WEEK 5 NFL PREVIEW

BY SIN BLITZERS

CIN VS DET : The Lions and Bengals are going in two different directions so far this season. Not having Joe Burrow has really impacted the Bengals, they’ve scored 13 points over their last two games. They need to get Higgins and Chase involved offensively. On the other side the Lions are roaring, they’ve scored over 30 points in the last three weeks. And is there a better connection right now than Jared Goff to Amon-ra St. Brown. Detroit has too much firepower for Cincy to contain, and the Bengal offense right now is on life support. – Bill Murphy and Mark Halpern.

DAL AT NYJ : Cowboys will take aim against the New York Jets this Sunday at the Meadowlands. The Cowboys are no stranger to this stadium as they visit to play the Giants every year. The Jets are a new look football team with a stronger offense led by Justin Fields. He won’t need to be at his 100% best to beat this Dallas Defense but, if the line breaks down like it has it could make it difficult for Fields. Dallas is coming off an impressive TIE last week against the Packers in which Dak was at his best throwing over 300 yards and 3 Touchdowns plus a running one. For Dallas to beat the Jets they have to score and keep pace as the Defense hasn’t been able to stop anyone lately. Look for Javonte Williams to lead the way with over 20 carries and 100 yards with at least one score. On the Defensive side it will be up to Tre’von Diggs to stop Garrett Wilson and make Fields throw into tighter spots hoping to create turnovers. Dallas’s defense needs to force someone other than Wilson to beat them. – Mark 

MIA AT CAR : The Dolphins are coming off their first win of the season over the Jets, and now they look to make it two in a row against the Panthers. The Dolphins will be without Tyreek Hill, who injured his knee Monday night. Darren Waller made his return and Dolphin debut on Monday night and had two touchdowns. The key is going to be the Dolphin defense. Can they get pressure on Bryce Young, who was pulled last week. Also the Panthers will be without Chuba Hubbard. – Mike

HOU AT BAL : The Texans and Ravens are both off to slow starts this season. But they’re off to slow starts for different reasons, the Texans offense has struggled, while the Raven defense has been god awful. The Ravens will be without Lamar Jackson this week, which means Cooper Rush against a really good Texan defense. CJ Stroud needs his line to protect him this week because the Ravens’ secondary is injured and vulnerable. 

DEN AT PHI : Yeah, the Broncos whooped the Bengals, but are they back? We’ll see when they travel to Philly and play the Eagles. Philly is one of two unbeatens left and are flying on all cylinders. Denver needs Bo Nix to get the ball out early before the lethal rush comes to play. I’m interested to see how Denver uses Pat Surtain, whether it’s on AJ Brown or Devonta Smith.

TB AT SEA : Two NFC hopefuls meet in Seattle. Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold (Panther fans look away) have both had nice starts to the season. The Bucs are going to be without Mike Evans and Bucky Irving this week, but did get Chris Godwin back last week. Him and Egbuka should have some chances against a really good Seahawk defense. Seattle at home is a tough place to play. We have a lot of talent at the receiver position between Godwin and Egbuka for Tampa and Jaxson Smith-Njiga and Cooper Kupp for the Hawks. This should be a fun one.