Instant reactions: Week six

My NFL reactions from the sixth week of the season

Chicago 27, Giants 21
Any other season, this would just be another dominant defensive performance by Chicago. This season, it's Eli and the Giants giving away yet another game.

St. Louis 38, Houston 13
Houston, we have a problem. 2-4, third in the AFC South, and two quarterbacks throwing interception after interception. Time to call up David Carr again?

Green Bay 19, Baltimore 17
This was a disappointingly dull game between two perennial playoff participants who are under-performing expectations this year.

Philadelphia 31, Tampa Bay 20
Nick Foles kept the Eagles in the thick of the NFC East race by taking advantage of the worst team in the NFC in 2013.

Pittsburgh 19, Jets 6
If you didn't watch the first five weeks of the NFL season, this game went exactly as expected. The question to watch in the next two or three weeks is which of these teams is back to playing as expected in August.

Kansas City 24, Oakland 7
I don't want to take anything away from Kansas City's 6-0 start, but the only halfway decent teams the Chiefs have played so far are Dallas and Tennessee. The Cowboys would've won if the game was in the Jerry Dome, and the Titans would have won had they been playing with their starting QB. The Chiefs will get lucky again next week against a flustered Houston squad.

Carolina 35, Minnesota 10
No story from this game is more important than the tragedy in Adrian Peterson's personal life this week, especially since neither of these teams is relevant in 2013. Prayers to AP and his family.

Detroit 31, Cleveland 17
The Lions remain atop the NFC North. The Browns are still in the thick of the AFC North race, but this loss is a definite setback in their surprising season.

Cincinnati 27, Buffalo 24 (OT)
The Bengals got some help from the NFC North and stand alone atop the AFC North. That fourth quarter comeback by the Bills should raise a concern or two about Cincy in close-game situations.

Denver 35, Jacksonville 19
The Broncos started looking ahead to next week's showdown in Indianapolis before the game started. If they had actually been invested in playing the Jaguars, the final would've been along the lines of Auburn's 62-3 college win over Western Carolina Saturday.

Seattle 20, Tennessee 13
Had Jake Locker not hurt his hip, the Titans would be 5-1 and celebrating Seattle's first home loss since Christmas Eve 2011. This game also would've cemented the AFC South's dominance over the NFC West.

San Francisco 32, Arizona 20
Wouldn't it have been something had the Cardinals pulled off the upset? The Niners are still far from looking like the squad that won last year's NFC Championship.

New England 30, New Orleans 27
Tom Brady keeps on winning. It's disgusting.

Dallas 31, Washington 16
Unless you're playing against Peyton Manning, you'll generally win if you score a touchdown in each quarter, as Dallas did Sunday night. This is a solid division win for the Cowboys.

San Diego 19, Indianapolis 9
Remember earlier in the season when I said the Chargers had a dark horse shot at the playoffs? This game proves it.

Clayton's fantasy update:
Fear The Llama got back to .500 with an upset win over the Keith Bulluck Taxi Company. Monster performances by Knowshon Moreno (28.4 points) and Reggie Bush (19.5) knocked off the last undefeated team in the adjusted league.

Meanwhile, horrific performances by every member of Romo No-mo dropped the team to 3-2-1 on the season. As of yet, neither team has garnered the same result in the same week as the other.