NFL · ReportOctober 20, 2026

Week 6 Technical Report: Fourteen Games, a 144-Yard Hole, and the Scoreboard Gap

All fourteen Week 6 games, Thursday through Monday night: the scoreboard versus the play-by-play, quarterbacks with charted drops and sacks, coaching flags, injuries and the full 32-team ratings.

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Technical report. NFL Week 6, Thursday October 15 through Monday night October 19, 2026 (all 14 games). 2026 regular season only, garbage time removed.

Scope

All fourteen NFL games of Week 6, 2026 regular season, from Thursday night's Seattle at Denver through Monday night's Washington at San Francisco, including the Houston-Jacksonville game in London. Four teams (Buffalo, Jacksonville, Los Angeles Chargers, Washington) are on bye in Week 7. All data is 2026 regular season only.

How to read this

EPA (expected points added) scores every snap by how much it changed a team's chance to score. Garbage time, the snaps after a game is effectively decided, is removed from every per-play number (EPA, success rate, CPOE). CPOE is completion percentage over expected. Yards, plays, third downs, giveaways (interceptions plus lost fumbles) and sacks are full-game counts on pass and run plays; yards per play counts sacks as lost yards. The tape margin turns each team's total EPA over the whole game into the point margin it normally produces, based on this season's completed games. The flattered column is the scoreboard margin minus the tape margin: positive means the scoreboard was kinder to that team than the plays were. Red zone trips are drives that ran at least one play inside the opponent's 20. Power ratings are opponent-adjusted EPA per play, offense minus defense, garbage time removed, with recent games counting more than older ones; the equal-weight full-season rank sits in its own column.

Data availability

All data layers loaded. Play-by-play, schedules, official injury reports and charting cover all 14 Week 6 games. Player-tracking passing data covers 29 quarterbacks for Week 6. A second weekly passing file covers only Thursday's game (Seattle at Denver), so it is used as a two-team cross-check only. Pass-rusher and blitzer counts are blank for Monday night's Washington at San Francisco game, so blitz rates exclude that game; drops, contested balls, throwaways and quarterback-fault sacks are charted for it. No official Week 7 injury report has posted yet, and a news search returned nothing verified for Week 7, so injuries below are the official Week 6 report.

1. Game by game

SEA at DEN (Thursday, both teams on 4 days of rest, Denver altitude): Seattle gained 355 yards on 81 plays to Denver's 169 on 56 and lost 17-14. Seattle gave the ball away 3 times to Denver's 0 and took 5 sacks. The tape has it Seattle by 0.8.

HOU at JAX (London): 839 combined yards, no sacks either way, one giveaway each. Houston won 34-31; the tape has Jacksonville by 1.2.

CHI at ATL: Atlanta was minus 0.571 EPA a play with garbage time out and took 5 sacks; Chicago blitzed on 54 percent of Atlanta's dropbacks. 43 snaps were garbage time. The tape has Chicago by 12.1 against a final margin of 8.

BAL at CLE: 235 yards for Baltimore, 237 for Cleveland, 4.12 and 3.95 yards a play. Cleveland won 13-10; the tape has Baltimore by 1.3. Baltimore's defense pressured Cleveland on 37.8 percent of dropbacks, the highest rate of the week.

TEN at IND: Tennessee won 26-20 on 187 yards and 44 plays. Indianapolis had 399 yards on 77 plays, 3 giveaways and 6 sacks taken. The tape has Tennessee by 1.2, a game that was close to a push.

NYJ at NE: New England won 26-19 against a tape of 2.3. The Jets scored a touchdown on 1 of 4 red zone trips.

NO at NYG: biggest scoreboard gap of the week. New Orleans won 34-27 despite 320 yards to New York's 464 (4.78 yards a play to 6.72), 1 giveaway to 3, and 5 sacks for the Giants to 0. Saints receivers dropped 6 passes. The tape has New Orleans by 1.0.

CAR at PHI: Carolina outgained Philadelphia 401 to 222 and the tape says Carolina by 14.4 against a final of 11. Philadelphia played without Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley (both Out on the official report).

PIT at TB: both offenses were poor: 5 sacks each, Pittsburgh 4.12 yards a play, Tampa Bay 3.07. Tampa Bay played without Baker Mayfield (Out).

ARI at LAR: Arizona won 18-16 and went 0 for 5 in the red zone. The tape has Arizona by 5.6.

LAC at KC: Kansas City won 22-6 on 7.73 yards a play to 4.11. The Chargers were 0 for 3 in the red zone and were without five players ruled Out, including tackle Joe Alt and safety Derwin James. Kansas City was off a bye (14 days of rest).

