Top 5 must-see plays from Week 5 in the NFL (Video)
Did you miss any of the Week 5 action in the NFL? We’ve got you covered. Here are five plays you shouldn’t miss from Sunday’s games:
Mighty mite
You legitimately could ask the question: Would the New England Patriots be as good if they didn’t have Dion Lewis? Although he had been out of the NFL for a couple of seasons, Lewis has never looked better. He earned a contract extension with the team this past week and has been a revelation. Watch this incredible one-hand-catch-and-run as Lewis then shakes four defenders to score.
Catch of the year?
Pop quiz: Who leads the Cleveland Browns in catches this season? No, it’s not Travis Benjamin; it’s Gary Barnidge. Who? The seventh-year tight end always has been regarded as a better receiver than blocker for the position, but he’s never been this good, establishing a career high in receiving yards through five games this season. And on Sunday, he made perhaps the best catch we’ve seen since Odell Beckham’s all-timer last season. Seriously. Watch Barnidge use every body part he has to grab this touchdown.
Clutch Cutler
Yes, that’s clutch Jay Cutler — the same quarterback every Chicago Bears fan wants to defenestrate as quickly as humanly possible. Oh, and if you’re hoping the Bears land the top pick in the 2016 draft? Those hopes were dealt a blow Sunday with a terrific, shorthanded comeback by the Bears against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium with a stunning, last-minute throw from Cutler to Matt Forte.
Big-man interceptions = fun
It was a brutal game for Matt Stafford and the Detroit Lions, but a fun one for Cory Redding and the Arizona Cardinals defenders trying to stop them. Watch as Redding — all 320 pounds of him — picks off Stafford with a great read and then do his best to run it back for a score. Redding doesn’t quite make it to the end zone, but he gives quite the effort to get there.
Strip club
The Denver Broncos are winning games on defense, not solely on the right arm of Peyton Manning or with the help of much of a run game. The defense is on pace for more than 70 sacks (22 through five games) and have a devastating pass-rush duo with DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller. Watch as Miller carves up the edge, bends, clocks Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and strip him of the ball. All in a flash.
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