Thursday Night Football Recap: The New England Patriots won. The Colts arent very good, that is all.
Week 5 is loaded with important and high quality matchups as the NFL landscape for 2018 starts to take shape.
MY WEEK 5 LOCKS:
Panthers over Giants- The Giants offense has seemed lost this season, its as if Ben McAdoo never left! Cam Newton has looked good this season, quietly good; the most common criticism of Cam, his accuracy, he, or Norv Turner, seemed to have solved as Newton is completing 68% of his passes through three games. Carolina also presents Eli with perhaps the NFL’s best front seven. Carolina wins this easily
Rams over Seahawks- Seattle, other than Russell Wilson, do not present much of a challenge to the NFC’s, and maybe the NFL’s best team. Rams win easily.
WEEK 5 UPSET:
Cardinals over 49ers- I cant say if this game will be televised, however, the Jimmy-less Niners are a 4 point favorite against Arizona. Josh Rosen was impressive last week, despite the losing effort. Arizona is 0-4, but they are NOT the NFL’s worst team. Rosen will get his first win on sunday.
(Two this week, damn)
Jets over Broncos- Sam Darnold is due for a bounceback week against a team reeling from a tough loss to KC, now Denver travels for a 1:00 game on the east coast, The Jets get their second win.
BEST MATCHUPS:
Falcons at Steelers- If there is such a thing as a playoff game in week 5, its going to be at Heinz Field this sunday. This time last month, Atlanta and Pittsburgh would have been a perfectly respectable pick for Super Bowl 53. Now, both are arguable playing for their season. Atlanta, at 1-3 will risk falling even further into last place. The Steelers, similarly, desperatly need to keep somewhat pace with 3-1 Cincy and Baltimore. This will be a sloppy game played in desperation, i have a feeling the Steelers will pull it out though, ill lose no sleep being wrong on this though.
Jaguars at Chiefs- A fantastic sunday night matchup, oh wait, thats Texans and Cowboys, nevermind. Regardless, this is THE game of week 5 in my opinion. Jacksonville’s number one defense trys to stop Kansas City’s 4-0 momentum at Arrowhead. This will be 60 minutes of fantastic football, im partial to great defenses, so im rolling with the Jags.
Vikings at Eagles- To a much lesser degree than the other game in Pennsylvania, this matchup will also have a very important feel to it. Both participants in last years NFC title game have started off slow, another loss really for either team will ensue some panic in those fanbases and organizations. The Eagles have looked hungover thus far, and Minnesota has played somewhat of a tough first 4 games. Kirk Cousins has impressed me, and the Vikings performance in LA last week would have beat nearly any other team. I like the Vikings to send the champs to 2-3.
WORST MATCHUP:
Similar to my locks and not using the Bills early on, i may have to keep myself from picking Dallas games in this category. Holy hell why is this a sunday night matchup? I understand it will get great ratings for the prestigious and high quality franchise that is The Dallas Cowboys, but this is certainly the “who cares” game of week 5. Both teams arent very good and have been incredibly underwhelming this season.
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