BUF at LV: scoreboard and tape agree (Buffalo by 3, tape Buffalo by 3.5). Both offenses moved the ball; Las Vegas was 7 for 12 on third down.

DAL at GB: Green Bay won 23-13 and went 11 for 18 on third down. Dallas threw 55 passes and its receivers dropped 6.

WSH at SF (Monday): San Francisco won 23-17 and moved to 6-0. San Francisco was plus 0.320 EPA a play to Washington's minus 0.191; the tape has San Francisco by 9.6, so the 6-point win undersold it by 3.6.

Game by game: the box scores


SEA at DEN	Thu	DEN 17, SEA 14	DEN home	4/4	355/169	81/56	4.38/3.02	7/17; 3/14	3/0	5/2	-0.087/-0.141	-4.6/-1.5	1/2; 2/2	1	SEA +0.8	+3.8 DEN
HOU at JAX	Sun	HOU 34, JAX 31	London (neutral)	7/7	426/413	59/67	7.22/6.16	5/11; 7/12	1/1	0/0	+0.225/+0.174	+11.5/-5.0	4/6; 4/5	0	HOU +1.2	+1.8 HOU
CHI at ATL	Sun	CHI 31, ATL 23	ATL home	7/7	369/261	72/52	5.12/5.02	9/17; 3/12	1/1	4/5	+0.154/-0.571	+13.6/-19.1	4/5; 3/3	43	CHI +12.1	+4.1 ATL
BAL at CLE	Sun	CLE 13, BAL 10	CLE home	7/7	235/237	57/60	4.12/3.95	6/16; 5/16	1/0	3/5	-0.094/-0.117	-1.3/-0.8	1/2; 1/2	0	BAL +1.3	+4.3 CLE
TEN at IND	Sun	TEN 26, IND 20	IND home	7/7	187/399	44/77	4.25/5.18	3/10; 7/15	1/3	0/6	-0.128/-0.105	-20.1/-8.0	1/2; 2/4	3	TEN +1.2	+4.8 TEN
NYJ at NE	Sun	NE 26, NYJ 19	NE home	7/7	325/384	59/67	5.51/5.73	3/10; 8/15	1/2	3/0	-0.049/+0.024	+5.8/-1.9	1/4; 3/5	11	NE +2.3	+4.7 NE
NO at NYG	Sun	NO 34, NYG 27	NYG home	7/7	320/464	67/69	4.78/6.72	4/15; 4/12	1/3	0/5	+0.172/-0.023	-19.0/-3.0	4/4; 3/5	39	NO +1.0	+6.0 NO
CAR at PHI	Sun	CAR 25, PHI 14	PHI home	14/7	401/222	73/61	5.49/3.64	7/17; 6/15	0/0	2/3	+0.064/-0.121	-8.9/-4.9	3/4; 2/2	9	CAR +14.4	+3.4 PHI
PIT at TB	Sun	PIT 26, TB 19	TB home	7/10	301/224	73/73	4.12/3.07	5/15; 6/19	1/2	5/5	-0.201/-0.291	+5.6/-13.5	2/4; 1/2	2	PIT +5.7	+1.3 PIT
ARI at LAR	Sun	ARI 18, LAR 16	LAR home	7/6	338/286	70/57	4.83/5.02	5/15; 4/10	1/1	0/3	-0.021/-0.155	+0.3/+4.2	0/5; 2/4	0	ARI +5.6	+3.6 LAR
LAC at KC	Sun	KC 22, LAC 6	KC home	7/14	259/425	63/55	4.11/7.73	5/16; 3/10	2/1	4/0	-0.329/+0.274	-10.4/+13.2	0/3; 2/5	34	KC +18.1	+2.1 LAC
BUF at LV	Sun	BUF 33, LV 30	LV home	6/7	348/378	61/61	5.70/6.20	4/10; 7/12	0/1	2/0	+0.195/+0.033	+7.0/-10.9	3/6; 3/6	6	BUF +3.5	+0.5 LV
DAL at GB	Sun	GB 23, DAL 13	GB home	10/7	303/320	71/68	4.27/4.71	5/13; 11/18	2/1	1/3	-0.223/+0.055	+1.4/-6.0	2/4; 2/4	41	GB +8.8	+1.2 GB
WSH at SF	Mon	SF 23, WSH 17	SF home	8/8	315/375	58/60	5.43/6.25	3/12; 7/14	0/1	4/2	-0.191/+0.320	+16.3/+9.1	2/4; 3/4	22	SF +9.6	+3.6 WSH

