Week 5 of the NFL season was especially fun to watch.
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Week → watch → season
Several games came down to the wire, a few miscues led to losses and even ties and there were clutch moments that made Sunday exciting.
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Sunday → come → losses
At least five touchdown catches during the slate of games were worth highlighting.
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catches → highlight → games
The Jacksonville Jaguars’ Parker Washington, Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, Green Bay Packers’ Christian Watson, Cincinnati Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase and Arizona Cardinals’ Trey McBride each made scoring grabs that may make the highlight reel once Week 18 is all over.
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Let’s take a look at some of those plays that left you hooting and hollering from the couch.
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that → let → couch
The Jaguars needed to make a play late in their game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Jaguars → need → Eagles
Time was of the essence as Philadelphia owned a 14-10 lead late in the game.
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Philadelphia → own → game
With 3:20 left, Trevor Lawrence found Parker Washington going up the sideline.
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Lawrence → leave → sideline
Lawrence threw a pass on 4th-and-5 only Washington would be able to catch.
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Washington → throw → and-5
The wide receiver leaped from the 2-yard line, made a one-handed grab around an Eagles defender and landed in the end zone.
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receiver → leap → zone
Jacksonville took a 16-14 lead at that point.
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Jacksonville → take → point
The Eagles were able to march down the field and take the lead back thanks to a Jake Elliott 48-yard field goalwith 8 seconds left in the game.
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Eagles → march → game
But a special teams miscue allowed the Jaguars to move the ball up the field and set Cam Little up for the game-winning 57-yard field goal.
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Jaguars → allow → goal
Washington finished with six catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns.
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Washington → finish → yards
The Vikings trailed the New Orleans Saints 7-6 in the third quarter and had the ball in the red zone.
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Vikings → trail → zone
Kyler Murray batted the ball and found Jefferson in the end zone.
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Murray → bat → zone
A Saints defender misjudged the ball and it landed in the hands of Jefferson.
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it → misjudge → Jefferson
Somehow, Jefferson was able to fall backward and still make the catch with three New Orleans players around him.
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Jefferson → fall → him
The touchdown gave the Vikings the lead at that point.
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touchdown → give → point
Minnesota held on for the 23-13 victory.
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Minnesota → hold → victory
Jefferson finished with six catches for 79 yards and a touchdown.
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Jefferson → finish → yards
Dear, Watson
If you just looked at the scoreboard and thought the Packers completely owned the Chicago Bears, you would have never guessed Green Bay only led by a touchdown coming out of halftime.
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That all changed thanks to the connection between Jordan Love and Christian Watson.
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That → change → Love
On 3rd-and-22, Love dropped back to pass and launched the football 53 yards and found Watson in the back of the end zone.
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Love → drop → zone
Watson made the catch on top of the Bears defender’s head and stayed in bounds.
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Watson → make → bounds
Green Bay took a 21-7 lead and didn’t look back.
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Bay → take → lead
The Packers won 31-7.
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Packers → win → ?
Watson finished with six catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
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Watson → finish → yards
The Bengals probably got a little more from the Miami Dolphins than they originally bargained for.
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they → get → Dolphins
The Dolphins clawed their way back in the fourth quarter but couldn’t do enough to force overtime.
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Dolphins → claw → overtime
Cincinnati won the game 31-24.
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Cincinnati → win → game
As the Bengals were rolling in the middle of the game, Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase hooked up for a big touchdown.
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Burrow → roll → touchdown
Burrow found Chase in the end zone late in the third quarter.
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Burrow → find → quarter
Chase had a Dolphins defensive back on him.
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Chase → have → him
He was able to box him out around the 1-yard line and twist his way into the end zone for the magnificent touchdown.
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He → box → touchdown
The 45-yard touchdown proved to be crucial in the Bengals’ win.
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touchdown → prove → win
Chase had six catches for 77 yards and the score.
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Chase → have → yards
…and 8 more, not listed.