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Week 5 Fallout: Costly Errors Flip Games as Eagles’ Injuries Mount and Fantasy Boards Shift

Philadelphia’s battered line plus Saquon Barkley’s knee listing put focus on a short-week date with the Giants.

Overview

  • Officials overturned Cardinals RB Emari Demercado’s 72-yard score to a touchback and a roughing-the-kicker call on the Chargers erased a Ladd McConkey punt-return TD, pivotal swings that helped decide both games.
  • The Eagles’ once-elite offensive line is diminished by injuries, with performance drops cited as a central reason the offense ranks near the bottom of the league.
  • Philadelphia listed Saquon Barkley with a knee injury and he did not practice Monday, casting uncertainty on his availability for Thursday night against New York.
  • Carolina’s Rico Dowdle delivered a breakout 206-yard rushing game, and Week 6 fantasy rankings reflect rapid role changes and injuries, including the Chargers placing rookie RB Omarion Hampton on injured reserve.
  • An anonymous NFL executive criticized first-year head coaches Pete Carroll (Raiders) and Aaron Glenn (Jets) for failing to run the ball or play defense as their teams sputter to poor starts.