2. Scoreboard versus tape

Scoreboard flattered most: New Orleans (+6.0), Tennessee (+4.8), New England (+4.7), Cleveland (+4.3), Atlanta (+4.1, in a loss by 8 against a tape of 12), Denver (+3.8), Washington (+3.6, in a loss), Los Angeles Rams (+3.6, in a loss), Philadelphia (+3.4, in a loss). Most shortchanged: the New York Giants (minus 6.0), Indianapolis (minus 4.8), the Jets (minus 4.7), Baltimore (minus 4.3), Chicago (minus 4.1), Seattle (minus 3.8), San Francisco (minus 3.6, on Monday night), Arizona (minus 3.6) and Carolina (minus 3.4). Season long (six games, scoreboard margin minus tape margin, summed): Philadelphia (+28.1), Minnesota (+23.0), Indianapolis (+16.0), Chicago (+15.6) and Dallas (+15.4) have the most flattering results; the Rams (minus 25.7), Arizona (minus 25.5), Washington (minus 17.0), the Jets (minus 16.9) and Baltimore (minus 15.8) have the least.

Week 6: where the scoreboard and the tape disagreed

Scoreboard margin minus play-by-play margin (points); positive means flattered

Scoreboard versus tape


NO	NYG	+7	+1.0	+6.0	Flattered
TEN	IND	+6	+1.2	+4.8	Flattered
NE	NYJ	+7	+2.3	+4.7	Flattered
CLE	BAL	+3	-1.3	+4.3	Flattered
ATL	CHI	-8	-12.1	+4.1	Flattered
DEN	SEA	+3	-0.8	+3.8	Flattered
WSH	SF	-6	-9.6	+3.6	Flattered
LAR	ARI	-2	-5.6	+3.6	Flattered
PHI	CAR	-11	-14.4	+3.4	Flattered
LAC	KC	-16	-18.1	+2.1	About right
HOU	JAX	+3	+1.2	+1.8	About right
PIT	TB	+7	+5.7	+1.3	About right
GB	DAL	+10	+8.8	+1.2	About right
LV	BUF	-3	-3.5	+0.5	About right
BUF	LV	+3	+3.5	-0.5	About right
DAL	GB	-10	-8.8	-1.2	About right
TB	PIT	-7	-5.7	-1.3	About right
JAX	HOU	-3	-1.2	-1.8	About right
KC	LAC	+16	+18.1	-2.1	About right
CAR	PHI	+11	+14.4	-3.4	Shortchanged
ARI	LAR	+2	+5.6	-3.6	Shortchanged
SF	WSH	+6	+9.6	-3.6	Shortchanged
SEA	DEN	-3	+0.8	-3.8	Shortchanged
CHI	ATL	+8	+12.1	-4.1	Shortchanged
BAL	CLE	-3	+1.3	-4.3	Shortchanged
NYJ	NE	-7	-2.3	-4.7	Shortchanged
IND	TEN	-6	-1.2	-4.8	Shortchanged
NYG	NO	-7	-1.0	-6.0	Shortchanged

3. Quarterbacks (with charting)

Quarterbacks with 10 or more dropbacks. Attempts exclude sacks. Completion percent if drops caught adds charted receiver drops to completions.

