NFL picks, predictions for Week 5: Cardinals crush 49ers; Steelers cease bleeding; Browns win thriller

The Week 5 schedule encompasses a pair of high-profile playoff rematches from final season, and a possible thriller on the West Coast on Sunday afternoon. 

The Rams and Seahawks meet on Thursday Evening Soccer in a rematch of final 12 months’s NFC first-round matchup. Los Angeles is a 1.5-point favourite on the highway, and it’s Matthew Stafford’s likelihood to get his first victory at Seattle as a beginning quarterback. 

The AFC championship rematch between the Chiefs and Payments is large on Sunday Evening Soccer, which has produced a number of the finest video games of the season. That pattern continues in a battle of two groups hoping to be the highest seed within the AFC. 

Regulate the 4:05 p.m. ET matchup between the Browns and Chargers, too. Each groups try to remain in powerful division races, and the quarterback matchup between Justin Herbert and Baker Mayfield ought to produce a thriller. 

Every week, Sporting Information will choose video games straight up. Here’s a take a look at our season totals: 

• Week 4: 12-4
• Season whole: 41-23

With that in thoughts, under are our picks and predictions for Week 4: 

POWER RANKINGS:
Cardinals fly to high; Packers, Cowboys, Seahawks flex; Titans fall

NFL picks, predictions for Week 5

• Los Angeles Rams (-1.5)  at Seattle Seahawks

Thursday, 8:20 p.m., FOX/NFL Community 

The NFC West grinder continues. The Rams took their first loss, and the Seahawks are coming off an enormous victory. Sean McVay is 6-3 head-to-head in opposition to Pete Carroll, and that features a 3-2 report at Lumen Discipline. This will likely be a decent recreation, and Seattle begins the week off with a shock upset. 

Choose: Seahawks 27, Rams 24 

• New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons (-3.5) 

Sunday, 9:30 a.m., NFL Community 

The Jets obtained on the board final week, and Atlanta permits essentially the most factors within the NFL at 32 factors per recreation. New York nonetheless commits too many turnovers, and with no operating recreation that is going to be powerful to win on the highway. 

Choose: Falcons 30, Jets 20 

• Inexperienced Bay Packers (-3.5) at Cincinnati Bengals 

Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX 

The Packers have misplaced their final two journeys to Cincinnati. In 2005, a fan stole the ball from Brett Favre. In 2013, Terence Newman scored on a fumble return for a TD. That is our manner of claiming unusual issues may occur if the Packers begin gradual. Joe Mixon (ankle) and Jaire Alexander (shoulder) are key accidents in what needs to be one other shut encounter for the Packers. 

Choose: Packers 28, Bengals 25 

• Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (-7.5) 

Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX 

We tried the Lions for a NFC North upset final week. That did not work. It is not going to occur in Minnesota both. Each groups battle in opposition to the run, so Kirk Cousins and Jared Goff ought to take pleasure in good video games. The Vikings must get Dalvin Cook dinner on monitor in the event that they need to sustain within the NFC North. 

Choose: Vikings 26, Lions 22 

• Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers (-1.5) 

Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX 

Teddy Bridgewater (concussion) may miss this recreation, and that impacts our choose. The Steelers are a brutal watch at instances on offense, however the protection ought to have the ability to drive a couple of turnovers from Drew Luck. Pittsburgh guts out an unpleasant win with a late drive from Ben Roethlisberger, nevertheless it is not fairly. 

Choose: Steelers 23, Broncos 21 

• Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-10.5) 

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Dolphins are in an early-season slide. Miami has but to have a recreation with at the very least 200 yards passing, and that is unhealthy information in opposition to Tom Brady and a flexible Buccaneers’ offense. Miami had some memorables upsets involving Brady when he was in New England. This received’t be a kind of moments. 

Choose: Buccaneers 30, Dolphins 19 

• New Orleans Saints (-1.5) at Washington Soccer Group 

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Saints have been inconsistent by way of 4 weeks, and the go protection was a large number in opposition to the Giants in Week 5. Taylor Heinicke has performed nicely sufficient in three begins to maintain the ball shifting at residence, and the protection will drive a couple of interceptions. 

