NFL Week 5 grades: Cowboys earn a ‘B’ for beating Steelers, Browns get ‘F’ as Deshaun Watson struggles again

Welcome to the Week 5 grades!

There weren’t a lot of offensive fireworks around the NFL through the first four weeks of the season, but that changed in Week 5 with quarterbacks taking over. Over the first four weeks, there was only one instance where a QB threw for at least 330 yards with three touchdowns (Jordan Love), but that changed in Week 5 with FOUR quarterbacks hitting those marks so far, including two in the same game. 

Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow put on a show during Baltimore’s wild 41-38 overtime win in Cincinnati. Jackson threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns while Burrow threw for 392 yards and five touchdowns (Kirk Cousins and Joe Flacco are the other two quarterbacks who threw for at least 330 yards and three touchdowns in Week 5). 

Basically, it’s been a wild week so far. There have been 13 games played and we’re grading them all, so let’s get to the grades, starting with Baltimore’s big win. 

Baltimore 41-38 over Cincinnati in OT

Dallas 20-17 over Pittsburgh 

Denver 34-18 over Las Vegas

Green Bay 24-19 over L.A. Rams

Arizona 24-23 over San Francisco

N.Y. Giants 29-20 over Seattle

Houston 23-20 over Buffalo

Chicago 36-10 over Carolina

Miami 15-10 over New England

Washington 34-13 over Cleveland

Jacksonville 37-34 over Indianapolis 

Minnesota 23-17 over N.Y. Jets in London

Atlanta 36-30 over Tampa Bay in OT (Thursday)