Overreactions from Week 5 of NFL season: Aaron Rodgers washed up? 49ers missing playoffs? Commanders win East?

The NFL certainly didn’t disappoint in Week 5, one of the wildest weeks in the young year. Five games featured the game-winning score in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime and eight were determined by one score. 

This was also the first day in NFL history where the league had two defensive touchdowns of 100+ yards on the same day, while there was also a game where the league had the most combined points (79), total yards (962), and passing touchdowns (9) in a game this season — the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals. The Washington Commanders have scored 30+ points in three straight games and are second in the NFL in scoring (31.0 points per game).

On a wild NFL Sunday, there are plenty of overreactions to go around. Which ones will stick? 

Overreaction or reality: Reality

Playing a Brian Flores defense doesn’t do a quarterback any favors (ask C.J. Stroud how that went in Week 3), but Aaron Rodgers looks like a 40-year-old quarterback coming off a ruptured Achilles. Rodgers was a putrid 29 of 54 for 244 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions (54.9 rating) in the Jets’ loss to the Vikings. He averaged 4.5 yards per attempt and was 6 of 14 for 81 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions on third and fourth down. 

Rodgers and the Jets are 2-3 and have as many points scored in 2024 as they do in 2023 (93). Rodgers has just 1,093 passing yards, 6.0 yards per attempt, and a passer rating of 81.6 — all the worst through the first five games of his career. 

Perhaps “Father Time” has caught up with Rodgers. This certainly isn’t the Rodgers we are accustomed to seeing. 

Commanders will win the NFC East

Overreaction or reality: Overreaction

Another week the Commanders keep rolling, this time crushing the Browns in a game that really wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Jayden Daniels may be a top-10 quarterback in the NFL already as he threw for…

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Author : Jeff Kerr

Publish date : 2024-10-07 01:57:59

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