Week 6 Quick Hits: Big Losses in Baltimore Win Andy Benoit takes a tour of all the Sunday Week 6 games. Share your thoughts: Ravens 31, Cowboys 29 This may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for the Ravens. Ray Lewis reportedly has a torn triceps and cornerback Lardarius Webb is feared to have a torn knee ligament. The Webb injury is huge. He has arguably been Baltimore's best player in 2012. Not only is he adept in man and zone coverage on the outside, but his proficiency in the slot is also a key to many of Baltimore's sub-packages. There will be a lot of talk this week about Jason Garrett and Tony Romo's fourth-quarter clock management - and rightfully so. In the waning seconds, the Cowboys let about 14 seconds run down before calling a timeout to settle for a 51-yard attempt. Inexcusable stupidity. Equally as bad was how even though the Cowboys played better offensively - particularly on the ground - they were still plagued by familiar dropped passes, penalties and a few improperly executed routes. Falcons 23, Raiders 20 Asante Samuel has made a career of returning off-coverage interceptions for touchdowns. On Sunday, the Raiders had some early success throwing to Samuel's side of Atlanta's Cover 3 zones, but many of their completions were on downfield action, which meant Samuel had to run stride-for-stride with a receiver. On the game-changing pick-six, Samuel was able to plant and drive on the ball. This wasn't the only play Atlanta's corners made. On the other side, Dunta Robinson delivered a handful of shattering hits. He failed to wrap up a time or two, but the broader point is, with the corners showing a new commitment to hitting (and, astoundingly, this includes Samuel), the Falcons have one of the most physical secondaries in football. That's been a difference-maker for them this season. Browns 34, Bengals 24 Normally, a "battle for Ohio" in the fall of an election year is quite intriguing. But in this case, it was just another matchup of the league's two orange-helmeted teams. The helmets without the stripes snapped their 11-game losing streak, thanks in large part to four forced turnovers, including a Sheldon Brown pick-six in the fourth quarter. An encouraging sign for the Browns' offense is that wide receiver Josh Gordon had a 71-yard touchdown catch. Recall that last week against the Giants, Gordon recorded touchdowns of 62 and 20 yards. At some point, defenses may start viewing the rookie as a big-play threat, which would allow the Browns' offense to face consistent deep-safety looks - something they haven't seen since Bernie Kosar was around. Dolphins 17, Rams 14 This will be an interesting film to watch. The Rams somehow rushed for 162 yards against the Dolphins' No. 1-ranked run defense. Over all, they outgained the Dolphins, 462 to 192. There was just one turnover. And yet, the Dolphins won by a field goal. Ryan Tannehill was a solid 21 for 29 for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns - but those hardly seem like the numbers of a man carrying a team on his back. Consider this the "stay tuned for film review" special of the week. Like most of the people in South Florida, I didn't watch much of this game when it was on live. Jets 35, Colts 9 The Jets finally figured out how to help Mark Sanchez complete more than 50 percent of his passes: have Sanchez drop back just 18 times and throw to patterns that are so short that his final yardage total is under 85. In the meantime, feed Shonn Greene and hope he can suddenly find the downhill rhythm that he flashed but never harnessed three years ago. That's exactly what happened Sunday. Greene went for 161 yards and 3 touchdowns. According to ESPN Stats and Information, 103 of his yards were between the tackles. Interestingly, on the other side of the ball, Andrew Luck struggled against New York's blitzes after soundly defeating Green Bay's byzantine blitzes a week ago. According once again to ESPN Stats and Information, Luck was 5 for 13 for 85 yards with an interception when the Jets brought five or more pass rushers. Lions 26, Eagles 23, OT The Lions are like an entire team of Tebows. This season, they've scored a total of 50 points in the first three quarters and 73 points in the fourth quarter. Seventeen of those 73 points came Sunday at Philadelphia. How do we explain Detroit's late-game surges? For one, they've played from behind a few times this year and have an offense that is perfectly structured to pick apart prevent-style defenses. More than that, though, the Lions make less of a commitment to running the ball in the fourth quarter. This is a shotgun-based team that, without Jahvid Best, lacks having an ideal space-oriented ballcarrier. Thus, the more assertive they are in throwing, the better they figure to be. Along these lines, it helps that, in the fourth quarter, Stafford has a tendency to force more throws to Calvin Johnson. Bucs 38, Chiefs 10 This might be it for the Kansas City Chiefs. They're now 1-5 and, if the Chargers win Monday night, could