NFL Picks, Predictions Week 5: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Washington Commanders originally appeared on The Sporting News Still licking the wounds from their first loss of the season, the Los Angeles Chargers must swallow the bitter taste of a loss to the New York Giants and get ready for another team from the NFC East... the Washington Commanders.

After a bad Week 2, it's been two really good weeks for me picking games, both against the spread and straight up. I went 10-6 ATS last week to up my season record to 36-28, while going 12-3-1 straight up to bring that record to 49-14-1.

NFL Week 5 picks, predictions for every NFL game this week, including 49ers-Rams, Texans-Ravens, Broncos-Eagles, Lions-Bengals, Commanders-Chargers.

The Eagles will get the Broncos in their home stadium in Week 5, but the Broncos are coming off a confidence-building 25-point win over the Cincinnati Bengals. But that game took place on Monday Night Football, meaning that this will be a trip to the East Coast on a short week.

How to watch NFL Week 5 games on television this week, including schedule, dates, times, matchups, TV channels, streaming information for every game.

Our survivor columnists share strategy and their picks for Week 5, with Cardinals over Titans as the top pick.

For the first time all season, there will be several teams on a bye this week and one of those teams will be the Packers, which is probably for the best, because they're going to need at least a week to recover from what happened to them in Week 4.

Week 4 was back to a more quiet week with Jack Gibbons the only real standout. Injuries hit again as both Eric Murray and Tyler Nubin are questionable for this weekend. All in all a slow week. Here is the full recap of how the Gophers did in Week 4.