Week 6 in the NFL season was all about heavyweights dragging themselves through five miles of mucky mud. Let’s run through this laundry list.
The Kansas City Chiefs probably won the most lopsided 19-8 game in NFL history over the rival Denver Broncos — and no one felt good about it. The Baltimore Ravens sleepwalked through a weird London win over the Tennessee Titans. In a rainy Cleveland, the San Francisco 49ers had egg all over their face after losing to … P.J. Walker? (Not a typo!) In New Jersey, Jalen Hurts showed more alarming signs that his remarkable 2022 might have been a one-year fluke while literally throwing away an undefeated Philadelphia Eagles season. And in Western New York, Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills needed a very kind non-pass interference call to escape a Giants team playing its backup quarterback and backup left tackle.
The only team that really managed to build more goodwill this weekend was the Detroit Lions. Dan Campbell’s bunch cruised in a bruising 20-6 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, showing they are more than capable of winning ugly once again. That is, if wins by 14 points could even be considered “ugly.” Of every active NFL contender, Detroit is clearly the greatest beneficiary of a shaky league hierarchy.
Don’t be surprised when they upend it.
Let’s dive into For The Win’s Week 7 NFL power rankings, featuring the Lions shining brighter than ever.