Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 5 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 6 and beyond.
ASKED: Is the Deshaun Watson deal the worst contract ever?
Week 5’s Sunday slate was a cascade of unpredictability, a game where losers became winners, defenses scored touchdowns, fields got flipped and expectations subverted. Everywhere, that is, except for Cleveland … where everything is crushingly, depressingly on brand. The Browns were humbled by Washington, 34-13, and the utter inability of Deshaun Watson to do anything against one of the league’s worst defenses was a key reason why.