This article is part of our NFL Reactions series.
-Clyde Edwards-Helaire left Kansas City's win over New Orleans with a leg/hip issue that appeared to be somewhat significant, though further details weren't immediately available. Edwards-Helaire impressed otherwise in his return to Louisiana, turning 14 carries into 79 yards while catching a four-yard reception on three targets.
-Drew Brees probably wasn't himself in his return from broken ribs, completing 15-of-34 passes for 234 yards, three touchdowns and one interception in New Orleans' loss to Kansas City. That's a tough defense to play against rusty and still injured, especially given Michael Thomas' absence. Emmanuel Sanders was efficient in a low-volume role (four catches for 76 yards on five targets), but only Alvin Kamara gave Brees much help otherwise (11 carries for 54 yards, three catches for 40 yards and one touchdown on six targets).
-It was almost unthinkable for the Rams to lose to the Jets on Sunday, and on an individual level it presses belief that Jared Goff could play so poorly against an overmatched Jets secondary. Goff finished 22-of-34 for 209 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in a game where Sam Darnold finished 22-of-31 for 207 yards and one touchdown. Darnold at least had the excuse of playing against a good defense.
-It was late in a blowout loss so hopefully that means it didn't actually amount to much, but James Robinson left Sunday's loss to Baltimore after taking 16 carries for 35 yards and catching three of three targets for 18 yards and a
-Clyde Edwards-Helaire left Kansas City's win over New Orleans with a leg/hip issue that appeared to be somewhat significant, though further details weren't immediately available. Edwards-Helaire impressed otherwise in his return to Louisiana, turning 14 carries into 79 yards while catching a four-yard reception on three targets.
-Drew Brees probably wasn't himself in his return from broken ribs, completing 15-of-34 passes for 234 yards, three touchdowns and one interception in New Orleans' loss to Kansas City. That's a tough defense to play against rusty and still injured, especially given Michael Thomas' absence. Emmanuel Sanders was efficient in a low-volume role (four catches for 76 yards on five targets), but only Alvin Kamara gave Brees much help otherwise (11 carries for 54 yards, three catches for 40 yards and one touchdown on six targets).
-It was almost unthinkable for the Rams to lose to the Jets on Sunday, and on an individual level it presses belief that Jared Goff could play so poorly against an overmatched Jets secondary. Goff finished 22-of-34 for 209 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in a game where Sam Darnold finished 22-of-31 for 207 yards and one touchdown. Darnold at least had the excuse of playing against a good defense.
-It was late in a blowout loss so hopefully that means it didn't actually amount to much, but James Robinson left Sunday's loss to Baltimore after taking 16 carries for 35 yards and catching three of three targets for 18 yards and a touchdown.
-Salvon Ahmed is a strange but promising prospect for the Dolphins, who leaned heavily on the undrafted rookie in their win over the Patriots. Ahmed took 23 carries for 122 yards and a touchdown, giving him 288 yards and two touchdowns on 63 carries (4.6 YPC). Ahmed (5-11, 197) totally blew it at the combine with a 4.62-second 40 and 34.5-inch vertical, but going into the combine he was expected to be among the fastest players there, with a sub-4.4 the more likely expectation than the 4.62. Fellow rookie Lynn Bowden was promising again as well, catching six of seven targets for 37 yards and taking one carry for nine yards. Bowden's 85.7 percent catch rate at 5.3 yards per target might look sketchy at a glance, but it was actually above Tua Tagovailoa's baseline of 76.9 percent completed at 5.6 yards per attempt.
-DeAndre Hopkins doesn't need much more than the faith of his quarterback, and the faith is strong between Hopkins and Kyler Murray. Murray completed 27-of-36 attempts for 406 yards, three touchdowns and one interception against Philadelphia, with Hopkins catching nine passes for 169 yards and one touchdown on 11 targets.