be effectively four games out in the West division. Most disappointing is that their latest loss, unlike their previous losses, did not stem from turnovers. The Chiefs simply couldn't stop the Buccaneers' passing attack. Josh Freeman needed just 15 completions to total 328 yards. Pass coverage, particularly man coverage out of sub-packages, had been the strength of Romeo Crennel's club. It's not as if the Bucs are a powerhouse through the air. It's a tough pill to swallow when you start losing because you leaked in what you thought was your best area. Seahawks 24, Patriots 23 It's not how many plays you run, but what you do on the plays. The Patriots got in 85 snaps Sunday - 30 more than the Seahawks. Tom Brady attempted a career-high 58 passes. Yet look at the final score. New England didn't lose this game so much as Seattle won it. After hearing outside speculation about his job security, rookie quarterback Russell Wilson had his best game as a pro. A bulk of Wilson's 16 completions and 293 yards came off some sort of movement - either by design (like the bootleg on his third and game-winning touchdown) or improvisation (like on his first touchdown - the one to Doug Baldwin). On-the-move passing is one of Wilson's best attributes. He's under 5 feet 11 inches, so it has to be. It's an especially good tactic against a zone-heavy defense like New England's because pocket movement has a tendency to stretch defenders and widen the voids. Giants 26, 49ers 3 Maybe the Giants' run game is back for real. It posted over 200 yards last week, but that was against the Division 1-AA Browns. Rushing for 149 yards against the 49ers is no small feat. In fact, before Ahmad Bradshaw's 116 yards, only one other back had reached triple digits against San Francisco in 46 games, including playoffs. Credit the Giants' interior line for owning the trenches. Left guard Kevin Boothe, who's having a strong 2012 campaign as a run-blocker, was particularly impressive. As for the 49ers, their offense was exposed. Clearly, the formula for beating them is forcing them into obvious passing situations. Alex Smith's quarterback rating is about 30 points lower on second and third down than it is on first down. It was no accident that Smith's two interceptions to Antrel Rolle came on third-and-six and third-and-16. Jim Harbaugh and his staff have done a great job of helping Smith with simple reads through play-action and run formation throws. Obviously, those advantages were nullified in third-and-long. Redskins 38, Vikings 26 If you get a chance, check out what the Redskins are doing offensively this year. Mike Shanahan has made the pistol a featured formation. For lack of a better description, the pistol is basically a sawed-off shotgun; Robert Griffin takes the snap from just a few yards behind the center. This formation is brilliant with a player like Griffin because it makes him an instant throwing and running threat. It also hastens the tempo of Washington's play-action passing game. The hastened tempo is perfect for Griffin's uncommonly quick, compact release. The Redskins went to a variation of the pistol on Griffin's 76-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Also, a healthy chunk of his 182 passing yards were out of this formation. Bills 19, Cardinals 16 OT The Cardinals are now 5-1 in overtime since 2011. All of those overtimes have been played at home. Arizona fans are lucky that the notoriously parsimonious Bidwill Family hasn't tried to charge an additional 20 percent on tickets. For the Cardinals, Sunday's overtime loss came about largely because of John Skelton. Filling in for an injured Kevin Kolb down the stretch, the statuesque Skelton (and "statuesque" here refers to his mobility) floundered behind Arizona's vulnerable offensive line, completing just 2 of his 10 attempts. Or 3 of his 10 attempts if you count the game-losing interception to Jairus Byrd. The Cardinals weren't exactly a mirage when they started 4-0, but their tremendous defense was camouflaging their offense's long list of limitations. Not anymore, apparently. Packers 42, Texans 24 Aaron Rodgers will get the headlines, understandably. But we all figured the Packer offense would click again at some point. More encouraging for Packers fans is the play of the defense. Cornerbacks Sam Shields and Tramon Williams are both looking sharp in man coverage again. That has helped coordinator Dom Capers get more creative up front. Capers has moved Clay Matthews around the formation more this season, including having him rush inside on passing downs. Matthews, in response, is having a career year. Capers has also brought corner-turned safety Charles Woodson down into the box as an outside linebacker in the base 3-4. Woodson doesn't have the size for the position, but it hasn't mattered. His quickness and feel for angles and slithering into running lanes has made for a more active front seven. The Packer defense put up historically bad numbers last season. It appears to be returning to its 2010 form.