Week five of the 2023 National Football League regular season is now complete. Here are the top five headlines.
5) Is Davante Adams the latest disgruntled NFL star wide receiver?
According to Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports on Monday, it appears that Las Vegas Raiders star wide receiver Davante Adams may be a little disgruntled. Adams has reportedly not be satisfied with his time in Vegas, and he is frustrated with the Raiders lack of winning. Since joining the organization, the Raiders have a record of eight wins and 14 losses. Just last week, wide receiver Chase Claypool was traded from the Chicago Bears to the Miami Dolphins for expressing his disappointment for how he was being utilized in the Bears’s offense. Adams would have been satisfied on Monday night though, as he beat his old team, the Green Bay Packers, 17-13.
4) Bill Belichick gets clobbered again.
Just one week after Bill Belichick suffered his worst loss in his coaching history (a 38-3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys), the New England Patriots were hammered again. This time they lost 34-0 to the New Orleans Saints in the worst home loss in Belichick’s coaching history. Now Belichick appears to be on the hot seat, despite winning six Super Bowls in his time in New England.
3) Dolphins star running back De’Von Achane out with a knee injury.
Achane was great on Sunday against the New York Giants in a 31-16 win (11 rushes for 151 rushing yards and one touchdown), but his success came at a price as he suffered a knee injury. Achane is expected to be out multiple weeks. With the injury, expect Raheem Mostert of New Smyrna Beach, Florida to have a full workload for the Dolphins.
2) Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase sets Bengals record for most receptions in a game.
In the Bengals’s 34-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Ja’Marr Chase of Harvey, Louisiana, set the Bengals franchise record for most receptions in a game with 15. In the process, he became the fifth wide receiver to have 15 receptions and three touchdowns in a single game.
1) 49ers clobber the Cowboys in NFL’s premier game.
In what was supposed to be the NFL’s biggest game of the week, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys 42-10. This was the only matchup where both teams were above .500. The 49ers were exceptionally offensively and defensively, and improved to 5-0 on the season. The 49ers star offensively was tight end George Kittle of Madison, Wisconsin, who had three touchdown catches for 67 yards. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott meanwhile, was picked off thrice and was not effective whatsoever.
