With the fifth Sunday of the NFL season over, these three teams put on the most impressive performances of week five. The Philadelphia Eagles steamrolled the Arizona Cardinals early, while the Jacksonville Jaguars did their damage to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second half. Lastly, the Kansas City Chiefs won in Houston on Sunday night to stay undefeated.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles put yesterday's game against the Arizona Cardinals away in the first quarter. Carson Wentz threw three touchdown passes to give the team an early 21-0 lead.
For the rest of the game, the Eagles defense basically shut down the Cardinals and Philly added a few more points to win 34-7.
Wentz had the best game of his young career, going 21/30 (70 percent) for 304 yards. He also had a career-high four passing touchdowns and quarterback rating of 128.3. The Eagles now sit at 4-1 on the season and face a tough challenge on a short week, as they take on the surging Carolina Panthers on the road Thursday night.
Carson Wentz threw for 3 touchdowns in the first quarter today.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 8, 2017
He had never thrown for more than 2 touchdowns in a *game* for the Eagles.
Carson Wentz is the first Eagles quarterback with 3 Pass TD in the first quarter of a game, according to research from @EliasSports.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 8, 2017
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars got off to a slow start on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
At halftime, they were only winning by one point and the Steelers drove down the field at the start of the third quarter to take a 9-7 lead.
Then Jacksonville's defense stepped up, as they picked off Ben Roethlisberger four times in the second half and returned two of those for touchdowns. Their offense also pounded the rock behind Leonard Fournette and Chris Ivory in the second half with 19 carries for 172 yards and one touchdown.
Quarterback Blake Bortles had one pass attempt in the entire second half. Next week the Jaguars, who have been very up-and-down this season, will play a home game against the Los Angeles Rams.
A win Sunday would give Jaguars their best 5-game start since 2010 (started 3-2). They could also match their win total from 2016 (3-13).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 8, 2017
The Jaguars have 3 wins by 20+ points this season. They had 3 wins by 20+ points in their previous 7 seasons combined. pic.twitter.com/nYApEqzEbg
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 9, 2017
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kanas City Chiefs went into Sunday night's showdown against the Houston Texans with their status as the league's last undefeated team on the line.
They then proceeded to dominate the first half, going up 23-7, since they had to settle for three field goals.
However, Houston managed to cut the lead to 26-20 early in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs then responded like an undefeated team should, by marching down the field to make it 32-20. They then forced Houston to go three and out, with the electric Tyreek Hill then basically putting the game away with an 82-yard punt return touchdown.
Alex Smith once again played like an MVP candidate, going 29/37 for 324 yards and three touchdowns. Dynamic rookie Kareem Hunt also continued his hot start, once again achieving over 100 yards rushing. Next up for the Chiefs is a matchup against the suddenly struggling Steelers.
Kareem Hunt: Second rookie in NFL history with at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 5 straight games to start a season (Adrian Peterson). pic.twitter.com/A6MvZIJl0b
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 9, 2017
Alex Smith has 11 TD passes this season, tied for the most without an INT by any player through 5 games in the Super Bowl era (since 1966). https://t.co/gLbz9hwlrc
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 9, 2017
Alex Smith: 2nd game this season with at least 300 pass yds & 3 pass TD.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 9, 2017
He had two such games in his 1st 11 seasons combined.
Alex Smith is the first QB in NFL history to start 5-0 with 250 Pass YPG, at least 10 touchdown passes & 0 interceptions.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 9, 2017
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