—The two unbeaten teams, Kansas City and Minnesota, happen to have a bye this week so both will go into week 7 with 5-0 records. The other two bye teams this week are Miami and the Rams.
–The weekend started Thursday night with the 49ers beating Seattle to even their record at 3-3and to tie the Seahawks, who have lost three in a row, for first place in the NFC West. The 49ers have been struggling with injuries and blew two double leads in last three weeks. Coach Kyle Shanahan has blown 18 double digit leads in his career as 49ers coach plus the 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl against the Pats as the Falcons offensive coordinator. The 49ers had a double digit lead against the Seahawks, who got within six but the 49ers pulled away to win, 36-24.
–There are three other national games this weekend with the Bears and Jaguars playing in London at 930 am Eastern time Sunday, the Bengals at the Giants Sunday night and the Bills at the Jets Monday night. The Bengals at 1-4 are desperate for a win against the Giants to show they can stay in the race. The Giants are 2-3 and can get to .500 with a win. After posting their first win last week, the 1-4 Jaguars need a win over the Bears to try to claw back into the race.
The 3-2 Bills have lost two in a row and need a win to get back on track with a win over the Jets. The Jets decision to fire coach Robert Saleh with a 2-3 record added some drama to the game. New Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich has decided to take the play calling duties away from Nathaniel Hackett and give them to Todd Downing, who was the passing game coordinator. Saleh had decided to make this move shortly before he was fired although Hackett will stay on the staff. Hackett was close to Rodgers, who has denied he was involved in the decision to fire Saleh but he doesn’t seem to have gone to bat for him for him. Rodgers also hasn’t been playing well since returning from the Achilles injury last year and needs to get in a groove
–CBS has a single game and its feature attraction is Washington at Baltimore in an early game. The surprising Commanders lead the NFC West at 4-1 and the Ravens are tied with the Steelers at 3-2 in the AFC North. It is a pivotal game for both the Commanders and the Ravens.
FOX has the doubleheader game Sunday with Detroit at Dallas. The 4-1 Lions are one game behind the 5-0 Vikings in the NFC North while the 3-2 Cowboys are a game behind the 4-1 Commanders in the NFC East.
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