ka'imi Fairbairn to do the rest! The Texans won it, 34-31, their second straight win after starting 0-4. They are the kings of getting away with starting late, and from the looks of it, they are going to do it again. Speaking of the Titans, they got their first win of the season; defeating the Indianapolis Colts, 26-20, with the loss being the final straw for the Colts, as they finally fired their GM, Chris Ballard.

Week 6 began with the Denver Broncos winning ugly on Thursday Night Football over the Seattle Seahawks, 17-14 in OT, putting Seattle's early hopes in jeopardy. The trend of heavy OT continued with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming back from down 16-3 to end up winning 26-19 in extra time over the lowly Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who dropped to 1-5. The main story in the early window: we are six weeks into the season, and the Browns are in first place. The Browns defeated the Baltimore Ravens, who played without Lamar Jackson for the second straight week. A 13-10 victory placed the Browns in first place via tiebreaker--they beat both Pittsburgh and Baltimore. This is the latest in the season that they've been in first place in the last 12 years, holy moley.

Speaking of teams who are in first place in spite of some asshat, let's talk about the Giants. Remember when people actually said that John Harbaugh would actually get the Giants to the playoffs? The Giants lost, 34-27, in a game that saw Jameis Winston benched for, of all QBs, JJ McCarthy, the bust who was traded to the Giants by the Vikings. JJ didn't look like a bust out there, though. However, I want to talk about who we didn't see. Cam Skattebo. Turns out Harbaugh decided to bench Cam as punishment for the fumble a week prior (never mind that it was on a dumb Harbaugh play that should have never been called). Even crazier, Harbaugh, in his postgame presser, said that Cam was never benched, though Cam himself said otherwise. I'm pretty sure Ravens fans warned Giants fans about this guy. He's a complete loon who knows absolutely nothing.

The Patriots and Bears won to round out the early window, and regarding the late window, the Bills survived against the Raiders, who have now lost three straight, while the Chiefs remained unbeaten by defeating the Chargers, who dropped to 0-6. Another team who remained unbeaten was the 49ers, who barely hung on and won 23-17 over the Washington Commanders. The Niners led 23-3, but Brock Purdy had one of his many, many brain farts, allowing the Commanders to come back and nearly win this one.

You know what this means? For the second straight week, no one in the NFC East won. Last week, it was the Cowboys and Eagles losing, and Giants/Commanders ending tied. This week, each team had separate games and they all lost.

One-third of the season is over. Here's what we've learned:

1. I repeat: don't sleep on the Packers

2. Even undefeated teams can be frauds. All three of this year's remaining unbeatens prove that

3. The NFC East could actually be worse than the NFC South

4. If you're a Black QB, expect to get overworked until you can't go anymore, and even then, the overworking will continue. Just ask Jalen Hurts. Oh, and if you sit out due to injury, expect to be accused of faking it or being a quitter. Ask Jalen and Lamar.

5. When someone shows you how bad a team is, believe them. I got mocked for saying the Seahawks will miss the playoffs this year. Look at the standings.

6. I repeat: if you're going to discredit Mike Tomlin's ring, do not ask us to cut mediocre coaches like Mike McCarthy and especially Nick Sirianni some slack because "He's got a ring." And if you still do that and you can't see the unfair double standard, then there's no hope for you.

Week 7 will kick off with the Chicago Bears hosting the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football, and on Sunday, it's another early international game. This time, France is the setting, and it's the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints going at it. On Sunday Night Football, the Seattle Seahawks will host the Kansas City Chiefs, which makes it a homecoming for Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III. On Monday Night Football, as part of the yearly Sports Equinox, it's an NFC East battle between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys.

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