# NFL 2020: Week 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038 "2020-10-15T20:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/1 "2020-10-15T20:06:21Z")
This week’s schedule (note that there is no Thursday night game): Sunday Early: Houston @ Tennessee Cincinnati @ Indianapolis Atlanta @ Minnesota Denver @ New England Washington @ New York Giants Baltimore @ Philadelphia Cleveland @ Pittsburgh Chicago @ Carolina Detroit @ Jacksonville Sunday Late: New York Jets @ Miami Green Bay @ Tampa Bay Sunday Night: Los Angeles Rams @ San Francisco Monday Night: Kansas City @ Buffalo Arizona @ Dallas Bye: Las Vegas, New Orleans, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/2 "2020-10-15T20:11:29Z")
And, for today’s COVID news: - [The Falcons have shut down their team facilities](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/15/falcons-close-facility-positive-coronavirus-tests) after at least one positive COVID test result this morning, leaving their game on Sunday against the Vikings in question - [The Panthers have entered the NFL’s “intensive protocol,”](https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/news/panthers-enter-nfls-intensive-protocol-following-positive-test-of-falcons-player) due to having played against the Falcons last week - [The Browns sent Odell Beckham Jr. home due to illness](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/15/odell-beckham-jr-sent-home-illness-browns), pending results of a COVID test, which are expected tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/3 "2020-10-15T20:41:42Z")
Also on the COVID/NFL front: “Mean” Fred Dean, a Hall of Fame defensive end for the Chargers and 49ers, and a key member of the Niners’ Super Bowl teams under Bill Walsh, died yesterday, at age 68. He had been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and had been on a ventilator. [https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/15/fred-dean-death-san-francisco-49ers](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/15/fred-dean-death-san-francisco-49ers) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/4 "2020-10-15T21:12:40Z")
Who’d have guessed that the 4-1 Browns at the 4-0 Steelers would be the premier game this week? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/5 "2020-10-16T15:27:48Z")
This morning, the Colts reported “several individuals” in their organization testing positive for COVID, and they closed down their facility. [https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/16/colts-close-facility-multiple-positive-coronavirus-tests](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/16/colts-close-facility-multiple-positive-coronavirus-tests) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/6 "2020-10-16T15:38:12Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Who’d have guessed that the 4-1 Browns at the 4-0 Steelers would be the premier game this week? Particularly because the Chiefs/Bills contest lost a lot of luster after both teams lost last week. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/7 "2020-10-16T18:51:25Z")
Add the Patriots to the list of teams with practice cancelled due to another positive test. And, apparently, the Colts got a false positive, so they’re facility has reopened. It seems the NFL will be teetering on the edge for another week. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/8 "2020-10-18T17:17:51Z")
Oh Baker. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/9 "2020-10-18T17:43:42Z")
Some nice defense being played in both the Bears/Carolina and Steelers/Browns games. Offense? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/10 "2020-10-18T17:47:57Z")
Lets go Browns, Bills, Bengals, Broncos, and Baltimore. All the B teams. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/11 "2020-10-18T18:03:10Z")
I’m beginning to think that Baker Mayfield might not be great. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/12 "2020-10-18T18:51:02Z")
Bears catch a couple breaks with a bullshit DPI call, and a fumble in Panthers territory. The next play after the fumble, Foles throws an interception. Neither team wants to win apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/13 "2020-10-18T18:54:09Z")
First play after the int, the Panthers throw a pick six … that gets called back for DPI. Getting ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/14 "2020-10-18T19:55:57Z")
Broncos almost pulling it off… The NFL record for most consecutive winning seasons is 20. The Patriots have already had 19 consecutive winning seasons and this would be their season to tie it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/15 "2020-10-18T20:09:37Z")
I haven’t been following the two point discussion stuff but I think Washington fucked up by trying the two and failing, causing them to lose. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/16 "2020-10-18T20:22:50Z")
Steelers 38 Brownies 7. In a crazy 2020 at least one aspect of life still feels normal. 🙂 Also another week of Kirk Cousins really racking up some nice numbers after the game was completely out of hand. He may be the greatest garbage time quarterback of all time. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/17 "2020-10-18T21:21:52Z")
And Washington fans still bitching about losing Cousins. Admittedly, they’re a train wreck right now regardless ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/18 "2020-10-18T21:24:29Z")
Aaron Rodgers had not thrown an interception in the first four games of this season. He’s now thrown two in his past three attempts – one went for a pick-six, and the other nearly did (it was returned to inside the 5 yard line). 14 cheap points for the Bucs. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/19 "2020-10-18T21:42:22Z")
Rodgers doesn’t seem the same after he got crunched at the goal line on that scramble. Pretty lame take, I know, but it seems to be true. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038/20 "2020-10-18T21:44:35Z")
There may be something to that, @Clawdio. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038.md?page=2)