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The NFL's 32 head coaches, minus Bill Belichick, might want to get together this week and start brainstorming ways to stop Tom Brady, because right now, it doesn't look possible.

The recipes in Brady's cookbook must all be made using water from the Fountain of Youth because the Patriots quarterback looks like he's in his prime, even though he's 39 years old!

This isn't hyperbole either, if you include New England's 35-17 win over the Bengals on Sunday, Brady just finished one of the best two-game stretches of his career. Not this year, not of the past decade, but of his career.

Brady threw for 376 yards against the Bengals, which came just one week after he threw for 406 yards and three touchdowns against the Browns. Believe it or not, the past two weeks marks the first time in his legendary career that he's thrown for over 375 yards with no turnovers in consecutive weeks. At 39, Brady is somehow still breaking career records and playing nearly perfect football, which should scare the daylights out of the rest of the NFL.

With Brady playing the best football of his career, everyone in New England is benefiting, especially Rob Gronkowski. Gronk has had some big games in his career, but he's never had two bigger games than he had over the past two weeks. After putting up a career-high 162 yards against the Bengals, Gronk has 271 yards over the past two weeks, which is the best two-game streak of his career.

Apparently, everyone in New England gets better with age, because that was Brady's explanation for Gronk breaking out the past two weeks.

"I mean [Gronk's] only gotten better as he's gotten older and understood more about the game and what he needs to do to prepare himself," Brady said after the win over Cincinnati. "He just makes so many great plays. He's a big target and he makes any quarterback look good."

During the four weeks that Brady was out, the Patriots offense was decent: Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett helped New England average 346.3 yards of offense through the first four weeks of the season. Conventional wisdom said that Brady wouldn't blow by that number in his first two weeks back, but this Brady we're talking about, a guy who seems to laugh in the face of conventional wisdom.

Through two games with Brady, the Patriots are averaging 469 yards of offense per game. To put that in perspective, only one NFL team was averaging over 400 yards of offense going into Week 6 (Atlanta, with 457 yards per game).

If that doesn't scare the rest of the NFL, maybe this will: Brady says the Patriots offense is going to get better.

"We're still building," Brady said. "We're only six games into the year, so there's still a lot more work to do, there's a long way to go."

Translation: We haven't peaked yet and I'm already counting down the days until I get to rip the Lombardi Trophy out of Roger Goodell's hands in Houston.

Buffalo 45-16 over San Francisco

49ers: D

The good news for the 49ers? Colin Kaepernick looked decent against the Bills in his first start of 2016. The bad news? Kaepernick doesn't play defense, and apparently, neither did anyone else on the team in this game. The 49ers had no answer for the Bills running game, which totaled 312 yards in the game. If that sounds like a lot, that's because it is: The 312 yards is the most the 49ers have given up in a game since 1958.

Bills: A

If LeSean McCoy was trying to get revenge on Chip Kelly for trading him while the two were in Philadelphia, I'd say it worked. Shady tied a career-high with three touchdowns against the 49ers. It was almost as if the 49ers couldn't tackle McCoy, who rushed for 140 yards on just 19 carries (7.4 yards per carry). Overall, the Bills 491 yards of total offense was the team's most of the Rex Ryan era and the team's most since 2010.

Washington 27-20 over Philadelphia

Eagles: C-

Carson Wentz has turned into the Benjamin Button of the NFL: He looks younger and less experienced every week. Wentz got off to an ugly start and finished his ugly day 11 of 22 for 179 yards. Of course, it wasn't just Wentz's fault that he was bad, you can also blame the Eagles offensive line, which has looked pretty bad ever since Lane Johnson was suspended. Wentz was running for his life most of the day as the Eagles' line surrendered five sacks to the Redskins.

Redskins: B+

Kirk Cousins and the Redskins' special teams tried to give this game away (pick-six, gave up a kickoff return TD), but Washington's defense wasn't having it. Not only did they sack Wentz five times in this game, but the Redskins limited the Eagles to just 239 yards of total offense, marking just the second time since the beginning of 2015 that the Redskins have held an opponent under 240 yards. We should probably also mention Matt Jones here: The Redskins running back ran for 135 yards, which was a big reason why Washington was able to hit it's highest team rushing total (230) since December 2012.