Choose: Washington 24, Saints 23 

• Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers (-3.5) 

Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX

The Eagles are one other NFC East underdog who can pull an upset on the highway. Philadelphia has points in opposition to the run, however will the Panthers keep it up lengthy sufficient? Jalen Hurts spreads out the Panthers’ protection and avoids the massive turnover, and Miles Sanders scores the game-winning TD within the fourth quarter. 

Choose: Eagles 28, Panthers 21 

• Tennessee Titans (-4) at Jacksonville Jaguars 

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Jaguars are nonetheless on the lookout for that first victory below first-year coach City Meyer, and Tennessee proved susceptible with out beginning receivers A.J. Brown and Julio Jones in Week 5. The unhealthy information for Meyer? Mike Vrabel will feed Derrick Henry early, and the Jacksonville go protection will likely be exploited as soon as extra. 

Choose: Titans 30, Jaguars 26

• New England Patriots (-9) at Houston Texans 

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Pats misplaced the “Brady Bowl,” however Mac Jones’ poise as a rookie quarterback continues to be an early-season shock. Houston has scored a complete of 9 factors of their final two losses, and New England ought to have the ability to grind out a victory on the highway. The unfold continues to be too excessive. 

Choose: Patriots 20, Texans 14 

• Chicago Bears at Las Vegas Raiders (-5.5) 

Sunday, 4:05 p.m., CBS 

For all of the hand-wringing about Matt Nagy, the Bears are 2-2 and have an opportunity to take a successful report into a house recreation in opposition to the Packers in Week 6. The Raiders are coming off a brief week. Regardless of Chicago’s quarterback questions, the recipe for an off-the-wall-thriller is there. 

Choose: Bears 26, Raiders 24 

• Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Chargers (-1)

Sunday, 4:05 p.m., CBS 

Baker Mayfield didn’t play nicely in Week 4 at Minnesota, and the Browns received. Trace: It’s not at all times about Mayfield. The Browns have the highest dashing offense within the NFL, and the protection flexed the final two weeks. The Chargers will supply a preview of what’s to return within the playoffs, however championship-caliber groups win on the highway. Mayfield bounces again in one other clutch highway victory. 

Choose: Browns 31, Chargers 24

• New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys (-7.5) 

Sunday, 4:25 p.m., FOX

The Cowboys have the second-best operating recreation within the NFL, and the Tony Pollard-Ezekiel Elliott mixture has helped Dak Prescott, who was misplaced for the season on this recreation in 2020. The Cowboys’ hype is coming, and it builds with one other NFC East victory at residence. 

Choose: Cowboys 28, Giants 19 

• San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals (-4.5) 

Sunday, 4:25 p.m., FOX

It’s tempting to take the 49ers if Trey Lance begins, particularly with the constructing hype across the unbeaten Cardinals. Kliff Kingsbury is 3-3 in opposition to San Francisco, and Kyler Murray will proceed the recent begin with one other environment friendly efficiency at residence. 

Choose: Cardinals 28, 49ers 24 

• Buffalo Payments at Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (-3) 

Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC 

The Chiefs have query marks, and the protection is turning into a priority. Buffalo can win this AFC championship rematch. The Payments lead the league with a +7 turnover ratio, and the Chiefs have been free with the soccer. Josh Allen has been nice, too. The Sunday Evening Soccer highlight offers us one other incredible end, nevertheless, and  Patrick Mahomes leads the game-winning drive this time. Kansas Metropolis reasserts its place within the AFC hierarchy. 

Choose: Chiefs 31, Payments 28 

• Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens (-7) 

Monday, 8:15 p.m., ESPN 

The Colts lastly picked up their first victory, however now it’s a highway journey to Baltimore. The Ravens have received 4 of the final 5 on this collection, and Lamar Jackson is coming off his first 300-yard recreation of the season. Baltimore stays sizzling at residence forward of one other large recreation in opposition to the Chargers in Week 6. 

Choose: Ravens 30, Colts 18