The fifth week of the 2024 National Football League regular season is now finished. Here are the top five headlines.
5) Texans beat Bills on final play field goal.
In the only game where both teams were above .500 heading into Sunday, the 3-1 Buffalo Bills faced the 3-1 Houston Texans. It was the Texans who came out victorious with a 23-20 win. Houston won on the final play of the game, as Ka’imi Fairbairn of Kailua, Hawaii made a 59 yard field goal. The Texans are 4-1 and are comfortably in first place in the AFC South.
4) 30+ points not enough.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts all had 30 points or more on Sunday and lost in divisional games. Tampa lost 36-30 to Atlanta in overtime, Cincinnati lost 41-38 to Baltimore in overtime despite five touchdown passes for Joe Burrow, and Indianapolis lost 37-34 to Jacksonville.
3) Giants win on a blocked field goal attempt.
On Thursday, I predicted six underdogs to win in week six and four of them came through. One of the underdogs I predicted to win were the New York Giants, who beat the Seattle Seahawks 29-20 on a 60-yard blocked field goal for a major score by Bryce Ford-Wheaton of Martinsburg, West Virginia. For bragging rights, I also successfully predicted the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins.
2) Vikings and Chiefs are 5-0.
The Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs have a perfect record of 5-0 to start the season. On Sunday, the Vikings came through with a 27-19 win over the New York Jets in London, while on Monday, the Chiefs beat the New Orleans Saints 26-13.
1) Kirk Cousins shines for Falcons.
It was a record breaking performance by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins. In the aforementioned 36-30 Falcons win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Cousins set the Falcons franchise record for most passing yards in a game with 509. Cousins completed 42 of 58 passes, with four touchdowns in the high scoring contest.