Quarterbacks


NYG	J.McCarthy	11/19	243	1	1	1	9	+0.553	+28.9	0	0	3	58%
HOU	C.Stroud	24/34	312	3	1	0	35	+0.373	+11.5	1	0	1	74%
CHI	C.Williams	30/36	305	1	0	4	30	+0.299	+13.6	0	0	0	83%
BUF	J.Allen	23/33	255	2	0	2	34	+0.295	+7.0	1	0	0	73%
JAX	T.Lawrence	24/41	306	4	1	0	43	+0.268	-5.0	3	0	2	66%
SF	B.Purdy	21/29	264	1	0	2	30	+0.247	+9.1	0	0	0	72%
NE	D.Maye	18/32	235	3	0	0	35	+0.224	-1.9	3	0	0	66%
NO	T.Shough	16/30	144	3	0	0	26	+0.208	-19.0	6	0	0	73%
LV	K.Cousins	23/41	313	2	1	0	39	+0.197	-10.9	3	0	1	63%
NYJ	G.Smith	20/30	252	1	1	3	28	+0.194	+5.8	0	0	1	67%
BAL	T.Huntley	19/31	165	1	0	3	38	+0.141	-1.3	0	0	3	61%
GB	J.Love	23/41	276	1	1	3	37	+0.126	-6.0	6	3	1	71%
KC	P.Mahomes	23/30	272	0	1	0	20	+0.125	+13.2	0	0	1	77%
ARI	J.Brissett	24/35	218	0	1	0	35	+0.057	+0.3	1	0	1	71%
CAR	B.Young	20/40	281	2	0	2	42	+0.047	-8.9	3	0	1	57%
SEA	S.Darnold	27/50	278	0	2	5	57	-0.085	-4.6	2	0	3	58%
IND	D.Jones	22/41	269	1	2	6	50	-0.095	-8.0	2	1	5	59%
PHI	T.McKee	26/45	215	1	0	3	46	-0.116	-4.9	3	0	0	64%
NYG	J.Winston	14/26	152	1	2	4	26	-0.146	-12.8	1	0	2	58%
WSH	J.Daniels	29/38	300	2	0	4	38	-0.148	+16.3	0	0	0	76%
TEN	C.Ward	11/22	102	1	1	0	23	-0.152	-20.1	2	0	1	59%
LAR	M.Stafford	25/34	222	2	0	3	37	-0.179	+4.2	3	1	1	82%
DEN	B.Nix	17/27	107	0	0	2	29	-0.205	-1.5	0	1	0	63%
CLE	D.Watson	16/26	164	0	0	5	37	-0.205	-0.8	0	0	0	62%
PIT	A.Rodgers	33/47	253	2	1	5	52	-0.264	+5.6	3	0	1	77%
DAL	D.Prescott	34/55	258	1	2	1	30	-0.296	+1.4	6	1	2	73%
TB	J.Daniels	22/43	164	1	2	5	51	-0.316	-13.5	1	2	2	53%
LAC	J.Herbert	22/37	204	0	1	4	33	-0.405	-10.4	1	0	1	62%
ATL	M.Penix	19/35	225	3	0	5	21	-0.740	-19.1	3	0	1	63%

4. Player-tracking cross-check

Time to throw, intended air yards and aggressiveness from player-tracking data, next to play-by-play CPOE. They disagree in places and both are shown.

Player-tracking cross-check


Jacoby Brissett	ARI	2.39	5.9	17.1	+8.1	+0.3
Michael Penix	ATL	2.52	9.6	33.3	+1.1	-19.1
Tyler Huntley	BAL	3.03	8.7	16.1	-8.1	-1.3
Josh Allen	BUF	3.09	6.2	21.2	+5.7	+7.0
Bryce Young	CAR	2.86	10.3	15.4	-10.7	-8.9
Caleb Williams	CHI	3.02	3.6	11.1	+12.4	+13.6
Deshaun Watson	CLE	2.72	8.1	19.2	-3.8	-0.8
Dak Prescott	DAL	2.90	7.1	14.8	-5.2	+1.4
Bo Nix	DEN	2.98	4.2	7.4	-3.7	-1.5
Jordan Love	GB	2.82	9.7	19.5	-3.5	-6.0
C.J. Stroud	HOU	2.46	8.5	14.7	+12.8	+11.5
Daniel Jones	IND	3.12	10.2	11.9	-6.5	-8.0
Trevor Lawrence	JAX	2.72	9.2	19.5	-1.8	-5.0
Patrick Mahomes	KC	2.72	4.4	3.3	+7.6	+13.2
Justin Herbert	LAC	2.82	6.1	18.9	-6.2	-10.4
Matthew Stafford	LAR	2.57	4.8	3.0	+3.0	+4.2
Kirk Cousins	LV	2.89	9.0	31.7	+0.2	-10.9
Drake Maye	NE	3.30	9.3	9.4	-6.5	-1.9
Tyler Shough	NO	2.58	5.8	26.7	-10.3	-19.0
J.J. McCarthy	NYG	2.85	14.9	23.8	+8.5	+28.9
Jameis Winston	NYG	2.31	6.7	19.2	-18.3	-12.8
Geno Smith	NYJ	3.03	8.6	16.7	+5.1	+5.8
Tanner McKee	PHI	2.43	8.1	22.2	-2.9	-4.9
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	2.48	3.6	6.1	-2.7	+5.6
Sam Darnold	SEA	2.86	9.7	19.6	+0.7	-4.6
Brock Purdy	SF	2.75	8.8	10.3	+3.2	+9.1
Jalon Daniels	TB	2.66	6.6	14.0	-15.3	-13.5
Cam Ward	TEN	2.48	6.7	9.1	-17.5	-20.1
Jayden Daniels	WSH	2.87	7.8	10.0	+10.4	+16.3

5. Charted data and pressure

With charting for every game, quarterback fault can be split from receiver drops and protection. New Orleans' Tyler Shough finished at minus 19.0 CPOE, but 6 of his 30 attempts were dropped (Chris Olave 3) and 10 were contested balls; had the drops been caught his completion rate goes from 53 percent to 73 percent. Dallas' Dak Prescott (6 drops, 2 by CeeDee Lamb) and Green Bay's Jordan Love (6 drops, 3 by Matthew Golden, plus 3 quarterback-fault sacks) also lost completions to their receivers. On the other side, Pittsburgh's Aaron Rodgers took 5 sacks and Cleveland's Deshaun Watson took 5, with zero charted as the quarterback's fault: those were protection or coverage problems, not quarterback decisions. Atlanta's Michael Penix took 5 sacks, none quarterback fault, but threw only 3 touchdown passes on a minus 0.740 EPA a dropback and 9 contested balls.

