Overview
- Carolina’s Rico Dowdle erupted for 206 rushing yards and a touchdown, vaulting him to high-priority add status for Week 6, with analysts also flagging Mac Jones and Kendrick Bourne as targets.
- With Tyreek Hill out for the season, Jaylen Waddle drew a season-high nine targets for 110 yards and a long score, reinforcing his expanded role in Miami’s attack.
- Washington rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt handled most of the backfield work in an upset win, producing 111 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries.
- Philadelphia listed Saquon Barkley as a non-participant Monday with a knee injury ahead of Thursday’s game, as reporting highlights ongoing offensive-line health problems, including Cam Jurgens’ post-surgery recovery.
- Costly game swings featured an overturned 72-yard Emari Demercado touchdown to a touchback on review and a roughing-the-kicker call on Marlowe Wax that erased a 57-yard punt-return TD for the Chargers.