A preview and what to look for during week 5 of the NFL 2023 Regular season.

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Number Of The Week: 158.3

The highest-attainable passer rating, an accomplishment achieved by Buffalo quarterback JOSH ALLEN last week. Allen completed 21 of 25 attempts (84.0 percent) for 320 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions, in addition to a rushing touchdown. Allen became the second player in NFL history with 300 passing yards, four touchdown passes, one rushing touchdown and a 158.3 passer rating in a game, joining AARON RODGERS (Week 7, 2019).

This week, Allen and the BUFFALO BILLS (3-1) meet the JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (2-2) at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (9:30 AM ET, NFLN) in the league's second of five international games. The contest is available exclusively on NFL Network and streaming on all devices via NFL+.

The Jaguars have their own talented JOSH ALLEN. Each team selected its player seventh overall in the first round of an NFL Draft (the Bills took their quarterback in 2018 while the Jaguars drafted their linebacker in 2019). In their first meeting, Week 9 of the 2021 season, the Jaguars' Allen had one sack, two tackles for loss, an interception and fumble recovery in Jacksonville's 9-6 victory. This year, the Jaguars' linebacker has posted a career-high three sacks in two of his first four games and enters the week tied with KHALIL MACK and T.J. WATT for the NFL lead with six sacks. In last week's London win, Allen became the first player to record three sacks in a game played outside the United States.

Nacua Leading Solid Class Of Rookies

Rams wide receiver PUKA NACUA, who has 39 catches, is the first rookie since the 1970 merger to lead the NFL in receptions through four weeks. Last week, he registered nine receptions for 163 yards, including the game-winning 22-yard touchdown in overtime.

Nacua (39 receptions for 501 yards) also surpassed ANQUAN BOLDIN (30 for 464 in 2003) for the most receptions and receiving yards ever by a player in his first four career games. What's more, Nacua has already surpassed REGGIE BUSH (34 in 2006) for the most receptions ever by a player in his first five NFL games. Nacua, who had 119 receiving yards in Week 1 and 147 in Week 2, is the second player in NFL history with at least 100 in three of his first four career games, joining HARLON HILL (1954). On Sunday, Nacua and the LOS ANGELES RAMS (2-2) host the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4-0) at SoFi Stadium (4:05 PM ET, FOX). Since launching their 2017 Super Bowl championship season, the Eagles are 4-0 in the state of California (wins over San Francisco in 2020, the Rams in 2018, and the Chargers and Rams in 2017).

Dolphins rookie DE'VON ACHANE leads the NFL with 11.4 yards per carry, owns the league's longest run from scrimmage (67-yard touchdown) and ranks sixth in the league with 309 rushing yards. Achane, who has four rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns this season, is the fourth player in NFL history with six touchdowns through his first three career games, joining KAREEM HUNT (2017), BILLY SIMS (1980) and DUTCH STERNAMAN (1920). MIAMI (3-1) hosts the NEW YORK GIANTS (1-3) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX). Achane has played a big role in Miami's 2,044 total yards of offense this year, eclipsing Dallas in 2020 (2,038) for the most by a team through its first four games of a season in NFL history.

Spotlight: Individual Matchups

Including the postseason, only Pro Football Hall of Fame coaches GEORGE HALAS and CURLY LAMBEAU (49 meetings) have met more often than the Ravens' JOHN HARBAUGH and the Steelers' MIKE TOMLIN. Harbaugh and Tomlin will meet in a 34th game, including the postseason, when BALTIMORE (3-1) visits PITTSBURGH (2-2) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS).

Spotlight: Team Matchups

Sunday's game between HOUSTON (2-2) and ATLANTA (2-2) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (1:00 PM ET, FOX) features some of the most exciting players from each of the last two NFL Drafts. In fact, the Falcons and Texans, respectively, lead the league this season with regard to snaps played by first- or second-years players.

