The Final Drive: Week 6, 2011

In the insanity of week six in the NFL, we saw two coaches sorta get into a confrontation, one team stave off utter embarrassment, and one pooper of a Monday nighter between offensive dregs. The Final Drive starts right now!

Don’t look now, but the Bengals are an astounding 4-2 after whupping the down-and-out Colts. They’re actually keeping pace with Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the AFC North! Almost as big of a story are the reports that Indy might be shopping Dwight Freeney or Reggie Wayne at the trade deadline. No Peyton Manning really takes a toll.

Overshadowed by the “Handshake Insanity” between the head coaches, this was an ultra-competitive contest between two up-and-coming NFC squads. But about that handshake… Harbaugh may have been a bit of an ass, but that’s no reason for Schwartz to be a complete psycho.  Y’all are forty and up. Near-fighting amongst mid-lifers just looks ridiculous.

The Bills switched roles this week, turning the ball over in key situations rather than forcing them. The Giants were all too happy to take advantage. Ryan Fitzpatrick may not be as bad an option as anyone initially thought, but his two bad throws turned into two horrid interceptions. Can’t do that twice in one game and expect to win the day.

Guess who’s not completely dead yet? The Eagles are back in the discussion… kinda. I mean, they caught Rex Grossman on one of his heavy flow days, so that helped. After picking Rex off four times, you’d have thought they’d have completely wasted the ‘Skins. Oh well. 2-4 sure sounds better than 1-5… kinda.

Just how bad are the Browns? Every time I see highlights of one of their games, their offense barely makes the cut. They’re nearly inept. In Oakland, missing Jason Campbell could hurt, but maybe this spurs them to make a run at Carson Palmer? That would just be all sorts of awesome

SO CLOSE. But Tom Brady > Tony Romo. What else is there to know about this one?

Clearly the shocker of the weekend. Where were these Bucs when they were getting pounded by the Niners last week? Drew Brees’ three picks were unacceptable, especially that last one at the goal line as he was driving to take the lead. That NFC South is still there for anyone. (Except the Panthers probably.)

Well that was… gross. Those are two of the absolute worst offenses in the NFL. I saw plenty of missed calls in the secondary, but Darelle Revis still won the highly-entertaining battle against Brandon Marshall. No one should feel that good about this game. Miami needs to get themselves right in the Andrew Luck line. And from what I’ve seen from Sanchez in his years at the helm, so should the Jets.

See you next week NFL fans!