NFL Week 6 confidence pool rankings: Buffalo bowls over Kirk Cousins in Las Vegas

Trap games come for all of us, and the Cowboys did many dirty on Thursday. Blame it on the schedule fatigue, or perhaps that their run defense couldn’t stop a rolling shopping cart (ahem, Bucky Irving).The boneheaded turnovers only added more torment. Sometimes, an undrafted rookie playing on short rest in his first road game for a winless team just isn’t enough of a security blanket in the NFL. On another note, neither the Giants nor the Commanders could capitalize on the other’s incompetence, so we all lost points on the tie. Favorites went 9-5-1, marking the fifth straight week they posted a winning record. Week 6 offers a 14-game slate and 105 points for grabs with the Bengals, Lions, Dolphins and Vikings all on their bye week. Talk about the Josh Allen factor: the Bills’ blocked punt in overtime was the saving grace, but they’re not there without Allen’s heroics that produced a marveling 121 rushing yards.

Expect him to keep willing his way against a Vegas team coming back down to Earth.  If you weren’t sold on the 49ers being in a class of their own before last week, you should be now.They turned four Seattle turnovers into 21 points, and the Commanders are mistake prone.What is there left to say? You can’t look away from a car wreck nor the Chargers’ despondent post-game press conferences.

I’m done with blind optimism.Patrick Mahomes and the rested Chiefs will resume seamlessly. You’re lying if you thought the Rams would have a losing record after five games.

Special teams are the scapegoat for the loss in Monday’s classic against the Bills.It won’t be the difference against Arizona’s league-worst defense.The Colts may have let the Steelers drop 34, but they were still in scoring range all day.

They’ll convert on more of those invasions against an incorrigible Titans organization. OK, so maybe we all sounded the alarm too soon on the Patriots.The rain aided the Jets’ win over Cleveland more than anything.

Aaron G...