Wow what a week of football! Coming off a slightly less exciting week 4 in the NFL, week 5 was nothing short of spectacular. It was filled with many great plays, performances, and above all, the nail-biting endings. In fact, since there were so many thrilling games this week, I will be covering four games instead of two. So, let’s get right into the action!
Chargers vs Browns
A battle of the running backs with Chargers running back Austin Eckler rushing for 173 yards and two touchdowns while Browns running back Nick Chubb ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns. A game full of scores, it came down to an interception thrown by Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett with two minutes and 55 seconds left in the game with a heartbreaking loss for Browns fan with a final score of 30-28 Chargers.
A look at Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett
Colts vs Broncos
A game that consisted of no touchdowns, this was a battle of the defenses. It seemed like the Broncos were going to most likely win with them being up by three with the ball going into the 4th. However, Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson threw a pair of interceptions including one on the Colts 10-yard line that costed the Broncos from running away with this game. The Colts managed to drive down the field making a game tying field goal to send the game to overtime. The colts won the toss and scored a field goal to start overtime. The Broncos still had a shot however. Driving all the way down the field the Broncos were faced with a 4th and 1 at the Colts 1-yard line. Yet again however, the Broncos and Russell Wilson came up short with a final score of 12-9 Colts win!
Ravens vs Bengals
A game everyone was looking forward too, this game did not disappoint. A classic divisional match, between two star quarterback Joe Burrow for the Bengals and Lamar Jackson for the Ravens. Both teams got off to steady starts with the game being tied at 10-10 going into halftime. The second half was slower. A Joe Burrow interception helped the Ravens go up 13-10. The game went into a dry spell for the 4th quarter up until the Bengals scored a touchdown with two minutes left. The Bengals led 17-16 but there was still time left on the clock. MVP frontrunner Lamar Jackson did not disappoint. Leading his team all the way into field goal range. With 3 seconds left Ravens kicker Justin Tucker walked on the field. The arguably greatest kicker of all time nailed the field goal helping the Ravens to clutch out the win with a final score of 19-17.
Chiefs vs Raiders
The final game of the week on Monday Night Football was exactly the type of game everyone was hoping for. A game of the Patrick Mahomes led Chiefs vs the Derek Carr and Davante Adams led Raiders. The first score of the game was a truly thrilling 58-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Davante Adams and the raiders jumped out to a 7-0 lead. This was followed by another Raiders touchdown by running back Josh Jacobs and a Raiders field goal and the Raiders had the early lead 17-0. The Chiefs came back however scoring a Travis Kelce touchdown. Both teams scored one more field goal before halftime and the score was 20-10. To kick off the second half, Patrick Mahomes threw his second touchdown pass of the game to Travis Kelce again making the score 20-17. Now people were getting déjà vu as Travis Kelce caught his third touchdown pass of the night with the Chiefs now leading 24-20. The Raiders countered back again with another field goal 24-23 Chiefs. As if we were dreaming, Travis Kelce scored his fourth touchdown of the game helping the Chiefs lead 30-23. Just as it seemed like things were getting out of hand for the Raiders, Derek Carr and Davante Adams had their second big connection of the night with a 48-yard touchdown pass. With that touchdown it was 30-29 Chiefs, and the Raiders had a big choice to make. They could go for the one point and try to tie the game or go for a two-point conversion to take the lead. The Raiders opted to go for two and……. did not convert. Giving the Chiefs the ball back with the lead. The Chiefs did not look back and won the game 30-29 in a truly thrilling ending to an spectacular week of NFL football.
These game were close. I like all the detail and how you worked hard to get this information.
That was a close game with the Chiefs and Raiders! and 58 yard touch down is a lot to run! tubular blog – liked how you included more than one game too!
Wow! you were right! week 5 was absolutely amazing! While reading our post it made me feel like I was watching the game right there! you sound exactly like one of those football announcer! really cool blog
Thank you for all the great comments and feedback! So glad you are enjoying the blog.
week 5 was fun to look at footballdude