Last week, Houston rookie quarterback C.J. STROUD passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions for a 111.2 rating. Stroud has 1,212 passing yards this season and eclipsed ANDREW LUCK (1,208) for the second-most passing yards ever by a player in his first four career games. Only CAM NEWTON (1,386) had more. Stroud also is the second quarterback in NFL history with no interceptions in each of his first four career starts (minimum 30 attempts in each start), joining GARDNER MINSHEW (2019).

Streak Speak

The NEW YORK JETS (1-3) have not allowed a 300-yard passer over their last 22 games, a streak that began on Jan. 2, 2022. The list of quarterbacks they've limited in that stretch includes JOSH ALLEN, KIRK COUSINS, PATRICK MAHOMES, AARON RODGERS, TUA TAGOVAILOA and RUSSELL WILSON, their opponent on Sunday when New York squares off with DENVER (1-3) at Empower Field (4:25 PM ET, CBS).

Last week, Wilson led Denver on a 21-point comeback in a dramatic, 31-28 win. In recording three touchdown passes with no interceptions for a 133.5 rating, Wilson joined exclusive company. He became the seventh quarterback in NFL history with 30 career games with at least three touchdown passes and no interceptions, joining TOM BRADY (68 games), AARON RODGERS (63), DREW BREES (56), Pro Football Hall of Famers PEYTON MANNING (51) and BRETT FAVRE (36) as well as BEN ROETHLISBERGER (35).

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Since the beginning of the 2022 season, PATRICK MAHOMES leads the NFL with 49 touchdown passes, while Vikings quarterback KIRK COUSINS ranks third with 40. They'll go head-to-head when KANSAS CITY (3-1) travels to MINNESOTA (1-3) for a rematch of Super Bowl IV on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS).

Under-The-Radar

When GREEN BAY (2-2) visits LAS VEGAS (1-3) on Monday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, ESPN/ABC), Packers quarterback JORDAN LOVE won't be playing his first game in the city. Love made his first collegiate start at Sam Boyd Stadium on Oct. 21, 2017, leading Utah State to a 52-28, come-from-behind win over UNLV. A redshirt freshman, Love threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns -- scores of 70 and 75 yards -- and had 42 yards on eight carries, including a go-ahead touchdown run in the third quarter that gave the Aggies a lead they would not relinquish. Love's Green Bay teammate DALLIN LEAVITT added eight tackles and an interception in that game for Utah State.

Trend Time

DETROIT (3-1) this week eyes its best start since the Lions began 2011 by winning their first five games. The Lions are alone in first place in Week 5 or later for the first time since they woke up leading the NFC North on Dec. 19, 2016. That year, Detroit's head coach was JIM CALDWELL, who led the Lions to the playoffs. Caldwell is now a senior assistant on the Panthers' coaching staff. The Lions host CAROLINA (0-4) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX).

In last week's win, Detroit defensive lineman AIDAN HUTCHINSON had 1.5 sacks. He has five-or-more quarterback pressures in each game this season.

Also last week, Lions running back DAVID MONTGOMERY posted 121 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries. He became the first Detroit player since Pro Football Hall of Famer BARRY SANDERS in 1998 with 120 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns in a game.

Detroit rookie SAM LAPORTA has the most receptions (22) by a tight end in his first four career games in NFL history. His 242 receiving yards rank second all-time among tight ends over their first four games behind Pro Football Hall of Famer MIKE DITKA (315 in 1961).

Next Gen Stats

During Jacksonville's first game in London last week, quarterback TREVOR LAWRENCE used his legs to extend a play on the Jaguars' opening touchdown drive. On that snap, Lawrence covered 50 overall yards, the most distance in a play by a Jacksonville offensive player in the game, and hit a top speed of 18.23 MPH, the second-fastest sprint by a Jaguars player that day.

Josh Allen, Bills Eyeing History in London

The BUFFALO BILLS (3-1) have won three consecutive games and lead the league with eight interceptions, while tying for the lead league with 16 sacks.

