Khalil Mack is making a case for MVP through four weeks with 4.5 sacks and four forced fumbles. The
Bears pass rusher has recorded five sacks in a game once in his career, back in 2015 vs. the
Denver Broncos. Lining
on Sunday against the team that traded him away in London, Mack goes off and sacks
Derek Carr a career-high 5.5 times. If that doesn't move him up in the MVP race, I don't know what will.
DeAndre Hopkins got off to a fast start
in Week 1 with 111 receiving yards and a pair of TDs. Since then, the
Texans' star receiver has failed to crack 75 receiving yards or hit pay dirt in a game. Sunday
against a struggling Falcons defense, Hopkins gets back on track with at least 150 receiving yards and a pair of TDs. Welcome back!
Monday night's juicy matchup between the undefeated
San Francisco 49ers and offseason darling
Cleveland Browns will live up to the hype. The quarterback everyone will be talking about by the end of the game isn't
Baker Mayfield, though -- it's
Jimmy Garoppolo. Jimmy G's been up and down so far this season -- he's definitely not alone in that -- but he'll come out balling after the bye week. Garoppolo throws all over Cleveland's defense for 400 passing yards, three TDs and has zero picks for the first time this season, keeping the Niners undefeated heading into Week 6.
The
Cowboys struggled offensively last week and put up a season-low 10 points
in a loss to the Saints, while the
Packers' defense looks to bounce back after giving up nearly as many points
to the Eagles as it had in Weeks 1-3 combined. Which unit turns the tide in Week 5? It's Mike Pettine's defense. The
Packers do almost the unthinkable and keep
Dak Prescott,
Ezekiel Elliott and Co. out of the end zone at Jerry World.
Mike Evans and
Chris Godwin combined for more than 250 receiving yards in last week's
road win over the Los Angeles Rams. They repeat that performance this week
against the Saints in New Orleans.
Sunday's highly anticipated meeting between the
Green Bay Packers and
Dallas Cowboys is full of defensive stars, even though it's the offensive players who get all the attention. This potential playoff preview will have no shortage of big plays from those defensive stars, though, as I predict there will be a combined total of 10 sacks in this game.
