Week Five of the NFL Season is now over and it was a week which saw a lot more than just the first bye week of the season.
The first two games of the week saw surprise results, with the Chicago Bears defeating the Washington Commanders on the Thursday night and in the second London Game of the season, the Jacksonville Jaguars secured a superb 25-20 win over the Buffalo Bills.
Only two teams remain with a 5-0 record after the weekend, and just one team has still to win a game now that Chicago has ended its losing streak.
As always, we are going to review what has happened in Week 5 in a bit more detail, giving you details of some of the best, and worst, performers of the week.
Then we will give you our look forward to the Week Six action with odds provided by bet365 Sport all of which were correct at the time of writing.
So let’s begin with our look back at all the results this week. As well as a reminder that four teams, the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Chargers were on their bye week for the season.
Not the best of weeks, but a few shock results involving the Bears and Jaguars, not to mention the Steelers and Raiders meant that I am sure I was not the only one struggling to a 50% week this week.
I am hopeful though that this week’s set of selections which are further down the page, will bring me more success.
Some people thought the Dallas Cowboys had the best defense in the NFL. They don’t any longer. This was more than a statement win by the best team in the NFL at the present moment. The much vaunted Dallas defense could not cope with a “Mr Irrelevant” WB and a tight end who caught 3 passes, each of which was a touchdown. Then the 49ers defense stepped up to keep the Cowboys to just 10 points. If there is a better, more rounded and more consistent team in the NFL at the moment, then I’m yet to see them.
This season has been a hot mess for the Bengals so far as their 1-3 record can testify heading into Arizona this week. Their problems have been laid at the feet of Joe Burrow underperforming. Well the QB ace and his partner in crime Ja’Marr Chase woke up finally this week as Burrow hit Chase for a Bengals record 15 receptions, 3 touchdowns and 192 yards in total. Are the Bengals back? We’ll find out for sure against the Seahawks next week.
Vilified by much of the New York sports press, including one or two former Jets QBs, Zach Wilson almost led the Jets to success last week. However, this week he achieved just that, combining with a much better showing from the Jets defense to land a morale-boosting win for the Jets. They have not had a great deal of luck this season, and an injury to Sauce Gardner compounds that, but Robert Saleh’s team are fighting hard under those conditions.
Hands up if you drafted the Saints into your fantasy team last week? That’d be me too. And after they held the hapless Patriots offense to 0 points and racked up 24 fantasy points for me, I’m quite happy at that choice. Bill Belichick won’t be as his QB woes continued as Mac Jones was pulled for the second week in a row with Bailey Zappe taking over once again. Neither look like the answer in New England who are a shadow of the once great teams Belichick has coached in Foxboro.
Was it all hype? The Dallas Cowboys defense was lauded by many as one of the best, if not THE best in the NFL. But with Trayvon Diggs out and Micah Parsons a shadow of himself due to an injury last week, the Cowboys could not get near Brock Purdy and the 49ers offense, who racked up 42 points with the defense sacking Dak Prescott four times and recording 3 interceptions. This was a game that the Cowboys will be nursing a few bruised egos after being well beaten.
Lamar Jackson had a decent passing day as QB, some say his best passing performance as a Raven, but even so it was not enough as despite leading 10-0, the Ravens could not deal with the Steelers rock solid defense as Pittsburgh, came back to record a 17-10 win. The Steelers defense scored a safety and forced a key interception and fumble which led to the 10 points late in the game which handed the Steelers a key win against their divisional rivals.
Chase and Burrow were back in tandem with the wide receiver setting a new Bengals record for receptions in an NFL game with 15. Three touchdowns and 192 yards was a fantastic haul and suggests the Bengals are finally waking up on offense.
Last week Justin Fields had a career day and the Bears still somehow lost to the Broncos. This week is was DJ Moore who had that kind of day, but this time his 3 touchdowns from 8 receptions and 230 yards played a key role in the Bears big win over Washington.
The Titans rush defense led the NFL last season, but they were torn apart by the Colts who coped well with the absence of Anthony Richardson after a second quarter injury. Key to their win was RB Zack Moss who gouged the Titans for 165 yards on the ground, 30 more in the air and 2 touchdowns from 23 carries.
Two teams have their bye week on Week Six – The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Week Six Money Line Tip – Kansas City Chiefs (1/6)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Baltimore Ravens (5/9)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Atlanta Falcons (5/7)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Minnesota Vikings (5/7)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Cincinnati Bengals (20/29)
Week Six Money Line Tip – San Francisco 49ers (4/9)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Houston Texans (21/20)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Jacksonville Jaguars (1/2)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Miami Dolphins (2/17)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Las Vegas Raiders (5/8)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Detroit Lions (10/17)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Los Angeles Rams (10/29)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Philadelphia Eagles (5/14)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Buffalo Bills (2/17)
Week Six Money Line Tip – Dallas Cowboys (10/13)
Last week’s power rankings position is shown in brackets.
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