THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY WEEK 7

The Good: The Jets have a marquee win over the struggling Chargers.

The Jets really needed this win. Coming into this week, the Jets had three wins, but the teams they beat only had 3 combined wins. Despite Phillip Rivers struggling a bit, the Charger were out to their most impressive start in years with a 4-1 record. Had the Jets lost this game, their playoff hopes would have all but vanished. The Jets put themselves in a big hole by having a turn over go for a touchdown on the first drive of the game, but they fought back and shut out the Chargers in the second half of the game. Their offense played surprisingly well, especially the connection between Mark Sanchez and Plaxico Burress, and their defense played their best game of the season. Hopefully the Jets pull themselves together for the rest of the season, but the Chargers have a lot of questions to answer.

The Bad: The Ravens’ offense only puts up 7 points against a subpar Jags’ defense.

This was the worst game the Ravens have put together in a long time. This game was a complete mess. Both teams’ star running backs combined for 4 fumbles and neither offense ever really got anything going. The Ravens and the Jags each only converted 2 third downs (2/12 and 2/16 respectively), making this one of the toughest games to watch of the season. Blaine Gabbert threw for less than 100 yards and completed less than 50% of his passes, yet they still came out victorious. Gabbert didn’t make any good plays, but he didn’t make any big mistakes to cost them the game. That’s all they needed to get past a Ravens team that is struggling to find an identity on offense.

The Ugly: The Colts get blown out 62-7.

How the mighty have fallen. The Colts won their division going 10-6 last season, but they have already lost 7 games this season without their leader, Peyton Manning. The Colts are sporting the worst defense in the league and the third worst offense. Every aspect of this team has fallen apart without Manning and it was clearer than ever in their decimation by the Saints. The Saints totaled over 500 yards of offense and held the Colts to around 100 yards passing, despite struggling against the pass in recent weeks. The Saints at home is a tough matchup for any team, but allowing anyone to run up 62 points on you is inexcusable. This team has lost all motivation and the coaching staff needs to take a lot of the blame for this team’s performance.