Week 5 had it all: two walk-off kicks, two overtime games, and a tie that somehow felt worse than a loss. Not a bad way to spend a weekend. But as fun as those finishes were, they don’t tell us much about where the season is headed.

For that, we’ve got to look past the last play. Jacksonville kept leaning on the things that have made them really reliable so far. San Francisco picked up another division win. And the Chargers found a new way to lose a game they had in hand.

Winner: Jacksonville’s Defense — Loser: Coaches Handling the New Kickoff

The Jaguars’ 19–17 win over the Eagles in London will be remembered for eight ridiculous seconds. Jake Elliott put Philadelphia ahead on a field goal with eight ticks left. Ameer Abdullah took the ensuing kickoff 53 yards, and got down just in time to leave the Jaguars one second. Then Cam Little drilled a 57-yarder to win it, with defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton filling in at long snapper.

That’s a great story. It’s also the least useful part of the game when it comes to judging Jacksonville.

The Jaguars won despite driving the ball down to the Eagles’ 5-yard line twice and coming away empty both times. They also had 13 penalties in this one after having 14 in the win over the Bengals last week. Trevor Lawrence threw for 331 yards, and Jacksonville didn’t force a turnover for the first time this season. They still came out on top.

The Eagles have a much bigger problem. They’re 2–3 after three straight losses, and this one came after they led at halftime and again with eight seconds left. Nick Sirianni owned the kickoff decision afterward, like he should’ve. Former Eagles analytics guy Ryan Paganetti said he would’ve advised kicking it deep, and I get that.

But I also completely understand why Sirianni did what he did.

We just watched Baltimore beat Dallas with seven seconds left. Yes, the Ravens had a timeout, but Lawrence and Parker Washington were dicing up the Eagles’ defense. I can’t confidently say I would’ve trusted that secondary to keep Lawrence from finding something along the sideline. Maybe the kickoff was the wrong choice. Maybe it was the safer choice. Either way, it was a brutal decision to have to make.

So the loser here is coaches who have to decide what to do with 7–10 seconds left in a field goal game staring down a kickoff. That’s a tough spot, and it can go wrong for you either way.

Winner: San Francisco’s Confidence — Loser: Seattle’s Ball Security

The 49ers’ 32–29 win in Seattle wasn’t exactly pretty. Brock Purdy threw an interception, and San Francisco needed a fourth-quarter comeback to get it done. But honestly, that makes the win more valuable than a comfortable blowout would’ve been. The 49ers had to find answers against a division rival that made them earn just about everything.

Their defense gave them the breathing room to pull it off, coming up with four takeaways and five sacks. Mike Evans also gave Purdy a reliable target when it mattered most, finishing with seven catches for 113 yards. San Francisco's now 5–0, with three of those wins coming against NFC West opponents.

Those Seattle mistakes were just too much for that fantastic defense to overcome. The bigger concern is that this isn’t a one-off. Opponents have scored 45 points off Seahawk turnovers over the past three games.

One bad bounce can swing a game. But if you keep gift-wrapping opponents short fields, eventually it stops being bad luck and starts being a problem. At 3–2, though, they're going to spend a good portion of this season trying to catch up to the 49ers.

Loser: Pretty Much Anyone or Anything Connected to the Chargers

The Chargers had a lead over Denver 17–10 entering the fourth quarter. They finished the afternoon still winless this season after a 23–17 loss.

The collapse had seemed all too familiar for Chargers fans. Los Angeles failed on fourth down at their own 41, Denver used the short field to tie the game, and then Justin Herbert lost a fumble and threw an interception on the Chargers’ next two possessions. The Broncos turned those takeaways into the field goals that won it.

Denver deserves credit for forcing the errors. Los Angeles also has to answer for letting another winnable game get away. Jim Harbaugh’s team didn’t spend all day getting pushed around; they had the lead and enough chances to close this thing out. That’s what makes 0–5 so hard to wave away.

This is an all-time low for the Herbert Chargers, and that’s saying something considering how the Anthony Lynn era ended.

Even though they had the lead, Herbert wasn’t playing particularly well. The interception to end the game was inexplicable from a quarterback we talk about the way we talk about him. For the first four weeks, it was “everything around him.” That can’t be the excuse here. It just can’t. He wasn’t good, and honestly, nothing about this team was. Not at any point this season.

