Jayden Daniels shines; Trevor Lawrence bounces back; Aaron Rodgers not clicking-ZoomTech News

Perhaps the quarterbacks received uninterested in listening to concerning the return of the working recreation.

With the Saints-Chiefs matchup nonetheless on faucet Monday evening, eight signal-callers have thrown for greater than 300 yards in Week 5, led by a career-high 509-yard efficiency by Kirk Cousins within the Falcons’ time beyond regulation win over the Buccaneers final Thursday. 

On the opposite aspect of the ball, this has been the primary week in NFL historical past with two 100-yard defensive touchdowns. Take a bow, Seahawks security Rayshawn Jenkins and Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II (extra on Surtain later).

On a weekend with 10 one-score video games to this point, the Cardinals snapped a four-game shedding streak in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers with a 24-23 win. Denver snapped an eight-game shedding streak in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders with a 34-18 win.

The Bears recorded their eighth straight dwelling win, the NFL’s longest energetic dwelling win streak. 

Here is a more in-depth take a look at who’s scorching and who’s not for Week 5. 

WHO’S HOT

Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Bengals

Sure, Cincinnati misplaced a heartbreaker to the Ravens in time beyond regulation and my decide to characterize the AFC within the Tremendous Bowl is not trying so nice at 1-4 on the 12 months. Nonetheless, Chase erupted for his finest recreation of the season, with a Week 5 excessive 193 receiving yards and two scores. 

Over the previous three weeks, Chase has 19 catches for 396 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. In line with Subsequent Gen Stats, he reached two of the four-fastest prime speeds of his profession on his 70-yard landing (21.42 mph) and on his 41-yard landing (21.33 mph).

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow additionally put up good numbers, ending with 392 passing yards and 5 landing passes. Nonetheless, his interception late within the recreation with Cincinnati attempting to ice it opened the door for a Baltimore victory.

Kirk Cousins, QB, Falcons

The Michigan State product had his finest recreation of the season, throwing 4 landing passes to steer Atlanta to a giant win over the Buccaneers and pull right into a tie for the highest spot within the NFC South with Tampa Bay. The Falcons have gained three of their previous 4 video games, and Cousins has quieted any speak of first-round decide Michael Penix Jr. changing him below heart.

Along with his 509-yard passing efficiency, Cousins is now No. 5 within the NFL in passing yards (1,373). 

Jayden Daniels, QB, Commanders

I assumed Daniels would have a mushy touchdown within the NFL with an skilled head coach in Dan Quinn and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. The Commanders have three former NFL head coaches and two former defensive coordinators on the group’s teaching workers, giving them a wealth of institutional data on the sideline. 

Nobody, nonetheless, may have anticipated the LSU product to play like this.

In line with FOX Sports activities Analysis, Daniels joined Kyler Murray and Robert Griffin III as the one gamers in NFL historical past with 1,000 passing yards and 200 speeding yards of their first 5 profession video games. And Daniels is the primary participant in NFL historical past with not less than 1,000 passing and 250 speeding yards in his first 5 profession video games.

And sure, he has joined the MVP race. 

Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jaguars

Jacksonville ended a four-game shedding streak with the group’s first win of the season, a 37-34 victory over the Colts. Lawrence was on the heart of the success, ending 28-of-34 for a career-high 371 yards and two touchdowns, with a lone interception for a 119.5 passer score.

In line with Subsequent Gen Stats, Lawrence accomplished 10 of his 13 makes an attempt outdoors the numbers for 158 yards, together with each of his touchdowns. To prime it off, he put collectively his finest efficiency of this season on his twenty fifth birthday. 

Pat Surtain II, CB, Broncos

Top-of-the-line cornerbacks within the league, Surtain completed with two interceptions in a win over the Raiders, together with one returned 100 yards for a rating. Surtain is the primary participant with two profession pick-sixes of not less than 70 yards since Marcus Peters (3).

Surtain is also the chief of one of many NFL’s finest defenses, which is the principle motive the Broncos are 3-2. Denver is holding groups to 14.6 factors per recreation, tied for second within the league. And the Broncos are tied for fifth within the NFL with eight takeaways. 

WHO’S NOT

Brock Purdy, QB, 49ers

San Francisco blew a 10-point lead within the fourth quarter and Purdy’s play on the finish of the sport led to the end result. Whereas the Iowa State product has been largely clutch in vital conditions for the 49ers, he struggled in his group’s disappointing dwelling loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Purdy completed 7-of-12 for 79 yards, with no touchdowns and two interceptions within the second half as San Francisco’s explosive offense was held scoreless. The 49ers completed 1-of-6 for the sport within the pink zone. 

A part of Purdy’s struggles needed to do with kicker Jake Moody happening with a leg damage that might preserve him out for a couple of weeks, forcing coach Kyle Shanahan to be extra aggressive. Nonetheless, Purdy appeared to scramble round extra and chase the large play as an alternative of taking what the protection gave him. And the 49ers now sit at 2-3 within the NFC West. 

Aaron Rodgers, QB, Jets

With the most effective defenses within the league, New York does not want the MVP model of Rodgers. The Jets would take the 2015 model of Peyton Manning, when he helped lead the Broncos to the Tremendous Bowl title. That season, Manning was nice at getting Denver in the proper name on the line of scrimmage pre-snap, managing the sport and ensuring to not put his top-five protection into unhealthy conditions. 

Rogers has 4 interceptions and an 81.6 passer score although 5 video games. Three of these interceptions got here within the loss to the Vikings on Sunday in London. At 2-3, the Jets are solely a recreation again of the Buffalo Payments (3-2) within the AFC East, so there’s nonetheless time for Rogers to show issues round. A possible rumored commerce for Raiders star receiver Davante Adams would assist.

Deshaun Watson, QB, Browns

By means of 5 video games, Watson has seemed like one of many worst quarterbacks within the NFL. He is averaging simply 4.9 yards per go try and has a 74.4 quarterback score for the Browns, who’re off to a disappointing 1-4 begin after reaching the playoffs final season. Watson hasn’t thrown for greater than 200 yards in any recreation this season and the offense has not scored 20 factors in a recreation. 

The Browns are clearly in a bind as a result of they traded for Watson in 2022 and signed him to a completely assured $230 million deal. They cannot commerce him now due to the burdensome contract. As my colleague Ralph Vacchiano factors out, the Browns are caught with Watson.

[Vacchiano: The $230M problem: Browns weighed down by a struggling Deshaun Watson]

Eric D. Williams has reported on the NFL for greater than a decade, overlaying the Los Angeles Rams for Sports activities Illustrated, the Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN and the Seattle Seahawks for the Tacoma Information Tribune. Observe him on Twitter at @eric_d_williams.

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