Pressure: Baltimore (37.8 percent of dropbacks ended in a sack or quarterback hit), Denver (35.1) and Tennessee (34.0) created the most; the Giants (3.1), Indianapolis (4.3) and Jacksonville (5.7) the least. The Giants blitzed on 53 percent of New Orleans' dropbacks and produced no sacks and one hit. A second source for Thursday's game agrees: Seattle's Sam Darnold was pressured on 32.8 percent of dropbacks and Denver's Bo Nix on 30.0 percent, consistent with the play-by-play rates.

Pass rush by defense, Week 6


BAL	37	5	9	37.8	29.7
DEN	57	5	15	35.1	33.3
TEN	50	6	11	34.0	28.0
CLE	38	3	9	31.6	18.4
SF	45	4	9	28.9	n/a
TB	52	5	10	28.8	46.2
KC	44	4	8	27.3	20.5
NE	33	3	6	27.3	39.4
CAR	48	3	10	27.1	39.6
ARI	37	3	7	27.0	40.5
PIT	52	5	9	26.9	25.0
ATL	41	4	7	26.8	22.0
CHI	41	5	6	26.8	53.7
DAL	44	3	8	25.0	29.5
NO	51	5	7	23.5	31.4
LV	36	2	6	22.2	36.1
SEA	30	2	4	20.0	23.3
WSH	34	2	3	14.7	n/a
BUF	41	0	6	14.6	41.5
LAR	35	0	5	14.3	14.3
GB	57	1	7	14.0	35.1
PHI	43	2	4	14.0	34.9
NYJ	35	0	4	11.4	31.4
LAC	32	0	3	9.4	25.0
HOU	43	0	3	7.0	37.2
JAX	35	0	2	5.7	40.0
IND	23	0	1	4.3	26.1
NYG	32	0	1	3.1	53.1

6. Players who looked better, and worse, than they were

Looked better than they were: Michael Penix (3 touchdown passes, minus 0.740 EPA a dropback with garbage time out, CPOE minus 19.1), Cam Ward (Tennessee won; 11 of 22 for 102 yards, CPOE minus 20.1, 1 touchdown and 1 interception), Dak Prescott (34 completions on 55 attempts but minus 0.296 EPA a dropback and 2 interceptions), CeeDee Lamb (minus 9.23 EPA on 12 targets), Derrick Henry (17 carries, 58 yards, minus 8.89 EPA, one lost fumble), Emeka Egbuka (16 targets, 48 yards, minus 11.48 EPA), Jonathan Taylor (21 carries, 94 yards, but minus 4.76 EPA and a lost fumble).

Looked worse than they were: Patrick Mahomes (no touchdowns and one interception, but plus 13.2 CPOE on 20 clean dropbacks and no sacks), Aaron Rodgers (5 sacks, none charted as his fault, plus 5.6 CPOE), Jayden Daniels (29 of 38, 300 yards, 2 touchdowns, plus 16.3 CPOE in a loss; four sacks dragged his EPA to minus 0.148 a dropback), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (12 catches on 16 targets for 134 yards and plus 11.45 EPA in a Seattle loss), Trevor Lawrence (plus 0.268 a dropback with 3 receiver drops in a loss), Geno Smith (plus 0.194 a dropback in a seven-point loss), Christian McCaffrey (2 rushing touchdowns, plus 6.07 EPA on 13 carries), C.J. Stroud (312 yards, 3 touchdowns, plus 0.373 a dropback, best of any quarterback with 20 or more clean dropbacks), Caleb Williams (plus 0.299 a dropback, plus 13.6 CPOE, 4 sacks).

