Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott, Jordan Love and Trevor Lawrence all delivered for their teams in close victories. Plus, the 49ers are facing an uphill climb to make a return to the Super Bowl.
movies. Similar to the film and TV franchise, quarterbacks made many millions this offseason thanks to lucrative contracts from antsy teams afraid of not having a franchise signal-caller.
Cousins had a career night, recording 509 passing yards and four touchdowns to rally the Falcons, while also proving Fontenot right for bringing him to Atlanta. Fontenot received some criticism for handing Cousins $100 million guaranteed before he entered his age-36 season and coming off a significant Achilles injury. But many understood why Fontenot made the splash signing after the Falcons trotted out Desmond Ridder, Taylor Heinicke and Marcus Mariota to start most games the past two seasons.
And the ugly setback is starting to become a distant memory because the Giants had a complete performance of their own during the upset road victory against the Seattle Seahawks. It was more surprising that New York pulled that off without rookie stud wide receiver Malik Nabers, who was sidelined with a concussion.
The Week 7 showdown between the Vikings, who head into a bye week, and Lions could determine which team is truly the best in the NFC North. But the Packers and Bears can’t simply be viewed as wild-card contenders. Prescott and the Cowboys' offense has only managed 40 points over the past two weeks, though Dallas has won both games. / Barry Reeger-Imagn ImagesThe faux lip readers stopped analyzing Lamb’s words after Prescott threw the game-winning touchdown to Jalen Tolbert on fourth-and-goal with 20 seconds left in regulation to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 20–17. Ironically, the game-winning throw went to the same side of the end zone where Prescott was picked off attempting to hit Lamb.
Pederson and offensive coordinator Press Taylor have struggled to produce productive game plans and play calls on the field. But sometimes the quarterback making $55 million per year needs to mask the mistakes. Lawrence did that Sunday, and maybe he could do a lot more of that moving forward.The Buffalo Bills attempted the delicate balance of repairing the salary cap with cheaper options, which often means turning to inexperienced players, without sacrificing a prime season from Josh Allen.
Perhaps Beane swings for a blockbuster trade, like adding Davante Adams, but that could derail the team’s plans of getting a healthy salary cap. This losing skid could test the Bills’ patience for long-term goals.Burrow could throw for 5,000 passing yards and Chase could flirt with 2,000 receiving yards and it still might not be enough to get the Cincinnati Bengals into the playoffs.
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