NFL Analysis: The Week 5 Undercard
This Sunday is one where the undercard games are, more often than not, the better games on the schedule, making one wonder about the wisdom of those who make up the TV schedule.
This Sunday is one where the undercard games are, more often than not, the better games on the schedule, making one wonder about the wisdom of those who make up the TV schedule.
Denver-Dallas is the big Week 5 game in the late Sunday afternoon slot, and Houston-San Francisco is a pretty good game on Sunday night. The Jets-Falcons on Monday meets the qualifications for dud, and I’m almost embarrassed to say I’m intrigued by Thursday night’s Buffalo-Cleveland game. Let’s take a look at the four Week 5 games that will be seen by all or most of the country.
There are six games on the NFL Week 5 schedule that will be seen by all or most of the country, and after previewing the undercard games yesterday, TheSportsNotebook now turns its attention to the marquee items of the NFL lineup, starting with three games in the early 1 PM ET time slot and moving on to the Denver-New England late afternoon battle, to San Diego-New Orleans on Sunday night and finishing with Houston-NY Jets on Monday Night Football.