NFL Week 5 Review

Who needs Jay Cutler? Well I'm sure the press and fans in Chicago will answer yes to that question. But more importantly when did Kyle Orton become and top NFL class quarterback?

Orton led the Broncos to an overtime victory over the New England Patriots. This was the first time that the Patriots have lost in overtime when King Brady has been under centre. Orton threw for 2 touchdowns and an interception but on both touchdowns he was helped by the brilliance on wide receiver Brandon Marshall.

One highlight from the game was Randy Moss intercepting Orton on a Hail Mary. The funny thing was this was Randy's first catch of the day.



In Kansas City the Chiefs pushed the Cowboys all the way into overtime. The Cowboys won on the back of receiver Miles Austin. Austin not only had a career day but a franchise day with 250 receiving yards on 10 receptions and 2 touchdowns. The second of which was for 60 yards and the game winner.

The Chiefs haven't won this season but you would have never known that by watching the game. Matt Cassel looks to have settled, however Larry Johnson can not get his running going. On defence the Chiefs looked good, they just need to wrap up on tackles as Austin broke tackles on both his touchdown scores.

The Rams shut down Adrian Peterson, but can anyone stop Brett Favre?

The old boy with the week shoulder threw for 232 yards in week 5 and helped his Vikings team make it 5-0 for the season. This is the first time in Favre's career that his have started the first 5 games undefeated.

As for the St. Louis Rams, can they get any worst? Maybe we should speak about the Rams and all the other winless teams later in the week. Week 5 was just another bad day at the office.

The Ravens fail for the second time of the season and the Bengals won close again.

I'm not sure if Carson Palmer can keep this up this late game winning form but this season the Bengals have won 4 games by 7, 3, 3 and 4 points.

The Ravens have not been great on defence and have given up a lot through the air. The Ravens will need to improve this part of the game if they want to go all the way this season.

The defending Superbowl champs the Pittsburgh Steelers have made hard work of this season so far. This Sunday against the Lions was no different, only 3 sacks on the Lions last offensive series stopped Detroit taking the game into overtime.

The Lions who were without starting quarterback Matthew Stafford because of his knee injury stayed in this game until the end. However star receiver Calvin Johnson had to come out of the game with what looked like a left knee injury. This is not helping a franchise who is just looking to win their second game of the season.

Rib injury, what rib injury. Quarterback Donavon McNabb is back and boy what a performance. The Eagles looked in great shape for this season and the return of McNabb and Westbrook only increases the Eagles play off chances.

The Buccaneers on the other hand need something to happen for them. On offence they could get anything going and on defence they gave up to many big plays. Allowing McNabb to throw the deep ball for touchdowns is the fastest way to get crashed.

Looks like the Carolina Panthers have found a way for quarterback Jake Delhomme to contribute to the offence. Late in the game when they Panthers needed a first down Delhomme ran for 10 yards. This and a touchdown pass are what seem like the only two things Delhomme has done right this season.

The Washington Redskins go for bad to worst, very quickly. Head coach Kim Zorn has to be favourite to be the first head coach to leave his post. The Skins have two more games before their bye week and Zorn's team will have to improve for him to keep his job.

Okay now on to the Oakland Raiders trip to the New York Giants. The Giants started with quarterback Eli Manning but soon didn't need him anymore as they quickly got into they grove.

Giants have a tough few weeks coming up but running back Ahmad Bradshaw looks like a man playing for a contract. Bradshaw ran in two touchdowns on the ground and had one reception of 55 yards. This is a great return for a player who is number two on the depth chart.

The Raiders however go from worst to unbelievable. Quarterback Russell was sacked 6 times fumbled 3 times and only threw for 100 yards on 8 completions. Can things get any worst for the Raiders Nation? I just feel sorry for everyone in Oakland that is not Al Davis or Tom "knockout" Cable.

I've looked at the draft for 2010 and there are 4 potential offensive tackles in the draft, please can someone get a message to Big Al, take one of them and protect somebody.

This next result had me in shock. After a strong performance last week the Jacksonville Jaguars decided to have a game off, losing this one 41-0. The returning Matt Hasselbeck threw for 241 yards and his offensive line protected him better than they didn't Wallace.

In the end this will go down as a great return for Hasselbeck and just one of though games for the Jaguars.

In another game which would have raised a few eyebrows the Atlanta Falcons beat the San Francisco 49ers 45-10. The reason this results would have been such a shock is the way which the 49ers let this one go. Head Coach Mike Singletary believes in smash mouth football and this was more shaky lip football.

Coming off their bye week the Falcons looked in good shape with quarterback Matt Ryan and tight end Tony Gonzalez showing why the Falcons love this connection.

This game also had the funniest play of week 5 in it. Remembering the type of coach Mike Singletary is what was Dre' Bly thinking about when he was celebrating his interception before he made it to the end zone. What made manners worst he fumbled the ball and the Falcons recovered, I expect someone to be in trouble this week in training.

Here is that play.



The worst game of the season and possible ever was the Buffalo Bills v Cleveland Browns. The Browns won the game 6-3 with no touchdowns in the game. Get ready for this next stat, Browns quarterback Derek Anderson only completed 2 passes for 23 yards. One bright spark was Jamal Lewis pounding the ball for 117 yards.

In Arizona the Cardinals hosted the Houston Texans and this was a game they nearly threw around. Leading 21-0 in the third quarter and should have had the game won but the Texans didn't see it that way.

First Chris Brown scored to make it 21-7, then Andre Johnson scored to make it 21-14. Andre Johnson then smashed, and I do mean smashed his way into the end zone to tie the game up.

The Texans Matt Schaub then made the game losing mistake when he threw an interception to Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Rodgers-Cromartie took the ball all the way into the end zone giving the Cardinals a 7 point lead. However Houston had a couple of goes at levelling the game but man child Andre Johnson was not on the field. That had to be a coaching error and cost the Texans a chance at forcing overtime.

Last night on Monday Night football the New York Jets visited the Miami Dolphins.

This was a game of trick plays, as the Dolphins continued to show off the Wildcat and the Jets run a couple of fake punts, both for first downs.

In the end the difference was the running of Ronnie Brown who scored two touchdowns and quarterback Chad Henne coming of age in the passing game.

This was a great advert for football and a great game for Monday night football. Both teams lead the game, yet no big mistakes were made. This lead to great NFL football and I have to mention Braylon Edwards. Traded to the Jets only this week, Edwards had a monster debut with 5 receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown. This was from a player who has been in New York a full week and was known for his drops, Edwards didn't drop anything when he needed to make the catch.

The Dolphins won the game with only 6 seconds left on the clock with a Brown touchdown off of the Wildcat. We all love the Wildcat, but I do wonder just how much longer it will be so effective.

Another great week, roll on week 6.

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