Raise your hand if, firstly of the interval, you assumed Week 6’s “Beltway Battle” would definitely embody 2 main prospects for NFL MVP.
Surely, having been elected the group’s Most Valuable Player two instances– consisting of final interval– Lamar Jackson would definitely have gotten on the radar, but precisely how round Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels? He’s ending 77.1% (sure, you evaluate that appropriately) of his undergo the preliminary 5 video video games of the interval and is the preliminary gamer in NFL background with 1,000 passing backyards and 250 hurrying backyards by way of the preliminary 5 video video games of his occupation.
More considerably for the Commanders, he’s led them to a 4-1 doc and at present a heading place versus the Ravens, which have really gained 3 straight video video games, consisting of an extra time thriller at Cincinnati not too long ago during which Jackson tossed 348 backyards and 4 aim passes, and Derrick Henry overshadowed the occupation 10,000-yard hurrying mark.
While that competitors obtains prominence, the Saints and Buccaneers conflict in a major NFC South competitors, the place Tampa Bay may draw 2 video video games clear within the division with a win. Also, the 4-1 Texans stay in New England as Drake Maye makes his preliminary NFL start for the Patriots versus C.J. Stroud and the high-powered Texans violation.
Here’s a contemplate the Week 6 Sunday slate:
(Byes: Chiefs, Rams, Dolphins, Vikings)
