NFL Week 5 winners, losers: 49ers fizzle out again vs. Cardinals

NFL Week 5 winners, losers: 49ers fizzle out again vs. Cardinals originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The first football Sunday of October has arrived.

With four teams on their bye week and the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings playing in London, the early slate was the lightest it has been all season so far. There were just six games at 1 p.m. ET, but there was plenty of action.

The four games in the late window wasn’t short of content, either, providing unexpected results, including a collapse in the Bay Area.

Here are the winners and losers from the Sunday action in Week 5:

WINNER: Everyone who watched Bengals vs. Ravens

Game of the year? That’s what fans were treated to during the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens battle.

The Bengals led 38-28 midway through the fourth quarter when Joe Burrow tossed his fifth touchdown. The Ravens stormed back with 10 points in the final 5:24 to force overtime. In OT, Lamar Jackson’s fumble seemingly set the Bengals up to win, but Evan McPherson missed a 53-yarder when they played it safe offensively.

On the very next play after McPherson’s miss, Derrick Henry powered for a 51-yard rush to set up an easy 24-yard kick for Justin Tucker. The Ravens are now 3-2 after starting 0-2, while the Bengals are a devastating 1-4. The margin for error is virtually zero for Cincinnati the rest of the way, while the Ravens’ offense has unlocked a new dimension with Henry.

LOSER: Bills collapse in the closing moments

The Buffalo Bills were primed to force overtime after previously trailing the Houston Texans 20-3. Then, it all fell apart.

An intentional grounding penalty pushing the Texans out of field goal range with 40 seconds left, and the Bills took over after a punt at their own 3-yard line. Josh Allen, who briefly left with a head injury, threw three straight incompletions and Buffalo had to punt it from their own end zone with 16 seconds left. The field position gave Houston a 59-yard field goal, which Ka’imi Fairbairn promptly…

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Publish date : 2024-10-07 02:03:38

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