# NFL Week 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [October 7, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746 "2025-10-07T14:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/81 "2025-10-13T01:18:28Z")
Years ago when those Baker Mayfield ads were running nonstop, I would tell my son (who watched football with me) that the Baker Mayfield era was coming, we just had to wait for it. To be really honest, I think I was at least 90% joking, but now my son thinks I’m some kind of football wizard. Anyway, man is he fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/82 "2025-10-13T01:20:16Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Anyway, man is he fun to watch. That play where he avoided a sack somehow then ran, and evaded a tackle, ran more, then extended the ball for a first down. So crazy to watch. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/83 "2025-10-13T01:27:58Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > avoided a sack somehow then ran, and evaded a tackle, ran more, then extended the ball for a first down. And then two plays later he threw an absolute dime for a 45 yard TD. Those two plays may have been the difference in the game. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/84 "2025-10-13T01:43:54Z")
I’m trying to figure out how that Detroit trick play was devised: often these are the brainchild of some assistant somewhere who was idly browsing the rulebook when he noted a loophole or something and had a classic _Ah Ha_ moment. Here tho they devised a play which _explicitly_ **violated** the rule. So how was the thing even conceived in the first place? Wouldn’t Campbell tell the assistant to check to see if there was indeed a rule which covered the exact situation in question, or check it himself if it was his idea? ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/85 "2025-10-13T02:02:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Here tho they devised a play which _explicitly_ **violated** the rule. I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that Goff screwed up by not coming to a complete stop after he pulled out from under center. Just a guess, however. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/86 "2025-10-13T02:04:07Z")
I was about to come in and say that-force of habit can be hard to break. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/87 "2025-10-13T02:29:03Z")
I just can’t believe someone actually said, “We’ve got to sit down and write a rule about the possibility of QB becoming a receiver.” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/88 "2025-10-13T02:35:31Z")
Did they do that because of The Kurt Warner play where he acted like he called time out? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/89 "2025-10-13T02:57:44Z")
He’s excellent at picking up the blitz and he’s a pretty good receiver. And it’s not like Pacheco has done much with his carries for the last 2.5 years. The Chiefs are consistently near the bottom of the rankings for yards before contact. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/90 "2025-10-13T03:17:32Z")
Has Harrison Butker become open minded and started participating in debates in P&E? He used to be far-right, but most recently seems to have moved [way over to the left](https://www.nfl.com/videos/harrison-butker-whiffs-chiefs-pat-for-his-third-miss-of-the-season). ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/91 "2025-10-13T03:23:52Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > Has Harrison Butker become open minded and started participating in debates in P&E? He used to be far-right As every NFL fans knows, Butker hasn’t been very good this year, after being pretty damn good the previous two seasons. He met Trump twice after the SB loss, once in February and once in July. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/92 "2025-10-13T11:19:28Z")
Yet another kicker failing to account for Coriolis. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/93 "2025-10-13T12:48:11Z")
I thought 13-11 might be a scorigami, but it has happened once before. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/94 "2025-10-13T14:07:36Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought 13-11 might be a scorigami I thought the same thing yesterday. Interesting that the Broncos were also involved in the first 13-11 game, back in 1983. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/95 "2025-10-13T14:24:12Z")
And the NFL didn’t have the two-point conversion in 1983. Seems harder to score 11 without it. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/96 "2025-10-13T14:39:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Seems harder to score 11 without it. Much harder, as it requires at least one safety if there isn’t a 2-point conversion. The Jets did it the “hard” way, with three field goals and a safety. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/97 "2025-10-13T15:53:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Does anybody remember the first time that obviously happened? I don’t recall seeing it before about ten years ago. I’m thinking sometime in the '90s, maybe. Definitely in the 2000s. Pretty sure the first time I saw it on highlights was from a top tier running back. Someone like Emmitt Smith or Adrian Peterson. The most high profile example I can think of was Ahmad Bradshaw trying not to score but failing in the 2012 Superbowl for the Giants. It was definitely not novel or shocking at the time. [9 second YouTube clip](https://youtu.be/skU4W-1X7lU) ---
**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 13, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/98 "2025-10-13T17:20:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Much harder, as it requires at least one safety if there isn’t a 2-point conversion. I looked up that game on [pro-football reference](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198301020sea.htm). It was the last game of the strike-shortened season. Denver did it the really hard way, by recording two safeties, the second of which extended their lead to 11-6 with less than 4 minutes to play. Alas, the Seahawks won the game on a TD pass by Dave Krieg with 47 seconds left in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/99 "2025-10-13T18:19:45Z")
The Titans have [fired head coach Brian Callahan](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46583863/titans-fire-coach-brian-callahan-1-5-start-2025) after a 1-5 start. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746/100 "2025-10-13T20:12:55Z")
> The Titans were 3-14 in Callahan’s first season, finishing with the No. 1 pick and selecting Ward. With Callahan’s firing, the past four quarterbacks drafted No. 1 overall and six of the past eight have seen their head coaches fired during their rookie seasons, according to ESPN Research. I’m thinking that franchise might have a bit of a problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746.md?page=6)