Tennessee 28-26 over Cleveland

Browns: B-

When you're starting a rookie quarterback, you don't generally want to ask him to throw 41 passes in a game, but that's what the Browns did in Tennessee, and somehow, it almost worked. Cody Kessler actually looked decent in this game (336 yards, two touchdowns), leading the Browns to points on their first two offensive drives.

The problem for Kessler is that he got no help from a Browns run game that sputtered to just 40 yards total. The Browns are now 1-17 since 2000 when they rush for 40 or fewer yards. The only good news out of this game for Cleveland is that the Kessler-to-Terrelle Pryor connection might actually be a thing. Pryor caught nine passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns in this game. Other than that, Browns fans don't have much to cheer about. The team is 0-6 for the first time since Cleveland's expansion season in 1999.

Titans: B+

As it turns out, maybe the Titans did get the best quarterback in the 2015 NFL Draft. There's a good chance that Marcus Mariota's back is going to be sore on Monday because he carried the Titans to victory in this game. Not only did Mariota throw for 283 yards and three touchdowns, but he also rushed for 64 yards, more than the Browns' entire offense rushed for. Mariota also got some help from a Titans defense that set up permanent camp in the Browns' backfield. Tennessee sacked Kessler a total of six times, and held the Browns to just 3 of 14 on third down conversions.

New York 27-23 over Baltimore

Ravens: B-

If the Ravens were hoping to get a spark by firing their offensive coordinator, that definitely didn't happen against the Giants. Marc Trestman was probably sitting at home nodding his head in the third quarter when the Ravens failed to get in the end zone after picking up a first-and-goal at the 3-yard line. The Ravens actually came away with zero points on the drive after being stopped on fourth down. Speaking of fourth down, the Ravens defense had no answer for the Giants on fourth down in this game. New York went 3-for-3 on fourth downs, and totaled 86 yards on those three plays.

Giants: B

In what might go down as the ugliest win of the season, the Giants somehow pulled off this four-point win over the Ravens despite the fact that they lost the turnover battle (-3), were penalized for over 100 yards (119), and put up their second lowest rushing total since the beginning of 2014. The Giants will probably want to thank Odell Beckham and his kicking net.

Odell has been unstoppable since making up with the kicking net after a fallout earlier this season. Against the Ravens, Odell had 222 yards receiving and two touchdowns, a total that includes a 66-yard touchdown catch that came on fourth down with under 90 seconds left in the game. Also, let's not forget about Eli Manning, who hit the 400-yard mark (403) for just the eighth time in his career.

New Orleans 41-38 over Carolina

Panthers: C

If there's a pill that cures a Super Bowl hangover, someone needs to get it to the Panthers now because things are getting ugly in Carolina. The Panthers looked lost early as they fell behind 21-0. At 1-5, the Panthers have the worst starting record of any Super Bowl loser since 2004, when yup, the Panthers also started 1-5 the season after a Super Bowl loss.

Saints: B

The Panthers defense should probably send a check to Drew Brees this week because he put on a passing clinic in New Orleans, and those things aren't free. The Saints quarterback threw for 465 yards, which is an impressive number, even for Brees. The 465 yards marked the third-highest total of his career, and matched Peyton Manning's career record for most 400-yard passing games. The Saints defense wasn't exactly clutch in this game, but they were big on third downs, holding the Panthers to just a 3 of 11 showing.

Jacksonville 17-16 over Chicago

Jaguars: B

Whatever pep talk jaguars coach Gus Bradly gave to his team at halftime, hopefully he recorded it so he can use it every week for the rest of the season. After a lethargic first half where the Jaguars only gained 97 yards, Jacksonville exploded for 220 yards in the second half. Most of that game from Blake Bortles, who threw for 193 yards in the second half after completing just 6 of 11 passes for 78 yards in the first half. Although the Jaguars defense got lit up by Brian Hoyer, they brought their 'A' game in the red zone, holding the Bears to just a 1 of 4 showing at Soldier Field.

