And then there was one.
NFL Week 6, Best And Worst: From Raiders’ Fake Field Goal To A Fight Between Jims
From the Raiders’ fake field goal for a touchdown to the fight between Jims, here’s the top-five best and worst plays from Week 6 of the 2011 NFL season.
After six weeks of the 2011 NFL season, the Green Bay Packers remain the only undefeated team in the league after the Detroit Lions were finally defeated at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. Like every week, Week 6 was filled with incredible plays that helped win games and incredibly bad plays that helped teams lose or come close to losing.
Here are the top five best and worst plays from the sixth week of the 2011 season.
| No. 5: Revis Island 100-Yard Pick Six |
Even though Brandon Marshall had over 100 yards receiving against the Jets, his monster-like performance was overshadowed by Darrelle Revis' pick-six in the first quarter of the Monday Night Football Game between the Dolphins and Jets in New York. That's because on that one play, Revis had almost as many yards as Marshall racked up from six catches.
| No. 4: Another Fat-Guy Interception |
In the Atlanta Falcons' 31-17 win over the Carolina Panthers, Cam Newton threw three interceptions. One of those interceptions was thrown to 295-pound defensive lineman Corey Peters, who despite taking about 50 steps was only able to return the interception about five yards.
Oh, and it was a one-handed catch.
I don’t know what I like so much about linemen running the ball, it’s just awesome.
| No. 3: Aaron Rodgers 93-Yard TD Pass to Jordy Nelson |
In the second quarter against St. Louis Rams, the Packers had a 10-point lead and the ball on their own seven-yard line. It was first-and-10 but it might as well have been first-and-goal. That's because this Madden '12-like play came next:
Ridiculous.
| No. 2: A Pair of Kickoff Returns |
I'm not a huge fan of the new kickoff rules just because watching players kneel the ball in the end zone or watching the ball sail out of bounds is just boring. But when a kickoff is returned for a touchdown, it makes the play even more exciting. Luckily for us, Devin Hester and Jacoby Ford were able to deliver.
| No. 1: Raiders Score on a Fake Field Goal |
The Raiders scored a touchdown on a fake field goal. What else do I have to say?
Beast Mode.
And the five worst plays.
| No. 5: Rex Grossman Thinks Kurt Coleman Is On His Team |
Here is the last of Coleman’s three picks on Sunday:
| No. 4: Safeties in Key Situations |
When the offense is playing the in the shadow of their own goalpost, there is always the risk of a safety. NFL quarterbacks have had it hammered in their heads throughout their entire careers, all the way back to high school football -- DON’T GET TACKLED IN THE END ZONE.
Donovan McNabb was tackled in the end zone in the first quarter, which helped the Bears climb to a 16-point lead heading into the second quarter, but it was Matthew Stafford's safety that stands out. In the second quarter, he took the snap at the 11-yard line and dropped back so far that he ended up being sacked in the end zone. For a minute it didn't look like he knew where he was and he figured it out way too late.
If the Lions don’t take that safety and they score on that drive instead, they win the game.
| No. 3: A.J. Hawk Gives His Team the Middle Finger |
After sacking Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, Packers middle linebacker A.J. Hawk gave the middle finger, not to the other team, not to Bradford but to his own teammates on the sideline.
He apologized later and said it was a running joke. I don’t get it.
Enjoy your fine.
| No. 2: Pierre Garcon Pulls a Ronnie Brown |
The Bengals had a three-point lead with just over two minutes left in the game and the Colts had the ball on their own 33-yard line with plenty of time to drive down the field and win their first game of the season. Curtis Painter dropped back and threw a five yard pass to Pierre Garcon who was immediately met by safety Reggie Nelson. As Garcon was being brought down he tried to lateral the ball to a lineman.
Just like Ronnie Brown's lateral attempt, it didn't work. The ball landed in the hands of defensive end Carlos Dunlap who ran in the touchdown, giving the Bengals a 10-point lead late in the game and pretty much sealing their victory.
When will players realize that they shouldn’t try to lateral the ball when they’re being tackled?
| No. 1: Jim Fight! |
I don’t care what happened between 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Lions coach Jim Schwartz. I don’t care who started it or who was wrong. What I do know is that two coaches attempting to fight on the field because of a handshake is pretty ridiculous.
They’re supposed to set the example for their players, right?
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