Week 5 NFL picks: An AFC North showdown and the place’s the “D” in Detroit?

Around the NFC

No ‘D’ in Detroit. Raise your hand for those who had the Detroit Football Lions main the NFL in whole offense (436.8 yards per sport) and scoring (35 per sport) by way of the primary 4 weeks of the season. Yeah, me neither. You in all probability wouldn’t guess it by trying on the standings, both, contemplating Dan Cambpell’s group is 1-3. That’s as a result of the Lions’ protection has been putrid. Like, 444.8 yards and 35.3 factors per sport dangerous. Both worst within the NFL. They’re thrilling no less than! No surprise Mac Jones pushed laborious to return from harm to play for the Patriots this week.

Scary Gary. Green Bay has received three straight after a Week 1 dud, simply because it did final 12 months. This time round, it’s driving a deep and gifted protection. Perhaps no one in Joe Barry’s group is enjoying in addition to exterior linebacker Rashan Gary, who has 5 sacks in 4 video games and has recorded no less than one every week. The 2019 first-round decide from Michigan is shortly changing into one of the vital feared edge gamers within the NFL and earlier than lengthy may also be one of many highest-paid.

Rush vs. the Rams. Cooper Rush seems to take the following step in his MVP marketing campaign when he leads the Dallas Cowboys into SoFi Stadium this weekend. Alright, perhaps not, however Rush has led Dallas to 3 straight wins in Dak Prescott’s absence. If he wins this one, think about what Jerry Jones will say. If the Cowboys are 4-1, plans for the statue is perhaps in place by the point their Sunday evening tilt in opposition to the Eagles arrives.

Around the AFC

In the 40s. Weather’s beginning to cool off within the Rockies, however the offense is simply heating up in Kansas City. Five NFL groups have put 40 factors on the board in a sport this season, however solely the Chiefs have executed it twice. Patrick Mahomes is off to a dynamic begin as soon as once more and there’s nothing to recommend at this level that his group isn’t the one to beat within the AFC West. Against a struggling Raiders secondary? Look out.

Cheetah code. What Mahomes is doing this 12 months is made all of the extra spectacular by the truth that he’s sans Tyreek Hill. The Dolphins broad receiver is off to a torrid begin in South Florida, rolling up 477 yards already by way of 4 video games. He’s bought outings of 190 and 160 yards in opposition to Baltimore and Cincinnati, respectively, and leads the NFL regardless of having simply two catches for 33 in opposition to Buffalo. He’ll make life so much simpler for Teddy Bridgewater, who steps in for the injured Tua Tagovailoa.