Overview
- Sportsbooks list five sizable favorites for Week 5: Rams (-8.5), Colts (-7), Cardinals (-7.5), Lions (-10.5) and Bills (-8.5).
- The Rams moved from -3.5 to -8.5 for Thursday after San Francisco ruled out Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings.
- SBNation tags Bills over Patriots and Lions over Bengals as the safest plays and warns Rams-49ers is a trap on a short week.
- SportsLine expert R.J. White advises against using the Colts now, preferring to save them for a projected softer spot in Week 8.
- USA TODAY’s top pick is the Cowboys over the Jets, as survivor fields thin with Falcons, Bears, Packers and Steelers on bye and recent upsets still cutting entries.