Gosselin also is one of the 12 voters for the AP 32, the weekly ranking of NFL teams conducted by the Associated Press.
It was only the 31st start for McCoy in his 11-year career and he has now won games for four different franchises – Cleveland, Washington, the Giants and now the Cardinals.
You’re going on the road without your best player, NFL rushing leader and MVP candidate Derrick Henry.
That’s pedestrian…but that’s not the bye record that matters for the 2021 Bucs.
Duvernay leads the NFL in punt returns with an average of 16.7 yards and ranks sixth in kickoff returns at 25.0 yards.
But Los Angeles was penalized 12 times for 115 yards in a home loss to the Tennessee Titans last weekend – the highest-penalty game by the Rams since 2019.
But when Rodgers had to sit last week against Kansas City because of a positive Covid test, Love could steer Green Bay to a mere late touchdown in a road loss to the Chiefs and their 29th ranked defense.
He played in the season opener against Tampa Bay but suffered a broken foot in practice the following week and hasn’t played since.
1 ranked defense have held three teams without a touchdown this season but managed to win only two of the games.
The last defense to deny Roethlisberger was Seattle in the second week of the 2019 season – and he left that game in the second quarter with a season-ending elbow injury.
Williams exploded out of the gate, catching 31 passes for 471 yards and six touchdowns through the first five weeks to provide the thrust for a 4-1 start by the Chargers.
The Raiders are one of only four teams that rank in the Top 10 in the NFL in both offense and defense this week – and the other three can all be found in the Top 8 of these rankings.
Mahomes committed 12 turnovers in the seven games in between, throwing 10 interceptions and losing two fumbles, and the Chiefs lost four of those games.
Denver is 3-0 against the NFC with victories over Dallas, Washington and the Giants and goes for a sweep of the East this weekend at home against the Eagles.
He has rushed for 100 yards in three of his last four games to help the Browns scramble back in the playoff hunt at 5-4.
He rushed for two TDs against Cleveland last weekend and single touchdowns against Jacksonville, Green Bay, Philadelphia and the Jets in the last six weeks.
The 5-3 Saints are one of only two teams that has not had an individual 300-yard passing game this season.
He rushed for a 78-yard touchdown last weekend against the Jets and also has a 76-yard TD reception a few weeks earlier against Baltimore.
Three of the victories came on field goals by Younghoe Koo on the final play of the game.
Jackson adds his name to an illustrious list that includes Bill Kilmer, Vinny Testaverde, Randall Cunningham, Michael Vick and Robert Griffin III.
Could Wilson have been a difference in either or both games game? Would a healthy Wilson now have the Seahawks at 5-3 instead of 3-5? It’s been four weeks since he last played and if he’s ready to go this week the Seahawks can certainly use him.
Fields has thrown a TD pass in four of his last five games – this after failing to throw a single TD pass in his first four games.
San Francisco has beaten the Lions, Eagles and Bears on the road but lost to the Packers, Seahawks, Colts and Cardinals at home.
Philadelphia ranks seventh in the NFL in rushing thanks in large part to a team-leading 494 yards and five touchdowns by quarterback Jalen Hurts.
That will give Joe Judge and his coaching staff two weeks to prepare the NFL’s 22nd ranked defense for its next opponent – the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Jaguars are one of four NFL teams still looking for its first road win this season, joining Detroit, Houston and the New York Jets.
That’s overworking the defense, which ranks 30th in the league this week with an average yield of 392 yards per game.
But White left the game in Week 8 against Indianapolis with a forearm injury and Josh Johnson stepped in to throw for 317 yards against the Colts.
Now the bad news – Washington plays Tom Brady and the NFL’s top passing attack this weekend when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the nation’s capital.
Taylor entered the season as the starting quarterback of the Texans and passed for 291 yards and two touchdowns to beat Jacksonville in the opener.
If Jacksonville can beat Buffalo and the Giants can beat Las Vegas, maybe there is hope for the Lions to win a game this season.
Rick Gosselin has covered the NFL for 49 years for United Press International, the Kansas City Star and the Dallas Morning News.