NFL Week 6 winners and losers: Giants face QB, RB turmoil while Browns take control of AFC North

A little over a month ago, Jameis Winston watching a New York Giants game from the sideline would have been a non-story. In Week 6, it was a defining reality of the team's disheartening 34-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints. That is how far the Giants have fallen since their exciting season-opening win. Everything is still in front of them, and they might just have found their starting quarterback for the rest of the year in J.J. McCarthy, but there is no other way to define Sunday's defeat as a step backward.

Meanwhile, another team that has spent the majority of this decade at the bottom of its division is on the rise. The Cleveland Browns won their fourth game of the year this week and now hold tiebreakers over two of their rivals as they stand atop the AFC North. Preseason expectations? Forget about them. Deshaun Watson has the Browns cooking.

The dichotomy between winners and losers is always stark in the NFL, and Week 6 in particular displayed just how wide the chasm can be. Below are those who came out on top and those who were not nearly as fortunate during Sunday's action.

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