5 biggest surprises and disappointments through NFL Week 6

Arizona Cardinals v Cleveland Browns

5 biggest disappointments in the NFL for Week 6

#5 - Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are in a state of turmoil at the moment after entering the year as darlings of the NFL. Falling 37-14 at home against the Arizona Cardinals was bad enough.

The team now has an injured Baker Mayfield and two injured running backs to go along with a growing injury report.

But offensive woes aside, the defense looked lost against Kyler Murray and the Cardinals. The secondary blew several assignments and Murray tossed four touchdowns, often to wide-open receivers.

The Browns are now trying to avoid ending up on this side of the list again after Thursday night's upcoming game against Denver.

#4 - Detroit Lions

2021 has been a nightmare season so far for in the NFL for the Detroit Lions. The winless Lions were at home Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals and could only muster 11 points on offense.

They were shutout through the first three quarters and the fallout has surrounded the idea of benching Jared Goff. Everything is going badly for Detroit and this latest performance brings into question whether they can even win a single game in the NFL this season.

#3 - Carolina Panthers

The charm has worn off for the Carolina Panthers following a 3-0 start to the NFL season. They are now 3-3 and the absence of Christian McCaffrey is looming large.

Carolina's latest loss came in overtime to the Minnesota Vikings. Sam Darnold went a dismal 17-41 for 207 yards and just didn't do enough to lead his team to victory.

Without McCaffrey, the Panthers may be average at best.

#2 - Los Angeles Chargers

Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers looked like the team to beat in the AFC after taking down the Browns in Week 5. That all changed in Baltimore, as the offense could not even score a single touchdown.

Herbert is still young and is going to face growing pains in the NFL. However, the Chargers defense did nothing to help in Week 6 and that was a major concern after allowing the Browns to score 42 points a week prior.

#1 - Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars is simply unacceptable. Tua Tagovailoa even made his return and it was not enough to win.

The loss drops Miami to 1-5 and essentially eliminates any hope of a postseason berth. All it does is raise questions about Tagovailoa's ability to lead the franchise into the future.

This is not where Miami wanted to be in year two of the Tua NFL experience.