NFL Week 5: Best Games, Key Matchups, Fantasy Tips, Best Bets and Predictions

Football fans in the United Kingdom will be treated to a game on Sunday that might feature the MVP front-runner in the NFL this season.

No, Aaron Rodgers isn’t on track to win his fifth career MVP, but perhaps that changes if he leads the New York Jets to an upset win against Sam Darnold’s undefeated Minnesota Vikings when they clash at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Vikings have been regulars in our best games of the week story because they continue to beat the best teams in the NFL. Not many gave them credit for beating the New York Giants in Week 1, but they have defeated the San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers in the past three games.

Darnold might want this week’s game the most because he spent the first three seasons of his career with the Jets, where he played poorly behind a dismal supporting cast. Stefon Diggs could also want revenge when his Houston Texans face his old team, the Buffalo Bills, on Sunday.

The New Orleans Saints started hot this season, but have cooled off with a two-game losing streak. Not many are picking them in Week 5 to beat the other undefeated team in the league, the Kansas City Chiefs. But the Saints might be arriving at Arrowhead Stadium at the right time because the Chiefs will be playing without Rashee Rice, Isiah Pacheco and Marquise “Hollywood” Brown.

We will also be keeping tabs on the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals. Here’s everything you need to know about the five best games of Week 5, including Gilberto Manzano’s key matchups, Matt Verderame’s key stats, Michael Fabiano’s who to start and who to sit in fantasy, Jennifer Piacenti’s best bets and Conor Orr’s prediction for each game.