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NFL Week 6: Undefeated Teams Fall, Jets are Back, and the Lions Rule the NFC
NFL Week 6 provided the absolute chaos we crave, starting with the collapse of the final two undefeated teams. While the 49ers and Eagles both dropped games they had no business losing, the morning started in London with the Ravens handling business against the Titans. The game was a classic Mike Vrabel struggle, but PFT isn't ready to bury Tennessee just yet based on their history of slow starts.
PFT CommenterI am not ready to declare the Titans dead because Mike Vrabel always finds a way to win
I'm actually not ready to declare the Titans dead yet. Because Vrabel always will have a game. Vrabel finds a way. The last time they started two and four, you know what they did? I think they made it all the way to the AFC Championship game.
As for Baltimore, they looked dominant early but nearly let the Titans back in by settling for way too many field goals. Big Cat is still waiting for Lamar and company to show that true killer instinct before he puts them in the top tier of the AFC.
Big CatThe Ravens are currently good but lack the killer instinct to be great
I feel like the Ravens are in the good have not figured out how to be great category yet... they're not being able to step on a team's throat... they're not finishing drives and they're not letting teams just kind of linger around.
Speaking of London, the rumors of a potential Super Bowl across the pond have the guys ready to go to war. PFT is prepared to take extreme measures if the NFL tries to move the biggest game of the year to British soil.
PFT CommenterIf the NFL hosts a Super Bowl in London, we should riot and reclaim England as a U.S. territory
If that happens, we riot. If we have to play a Super Bowl in England, we get all of England back as part of the United States. It's the Super Bowl. It's not the International Bowl.
In Cleveland, the Browns pulled off the upset of the year by stifling Brock Purdy and the Niners. It was an elite defensive performance that had the guys questioning if this team actually functions better when they aren't forced to revolve around their highly-paid quarterback.
PFT CommenterThe Browns might actually be better without Deshaun Watson and Nick Chubb
Do you think that the Cleveland Browns are better without Deshaun Watson, Nick Chubb and Joel Bitonio? They might be. And you had a lot of people talking about the 49ers being super injured today. Well, the Browns, they they got you beat when it comes to major injuries.
Meanwhile, Joe Burrow finally looked like himself in a gritty win over the Seahawks. The biggest takeaway wasn't the stat line, but the fact that he was actually moving like a human being again, which is a terrifying development for the rest of the North.
PFT CommenterJoe Burrow's calf is fully healthy based on his sprint to the end zone
I saw that Joe Burrow ran—sprinted to the end zone. That's how you know that his calf is doing good. I haven't seen that kind of mobility out of Joe in a long time. Sprinted to the end zone, picked up the ball, ran it back to the sidelines.
Over in the NFC South, the Falcons continue to be the most frustrating team in football. They have all the weapons in the world, but Desmond Ridder’s three-interception performance against the Commanders proved that Atlanta is just a league-average QB away from being a real threat.
Big CatThe Falcons could make the playoffs with any quarterback not named Desmond Ridder
The big story out of this is the Atlanta Falcons are good enough to go to the playoffs with any quarterback not named Desmond Ridder... If you got a B minus today, the Falcons win that game.
Washington, on the other hand, has turned into the league's premier spoiler. Whether it's snapping winning streaks or ending losing skids, the Commanders are the ultimate chaos agents of the 2023 season.
PFT CommenterThe Commanders are officially the streak-breakers of the NFL
The Commanders are officially the streak breakers of the NFL—streak breaking kings of the NFL. This was a 31 game home winning streak for Desmond Ridder that was snapped today. We beat the Ravens when they had their 24 game preseason streak. The Bears had a 14 game losing streak, the Commanders broke that last week. We broke the Eagles 8-0 streak last year. The Commanders just seem like streak breakers.
Then we have the New York Jets. After beating the Eagles for the first time in franchise history, we have to look ourselves in the mirror and admit the truth: the Jets are actually a good football team. Even with Zach Wilson under center, that defense is so terrifying they can beat anyone in the league.
Big CatThe New York Jets are actually a good football team
Are The Jets Good? I think they might be good. They're three and three... They played the Bills, the Cowboys, the Eagles, the Chiefs. They're two and two against those teams... I think the Jets might be good.
Max was taking it especially hard, mostly because he’s currently trying to load-manage his fandom between the Phillies' playoff run and the Eagles' regular season. He even tried to claim that Jalen Carter is already superior to the greatest defensive player of our generation, which went over about as well as you'd expect.
MaxJalen Carter is already better than Aaron Donald
Jalen Carter will be back next week... [Big Cat: Jalen Carter's already better than Aaron Donald?] Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh, okay.
Down in Miami, the Dolphins fell behind early but eventually did what they always do: let Tyreek Hill run past everyone. Big Cat remains convinced that there is no player in the league more impossible to account for than Cheetah.
Big CatTyreek Hill is the hardest player in the NFL to game plan for and the league's biggest mismatch
He is the hardest guy to game plan for. He's the biggest mismatch. Like just in terms of speed, because it really is like watching a different sport when he's running. I would say he may not be the best receiver in terms of catching the ball high, pointing the ball, catching in traffic. He is impossible to game plan for when he's healthy.
With the Niners and Eagles both losing, the hierarchy of the NFC has officially shifted. The Detroit Lions went into Tampa and systematically dismantled the Bucs, leaving no doubt about who the current kings of the conference are.
Big CatThe Lions are currently the best team in the NFC
The Lions are maybe the best team in the NFC. I know that they're the Niners, I know. But the Lions didn't lose today and the Eagles and the Niners lost so we have to by law give the Lions their credit.
To wrap up the show, Who's Back featured a breakdown of the latest Gen Z trend, "Silent Walking," which Big Cat correctly identified as just "thinking" for people who have never been alone with their own brains.
Big CatSilent walking is a ridiculous Gen Z trend that just describes thinking
My who's back the week is a new trend. It's called Silent Walking... walking without your phone... this person has never had an inner dialogue. I have an inner dialogue every day. I'm doing a lot of thinking. I got multiple dialogues.
Hank also officially welcomed the future of basketball, noting that Victor Wembanyama is already breaking the sport before his rookie season even officially begins.
HankVictor Wembanyama looks like he's going to be the greatest player of all time
Victor Wembanyama has been playing in the preseason and he looks like he's gonna be the greatest player of all time. I've never seen anybody the way he plays basketball. He's crazy... He puts like a dome over the rim. It's insane.
If the Jets make the playoffs and Aaron Rogers actually comes back, we're going to have a very weird January.
