First place in the pitiful AFC South is up for grabs tonight as the Indianapolis Colts (2-3) travel south to take on the Houston Texans (3-2) on Sunday Night Football.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for this week’s press release from the NFL.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 6
CLIMBING BACK: Since the current 12-team playoff format was instituted in 1990, 17 teams have rebounded from being at least three games under .500 after the season’s first five weeks or later to qualify for the postseason. That includes seven 1-4 teams that won their division. Packers
Last year, the Houston Texans bounced back from a 2-5 record after 7 games to win the AFC South, while the Kansas City Chiefs rebounded from a 1-5 start and advanced to the AFC Divisional Playoffs. Texans
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Baltimore wide receiver STEVE SMITH, SR. has 27 catches this season, bringing his career total to 988.
With 12 catches on Sunday against the New York Giants, Smith would become the 14th player in NFL history to record 1,000 career receptions. Texans
AIR SHOW: Pittsburgh’s BEN ROETHLISBERGER leads the NFL with 15 passing touchdowns this season, followed by Atlanta’s MATT RYAN (12), Oakland’s DEREK CARR (11) and San Diego’s PHILIP RIVERS (11).
If Ryan, Carr and Rivers reach 15 touchdown passes this week, it will be the second time in NFL history four different quarterbacks have thrown for at least 15 touchdowns in the first six weeks of a season.
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SACKING THE COMPETITION: Buffalo’s LORENZO ALEXANDER tallied three sacks last week to bring his season total to seven. With another three-sack performance on Sunday against San Francisco, Alexander would be tied for the most sacks through the first six weeks of a season in the past 15 years.
The players with the most sacks through the first six weeks of a season since 2001:
MAGNIFICENT MARCUS: Tennessee quarterback MARCUS MARIOTA accounted for four touchdowns last week (three passing, one rushing). This marked the fourth time in his career Mariota had four touchdowns in a single game, making him the second quarterback to have four four-touchdown games in the first 17 games of his career (CHARLIE CONERLY, 1948-49).
With another four-touchdown performance on Sunday against Cleveland, Mariota would become the first quarterback to have five four-touchdown games in his first 18 games in NFL history.
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ROLLING ROETHLISBERGER: Pittsburgh’s BEN ROETHLISBERGER threw four touchdown passes last week to bring his league-leading total to 15. With another four-touchdown performance on Sunday against Miami, Roethlisberger would be tied for the fourth-most passing touchdowns through the first six games of a season in the Super Bowl era.
The 2016 Thursday Night Football Presented by Bud Light season continues when the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos face the San Diego Chargers in an AFC West divisional matchup this Thursday, October 13 (8:25 PM ET) from Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. on CBS, NFL Network, Twitter and NFL Mobile from Verizon.
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms along with reporter Tracy Wolfson call the action, and are joined by kicking analyst Jay Feely.
The game is on NBC at 8:20 p.m. Wrap up your Sunday NFL experience with me.