Buffalo can become the fourth team since 1990 with at least 20 sacks and 10 interceptions through their first five games of a season, joining New England in 2019, Jacksonville in 2017 and Philadelphia in 1991.

Quarterback JOSH ALLEN totaled five touchdowns (four passing, one receiving) last week and recorded a 158.3 passer rating – the highest attainable mark – for the first time in his career. His nine touchdown passes this season are tied for the second-most in the NFL.

In 81 career games, Allen has 147 touchdown passes and 40 rushing touchdowns. With three passing touchdowns against the Jaguars in London on Sunday (9:30 AM ET, NFL Network), Allen will surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (84 games) as the fifth-fastest player to reach 150 career touchdown passes in NFL history.

With a rushing touchdown on Sunday, Allen will surpass JACK KEMP (40 rushing touchdowns) for the third-most by a quarterback in NFL history. Only CAM NEWTON (75) and Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (43) have more. ​

Achane & Dolphins Look To Continue Historic Offensive Success

The MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-1) lead the NFL in total offense (511 yards per game) and scoring offense (37.5 points per game) this season and their 2,044 total yards of offense are the most-ever through a team’s first four games of a season.

With 456 total yards of offense against the New York Giants on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), a mark they have hit twice in 2023, they will become the second team in NFL history with at least 2,500 yards of total offense in their first five games of a season, joining the 2000 St. Louis Rams (2,527 total yards).

Rookie running back DE’VON ACHANE has totaled 353 scrimmage yards and six touchdowns (four rushing, two receiving) over the past two weeks. He is the fourth player ever with six touchdowns through his first three career games.

​With a touchdown on Sunday, Achane will become the second player in NFL history with seven touchdowns through his first four career games, joining BILL PASCHAL (eight touchdowns through his first four games in 1943).

With two rushing touchdowns, Achane will join Paschal (seven rushing touchdowns in 1943) and Pro Football Hall of Famers ERIC DICKERSON (six in 1983) and LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (six in 2001) as the only players ever with six-or-more rushing touchdowns through their first four games. He can also become the fifth rookie ever with at least two rushing touchdowns in three consecutive games, joining MIKE ANDERSON (2000), BILLY KILMER (1961), Pro Football Hall of Famer CURTIS MARTIN (1995) and Paschal (1943).

Jefferson & Nacua On Record-Breaking Pace

Minnesota wide receiver JUSTIN JEFFERSON leads the league with 543 receiving yards, while Los Angeles Rams rookie PUKA NACUA ranks second with 501.

They can become the fifth and sixth players in NFL history with at least 650 receiving yards through their team’s first five games of a season, joining WES WELKER (740 receiving yards in 2011), CHARLIE HENNIGAN (704 in 1961), BOB BOYD (686 in 1954), and Pro Football Hall of Famer ELROY HIRSCH (663 in 1951).

Nacua also leads the NFL with 39 receptions this season. With 11 receptions against Philadelphia on Sunday (4:05 PM ET, FOX), he will become the first player ever with 50 receptions through his team’s first five games of a season.

With five receptions on Sunday, Nacua will become the third player ever with at least five receptions in each of his first five career games, joining TERRY GLENN (1996) and CEEDEE LAMB (2020). He can also become the sixth player ever with at least 50 receiving yards in each of his first five games, joining JA’MARR CHASE (2021), Glenn (1996), Lamb (2020), EARL MCCULLOUCH (1968), and TERRY MCLAURIN (2019).

Kyren Williams, Multiple Touchdown Scorer

Los Angeles Rams second-year running back KYREN WILLIAMS ranks tied for third in the NFL with six touchdowns this season (five rushing, one receiving), having scored two touchdowns in three of the first four weeks.

With two touchdowns against Philadelphia on Sunday (4:05 PM ET, FOX), Williams will become the sixth player in NFL history and third in the Super Bowl era to record multiple touchdowns in four of his team’s first five games of a season.

