Travis Etienne-Jacksonville Jaguars:
The Jags are lousy in the air, and they are lousy on the ground. Etienne had another subpar game. On only 11 rushes, he could only muster 50 yards.
Trevor Lawrence-Jacksonville Jaguars:
Lawrence is now 0-9 in his last nine starts. It is truly a mystery. It’s like he has the yips at this point. He’s too physically gifted to be this bad. It is completely in his head at this point. He barely completed 50% of his passes, going 18-33 passes for only 169 YDs. he did throw two TDs, and they did throw a scare at the Texans, but his performance just hasn’t been good enough.
Aaron Rodgers-New York Jets:
The weather was brutal, but Rodgers should have been able to perform under those conditions. It’s nothing he hasn’t seen numerous times in Green Bay. He completed just over 50% of his passes (24-42) for 225 YDs. He didn’t throw a TD pass, and the team only scored nine pts. Coming off a convincing win against the hapless Patriots, and with 10 days off, Rodgers had to be better. With the Bills losing, this was a great opportunity for the Jets to climb into a first-place tie.
Breece Hall-New York Jets:
Hall is a 1500 YD talent. This performance was beyond awful. In fact, I’ve never seen such a bad box score. On 10 carries, Hall gained four yards. That’s a 0.4 YD average. There is no way to put a positive spin on that output.
Jalen Hurts-Philadelphia Eagles:
If the Eagles didn’t beat the Packers in week one, they’d be sitting with a 1-3 record. Hurts just hasn’t been good this year…and it goes back to the second half of last year. He only completed 18-30 passes for 158 yards. He managed a TD, but this game was really never in much doubt.
Rhamondre Stevenson-New England Patriots:
Four games, four fumbles for the Patriots RB1…at least for now. Most teams would bench their slippery-fingered RB…but not the Pats. he sat for a series to collect himself and was put back into the game. Overall, he had 13 rushes for 43 YDs. His first two games of the season seemed an eternity ago.
Jacoby Brissett-New England Patriots:
Brissett is apparently still the Patriots QB1. But it is hard to see why or how. He actually threw the ball more than his earlier starts, heaving up 32 passes. He only completed 19 passes for 168 yards. He is normally accurate and doesn’t give up interceptions. Not only did he throw one, but it was returned for a TD. It’s time to put the kid in…no.3 pick Drake Maye.
JK Dobbins-Los Angeles Chargers:
HC Jim Harbaugh is finding out it’s tough to consistently win on the ground in this league. Dobbins started the year with back-to-back 130 YD weeks. Last week, he fell well below triple digits, and this week, he cratered. On 14 rushes, he only gained 32 YDs.
Josh Allen-Buffalo Bills:
It’s tough to put Allen here. But when Chris Collinsworth said that sometimes a QB just has to put his team on his back, and all Allen could put up was 10 pts, getting smoked by 25 pts, it’s reasonable that he’s here. He only threw the ball 29 times with 16 completions for 180 yards. And next week won’t get any easier for him and the Bills as they head to Houston to face off against fellow first-place Texans. Each team stands to be in the playoffs, and it will be interesting to see how the Bills respond coming off the loss. It will also be interesting to see how the Texans handle a team out for blood after a big loss.