Bears: F

When you blow a 13-0 lead to the Jaguars in the fourth quarter, that's basically rock-bottom in the NFL. When you reach rock-bottom, you get an 'F.'

Detroit 31-28 over Los Angeles

Rams: B

Case Keenum is playing the best football of his career right now, unfortunately for the Rams though, Keenum's 'A' game still isn't enough to win a game. The Rams quarterback, who only threw five incomplete passes on Sunday (27 of 32, 321 yards, 3 touchdowns), only made one mistake against the Lions, but it was a big one. With just under 70 seconds left in the game, and the Rams trailing 31-28, Keenum threw a pick.

Lions: B+

Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter promised to get Golden Tate involved in Detroit's, and let's just say he delivered. Tate had the biggest game of his career (165 receiving yards), and the Lions needed every single yard he gave them. Tate came up huge on Detroit's final two scoring drives of the game, totaling four catches for 50 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown tied the game at 28, and then one drive later, Tate set up the Matt Prater's game-winning field goal with a 12-yard catch that took Detroit down to the Rams' 17-yard line.

Miami 30-15 over Pittsburgh

Steelers: F

If there's one thing the Steelers are absolutely good for every year: It's inexplicably losing a road game to a team that's under .500, and that's what happened on Sunday. Ben Roethlisberger was off his game against Miami, throwing for just 180 yards. Big Ben also threw two interceptions, which the Dolphins would end up turning into 10 points. The Steelers completely gave up on their running game, which somewhat surprising, considering the fact that they averaged 8.0 yards per carry against the Dolphins.

Dolphins: A

We finally found out what happens when the Dolphins offensive line is able to protect Ryan Tannehill: the offense actually looks good. Of course, it wasn't just the Miami offensive line that made the Dolphins offense look good, running back Jay Ajayi also played a big part in the win, rushing for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the win. As a team, the Dolphins rushed for 223 yards, marking only second time since 2013 that they had 220 yards or more rushing in a game. The fact that the Dolphins were able to run all over the Steelers made the performance even more impressive. Miami's 223 yards rushing marked only the second time since 2001 that an opponent has rushed for 220 or more yards against the Steelers.

New England 35-17 over Cincinnati

Bengals: C

The Bengals actually led this game midway through the third quarter, which almost seems impossible to believe when you look at the final score. Marvin Lewis and the Bengals coaching staff are going to be kicking themselves all week for blowing a possession on the 1-yard line in the second quarter. The Bengals had three chances to score from the one, but came away empty on points after they went for it on fourth down and didn't get it. The game turned for the Bengals in the third quarter when they gave up a safety, and then watched the Patriots score a touchdown on their ensuing possession.

Patriots: A

The Patriots aren't eligible to win the AFC North, but we can probably just go ahead and crown them as the de facto champion because it doesn't look like any team in that division can stop them. One week after shredding the Browns' secondary, Tom Brady did the same thing to the Bengals on Sunday, only this time, it was slightly more exciting for Patriots fans because the shredding came at Gillette Stadium in Brady's first home game of 2016. The Bengals decided not to cover Rob Gronkowski, who tallied a career-high 162 yards receiving on seven catches. As for Brady, his 376 passing yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions marks only the eighth time in his career that he's thrown for over 375 yards with three or more touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Kansas City 26-10 over Oakland

Chiefs: A

When your team has to play Andy Reid coming off of a bye week, it's almost unfair and the Raiders found that out on Sunday. Reid is now 16-2 in his career coming off a bye, which begs the question: What in the name of Vince Lombardi does he do during his off week that always seems to spark his team?

The Chiefs' win was easily their most impressive of the season. Alex Smith was almost perfect (19 of 22 for 224 yards), and Kansas City even got Jamaal Charles back involved with the offense (nine carries, 33 yards, one touchdown).

