NFL Predictions Week 5: Projecting Scores for Biggest Games on Schedule

October 4, 2014   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

Week 5 is a big turning point in terms of momentum in the NFL. Teams' identities are beginning to manifest themselves with better clarity. Their strengths and flaws are more transparent.
It's thus becoming easier to distinguish contenders from pretenders, which players are hitting their stride and those whose early success or struggles appear to be aberrations.
Following yet another Thursday night blowout featuring the Green Bay Packers toasting the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North battle, all 28 clubs still to play in Week 5 have plenty on the line. But there are certain games that stand out from the rest as ones to keep a particularly keen eye on.
Below we'll examine the best Week 5 matchups in greater detail and project scores for those games, analyzing what the outcome will mean in the grander NFL scheme.
 
Houston Texans (3-1) vs. Dallas Cowboys (3-1)
Be honest: Would you have tabbed this as a marquee game before the season?
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