7. Rushers (8 or more carries): best five and worst five by EPA

Rushers


C.McCaffrey	SF	13	56	+6.07	2	0
K.Walker	KC	11	86	+5.80	2	0
C.Rodriguez	JAX	11	55	+3.02	0	0
C.Hubbard	CAR	22	93	+2.84	1	0
J.Williams	DAL	10	36	+1.81	1	0
T.Allgeier	ARI	18	38	-4.12	0	0
J.Dobbins	DEN	17	41	-4.75	1	0
J.Taylor	IND	21	94	-4.76	1	1
B.Irving	TB	18	44	-5.82	0	0
D.Henry	BAL	17	58	-8.89	0	1

8. Receivers (7 or more targets): best six and worst six by EPA

Receivers


J.Smith-Njigba	SEA	16	12	134	+11.45	0	0
C.Tate	TEN	7	6	70	+5.80	1	0
T.McMillan	CAR	9	6	86	+5.71	0	1
K.Allen	IND	11	8	82	+4.92	0	0
C.Loveland	CHI	7	6	65	+4.42	1	0
D.Goedert	PHI	8	6	61	+4.36	0	0
C.McCaffrey	SF	8	7	46	-5.52	0	0
W.Robinson	TEN	7	3	22	-5.94	0	0
A.Brown	NE	10	3	27	-7.39	0	1
C.Lamb	DAL	12	6	54	-9.23	0	1
E.Egbuka	TB	16	7	48	-11.48	1	0
K.Lambert-Smith	LAC	8	4	16	-17.10	0	0

9. Coaching flags (directional only)

Directional flags only, never a grade; samples are small and coordinator names are not in the public data, so flags are at team and head-coach level. Neutral situations are first or second down in a competitive game, outside the last two minutes of a half; the pass rate figure is points above or below the expected pass rate in those situations, full season. The Chargers (Jim Harbaugh) pass 13.1 points less than expected, Tennessee (Robert Saleh) 9.7 less, Atlanta (Raheem Morris) 8.9 less, Baltimore (Jesse Minter) 8.4 less, Tampa Bay (Todd Bowles) 7.4 less. Fourth down: the Chargers faced 10 fourth-down snaps Sunday and went for it on 3, converting none. Defense: Minnesota (minus 0.192), Seattle (minus 0.164), Tampa Bay (minus 0.145) and Chicago (minus 0.135) have the best recency-weighted opponent-adjusted defenses; Dallas (plus 0.138), Miami (plus 0.116), the Giants and Buffalo (plus 0.105 each) the worst. Defensive samples are 6 games or fewer.

Coaching flags (directional only)


LAC	Jim Harbaugh	10	3	0	-13.1	-10.8
TEN	Robert Saleh	7	0	0	-9.7	-12.4
ATL	Raheem Morris	7	3	0	-8.9	+8.5
BAL	Jesse Minter	10	1	1	-8.4	-3.9
TB	Todd Bowles	12	2	1	-7.4	-1.1
NYG	John Harbaugh	9	2	1	-7.3	+8.3
BUF	Sean McDermott	6	0	0	-5.7	-3.6
SEA	Mike Macdonald	8	1	1	-5.7	-8.0
CHI	Ben Johnson	7	0	0	-4.8	-5.9
NO	Kellen Moore	11	1	1	-3.8	-13.9
WSH	Dan Quinn	7	3	1	-2.9	+13.6
PHI	Nick Sirianni	9	1	0	-2.8	+11.2
NYJ	Aaron Glenn	7	2	0	-2.3	-8.7
ARI	Jonathan Gannon	9	0	0	-1.6	-2.3
GB	Matt LaFleur	7	1	1	-1.3	+0.5
JAX	Liam Coen	4	1	0	-0.5	+5.6
LV	Klint Kubiak	5	0	0	-0.4	-2.9
NE	Mike Vrabel	6	2	1	-0.1	-1.4
HOU	DeMeco Ryans	5	0	0	+0.2	+9.2
DEN	Sean Payton	10	1	1	+0.4	-7.5
KC	Andy Reid	6	1	0	+1.8	+1.4
IND	Shane Steichen	7	3	1	+2.1	-1.3
DAL	Brian Schottenheimer	7	4	2	+2.9	-4.0
PIT	Mike McCarthy	10	1	0	+4.8	-2.7
CLE	Todd Monken	10	1	1	+5.2	-0.7
SF	Kyle Shanahan	7	2	2	+5.3	+19.7
LAR	Sean McVay	6	2	0	+6.0	+1.6
CAR	Dave Canales	8	1	1	+9.2	+15.4

