NFL Week 11 Team of the Week: Josh Allen Headlines With 6-TD Performance

Each week, we offer up the very best of the NFL on a given Sunday, kind of like the fantasy football team you wished you had.All year, we’ve picked one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and a tight end — OK, this sounds a lot like a super-hindsight fantasy football team. We’re also recognizing an entire offensive line, a few select defensive stars and even a special-teams standout of the week. It’s more work, but you’re worth it.Let’s dive into Week 11.It’s tempting to give this to Carolina’s Bryce Young, who set a Panthers single-game record with 448 passing yards and threw for three touchdowns in an overtime win over the Falcons. But Allen had six total touchdowns — three passing, three rushing — in a 44-32 win over the Bucs, as Buffalo improved to 5-1 at home this season. It’s only the second occurrence in NFL history that a QB registered three passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns in the same game: Allen also did it in a 2024 loss to the Rams.McCaffrey has been prolific on the receiving end but a bit ordinary in the running game this season, but Sunday’s win over Arizona was more like his vintage self — 13 carries for 81 yards and two touchdowns, with another five catches for 40 yards and a third score. There were a ton of worthy candidates at running back this week, from the Patriots’ Tre’Veyon Henderson to the Falcons’ Bijan Robinson, but we’ll give it to McCaffrey for another brilliant all-around performance.Christian McCaffrey punches in TD, giving 49ers lead over Cardinals | NFL Highlights It wound up coming in a losing effort, but Tucker was part of a 201-yard rushing game for the Bucs, rushing 19 times for 106 yards and two touchdowns and adding 34 receiving yards and a score as well. Tucker was a Syracuse University student and his return to the north of New York, to play against a Bills’ run defense that is struggling, gave him a chance to have a breakthrough game. Bucky Irving, who had been injured, wasn’t available. Tucker continues to make a case for a bigger share of the workload in Tampa, even as Irving gets closer to a healthy return.McMillan has been super-productive as Carolina’s first-round draft pick this season — he had 46 catches for 618 yards entering the weekend, but only two touchdowns. He managed to do the same in Sunday’s overtime victory over the Falcons. He scored twice in the same game. The first score put Carolina on the board early in the quarter and the second gave the Panthers a lead just under a minute into the fourth quarter. He finished with eight catches for 130 yards — and without him, there’s no way Carolina is 6-5 and still chasing the Bucs.WR Drake London, FalconsThis came in a close loss, but London was a big part of Michael Penix’s success before the QB exited with a knee injury, catching six passes for 104 yards and a touchdown. London’s on quite a tear — five 100-yard games in his last six, and five touchdowns in his last three games. Atlanta has exercised his fifth-year option on the rookie contract for 2026. But don’t be shocked if the Falcons give him a huge extension this offseason to secure the former top-10 selection long-term. San Francisco’s offense is starting to get healthy again and Brock Purdy’s return meant that Kittle had a great day, finishing with six catches and six targets, 67 yards, and two touchdowns. Following 84 yards and a score last week, Kittle is getting back to his prolific ways — injuries had limited him to five games and 184 yards entering Sunday’s big game. The Chargers were beaten 35-6 by Jacksonville, who ran the ball 47 time for 192 yard and four touchdowns. They didn’t allow a single sack to Trevor Lawrence. The OL starting five — left tackle Walker Little, left guard Ezra Cleveland, center Robert Hainsey, right guard Patrick Mekari and right tackle Cole Van Lanen — are a big part of why the Jaguars are 6-4 and two games back of the Colts with both games against Indianapolis still ahead on the schedule.Garrett already had a five-sack game this season before recording four more in a loss to the Ravens. Only three other players had ever registered two games with at least four sacks in the same season: Denver’s Karl Mecklenberg in 1985, Philadelphia’s Reggie White in 1986 and Arizona’s Chandler Jones in 2019 — so, once in the previous 38 seasons. Parsons had 1.5 sacks as well as three quarterback hits, a forced turnover, and three quarterback hits. Green Bay was tested by the Giants but won the game with Parsons’ help. The Packers’ defense has been at the center of their 6-3-1 start, and Parsons now moves ahead of Rashan Gary for the team lead with eight sacks.LB: Jordyn Brooks, DolphinsVolume stats can be deceiving, but Brooks had a huge game in Miami’s overtime win over Washington in Madrid, Spain, finishing with 20 total tackles. The NFL hasn’t seen a 20-tackle game since Roquan Smith did it in 2023. DB Kyle Dugger (Steelers)Pittsburgh scored two defensive touchdowns against the Bengals on Sunday. Dugger opened the game in the third, taking a 4-point game and running off with a long 73-yard return of an interception for a touchdown. The Patriots effectually gave him away at the trade deadline, and this is what Pittsburgh needed to see from him — his first pick in any game since 2023.Special Teams: K Wil Lutz, BroncosHis five field goals, including a 54-yarder to send the game to overtime and a game-winner in the extra period to beat the defending AFC champs made this an easy call. Denver now leads the AFC West by two games and is 9-2. Sending the Chiefs down to 5-5 marks a change of guard in the division after a long dominating run. It’s Lutz’s third career five-field-goal game — one in each of the past three seasons for the Broncos.Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He spent the previous decade covering the Buccaneers, first for The Athletic then the Tampa Bay Times. Want great stories delivered straight to your inbox with @gregauman? To receive daily personalized emails, create or log into your FOX Sport account and follow leagues teams and players.
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