All four franchises in the NFC East ended Week 5 without a victory, a streak that held even when two of those clubs met head-to-head. Two NFC East clubs with a long shared history — the Giants and the Commanders — played to a 27-27 draw in their Thursday encounter, while elsewhere that evening Dallas came up short and Philadelphia's playoff prospects slipped away in the closing moments of a game played in London.

The Giants settled for a share of the points, neither claiming victory nor suffering defeat across the full ninety minutes. A fumble by Giants running back Cam Skattebo, occurring on New York's side of the field during overtime with the next score set to decide the outcome, ended the team's prospects of leaving Washington with a victory after neither side had managed to score on their opening possession of the extra period.

A chance to take the lead slipped away from Washington as well. Possession sat inside field goal distance for Washington, the clock ticking below one minute with no timeouts remaining. With the final seconds draining away, Daniels moved out of the pocket and took a knee, and Daniels had not yet retreated past the line of scrimmage when the opportunity to spike the ball passed. Quinn, the Washington head coach, let his headset go during the game.

A 27-27 scoreline at the final whistle marked the second time these two franchises had played to a draw across their nine most recent head-to-head matchups, with the first such result having arrived in 2022.

Across the country, San Francisco's 49ers pushed their record to an unblemished 5-0 after defeating Seattle, a result that opened a two-game gap between them and every other team in the NFC West. A 32-29 final score against the Seahawks handed San Francisco a sweep of its three NFC West opponents through the opening stretch of the schedule. Two victories that stand out across the current campaign belong to San Francisco — one a lopsided home result against the Rams, the other earned on the road in Seattle.

Purdy has drawn attention at the quarterback position, with observers placing him in the MVP conversation. A tally of 113 receiving yards was posted by wide receiver Mike Evans during the contest in Seattle. Among the three NFL franchises still without a loss, San Francisco holds that status across more contests played than Kansas City, which has one game fewer on its ledger. With Los Angeles set to take the field on Monday Night Football, the NFC West standings show San Francisco out front at 5-0, Seattle at 3-2, the Rams sitting at 2-2, and Arizona at the bottom with a 1-4 record.

Greenlaw, the 49ers linebacker, drew an ejection after making helmet-to-helmet contact with Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones — who had no helmet on at the time — in the aftermath of a late-hit call against Sam Darnold.

A late field goal from Jacksonville gave the Jaguars a victory over Philadelphia in London, lifting their record to four wins against a single defeat. A 57-yard field goal from Cam Little in the closing moments handed Jacksonville a 19-17 victory over Philadelphia on London soil. Three consecutive wins now stand to Jacksonville's name, with the latest result extending that run to its current length.

When starter Ross Matscik left the game with an injury, defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton took over the long snapper duties as his backup. A botched long snap by Hamilton sent the extra-point attempt wide, handing the Eagles a one-point edge with eight seconds left on the clock. That return by Ameer Abdullah on the opening kickoff put the offense in position to attempt the field goal that decided the outcome. From 57 yards out, Little converted the kick despite a snap that flew too high once again.

Two players — Jacksonville's Bryan Thomas Jr. at defensive end and Philadelphia's Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at linebacker — were removed from the game after officials flagged both men for unsportsmanlike conduct in an altercation that broke out during the opening kickoff. Before the 2005 season's opening game, Jeremiah Trotter — father of the player in question — found himself removed from the premises following a pregame confrontation.

Four touchdown passes from Drake Maye, who also scored on the ground, underpinned New England's 45-17 win over Las Vegas, with Maye finishing 26 of 34 through the air for 374 yards and 403 total scrimmage yards on the day. A passer rating of 150.9 stood on the books for New England by the time that victory was secured. Four games into the season, Maye had ranked at the top of the league in both interceptions and fumbles lost, making his turnover-free performance in that fifth outing a statistical outlier.

Two straight victories now stand to the Patriots' name, the second of them arriving a week after they had beaten the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills, and both achieved under head coach Mike Vrabel — the latter result representing the team's widest winning margin across the entire season. A.J., who lines up at wide receiver, was listed among the active players. A high ankle sprain has kept Brown sidelined, though a return to play is anticipated within the next few weeks.

A 26-3 final score in Nashville handed the Houston Texans a road win over the Tennessee Titans. Quarterback C.J. Stroud lined up under center, producing 261 passing yards and a touchdown pass in the contest. Houston's record on the year stood at one win against four defeats prior to the game. Only once before had a team pulled free from an 0-4 start to earn a playoff berth, a feat that belonged to the San Diego Chargers in 1992.

A trade brought wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Texans from the Arizona Cardinals following the game. Arizona received a 2027 second-round selection and a 2027 sixth-round selection from Houston, with the Cardinals sending back Harrison alongside a 2027 seventh-round pick. Both Harrison and Stroud had shared a roster at Ohio State before turning professional.

Denver handed Los Angeles its fifth defeat in as many outings, with the closing minutes of the contest again proving the turning point. Across all five games played so far, Herbert has surrendered possession twice in the fourth quarter of each contest, leaving him with nine total turnovers on the season — a figure that places him level with the league's highest individual count at that mark. A lead that stretched across five consecutive second-half possessions eventually slipped away, leaving the Chargers unable to protect their advantage. On the subject of offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel's standing, head coach Jim Harbaugh stated the week before that the role belonged to McDaniel. Two road contests await the Chargers — one at Kansas City against the Chiefs, the other a designated away fixture against the Rams.

A 45-21 scoreline left the Arizona Cardinals on the losing end of a contest the Detroit Lions controlled throughout. Gibbs carried the ball for more than 150 yards on the ground while adding upward of 50 through the air, a dual-output feat that placed him alongside only one other player in Lions history to accomplish both in the same contest. No player in NFL history had reached 58 touchdown passes before turning 25 until he did. Three times before reaching his 25th birthday, he accumulated more than 200 scrimmage yards in a single game — a feat no one else in franchise history had managed.

Over the first five games of the season, Goff compiled 1,485 passing yards and 12 touchdown throws while keeping his interception total at zero — a combination that placed him alongside Drew Brees as the only two quarterbacks on record to reach 1,400-plus yards through that span without surrendering a single turnover. Through five outings to open the campaign, Detroit's offense reached the 25-point threshold each time out — a run of consecutive games without precedent in the franchise's history at the start of a season.

Green Bay posted a 31-7 victory, its widest winning margin of the season, over an opponent that had carried a record above .500 into the game. Three interceptions and four sacks highlighted a defensive effort that held the league's top rushing offense to just 81 yards on the ground for Green Bay. For the third straight outing, a quarterback not listed as the starter took snaps under centre for the Bears. Green Bay's record moved to three wins and two losses, with each of the franchise's three previous victories having been decided by a margin of three points or fewer.