INT No. 2:
And INT No. 3:
But beyond the INTs, Purdy also had a couple of long completions that should have been touchdowns, but weren’t because he underthrew them:
Purdy has had some very good games, where the Niners look a little bit like they did a year ago, but he has also had three genuinely bad games — against the Vikings, Cardinals, and Chiefs — that all led to losses.
4) Commanders (5-2): After their 40-7 pummeling of the Panthers on Sunday, the Commanders now lead the NFL in point differential:
- Commanders: +66
- Bills: +63
- Lions: +62
- Vikings: +61
- Steelers: +60
- Bears: +47
The Commanders, Vikings, Steelers, and Bears are all in the top six, just as we all thought they’d be when the season begin.
On the downside, Jayden Daniels reminds me a little of Michael Vick, in that when he’s healthy it’s a fun ride, but you always just have to brace for the likelihood that he’s going to get hurt on a big hit:
He’s “week-to-week” with a rib injury, per Dan Quinn.
Old friend Marcus Mariota filled in for Daniels and played well against the Panthers. He may have to start in a sneaky-important matchup against the Bears Week 8.
Last week: 4
I mean, unless you have like four really good corners.
2) Vikings (5-1): In their first six games, the Vikings have had to play the 49ers, Texans, Packers, and Lions. It is extremely impressive that they are 5-1 after that stretch, even if it probably doesn’t feel great to only be the 5 seed at the moment, if the season were to end today (it won’t).
Their reward for getting those hard games out of the way is that their schedule now becomes quite easy. Their next four opponents — the Rams, Colts, Jaguars, and Titans — have a combined record of 9-17 (0.321).
Last week: 1
1) Lions (5-1): In his last three games, Jared Goff is 58 of 68 (85.3%) for 887 yards (13.0 YPA!), 7 TDs, 0 INTs, and a QB rating of 153.1. Those were all big conference wins, by the way, over the Seahawks, Cowboys, and Vikings. In those games, the Lions have scored 120 points, or 40 per game.Last week: 2
Follow Jimmy & PhillyVoice on Twitter: @JimmyKempski | thePhillyVoice
Like us on Facebook: PhillyVoice Sports
Add Jimmy’s RSS feed to your feed reader
