—There are now just two unbeaten teams, no winless teams and one head coach fired. Those are the highlights now that week five is in the books. The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings both won to go to 5-0 while the Jaguars, the last winless team, won and the New York Jets fired coach Robert Saleh after a 23-17 loss to the Vikings dropped the Jets to 2-3.
–The Chiefs bid for the first threepeat of the Super Bowl era continues to be on track as they won their 11th consecutive games with the 26-13 win over the Saints to go 5-0. Of the 11 wins, nine have been by one score. 24-23. Except for the 4-1 Texans every conference team has at least two losses.
–The Vikings weren’t at their best about the Jets but still won and have been behind only slightly more than four minutes in the first five games. Five other 5-0 teams have led for all but under 4:30 and made the Super Bowl and three won it. But being in the division with the 3-1 Lions and 3-2 Packers means they have a challenge just winning the division.
–With the Jaguars beating the Colts 37-34, there are now six 1-4 teams. The other five are the Panthers, Rams, Patriots, Browns and Bengals, Since 1-4 teams rarely make the playoffs, the odds are that 26 teams are fighting for 14 playoff spots. The 1-3 Titans probably should be added to the list.
–The Jets decision to bring in Aaron Rodgers may have cost Robert Saleh his job. Joe Flacco would have been a much better choice. Rodgers doesn’t seem to have recovered from last year’s Achilles injury and seems to create too much drama. Unless he and interim coach Jeff Ulbrich can turn the team around, the Jets are likely to have a new coach and quarterback next year.
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