-Jalen Hurts wasn't exactly sharp against the Cardinals in his second start, but he was certainly exciting, completing 24-of-44 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns, adding another 63 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Hurts couldn't quite get Philly the win, but he gets a good grade all the same for basically carrying the offense. Although defenses will adjust in the weeks ahead, Hurts has been impressive to this point, especially for fantasy purposes.
-Derrick Henry carried the Tennessee offense again, generating 147 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries against Detroit. There was another interesting detail in the Tennessee backfield, though. Active for the first time since Week 5 after the Titans activated him from IR just under two weeks ago, Darrynton Evans took up Tennessee's RB2 role behind Henry. Evans took eight carries for 30 yards and better yet caught both of his targets for 27 yards and a touchdown. Jeremy McNichols served as RB3 behind Evans, while D'Onta Foreman was a healthy scratch. Tennessee has done a lot of tinkering with the playing time of its peripheral pieces on offense this year.
-David Montgomery stomped all over the Vikings defense Sunday, turning 32 carries into 146 yards and two touchdowns while catching one of his two targets for 16 yards. Darnell Mooney really looks like he might be a starting NFL receiver, as the speedy rookie out of Tulane drew five targets Sunday, catching four for 49 yards and a touchdown.
-Tony Pollard was quite impressive with Ezekiel Elliott (calf) out against San Francisco, turning 12 carries into 69 yards and two touchdowns while catching six of nine targets for 63 yards. Pollard's play might compel Dallas to give him more playing time even when Elliott is healthy, yet Elliott's contract might invite Jerry Jones' ego to take offense to that.
-NinersNation.com's Kyle Posey called it right – Nick Mullens is just a knuckleballer, no way around it. It was a miracle that Brandon Aiyuk (nine catches for 73 yards and one touchdown on 13 targets) and Kendrick Bourne (four catches for 86 yards and one touchdown on four targets) were able to produce against Dallas given Mullens' 21-of-36 for 219 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. C.J. Beathard (5-of-7 for 100 yards and one touchdown) was better.
-Logan Thomas has had an up-and-down year, but his performance against Seattle on Sunday was a memorable one. Even with Dwayne Haskins struggling to a completion percentage of 69.1 percent at 5.4 yards per attempt, Thomas caught 13 of 15 targets for 101 yards (86.7 percent catch rate, 6.7 YPT).
-Cam Newton struggled once again as a passer (17-of-27 for 209 yards), which makes it that much more impressive how Jakobi Meyers caught seven of 10 targets for 111 yards. If Meyers can produce in this offense then we should probably assume he can produce in most offenses.
-Deshaun Watson was superb against Indianapolis, completing 33-of-41 passes for 373 yards and two touchdowns. Watson was cruelly denied a potential game-tying touchdown on the game's final play, where Keke Coutee lost a fumble right at the goal line. Coutee was generally productive (five catches for 53 yards and one touchdown on seven targets), but the fumble was an incredible blunder. David Johnson had his best pass-catching game in forever (10 receptions for 106 yards on 11 targets), while Chad Hansen flashed once again (two catches for 55 yards and one touchdown on three targets).
-Jonathan Taylor was encouraging again for the Colts, taking 16 carries for 83 yards and an impressive touchdown run, adding four receptions for 12 yards on five targets. Taylor's pass-catching ability was criticized as a prospect, but so far in the NFL he's caught 35 of 37 targets for 298 yards (94.6 percent catch rate, 8.1 YPT).
-Tom Brady overcame a slow start to finish 31-of-45 for 390 yards and two touchdowns against the Falcons as each of Mike Evans (six catches for 110 yards on seven targets), Chris Godwin (four catches for 36 yards and one touchdown on five targets) and Antonio Brown (five catches for 93 yards and one touchdown on seven targets) got the better of Atlanta's corners.
-Todd Gurley bizarrely had one just carry for minus-1 yard to go with two catches for 15 yards on two targets. Ito Smith led the Falcons ground game with 24 yards on six carries, while Brian Hill generated minus-two yards on five carries. The Falcons running back personnel is some of the worst the NFL has seen in years – there's no reason for them to bring back any of the runners currently on their roster.
