Brian Carney has identified a good week for Huddersfield and Danny McGuire, while Hull find themselves in the bad week column.
Good week
Giant step towards safety
We are drawing closer to a firm idea of Super League's bottom four for 2017. Widnes were confirmed this weekend, Catalans are as good as, and Warrington are left with a mountain to climb.
In a weekend where we got a little more clarity on the potential Qualifiers, Huddersfield pulled out a massive win over a Widnes side who have in recent weeks shown evidence of a renewed fight for survival.
The Giants aren't without their personnel issues; as we were hearing news of the players that would be out, you sort of felt that the recovery of Huddersfield was over - but they absolutely destroyed the Vikings.
The man at the fore was Ryan Hinchcliffe, who has seen plenty of glory in his time as a Melbourne Storm player, so I'm sure it's a very strange situation for him to be in essentially a relegation scrap.
But he was superb in the Giants' win. He is an inspirational leader, and allows players like Jermaine McGillvary, Leroy Cudjoe and Danny Brough to play their own style with freedom.
Huddersfield now have it all in their own hands - if they beat Leigh on Friday they secure a spot in the top eight. With what's happened in the last year at the club - with the passing of Jennifer Davy among it - back-to-back years in the Qualifiers would have been tough for the Giants to endure.
It must also be said, their full recovery has put clubs like Warrington and Catalans a little bit to shame.
McGuire still has the golden touch
On Sunday we were set for a real battle at the top of the table with Salford - one of the season's good-news stories - against Leeds, who always bring a sizeable traveling support.
Salford were without a few players, but weren't missing the amount of personnel that would predict the outcome of that game.
Salford blew a try, then scored, after which Leeds were frankly unplayable at times. The quantity of the tries is significant, but the quality of the tries will have sent a warning to the rest of Super League.
And it was all orchestrated by Danny McGuire. One of his kicks for Tom Briscoe's try was sublime, and another Briscoe try was set up when McGuire called for the ball and attacked the side that Salford were least expecting.
The 34-year-old's contract ends at the conclusion of this season, and there are rumours of McGuire staying on for another year, but there are also quiet whispers in the stands that Hull KR might make a play for him.
Either way, with performances like that, McGuire's rugby league career certainly won't be ending in October.
Rise of the champions?
Wigan's recent results are a draw against Huddersfield, a win against Widnes, and a win against Catalans in the league, along with a Challenge Cup victory over Warrington.
So they are undefeated from four, but all of that success has come against opposition that are in the bottom four, or close to it.
They now have a game this Thursday on Sky Sports against Warrington, who are again bottom-four opposition.
I am one of the many people expecting Wigan to make a charge up the table as the season progresses, but that is based on belief rather than evidence. True they are unbeaten in four, but they need more than a win against the Wolves to convince the rest of the rugby league community that they are genuine semi-final contenders.
Warrington's season hangs in the balance; after beating Leigh they are in with a shout to claw their way out of the bottom four ahead of the Qualifiers. So it should be a fired-up Warrington who travel to Wigan.
Things are starting to click for the Warriors, but what they can't do is take a backward step. Anything less than an emphatic performance in a win over Warrington would be a backward step.
If they stumble towards a victory then the doubts from the critics will be stronger than ever - there will be more fuel on that condemning fire.
We are seeing all the signs at the DW Stadium; the performances of George Williams as well as the likes of Sam Tomkins are indicative of a side whose results are starting to turn.
However if Wigan are to signal a charge for the top four then a performance and a result aren't enough - they need to make a statement on Thursday.
Bad week
Tough lesson for Toulouse
It has now been four consecutive losses for Toulouse in the championship. On Saturday night at home they had a shoot-out with Halifax, who are their rivals for the final spot in the Qualifiers.
In the end it was a vital and deserved two points for Richard Marshall, and you'd fancy Halifax to go on and seal a Qualifier place. How much noise they will make in those Qualifiers I'm not sure, but the financial reward will be the big deal to them.
Toulouse learned some hard lessons; you can start the season brightly, but it's the consistent sides that will get the goods in the end.
With Catalans in the bottom eight of Super League they could have had an all-French affair in the Qualifiers which would have been a landmark game, so everything was there for Toulouse to march towards a fairytale end to the season.
But it looks very unlikely that that will happen now; it would take remarkable results to rescue Toulouse's season.
Maybe it's not the worst result for them, but just ask Batley and Sheffield - backing up a season like this is difficult.
Watkins missed out on a big performance
It was a bad day on an individual level for Kallum Watkins - and not just because he was helped from the field with what looked like a serious injury after being knocked out by Junior Sa'u.
The obvious concern for his welfare aside, it will sting because Sunday's game was the kind of encounter where Watkins could have exploded into life. He showed a few nice touches and scored an early try, but the most remarkable aspect was his goal-kicking.
He kicked his first from the sideline, missed another from the sideline which hit the post, and then kicked a second successful one from the sideline before slotting a fairly easy on from in front.
The ease with which he strikes the ball and the distance he sends it shows you how much power is in the athlete.
I will say though, he's a player who, when he's got the ball, I still want to see more from. I get a little disappointed sometimes because he's such a brilliantly talented player who sometimes gets through games without contributing much.
The way Leeds were playing at the AJ Bell, we could have seen Watkins return to the level of which he is capable.
So it's a bad week for Watkins, but I wish him well in his recovery and look forward to seeing him back on the pitch as soon as possible, as I'm sure do his coaches.
Another cluster looms for Hull
Take nothing away from St Helens' significant win against Hull, and the manner of it, but let's talk a little about Friday's losing side.
Hull are Challenge Cup semi-finalists and in the top four of Super League. That's not bad, and with plenty of games to go, Hull fans should be pretty content with their season.
However, it's the losses they've had that would worry me. They lost twice to the Dragons, who are tenth in the table, and they lost to Leigh who are rock bottom. They also lost to Salford and Leeds by 50 points each on back-to-back weekends.
St Helens are having anything but a stand-out season, yet Hull have lost twice to them now, and the first time it was 45-0. It's such a good Hull side, but yet there have been troublesome defeats for them.
Losing at St Helens isn't a bad result on its own, but they were second best for most of that game.
Some people would say they only need to peak for the must-win games, like the semi-finals and finals, and I get that argument, but I think it's harder to do that without a consistent base level of performance.
More worryingly, the defeats they've had have come in clusters. A defeat this week would make it three losses on the bounce, which makes it another cluster. And to make matters worse, this week they are travelling to Headingley.
Hull have to be careful that they don't go into the final week on the back of three losses and needing a win to secure an extra home game in the Super 8s. The questions is, what have they got in their locker?