We'll look ahead to the results of this weekend's games in a second, but real quick ...
On the heels of his spectacular "Thursday Night Football" performance, Andrew Luck is on the tip of the football world's tongue. I told you in August that Luck's Colts would get the top seed in the AFC ... and with just two 2013 playoff teams left on the schedule, 4-2 Indy appears pointed in that direction (especially with Denver and San Diego still having to face off twice).
If the road to Glendale, Arizona, does go through Lucas Oil Stadium, Luck will have a great shot at reaching his first Super Bowl. A couple of days ago on the Dave Dameshek Football Program, we debated with @MoveTheSticks (Daniel Jeremiah) and @AdamRank whether Luck would be the first among the currently ringless QBs to get a Lombardi:
As you may have heard, Russell Wilson already has a ring on his finger ... which led to this debate with Elliot @HarrisonNFL and @NFLUKHank Hodgson about Luck versus Wilson:
Like any diehard football fan who grew up near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, I always look forward to my Steelers reconnecting with their old pals from Cleveland. There are many things we can call this game -- a Rust Belt reunion, an AFC North showdown with real playoff implications -- but one thing it's not is a rivalry. But that might be changing, as we detailed here:
Yes, Mike Pettine has engendered some real optimism in Northwest Ohio ... but Browns fans would've been barking proudly several decades ago if one game had turned out differently, as we detail here in this episode of our pigskin-specific Butterfly Effect segment, the N-if-L.
WARNING: Do NOT continue reading if you don't want to know the final scores of Week 6.
(1-0 this week, 12-3 last week, 47-31 on the season)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 17
CLEVELAND BROWNS 19
Heath Miller: 6 rec, 65 yds, TD
Andrew Hawkins: 7 rec, 85 yds, TD
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 23
BUFFALO BILLS 20
Rob Gronkowski: 8 rec, 110 yds, 2 TDs
BUF D: 7 sacks
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 29
TENNESSEE TITANS 26
Blake Bortles: 25-35, 340 yds, 2 TDs, INT
Bishop Sankey: 135 yds/scrimmage, TD
DENVER BRONCOS 31
NEW YORK JETS 21
Von Miller: 3.5 sacks
Chris Johnson: 42-yd TD run
CAROLINA PANTHERS 16
CINCINNATI BENGALS 38
CAR: 42 yds rushing
Giovani Bernard: 140 yds/scrimmage, TD
GREEN BAY PACKERS 27
MIAMI DOLPHINS 28
Randall Cobb: 6 rec, 85 yds, TD
Lamar Miller: 20 car, 90 yds, TD
DETROIT LIONS 26
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 21
Eric Ebron: 3 rec, 44 yds, TD
Teddy Bridgewater: 21-32, 290 yds, TD, 2 INTs
CHICAGO BEARS 34
ATLANTA FALCONS 31
Matt Forte: 18 car, 105 yds, TD; 4 rec, 50 yds
Roddy White: 7 rec, 90 yds, 2 TDs
DALLAS COWBOYS 17
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 24
DeMarco Murray: 15 car, 65 yds
Marshawn Lynch: 16 car, 130 yds, TD
WASHINGTON REDSKINS 10
ARIZONA CARDINALS 28
Pierre Garcon: 5 rec, 85 yds, TD
Michael Floyd: 8 rec, 140 yds, TD
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 21
OAKLAND RAIDERS 20
Keenan Allen: 10 rec, 120 yds, 2 TDs
Maurice Jones-Drew: 14 car, 80 yds, TD
BALTIMORE RAVENS 17
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 23
Joe Flacco: 3 INTs
Vincent Jackson: 7 rec, 115 yds, TD
NEW YORK GIANTS 23
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 31
Odell Beckham: 3 rec, 70 yds
Jeremy Maclin: 5 rec, 105 yds, TD
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 20
ST. LOUIS RAMS 16
Carlos Hyde: 12 car, 80 yds, TD
Austin Davis: 18-35, 270 yds, 2 INTs
Enjoy the games this weekend. I hope your team wins (unless it's playing my team).
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