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Welcome to Week 6! We’re five weeks into the NFL season and every team has at least one loss, while all but one team has a win. The last time there were no undefeated teams after Week 5 was 2014. Drink up, ’72 Dolphins!
Is this parity? Maybe. Is this exciting? Definitely. Four different teams came back to win after falling behind by 14 (or more) points this past weekend. That includes the Jaguars, who capped another crazy NFL weekend by scoring their game-winning TD against the Chiefs on a bizzarro-world play where Trevor Lawrence tripped on a lineman’s foot as he took the snap, fell down, fell again as he tried to get up, and hit the ground a third time as he dove to cross the plane. I won’t even try to describe how the Cardinals blew a 15-point fourth quarter lead to the Titans. You wouldn’t believe me anyway.
No teams are undefeated, but the NFL might be.
On to Week 6.
Stats of the Week:
The Buccaneers are 4-1, and the margin in all four wins has been three points or less. Their one loss was by six points.
Ja’Marr Chase was credited with three tackles on Sunday.
This week’s trade of Joe Flacco from Cleveland to Cincinnati marked the first deal ever between the two Ohio teams (the Bengals were founded in 1968 by former Browns’ coach Paul Brown).
The Giants’ last six possessions at New Orleans on Sunday all ended in turnovers (one was a turnover on downs).
Justin Fields is on an 0-26 streak (as a starter) in games where the opposing team scores 21 or more points.
The 2025 Jets are the first team since the NFL started tracking turnovers in 1933 to not force a single turnover in the first five games of a season. For comparison, the Jaguars lead the NFL with 14 takeaways.
NFL history will be made this weekend when more than two lefties (Tua Tagovailoa, Michael Penix, Jr., and Dillon Gabriel) start at QB in the same week.
Jake Ferguson has 41 catches. That ties the record for most catches by a tight end through the first five games of a season.
Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold were the first and third players taken in the 2018 draft and have each been discarded by multiple NFL teams. On Sunday, they combined to compete 57 of 67 passes (85%) for 720 yards and six TDs in the Bucs’ 38-35 win over the Seahawks.
Week 6, here we go!
Bye Weeks: HOU, MIN
Week 6 Rides, Fades and Sleepers
For those who are familiar with this column, you know the drill. For everyone else: The Rides, Fades, and Sleepers is an analysis of players that I think are primed for an especially strong or poor performance, often as compared to consensus expectations. This isn’t a straight-up Start/Sit exercise. As a general rule, start your studs. I’ll rarely list the most...