Stroud’s First Five

Houston rookie quarterback C.J. STROUD ranks fourth in the NFL with 1,212 passing yards entering Week 5, the second-most ever by a player in his first four career games. He is also one of three starting quarterbacks to not throw an interception this season (minimum two starts).

With 273 passing yards at Atlanta on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, FOX), Stroud will move into the top-five for most passing yards ever by a player in his first five career games.

Stroud can also join Pro Football Hall of Famer KURT WARNER (1999) as the only players ever with at least 300 passing yards and two touchdown passes in three of their first five career games.

Richardson Rushing Into Record Book

Indianapolis rookie quarterback ANTHONY RICHARDSON ties for the lead among quarterbacks this season with four rushing touchdowns, becoming the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era with a rushing touchdown in each of his first three career games.

With another rushing touchdown against Tennessee on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS), Richardson will join CAM NEWTON (2021) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with a rushing touchdown in each of their first four games of a season.

Richardson can also become the third player in the Super Bowl era with a rushing touchdown in each of his first four career games, joining JOE CRIBBS (1980) and ROBERT EDWARDS (1998).

Lamar Looks To Continue Streaks

​Baltimore quarterback LAMAR JACKSON has a 74.3 completion percentage (78 of 105), the second-highest mark among starting quarterbacks this season and is the only quarterback with a completion percentage of 70-or-higher in each of the first four weeks.

On Sunday at Pittsburgh (1:00 PM ET, CBS), Jackson can become the third quarterback ever with a completion percentage of 70-or-higher in each of his team’s first five games of a season (minimum 15 attempts per game), joining DEREK CARR (2020) and ALEX SMITH (2017).

Jackson leads all quarterbacks with 220 rushing yards and ranks tied for first with four rushing touchdowns, including two rushing touchdowns in both Week 3 and Week 4. With two rushing touchdowns against Pittsburgh, he can become the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era with multiple rushing touchdowns in three consecutive games.

Hurts’ First 50

​In 49 career games, Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS has recorded 8,865 passing yards with 49 touchdown passes and 2,032 rushing yards with 29 rushing touchdowns.

​In his 50th career game on Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams (4:05 PM ET, FOX), Hurts needs 31 rushing yards to surpass BOBBY DOUGLAS (2,062 rushing yards) and CAM NEWTON (2,058) for the third-most rushing yards by a quarterback in his first 50 career games in the Super Bowl era. Only LAMAR JACKSON (3,185) and MICHAEL VICK (2,563) have more.

With his next rushing touchdown, Hurts would become the third quarterback ever with at least 30 rushing touchdowns in his first four career seasons, joining CAM NEWTON (33 rushing touchdowns) and JOSH ALLEN (31).

Davante In Primetime

​In 42 career primetime games (games starting 7:00 PM ET or later), Las Vegas wide receiver DAVANTE ADAMS has totaled 249 receptions for 3,088 yards and 31 touchdowns.

With a touchdown reception against his former team Green Bay on Monday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, ESPN/ABC), Adams will surpass ANTONIO BROWN (31 touchdown receptions) and JIMMY GRAHAM (31) for the fourth-most touchdown receptions in primetime games in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers JERRY RICE (46), RANDY MOSS (44) and TERRELL OWENS (34) have more.

Adams has recorded at least 100 receiving yards in each of his past four games on Monday Night Football. He can become the first player in NFL history with at least 100 receiving yards in five consecutive Monday Night Football games.

Last But Not Least

Commanders head coach RON RIVERA has a well-documented history with his opponent this week. When WASHINGTON (2-2) hosts CHICAGO (0-4) on Thursday Night Football (8:15 PM ET, Prime Video), Rivera will face the franchise that selected him in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft. He played all nine of his pro seasons with the Bears and appeared in 149 games with 62 starts. A member of six NFC Central division title teams and a Super Bowl XX championship team in 1985, he also covered the Bears and college football as a television analyst for WGN and SportsChannel Chicago for four years after retiring as an NFL player.

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