# NFL Week 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 8, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925 "2015-10-08T14:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/21 "2015-10-09T18:02:40Z")
Looks like 38 year old Rich Gannon threw a touchdown to 41 year old Jerry Rice in 2003. They were both active in 2004 as well, but Rice didn’t get a TD. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/22 "2015-10-10T00:17:02Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Looks like 38 year old Rich Gannon threw a touchdown to 41 year old Jerry Rice in 2003. They were both active in 2004 as well, but Rice didn’t get a TD. I looked for that connection - in 2003, Rice caught [both his TDs](http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RiceJe00/touchdowns/) from Rick Mirer, not Gannon. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/23 "2015-10-10T00:32:48Z")
I’m very pleased that my Colts have won three in a row, including two in a row without Luck at quarterback. Hasselbeck was a good pick-up. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/24 "2015-10-10T01:07:51Z")
I’m taking my oldest son to his first NFL/Bengals game Sunday against the Hawks. Should be a good one. The Seahawks look incredibly mortal, Lynch is going to miss another game, the Seahawks o-line is porous and the Bengals defense (and Andy Dalton!) are legit. Jeez o Petes the ticket prices for this sold out game are super expensive! $125 a ticket for upper deck $45 face value tickets…and that’s a really good deal based on what’s out there! ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/25 "2015-10-10T01:09:43Z")
Mirer was in the league in 03? Wow. Just checked and he actually started half the Raiders games that year. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/26 "2015-10-11T17:22:42Z")
According to CBS, the score of chi-kc is currently 0-1. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/27 "2015-10-11T20:09:53Z")
Joshy Football!!! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/28 "2015-10-11T20:17:28Z")
We’re a run-and-play-defense that can neither run nor play defense. Relying on the arm of Josh McCown to rack up some garbage time yards while the overpaid defense can’t stop anything. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/29 "2015-10-11T20:33:00Z")
Colts beat the Texans, and both the Titans and Jaguars lost, too. That leaves us 2 games above everyone else in the division. Very pleased. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/30 "2015-10-11T22:59:20Z")
> [@DadWagonDriver](#): > > How will the Lions lose this week? Phantom PI? Picked up flag? No call on a game changing penalty? Bad pick-six when Stafford stares down the only receiver running past the sticks on a third and long? Snap over the punter’s head for a safety? Blocked XP? > > There’s so many ways they know how to lose! How could we ever guess the ending they’ll choose this week? How 'bout, “Stafford gets benched while the rest of the squad gets ripped to shreds by the best team in the league.” ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/31 "2015-10-11T23:19:31Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > How 'bout, “Stafford gets benched while the rest of the squad gets ripped to shreds by the best team in the league.” The Cardinals are a good team, but I think the Patriots and Packers would have something to say about that. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/32 "2015-10-11T23:46:21Z")
Wow, what a great first NFL game for my son. Bengals grab their nutsacks and beat the Hawks after being down 24-7 going into the fourth. Great win! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/33 "2015-10-11T23:49:35Z")
What did the Broncos QB look like today? They seem to have won the game on a Defensive TD, and he coughed up 2 picks. Will he start 16 this year? And finish them all? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/34 "2015-10-12T00:06:23Z")
A dramatic comeback overtime win against the entity in sports least worthy of existance, I should really be thrilled, but I couldn’t really get into it. I think my fandom has almost entirely been beaten into submission. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/35 "2015-10-12T00:11:07Z")
Nitpick: Those game start times should be listed as EDT. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/36 "2015-10-12T00:15:15Z")
Shame to waste a good post. * * * _from a Spam thread now deleted_ Thanks for the offer **stanvllaney** , but between Big Blue and… the fans… I think the 49ers can be beaten without dropping on the stadium any mountain ranges from [Mars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sharp)… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/37 "2015-10-12T00:56:13Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > According to CBS, the score of chi-kc is currently 0-1. Hmm. It is now possible to score one point, but the opponent would have to have at least six points, because it would happen on a PAT. ETA: no wait, I think it would happen on your own PAT… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/38 "2015-10-12T01:10:15Z")
Maybe someone thought it was the Argos and the Rough Riders or something. You _can_ score one point in their game. But I think the conversion runback gets you 2, does it not? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/39 "2015-10-12T02:01:22Z")
Yes, a PAT returned by the defense is worth 2. I want say a forfeited NFL game default score is 1-0, but not entirely sure. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-5/733925/40 "2015-10-12T02:04:35Z")
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