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Week 5 Fallout: Costly Errors, Injuries and Play-Calling Put NFL Teams Under the Microscope

Coaches and front offices move to fix situational sloppiness and shore up banged-up lines as they reset for Week 6.

Overview

  • Arizona’s Emari Demercado had a 72-yard score overturned to a touchback on review for losing the ball at the goal line, and Tennessee won on a walk-off field goal to end a 10-game skid.
  • Cleveland fell 21-17 to Minnesota in London, where rookie Dillon Gabriel showed promise but late-game management drew criticism as Carson Wentz went 9-for-9 and hit Jordan Addison for the winner.
  • Philadelphia’s offensive slide is being tied primarily to a compromised line, with Cam Jurgens still recovering from back surgery and Landon Dickerson banged up, as a pass-heavy plan left Saquon Barkley with just six carries in the loss to Denver.
  • Flags loomed large across the league, highlighted by a roughing-the-kicker call on the ChargersMarlowe Wax that erased a 57-yard punt return touchdown and helped Washington flip momentum.
  • Teams are reevaluating play-calling, special-teams discipline and depth charts this week, with analysts also pointing to Philadelphia’s lagging pass rush as a growing concern.