by Matt Okada on (#70J61)
Matt Okada goes over the biggest risers and fallers for fantasy football from Week 5.
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The directive changed.
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by Jay Busbee on (#70J63)
The latest player to drop the ball too early - Emari Demercado - cost the Cardinals a win.
by Ben Fawkes on (#70J64)
The Chiefs are 1.5-point home favorites against the Lions in Week 6.
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The Jets had a promising drive to open Sunday's game against the Cowboys, but it ended with a field goal after defensive end Dante Fowler got his hands on a Justin Fields pass on third down from the Dallas 7-yard line.
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by Joel Smyth on (#70J66)
Joel Smyth shares 10 stats that may go overlooked for fantasy football from Week 5.
by Matt Harmon,Joel Smyth on (#70J3F)
Week 5 is in the books and there's no better place to start than Sunday Night Football where Drake Maye announced his arrival in a 23-20 shocker over Josh Allen & the Buffalo Bills. Matt Harmon reacts to the second straight week of a booming Drake Maye-Stefon Diggs connection and where the Bills went wrong.
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With nothing about its current football program to celebrate, North Carolina could have taken a social-media victory lap last night following the biggest NFL win from former UNC quarterback Drake Maye.
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Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart heard nothing but praise after beating the Chargers in his first NFL start, but his second outing didn't go so well.
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Omarion Hampton could miss some time due to an ankle injury.
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The Jets were the only team in the NFL without a takeaway heading into Week 5 and they are the only team without one heading into Week 6.
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Raiders head coach Pete Carroll has coached a lot of games in both college and the NFL, but few of them have gone as poorly for his team as Sunday's game in Indianapolis.
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Chargers running back Omarion Hampton wasn't around for the end of Sunday's 27-10 loss to the Commanders.
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The Titans didn't make it easy for themselves on Sunday, but they still wound up with their first win of the 2025 season.
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The Colts had a lot to smile about after a 40-6 win over the Raiders on Sunday, but one down note involved kicker Spencer Shrader.
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was all smiles before Sunday's win over the Jets at MetLife Stadium.
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Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said last week that he has unwavering confidence in quarterback Jake Browning, but the message was a bit different after Sunday's game against the Lions.
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Demercado's fumble just short of the goal line ultimately cost the Cardinals the game against the Titans.
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Baltimore may shatter the record for the most points allowed in NFL history.
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We're far enough into the season to have a good idea of the strengths and weaknesses of each team. Which one is letting its fans down the most?
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The final two unbeaten records in the NFL are ended by the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots.
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by Nate Tice,Charles McDonald on (#70HTC)
Nate Tice & Charles McDonald join forces to react to Week 5 of NFL action.
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New England kicker Andy Borregales hit a go-ahead, 52-yard field goal with just 15 seconds remaining to hand Buffalo its first loss of the season.
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by Charles Robinson on (#70HS2)
The Raiders keep buying a QB to fit in the middle of their culture rather than renting one to help install it. With the 2026 draft deep at the position, it's time to change their approach.
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The same rowdy chorus of fans who jeered at Jones to sell the team before kickoff chanted at Prescott from the stands before and after the game. MVP. MVP. MVP.Did Prescott hear it? "I mean my ears works," he said.
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The Patriots have taken a 10-point lead over the Bills with the help of a Josh Allen interception and a big play by Stefon Diggs.
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The Cowboys quarterback threw four touchdown passes Sunday, giving him 10 for the season.
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The Bills didn't enjoy their lead over the Patriots for very long.
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After an ugly, penalty-filled first half, the Bills got down to business to begin the third quarter.
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It was a sloppy first half of Sunday Night Football, with the Patriots hitting a 19-yard field goal at the buzzer to take a 6-3 lead into halftime.
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Rico Dowdle signed with the Panthers in free agency this offseason, leaving the Cowboys after his first 1,000-yard season in 2024.
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by Andy Backstrom on (#70HR2)
Sean Payton trusts his players to make plays, especially Bo Nix, on whom Payton took a risk when he selected the fiery quarterback in last year's draft.
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The Patriots will not have one of their running backs for the rest of Sunday's game against the Bills.
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by Ray Garvin on (#70HR4)
Fantasy football analyst Ray Garvin shares his thoughts on Week 5's most noteworthy action.
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The Ravens allowed the Texans to score 44 points on Sunday, the most allowed by the team in a home game in John Harbaugh's 18 seasons as coach.
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Though Buffalo has gotten off to a sloppy start against New England on Sunday night, the Patriots have not been able to take much advantage of it.
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Sunday's game included not one but two incidents involving footballs striking the apparatus that captures overhead video.
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by Chris Cwik,Kari Anderson on (#70HR8)
Dowdle had 234 total yards and a touchdown in a career-best outing during Carolina's win over the Dolphins on Sunday.
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The Chiefs downgraded wide receiver Xavier Worthy (shoulder/ankle) to questionable for Monday Night Football.
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After another disastrous loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the Jets' performance makes you wonder if this team is already tuning its head coach out.
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The Cardinals did their best to give this 22-21 loss away.
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Justin Herbert throws a costly interception at the goal line, thwarting the Chargers' comeback hopes in a 27-10 loss to the Washington Commanders.
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A late Sam Darnold interception helped Baker Mayfield and Tampa Bay outlast Seattle on Sunday afternoon.
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The Bills will have one of two key defensive contributors back on the field for Sunday night's matchup against the Patriots.
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The Cardinals remain firmly in control of Sunday's game against the Titans, but they have some reason for concern about quarterback Kyler Murray.
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Two former Ohio State receivers are going at it in Seattle on Sunday.
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Jets head coach Aaron Glenn took the brunt of it after Sunday's loss to the Cowboys, saying he needs to get the team mentally tougher so they can respond to adversity.
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by Scott Pianowski on (#70HNP)
Scott Pianowski breaks down the fantasy winners and losers from Week 5.
by Jason Owens on (#70HNQ)
The incident wasn't the only Sunday in which a live ball bounced off of Skycam equipment.