Top 5 performances for Alabama Football in the NFL Week 6

Alabama Football continues to be well represented in the NFL, and Week 6 was no different. There were interceptions, forced fumbles, touchdowns, and big plays galore for the former Crimson Tide stars.

The touchdown streak was extended to 90 consecutive weeks, and a pair of defensive performances could give Alabama a second straight sweep of the AFC/NFC defensive player of the week awards, with Pat Surtain and Xavier McKinney taking home those honors last week.

Narrowing down the list gets harder every week, but here are my Top 5 former Alabama players in the NFL this week:

The Top 5

5. Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts got his top two WR's back in AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith, and wouldn't you know it he looked like a good quarteback again?

Hurts led the Eagles to a 20-16 win over the Browns by passing for 264 yards on 16/25 and a pair of touchdowns, including one to Smith.

The win puts the Eagles just a half game behind the Commanders for first place in the NFC East.

4. Najee Harris

Najee Harris had his first 100-yard rushing game of the season in helping the Steelers pummel the Raiders 32-13, moving Pittsburgh to 4-2 and in a first place tie in the AFC North with the Ravens.

The highlight of the afternoon for Harris was a ridiculous 36-yard touchdown run featuring several broken tackles and his patented athleticism with a leap into the endzone from the five-yard-line.

It was Harris' first rushing touchdown of the season. his 106-yard day moved him into 11th in the NFL in rushing yards.

3. Derrick Henry

What Derrick Henry is doing is historic stuff. He had another big game on Sunday in helping the Ravens to a 30-23 win over the Commanders, Baltimore's fourth straight win after an 0-2 start to the season.

Henry finished with 24 carries and 132 yards and two rushing touchdowns. He leads the NFL with 704 rushing yards and is averaging a career best 5.9 yards-per-carry. Not bad for a player a lot of "experts" considered washed after last season.

His 17-game pace is 1995 rushing yards and 26 total touchdowns, which would put him squarely in the NFL MVP conversation.

2. Will Anderson Jr.

What did Will Anderson do on Sunday? He just had the best game of his NFL career while doing something that had only been done by 11 players in the history of the league, previously.

He became the 12th player ever to have a game with at least five tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, and a pass defended in a single game. For good measure, that pass defended was a tipped ball that led to a Texans interception.

Anderson is up to 5.5 sacks on the season, which is tied for fifth in the league. He's helped the Texans to a 5-1 record, and they're looking like prime Super Bowl contenders.

1. Brian Branch

I thought for sure that Anderson was going to be No. 1 after his dominant performance for the Texans, but then Brian Branch decided to go and one-up him in the Sunday afternoon prime slot against the Cowboys.

Branch suffered a concussion a few weeks ago and missed time, but he didn't miss a beat in returning to action on Sunday

Branch had six tackles and forced three turnovers. He intercepted Dak Prescott twice, nearly returning the second one for a touchdown, and punched out a fumble that was recovered by former Alabama teammate Terrion Arnold.

If there's a better safety in the NFL right now, I haven't seen one.