Digging into the digits behind the NFL’s thrilling Week 5 Digging into the digits behind the NFL’s thrilling Week 5
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The GIST: From acrobatic grabs to running backs (RBs) tossing touchdowns (TDs), this NFL weekend had a little bit of everything. Let’s dig into the digits that have defined Week 5 with tonight’s 8:15 p.m. ET Monday Night Football tilt between the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars still to come.

‼️ Zero: No undefeated teams remain after the previously unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills both suffered their first Ls this weekend.

  • The Birds allowed the Denver Broncos to score 18 unanswered points in a 21–17 loss, while the Bills couldn’t stop New England Patriots wide receiver (WR) and forever frenemy Stefon Diggs in Buffalo’s 23–20 primetime defeat.

📉 No. 32: The 1-4 Baltimore Ravens’ scoring defense (aka last in the league) after surrendering 30 or more points in four of their five games, including yesterday’s 44–10 loss to the Houston Texans. The injury bug isn’t helping, but this definitely isn’t your parents’ Ravens D.

👏 Four: The number of game-winning drives Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback (QB) Baker Mayfield has led through five games this season after capitalizing on a late interception from Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold to lift the Bucs to a 38–35 dub. Clutch.

🐙 Eight: How many points Indianapolis Colts RB Jonathan Taylor scored on a single drive (a TD and the two-point conversion) in Indy’s 40–6 win over the Las Vegas Raiders to complete the rare, but ink-worthy octopus.

💨 21.72 mph: The top speed New Orleans Saints WR Rashid Shaheed hit while running in an 87-yard TD during the Saints’ 26–14 W over the NY Giants, their first dub of the season. Vroom, vroom.