10. Injuries: official Week 6 report, players ruled Out

Injuries


ARI	Andrew Wingard (S); Jeremiyah Love (RB); Wydett Williams Jr. (S)
ATL	C.J. Henderson (CB)
BAL	Lamar Jackson (QB); Broderick Washington (DE); Cam Jurgens (C); Matthew Hibner (TE)
BUF	none listed
CAR	AJ Dillon (RB)
CHI	T.J. Edwards (LB); Dayo Odeyingbo (DE); Kyle Monangai (RB); Keyshaun Elliott (LB)
CLE	Teven Jenkins (G); Kalia Davis (DT); Mike Hall Jr. (DT); Dylan Sampson (RB); Dillon Gabriel (QB)
DAL	Cobie Durant (CB); Drew Shelton (T)
DEN	Talanoa Hufanga (S); Pat Surtain II (CB)
GB	Javon Hargrave (DT); Benjamin St-Juste (CB); Jonathan Ford (DT); Skyy Moore (WR)
HOU	David Montgomery (RB); Jalen Pitre (S); Tank Dell (WR)
IND	Ashton Dulin (WR); Jaylon Carlies (LB)
JAX	Ross Matiscik (LS); Montaric Brown (CB)
KC	Rashee Rice (WR); Josh Simmons (T)
LAC	Donte Jackson (CB); Derwin James (S); Kayode Awosika (G); Joe Alt (T); Tre Harris (WR)
LAR	none listed
LV	Tonka Hemingway (DT); Carter Runyon (TE); Dont'e Thornton Jr. (WR)
NE	Carlton Davis III (CB); Karon Prunty (CB)
NO	Kaden Elliss (LB); Anfernee Jennings (LB)
NYG	Theo Johnson (TE); Tyler Nubin (S); Colton Hood (CB)
NYJ	Joseph Ossai (DE); Dylan Parham (G); Breece Hall (RB); Adonai Mitchell (WR)
PHI	Saquon Barkley (RB); Jalen Hurts (QB); Michael Carter II (S); Landon Dickerson (G); Grant Calcaterra (TE); Jakorian Bennett (CB); Jalyx Hunt (LB); Will Shipley (RB); Eli Stowers (TE)
PIT	DeShon Elliott (S); Ben Skowronek (WR); Roman Wilson (WR)
SEA	Chazz Surratt (LB); Drake Thomas (LB); Zach Charbonnet (RB)
SF	Nick Bosa (DE); Deebo Samuel Sr. (WR); Garret Wallow (LB); Marques Sigle (S)
TB	Baker Mayfield (QB); David Sills (WR); Antoine Winfield Jr. (S)
TEN	Jordan Elliott (DT); Kevin Winston Jr. (S)
WSH	Marcus Mariota (QB); Charles Omenihu (DE); Javontae Jean-Baptiste (LB); Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB)

11. Power rankings after Week 6 (32 teams)

Ranked on recency-weighted, opponent-adjusted net EPA per play, garbage time removed, 2026 only. Net is offense minus defense (a negative defense number is a good defense). The full-season columns show the same rating with every game weighted equally. The biggest disagreements are Green Bay (6th now, 15th equal-weight), Houston (9th vs 16th), Detroit (12th vs 17th) and the Jets (11th vs 14th) on the way up, and Denver (19th vs 11th), Buffalo (16th vs 8th), Seattle (13th vs 7th) and the Rams (20th vs 12th) on the way down. Prior rank comes from this same rating run before this update, so it can differ from the order published in last week's report. "Paris" marks the neutral-site game.

Top 10 and bottom 10 teams after Week 6

Recency-weighted, opponent-adjusted net EPA per play (garbage time removed)

Power rankings after Week 6 (32 teams)


