Week 6 of the NFL season did not have many intriguing matchups but ended up with some fantastic finishes. The matchups between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins, and the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans were all decided in the last 10 seconds of regulation and the margin of victory for the winners were no more than 2 points. The most surprising of those outcomes was the matchup between the Rams and Redskins. The Redskins, who were 4-1 coming into the game, were coming off of road division wins against the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams did not have a win yet, coming in at 0-4. But they shocked the Redskins at FedEx Field and won 19-17 on Josh Brown's 49 yard field goal as time expired. The best game from week 6 was between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. Quarterback Tony Romo was 24 of 38 for 321 yards with 3 touchdowns. However, the Cowboys lost in overtime when punter Mat McBriar's punt was blocked by Sean Morey and was recovered and taken to the end zone by Monty Beisel for a 30-24 overtime victory. One surprising game was the Monday night matchup between the defending champion New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns. The Browns won, surprisingly, 35-14. Browns' quarterback Derek Anderson was very effective and Giants' quarterback Eli Manning wasn't, throwing 3 interceptions with one being returned for a touchdown. In other scores, the Indianapolis Colts beat the Baltimore Ravens 31-3, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers 40-26 and the San Diego Chargers beat the New England Patriots 30-10. In my opinion, other than the games coming down to the final seconds, there wasn't anything interesting in this week of football. What do you think? Which team is the best so far? Which team(s) are pretenders?
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