The Washington Commanders defeated the Chicago Bears at their home stadium, Soldier Field, 12-7 to start Week 6. What followed in the rest of the matches of the week was a bit surprising for NFL fans across the world.
Highly rated Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers, both lost their sixth game of the season. While Tampa was defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Packers were humbled by a high-flying New York Jets.
The Jets were the best defensive side this week.
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Let’s have a look at the top defenses from Week 6:
1) New York Jets
The New York Jets restricted Aaron Rodgers‘ led Green Bay to just 10 points, marking the first time the side has lost two consecutive games since Matt Lafleur took the HC role. Overall, Jets recorded four sacks along with a fumble recovered to go with a defensive TD to their name.
2) Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks defeated Arizona Cardinals 19-9 during which the team had six sacks for them with an interception and recovered a fumble. These were the lowest number of points the team had conceded in the entire season so far.
3) Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals Special teams played one of the best defenses of the season when they recover a fumbled football in the Seahawks endzone line itself to score the TD. They ended their night with five sacks with a fumble recovered and a defensive TD.
4) Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons managed to put 28 points across one of the league’s best defenses in the San Francisco 49ers while only having to concede just 14 points themselves. The team received two interceptions from 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo along with a fumble recovered and a defensive TD of their own.
5) Minnesota Vikings
One of the surprises of the season, the Vikings continued their winning run when they defeated the Miami Dolphins which was without their QB Tua Tagavailoa. Vikings received two interceptions in the game along with a fumble recovered to better their record to 5-1.
