–The highlight of Week 6 was the Detroit Lions scoring a Pyrrhic victory over the Dallas Cowboys by a 47-9 score, the first time in NFL history that a game has ended with that score. But in the process they lost their best defensive player, Aidan Hutchinson with a broken tibia and fibula, probably for the season. The Lions had a lot of incentive after losing to Cowboys in a controversial game late last year. But can they go to the Super Bowl without Hutchinson? That is the big question. Just winning the division will be a challenge since they have to play all six division games starting with the game Sunday at Minnesota.
–The only two unbeaten teams, Kansas City and Minnesota, had byes last week and remain 5-0. There are six teams with one loss – the Patriots, Browns, Titans, Jaguars, Rams and Panthers. Two of them, the Pats and Jaguars, play in London Sunday morning so barring a tie, one of them will get a second win.
–The Ravens beat the Commanders to tie the Steelers, who beat the Raiders in the renewal of an old rivalry, so they are tied at 4-2 atop the NFL North. Despite his 4-2 start, Justin Fields may be benched for Russell Wilson, who is recovering from a calf injury. If Fields plays less than 51 percent of the plays, the Steelers give a sixth-round pick instead of a fourth-rounder to Chicago for Fields. So if Wilson plays well, the Steelers are likely to stick with him.
–Rookie Drake Maye lost his first start with the Patriots to a much better Houston team. But he didn’t act like the stage was too big for him and showed potential for the future. Now the Patriots have to build a better team around him. He threw three touchdowns in the lass. He has a shot for a win Sunday in London against the Jaguars, another 1- team.
–The Jets fired their head coach and demoted their offensive coordinator but still looked like the Jets in the Monday night loss to the Bills as they made too many mistakes, committed too many penalties and missed two field goals. Aaron Rodgers threw a Hail Mary touchdown pass at the end of the fourth period but threw an interception to end their last the drive. A victory would have tied the Jets with the Bills at 3-3. Now they are 2-4, trailing the 4-2 Bulls by two games.
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