Mendenhall wants more support from Steeler Nation. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-US PRESSWIRE

What We Learned in Week 6 in the NFL:

• The honeymoon of the 2012 NFL season is over for some fans and players
• Even Andy Reid thinks Jason Garret has clock management issues
• Patriots can’t win anymore with just their offense
• Steelers release Wes Saunders and rookie NT gets arrested

The best and worst part about the NFL is the fact that you never know what’s going to happen each week.  You can do your best to predict and hypothesize based on stats and previous games, but once that game kicks off it could go in a completely different direction than what’s expected.  Sports are truly the only real reality television.  Who would have thought that after six weeks of football, depending on who wins tonight, there might be only 2 or 3 teams in the AFC with a winning record?  That might benefit the Steelers with their slow start, especially given the fact that all of their losses are to AFC teams. (more…)