Raiders: F

This was an embarrassing loss for the Raiders, who seemed to fall apart after scoring a touchdown on their opening drive. The second half was especially ugly for the Raiders, who did nothing with any of their five offensive possessions. If you're scoring at home, they went: Punt, punt, punt, fumble, downs. The Raiders only got five first downs in the half.

Of course, we could always blame the rain.

Not only did it pour the entire game, but the Coliseum was leaking, which probably made for an uncomfortable halftime for both teams.

Dallas 30-16 over Green Bay

Cowboys: A+

The NFL should hand out a co-rookie of the year award this season and they should just go ahead and give it out now because no one's going to top what Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott are doing this season. Elliott steamrolled the NFL's best rushing defense to the tune of 157 yards, making him the first rookie in NFL history to rush for over 130 yards in four straight games. And then we have Dak: the Cowboys other rookie picked apart the Packers secondary to the tune of 247 yards and three touchdowns. Tony Romo should probably find a real comfortable spot on the Cowboys' bench because he's probably be going to be spending a lot of time there this season.

Packers: D

You might not be ready to admit it to yourselves, Packers fans, but it looks like Aaron Rodgers is in a rut. Although Rodgers got his completion percentage up this week (31 of 42, 294 yards), he was still erratic in Green Bay's loss. Here's a short list of the ugly things he did against Dallas: He overthrew an easy TD pass to Randall Cobb, he threw the what might've been the worst interception of his life and he lost a fumble he shouldn't have lost. We could've made the list longer, but we only have a paragraph to work with here.

Seattle 26-24 over Atlanta

Falcons: B

Julio Jones finished the game with seven catches for 139 yards, but no one in Atlanta will be talking about those catches this week, they'll only be talking about the one Julio didn't make. Of course, it wasn't Jones' fault that he missed it. On a last gasp fourth-down play late in the fourth quarter, Jones got assaulted by Richard Sherman on a play the refs must not have watched because no flag was thrown.

The only thing the Falcons really did wrong in Seattle was choke on almost every third down they faced. Atlanta converted just 3 of 11 (27.2 percent) on third down, which was well below their season average of 39 percent going into the game. The Falcons also had a tough time protecting Matt Ryan, who was sacked a total of four times. Also, the Falcons inexplicably finished this game with one timeout. They could've forced a Seahawks punt if they had used their final timeout on Seattle's final drive.

Seahawks: B

Pete Carroll probably isn't going to be happy with the fact that his special teams fell apart against the Falcons and that his team nearly blew a 17-3 lead at home, but he'll probably completely forget about those things when he realizes that his defense held the league's No. 1 offense to roughly 100 yards below their weekly average. If the Seahawks have proven one thing under Carroll, it's that they're basically unbeatable when they play the NFL's top-rated offense.

The most impressive player for Seattle might've been Russell Wilson. Although Wilson didn't put up huge numbers, he was clutch when he had to be, leading the Seahawks to nine points over the final 4:43 of the game.

Houston 26-23 (OT) over Indianapolis

Colts: C

It's not easy to blow a 14-point lead in the game's final three minutes against one of the worst offenses in football, but the Colts managed to do it on Sunday night. The Colts secondary got torched by a quarterback who had thrown for less than 105 yards through the first three-and-a-half quarters. This loss is going to sting in Indy, and unfortunately for Frank Gore, no one's going to remember that he became the Colts first 100-yard rusher since 2012.

Texans: B

For the first three quarters of this game, Brock Osweiler looked like he might arguably the worst quarterback in the NFL. Things got so bad that Texans fans were booing him. Osweiler was able to win the fans back though with two touchdown drives in the final three minutes where he went a combined 11 of 13 for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Before those two drives, Osweiler had been 12 of 24 for 102 yards with an interception. We probably shouldn't be shocked that Osweiler brought the Texans back.

Anyway, Osweiler should probably thank Lamar Miller and the Texans defense for keeping Houston in the game while he was struggling. Miller racked up a career-high 179 total yards (149 rush, 29 receiving), while the defense sacked Luck three times.