The Chargers go to Kansas City next, and trying to get your first win of the season in that building, when they're fresh off their bye? Good luck. Andy Reid is 22-5 coming off a bye week.

Winner: Tampa Bay’s Ground Game — Loser: Dallas’ Defensive Excuses

An 0–4 Buccaneers team went to Dallas on Thursday with undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels making his first start on the road and came away with a 24–16 win. On the surface, it sounds like the kind of Thursday-night weirdness everyone forgets by Sunday.

But the way Tampa Bay won is worth remembering. The Bucs ran for 241 yards, with Bucky Irving accounting for 165 of them. That included a 72-yard burst that helped swing the game after halftime. Tampa Bay finished with 419 total yards and held the ball for more than 39 minutes. Daniels made some plays, but he didn’t have to carry the offense.

Dallas has been dealing with injuries in the secondary, and both of Prescott’s interceptions came on catchable balls that bounced to defenders. That explains some of the mess, but it doesn’t explain giving up 241 rushing yards.

Now Dallas is 2–3, with Green Bay up next. Tampa Bay is still only 1–4, so one win hasn’t suddenly fixed their season. But the Bucs showed they can keep a game under control even if Baker Mayfield's out. Dallas, on the other hand, has to figure out how to stop letting opponents decide what kind of game they’re going to play.

Winner: Buffalo’s Ability to Answer — Loser: Everyone Who Called the Rams A Superteam.

Buffalo’s 37–34 overtime win over the Rams could’ve gone about five different ways. Los Angeles tied it with five seconds left, forced a James Cook fumble on Buffalo’s first overtime possession, and then got a chance to win it themselves. But Greg Rousseau got a hand on Harrison Mevis’ field-goal attempt, and Josh Allen moved the Bills back into range for Tyler Bass to hit the game-winner.

Sure, a blocked kick is bad luck. But the Rams gave themselves plenty of other problems, too. Mevis had already missed earlier in the game, and they gave up a 70-yard return on the opening kickoff. Their offense did more than enough to win this game. Matthew Stafford threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns, while Puka Nacua caught 17 passes for 138 yards. And somehow, they’re still 2–3.

The real loser here is anyone who called the Rams a super team before the season. I get that they haven’t been fully healthy, but a super team probably shouldn’t be sitting at 2–3 five weeks in. The players they’re missing shouldn’t’ve been enough to make them look this out of sync. Right now, it just isn’t clicking the way everyone assumed it would.

And for Buffalo, they needed this kind of response after losing to New England in Week 4. Allen ran for 121 yards, Cook added 108 and two touchdowns. It wasn’t pretty, but they got the offense moving again when they really needed to.

Winner: Baltimore’s Backup Plan

The Ravens played Sunday night without Lamar Jackson and still beat Atlanta 30–23 in overtime. Tyler Huntley completed his last 11 passes, led the tying drive late in regulation, and scored on a sneak in overtime. Baltimore also ran for 208 yards against a Falcons defense that had been giving up less than 50 rushing yards per game.

That doesn’t make Jackson’s ankle injury any less important. It just means the Ravens didn’t need Huntley to pretend he was Lamar. The offense finally found its rhythm late, and Kyle Hamilton’s interception shut down Atlanta’s last real chance.

For a team trying to stay on top of the AFC North, getting through a tricky road game without their starting quarterback is a pretty valuable win. It wasn’t easy, and it took every minute, but Baltimore got it done.

Winner: Green Bay’s Passing Game — Loser: Tyson Bagent

The Packers’ 31–7 win over the Bears came with five takeaways, so let’s not assume that kind of defensive production is going to show up every week. Chicago was also playing without Caleb Williams and running back Kyle Monangai, which obviously mattered.

Still, Jordan Love and the offense deserve plenty of credit. Love completed 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, and he finally started pushing the ball downfield with some real confidence. Christian Watson caught two long touchdowns and finished with 143 yards, and second-year wideout Matthew Golden added 123.

Green Bay had gone into Sunday without scoring more than 22 points in a game this season, so this was a pretty big step forward. For one afternoon, the offense looked dangerous again — and not just in theory.

Tyson Bagent went 12-for-21 with no touchdowns, two interceptions, and a 27 QBR. And honestly, it was just gross. Both picks came after he stared down the receiver then threw it into a team meeting. He might have done more than lose the backup job with that performance. The Bears could start thinking about how long they want to keep him around, and other teams may think twice about taking a shot on him.

Those interceptions were that bad.

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