It was a busy week around the NFL, with plenty of trades, blowouts, and slumps. Let’s unpack everything that occurred around the league in Week 6.

Massive Wide Receiver Trades

Usually, we don’t see trades this big until the offseason, as Week 6 ends with some massive off-the-field news. The Las Vegas Raiders sent All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets for a conditional third-round draft choice. The conditional third-round pick turns into a second-rounder if Adams is a first or second-team All-Pro this season or is on the Jets active roster for the AFC Championship Game or Super Bowl. 

Fellow former Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper also packed his bags, heading to Buffalo along with a 2025 sixth-round pick. In exchange, the Cleveland Browns received a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 seventh-round draft pick. 

Let’s start with Adams, who reunites with former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in New York. In his eight seasons catching passes from Rodgers in Green Bay, Adams accumulated 669 catches, 8,121 receiving yards, and 73 passing touchdowns. 

If Rodgers won the trade, Garrett Wilson lost the trade. The third-year receiver had an impressive game on Monday, with eight catches on 10 targets, for 107 yards and one touchdown. Wilson will remain a key part of the Jets offense, but Adams, who expects to make his Jets debut in Week 7 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, projects to be the No. 1 receiver.

The Bills bolstered their receiving core with Cooper, who escapes the mess that is the Cleveland Browns. Cooper leaves Cleveland with an impressive track record: back-to-back seasons with at least 1,100 receiving yards and 16 touchdown receptions.

Make no mistake: This trade is a big win for Buffalo and quarterback Josh Allen, who clearly missed having a No. 1 receiver after the Bills sent Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans. Buffalo’s leading receiver before the deal was third-year wideout Khalil Shakir, with 249 yards and two touchdowns. On top of that, rookie receiver Keon Coleman has just 12 receptions through six games. Help has arrived Bills fans. 

Week 6 Games Were Not Close

In Week 5, we saw some very surprising upsets. This week had a mind-boggling amount of blowouts. Seven out of the 14 NFL games that were played in Week 6 ended up being decided by 14 or more points. All seven games were decided by at least three scores and three teams scored at least 41 points (take that Mel Kiper). 

Headlining another impressive week of offense has to be the 47-9 beatdown the Detroit Lions handed the Dallas Cowboys on FOX’s nationally televised “America’s Game of the Week Broadcast” in Dallas on Jerry Jones’ birthday.

In New Orleans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored 45 of their 51 points on offense as they cruised through the Saints 51-27. The Houston Texans scored 41 points to spoil New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye’s first NFL start as they ran away with this game, 41-21. 

Seattle Seahawks Slump

Since my first article with the Whit, in which I broke down the Seattle Seahawks’ surprising 3-0 start, the Seahawks have gone 0-3. Adding insult to injury, the Seahawks lost those three games in a span of 11 days, dropping them into a first-place tie atop the NFC West with the San Francisco 49ers.

How did the Seahawks get here? The main reason is that the defense has looked much more porous than advertised. 

In all three losses, the Seahawks gave up at least 29 points and more than 100 rushing yards. The sorry state of the Seahawks defense was on display in Week 6, giving up an astonishing 36 points and 228 rushing yards to a 49ers offense missing All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey. It doesn’t help that the Seahawks have missed rookie defensive tackle Byron Murphy and Pro Bowl defensive end Leonard Williams.

And let’s not forget about the Seahawks offense. Sure, it leads the NFL with 277 passing yards per game. And sure, quarterback Geno Smith leads the league in completions, pass attempts, and passing yards per game. But those stats can’t cover for Seattle’s rushing game, or lack thereof.

Through six weeks, Seattle has the fourth-worst run game in the NFL, averaging less than 97 yards per game. In the Week 5 loss to the New York Giants, Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III had five carries for 19 yards. If the Seahawks want to win the wild, wild NFC West, they need to address their problems on both sides of the ball. Otherwise, it will start getting late early in the Emerald City.

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