{"id":99348,"date":"2022-10-17T06:26:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/best-nfl-week-6-performances-awarded-by-mmqb-staff\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T06:26:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:26:59","slug":"best-nfl-week-6-performances-awarded-by-mmqb-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/best-nfl-week-6-performances-awarded-by-mmqb-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NFL Week 6 performances awarded by MMQB staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div wp_automatic_readability=\"101.84796106729\">\n<p>Week 6 on the NFL schedule is almost in the books (we still have <em>Monday Night Football <\/em>to go) and the best performances deserve to be recognized by our MMQB staff.  Even if you&#8217;re feeling down because your team didn&#8217;t win, maybe one of your favorite players or coaches gets awarded a game ball by our staff.  Let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitch Goldich: Joe Burrow and Ja&#8217;Marr Chase. <\/strong>The Bengals&#8217; follow-up to their Super Bowl run got off to an 0\u20132 start, which happens, but for the world to truly believe deep playoff runs are \u201cthe new normal\u201d in Cincinnati, the team has to be able to bounce back and win the games it should be throughout the season.  That&#8217;s what it did in Weeks 3 and 4 before falling to the Ravens last week.  So Sunday&#8217;s game against the Saints felt like one the team really needed, or else we would have been in for a typical media cycle of \u201cWhat&#8217;s wrong with the Bengals?\u201d  Perhaps a trip to the Superdome was good for the psyche.  Burrow walked into the building where he and Chase won the national title<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1581663967604195328\" onclick=\"return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);\" target=\"_blank\"> wearing his receiver&#8217;s LSU jersey<\/a>.  The stat sheet looks very clean (Burrow: 28-of-37, 300 yards, three TDs, no turnovers; Chase: seven catches, 132 yards, two TDs), but this game was no cakewalk.  The Bengals trailed by two scores in the second half, and needed 10 points in the final four minutes to put things away.  The stars connected on the play of the day\u2014a 60-yard catch-and-run for the final score.  Cincinnati now has a stretch of winnable games to reenter the top of the AFC playoff picture.  Banking wins like this are necessary before late-season games with the Chiefs and Bills.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5\"><phoenix-picture><a><picture class=\"is-waiting-to-load\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.webp 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1261\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.webp 1261w\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1261\/MTkzMDgwODA5OTE2MjEyNDQ1\/usatsi_19246527_168398175_lowres.jpg 1261w\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/phoenix-picture><!-- disableImageMeta is needed to prevent duplicate rendering of the image meta.--><!-- Duplicate rendering can occur because we have moved the image metadata outside of--><!-- the .m-detail-header--container. The original image metadata in tmlImage is needed--><!-- for the InContent detail header which renders when the media size is inline or breakout.--><figcaption wp_automatic_readability=\"5\">\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Burrow reacts after the Bengals overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat the Saints, 30-26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><span>Stephen Lew\/USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>John Pluym: Bailey Zappe, QB, Patriots. <\/strong>If you&#8217;re a football fan, you know the Tom Brady-Drew Bledsoe story.  Bledsoe gets injured, Brady replaces him as the Patriots&#8217; starter and the rest is history with New England winning six Super Bowls.  Now we have Zappe replacing Mac Jones, the Patriots&#8217; No.  1 draft pick in 2021 who is out with a high ankle sprain.  Zappe was selected by New England in the fourth round of April&#8217;s draft.  He played three seasons at FCS Houston Baptist, then transferred to Western Kentucky last season and proceeded to throw for 5,967 yards and 62 TDs\u2014both single-season FBS records.  Volume was a big reason for his elite season (686 attempts), but so was efficiency (69% completion rate and 78.6 QBR).  I&#8217;m not saying Zappe is going to be the next Brady.  But after throwing for 309 yards and two touchdowns against the Browns, plus almost taking down Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field a few weeks ago, Patriots coach Bill Belichick could have an interesting decision on his hands choosing between Zappe and Jones as his starting quarterback. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p><strong>Conor Orr: Robert Saleh, Jets coach. <\/strong>The Jets are over a significant metaphorical hump, defeating a quality opponent and a legacy quarterback on the road while receiving key contributions from their homegrown talent.  These are extraordinarily important benchmark moments for a team that has struggled with the optics of a floundering professional football outpost for almost a decade now. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p><strong>Gary Gramling: Mitchell Trubisky, QB, Steelers.<\/strong> Being the first quarterback selected in any draft is no fun.  You&#8217;re likely joining a less-than-competent organization, and the scenario of someone from the field proving themselves a superior player\u2014and early in your career\u2014is more likely than not.  (It&#8217;s precisely why I fax a sternly-written letter to all 32 NFL teams every spring requesting that they <em>note<\/em> make me the draft&#8217;s first quarterback selected.  And they&#8217;ve listened\u2014so far.) Trubisky will be in the NFL for a long time, but the Joe Montana <em>Football Life<\/em> he might have envisioned for his career in the spring of 2017 will never come to fruition.  After the Bears moved on from him, and the Steelers brought him in as a bridge guy only to move on a month into the regular season, Trubisky is looking at something more of a Chad Henne career arc.  There aren&#8217;t many highlights left to be had.  But one of them is, surely, coming out of the bullpen and throwing the game-winning touchdown in a head-to-head duel with Tom Brady, securing the third-biggest upset of the 2022 season (after Dolphins over Bills and Trubisky- led Steelers over Bengals).  Trubisky&#8217;s remaining career will be one of small victories, and Sunday was one of them.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p><strong>Michael Fabiano: Burrow and Chase. <\/strong>They combined to put up bananas numbers together at LSU, and their return to Louisiana as pros was equally as fruitful.  Burrow finished with a season-high 32.5 fantasy points in a 30-26 win over the Saints.  Chase was dominant as well, posting 32.2 points.  It&#8217;s the duo&#8217;s best statistical output of the season and was reminiscent of some of the huge lines the pair produced together in 2021.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p><strong>Claire Kuwana: Marcus Brady, OC, Colts.<\/strong> For a while Sunday, it looked like the Jaguars had a better shot at the AFC South title, but the Colts adjusted well from being shut out 24\u20130 in Week 2, making the right changes on offense to clinch a 34\u201327 win.  Matt Ryan went for shorter, more accurate passes, completing nearly twice as many as Trevor Lawrence (42 to 22) even attempted in Sunday&#8217;s game (and breaking the Colts&#8217; franchise record of 40 completions in a game).  And it paid off, with a four-yard TD pass just before halftime to break the team&#8217;s six-quarter (one being overtime) streak without a touchdown.  And the game winner came with 17 seconds left when Ryan hooked up with Alec Pierce on third-and-13 for a 32-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NFL Coverages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/template\" id=\"facebookPixel1103097776498609\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n(function(){\n    fbq('init', '1103097776498609');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    var contentId = 'ci02adf5cce00026d0';\n    if (contentId !== '') {\n        fbq('track', 'ViewContent', {content_ids: [contentId], content_type: 'product'});\n    }\n})();<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 6 on the NFL schedule is almost in the books (we still have Monday Night Football to go) and the best performances deserve to be recognized by our MMQB staff. 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