1	SF	49ers	6-0	+0.233	+0.187	-0.046	54.7	1	+0.268	2	+1	at ATL	6	-0.069
2	CHI	Bears	4-2	+0.231	+0.096	-0.135	47.7	3	+0.189	4	+2	vs NE	4	+0.043
3	JAX	Jaguars	4-2	+0.169	+0.160	-0.009	47.2	2	+0.231	1	-2	BYE	-	-0.086
4	CIN	Bengals	3-2	+0.161	+0.115	-0.046	49.3	4	+0.160	3	-1	at BAL	14	-0.031
5	NE	Patriots	4-2	+0.153	+0.115	-0.038	46.3	5	+0.149	5	0	at CHI	4	+0.005
6	GB	Packers	4-2	+0.147	+0.056	-0.091	40.7	15	+0.045	14	+8	at DET	7	+0.041
7	KC	Chiefs	5-0	+0.112	+0.132	+0.020	50.2	6	+0.128	6	-1	at SEA	7	+0.015
8	CAR	Panthers	3-2	+0.099	+0.134	+0.035	43.5	10	+0.080	10	+2	vs TB	7	+0.026
9	HOU	Texans	2-4	+0.096	+0.078	-0.018	44.5	16	+0.025	13	+4	vs NYG	7	-0.071
10	MIN	Vikings	5-0	+0.079	-0.113	-0.192	36.3	9	+0.086	11	+1	vs IND	14	+0.060
11	NYJ	Jets	2-4	+0.070	-0.033	-0.103	44.2	14	+0.046	16	+5	vs MIA	7	-0.040
12	DET	Lions	3-2	+0.055	+0.143	+0.087	48.6	17	+0.012	17	+5	vs GB	14	+0.030
13	SEA	Seahawks	3-3	+0.055	-0.109	-0.164	41.2	7	+0.120	7	-6	vs KC	10	-0.002
14	BAL	Ravens	4-2	+0.054	+0.074	+0.021	48.1	13	+0.067	15	+1	vs CIN	7	+0.057
15	TB	Buccaneers	1-5	+0.051	-0.094	-0.145	38.4	19	-0.001	18	+3	at CAR	7	-0.013
16	BUF	Bills	5-1	+0.050	+0.156	+0.105	48.5	8	+0.098	8	-8	BYE	-	+0.046
17	PIT	Steelers	4-2	+0.042	+0.033	-0.009	40.5	20	-0.019	19	+2	NO (Paris)	7	+0.011
18	CLE	Browns	4-2	+0.032	-0.079	-0.111	38.6	18	+0.001	23	+5	at TEN	7	-0.040
19	DEN	Broncos	4-2	+0.005	-0.029	-0.035	38.4	11	+0.072	9	-10	at ARI	10	-0.023
20	LAR	Rams	2-4	-0.022	+0.012	+0.034	46.8	12	+0.068	12	-8	at LV	7	-0.009
21	ATL	Falcons	2-4	-0.054	-0.090	-0.036	43.0	21	-0.037	21	0	vs SF	7	+0.052
22	ARI	Cardinals	2-4	-0.092	-0.082	+0.010	45.5	23	-0.071	22	0	vs DEN	7	-0.017
23	LV	Raiders	3-3	-0.102	-0.020	+0.082	43.8	22	-0.048	20	-3	vs LAR	7	-0.015
24	DAL	Cowboys	2-4	-0.113	+0.025	+0.138	46.6	27	-0.148	27	+3	at PHI	8	-0.066
25	PHI	Eagles	2-4	-0.128	-0.144	-0.017	37.3	26	-0.141	24	-1	vs DAL	8	-0.058
26	NO	Saints	2-4	-0.139	-0.046	+0.093	43.2	24	-0.122	25	-1	PIT (Paris)	7	+0.070
27	IND	Colts	2-4	-0.152	-0.080	+0.072	42.0	28	-0.176	28	+1	at MIN	7	-0.022
28	WSH	Commanders	1-4-1	-0.162	-0.067	+0.095	39.1	25	-0.140	26	-2	BYE	-	-0.037
29	MIA	Dolphins	0-5	-0.207	-0.091	+0.116	36.9	30	-0.202	29	0	at NYJ	14	+0.046
30	NYG	Giants	3-2-1	-0.216	-0.111	+0.105	41.5	29	-0.185	31	+1	at HOU	7	-0.004
31	LAC	Chargers	0-6	-0.280	-0.305	-0.025	35.1	31	-0.240	30	-1	BYE	-	+0.040
32	TEN	Titans	1-5	-0.287	-0.226	+0.061	38.6	32	-0.312	32	0	vs CLE	7	+0.018

12. Schedule and injury outlook

Week 7: New England at Chicago is Thursday on 4 days of rest for both teams. Pittsburgh plays New Orleans in Paris (neutral site, international). San Francisco goes to Atlanta on 6 days of rest. Cincinnati (14 days of rest) visits Baltimore, Minnesota (14) hosts Indianapolis, Miami (14) visits the Jets, Green Bay visits Detroit (14), Denver (10) visits Arizona, Kansas City visits Seattle (10). Buffalo, Jacksonville, the Chargers and Washington are on bye. Injury context from the official Week 6 report: Baltimore (Lamar Jackson), Philadelphia (Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley), Tampa Bay (Baker Mayfield), Cleveland (Dillon Gabriel), Washington (Marcus Mariota) and San Francisco (Nick Bosa, Deebo Samuel) were Out; Week 7 reports post midweek. Remaining opponent strength is the average net rating of a team's remaining opponents (higher is harder).

13. Limits

Six games is a small sample and a one-game gap is a direction, not a measurement. The recency weighting leans on the most recent games, so a few teams move 8 to 10 spots in a week; the equal-weight columns show the steadier view and the two disagree materially for several teams. Player-tracking CPOE and play-by-play CPOE differ in places and both are shown. Blitz counts are missing for Monday night. Coaching and defensive observations are directional only.

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