NFL Week 6 takeaways - What we learned, big questions for every game and future team outlooks

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Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season featured a statement win from the Ravens, who blew out the Chargers in a highly anticipated AFC matchup. The Rams and Colts also had big days, with Matthew Stafford, Carson Wentz, Cooper Kupp and Jonathan Taylor posting huge numbers on offense. The Chiefs bounced back against Washington to get back to .500 on the season, the Packers got an NFC North win against the Bears, and the Vikings pulled off an overtime victory over the Panthers. The Cowboys added an overtime win of their own in the late-afternoon window, while the Steelers outlasted the Seahawks in extra time on Sunday night.

While the Jaguars broke their winless streak with a last-play field goal in London, the Lions fell to 0-6 after a great showing from Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. And on Thursday night, the Buccaneers got to 5-1 with a two-TD outing from Leonard Fournette.

Our NFL Nation reporters react with the major takeaways and lingering questions from this week’s action. Plus, they each look at the bigger picture with their current team confidence rating — a 0-10 grade of how they feel about the team’s outlook coming out of the week. Let’s get to it.

Steelers

What to know: The Steelers’ defense is a bona fide roller coaster. It pitched a shutout in the first half, gave up 14 unanswered to start the second thanks to a plethora of missed tackles, then stymied the Seahawks in overtime. T.J. Watt, the Steelers’ $112 million dollar man, showed why he’s such a coveted player with two overtime sacks — including the second one during sudden death that forced Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith to cough up the ball and allowed Devin Bush to collect it in prime field position to set up Chris Boswell’s winning field goal. The strip sack and win made it easier to stomach a lot of the earlier wounds, including the missed tackles…

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