From shut calls to routs — together with a shutout — Week 7 checked each field.
It began Thursday with an AFC North showdown because the Cincinnati Bengals topped the Pittsburgh Steelers. The motion continued on Sunday morning when the Los Angeles Rams blew out the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. The theme of acquainted foes continued because the New England Patriots comfortably beat the Tennessee Titans in head coach Mike Vrabel’s first assembly towards his outdated membership, and the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs dealt with the Washington Commanders and Las Vegas Raiders, respectively.
However just one participant may be “him.”
Forward of this week’s “Monday Evening Soccer” doubleheader that includes the Detroit Lions internet hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers adopted by the Houston Texans dealing with the Seattle Seahawks, it is time to determine who earned the dignity in Week 7.
This week’s nominees for ESPN’s “Himmy” Award are:
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Stats to know: 31-of-47, 342 yards, 3 TDs
After a uncommon intradivisional commerce despatched the 40-year-old quarterback to Cincinnati, Flacco led the twenty third fourth-quarter comeback of his 18-year profession to finish the Bengals’ four-game skid.
On Cincinnati’s final offensive collection, Flacco marched 52 yards in eight performs, hitting Ja’Marr Chase for chunk positive factors earlier than a 28-yarder to Tee Higgins arrange the go-ahead subject objective. Chase set a franchise document with 16 catches for 161 yards and a landing, changing into simply the fourth receiver with two 14-plus-reception video games in a single season, because the Bengals scored on seven of their closing eight drives to earn their first win since Joe Burrow suffered an harm on Sept. 14.
Stats to know: 3 sacks, 5 QB hits, 4 TFL
Parsons delivered a profession day within the Packers’ 27-23 comeback win over the Arizona Cardinals, ending with three sacks and matching his season excessive with six pressures, 4 of which occurred within the fourth quarter. With below 30 seconds left and the Packers defending a four-point lead, the two-time All-Professional sealed the victory with a clutch sack of Jacoby Brissett.
Parsons now leads the NFL with 15 fourth-quarter/OT pressures this season. The Packers secured their first street win of the yr in a sport the place they trailed for 35:16 (greater than their mixed time of 20:24 spent trailing over the primary 5 video games).
Stats to know: 19 automotive, 94 yards, 3 TDs
Taylor powered the Colts to their greatest seven-game begin since 2009 and their first 6-1 document with out Peyton Manning for the reason that franchise moved to Indy.
In a 38-24 win towards the Los Angeles Chargers, he scored three dashing touchdowns — his third three-TD sport of the season — setting a single-season membership mark and changing into simply the fourth participant in NFL historical past to put up three such video games inside his group’s first seven (becoming a member of Jim Brown in 1958, Priest Holmes in 2004 and Derrick Henry in 2021).
The surge has vaulted him to odds-on favourite for Offensive Participant of the 12 months at -105, forward of Bijan Robinson (+650), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (+700), Christian McCaffrey (+750), Puka Nacua (+900) and Ja’Marr Chase (+1400), per ESPN BET.
Stats to know: 24 automotive, 129 yards, 2 TDs; 7 rec, 72 yards
McCaffrey ran the present within the Sunday evening sport, producing 62% of the 49ers’ complete offense towards the Atlanta Falcons, stacking 129 dashing yards and 72 receiving yards for his fourth profession outing of 200-plus scrimmage yards — his first such efficiency since 2019.
He logged his ninth sport with not less than 100 dashing and 50 receiving yards, tying Jim Brown and Priest Holmes for third most behind Marshall Faulk (15) and Walter Payton (10). His underlying stats have been simply as spectacular with a season-best 81 dashing yards earlier than contact, 20 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns with George Kittle on the sector, and 97 between-the-guards dashing yards with a rating — his most up the center as a 49er.