Week 5 ended on a blocked kick in Inglewood. New England scored 45. Detroit scored 45. Houston got off 0-4 by holding Tennessee to a field goal. San Francisco stayed unbeaten in Seattle. Minnesota stayed unbeaten in the Superdome. Buffalo won its first overtime game with Josh Allen under center. AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) already has the weekly lines. The team board is blowouts. The player board is still a defensive line.
Thursday in Arlington is already up. So are six Sunday recaps from Monday's batch. This Top 10 covers the rest of the week through Buffalo at the Rams. Jaguars-Eagles in London and Jets-Browns wait for a leftover run.
Top team fantasy scores
AthX Engine team points pay a win, then points scored, then points allowed. A 45-17 game jumps the board. A 17-12 slog does not.
| Rank | Team | Score | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | 45-17 vs LV | 119.25 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | 45-21 at ARI | 114.25 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers | 31-7 vs CHI | 96.75 |
| 4 | Houston Texans | 26-3 at TEN | 89.25 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-22 vs IND | 85.50 |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills | 37-34 at LA | 78.00 |
| 7 | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-24 at MIA | 75.50 |
| 8 | Baltimore Ravens | 30-23 at ATL | 74.25 |
| 9 | San Francisco 49ers | 32-29 at SEA | 71.75 |
| 10 | Minnesota Vikings | 23-13 at NO | 69.25 |
New England's 119.25 is the week. Forty-five points at Gillette does that. Detroit is a rounding error behind it. Buffalo's Monday night is sixth because 37-34 in overtime still trails a 45-point afternoon on this card. Tampa Bay's Thursday win (68.00) sits just outside. The Giants-Commanders tie is 42.75 apiece. A tie pays, it does not crown.
Top skill players
QB, RB, WR, TE, K only. The IDP board is the next table.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | DET | 66.25 |
| 2 | Drake Maye | QB | NE | 66.17 |
| 3 | Jaylen Warren | RB | PIT | 62.00 |
| 4 | Josh Allen | QB | BUF | 59.05 |
| 5 | Bucky Irving | RB | TB | 56.75 |
| 6 | Jayden Daniels | QB | WAS | 55.67 |
| 7 | Isaiah Likely | TE | NYG | 52.00 |
| 8 | Puka Nacua | WR | LA | 51.25 |
| 9 | Jason Myers | K | SEA | 51.00 |
| 10 | Christian Watson | WR | GB | 50.75 |
Gibbs ran 25 times for 151 and two scores after Detroit's first three punts. Maye threw four and ran one in a 45-point win. Warren caught an 80-yard score on Pittsburgh's first snap, then added 101 rushing. Allen ran for 121 in overtime. Irving had 165 and two scores on Thursday. Daniels ran for 103 and two in a tie, then explained the last snap.
Likely's 11-94-2 is the TE premium being honest. Nacua's 17 catches still sit in a loss. Myers made five field goals and lost by three. Watson had six for 143 and two at Lambeau. Jameis Winston's 48.83 and Matthew Stafford's 48.64 sit just outside.
Top IDP
Sacks and takeaways move this board more than tackle volume. Interceptions move it more than either on the DB table.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Anderson Jr. | DE | HOU | 97.00 |
| 2 | Jordan Battle | SAF | CIN | 85.50 |
| 3 | Jalen Carter | DT | PHI | 83.00 |
| 4 | Austin Booker | DE | CHI | 80.00 |
| 5 | Byron Murphy | CB | MIN | 79.50 |
| 6 | Renardo Green | CB | SF | 77.50 |
| 7 | Byron Murphy II | DT | SEA | 77.00 |
| 8 | Xavier McKinney | SAF | GB | 72.50 |
| 9 | Devonte Wyatt | DT | GB | 72.00 |
| 10 | D.J. Wonnum | DE | DET | 66.00 |
Anderson's three sacks in Nashville lead the entire Week 5 player board, skill included. Battle's two interceptions in Miami are next. Carter posted 83.00 in a 19-17 London loss. That is the IDP card: you can wreck a pocket and still walk off 2-3.
Green's two picks in Seattle are 77.50. Minnesota's Byron Murphy had two of his own. Seattle's Byron Murphy II is a different player, a defensive tackle with two sacks. Do not mix the rows. Wonnum's two sacks came in Detroit's 45-point win and still sit behind the Houston line.
From the Week 5 card
Six recaps from this leftover-and-Monday batch:
Monday's Sunday recaps are already up: Patriots 45, Raiders 17, Lions 45, Cardinals 21, Packers 31, Bears 7, Texans 26, Titans 3, Steelers 34, Colts 22, Bengals 31, Dolphins 24. Thursday night: Buccaneers 24, Cowboys 16.
What stood out
Three things, not fifteen rows.
First, the 45-point afternoons own the team board. Maye in Foxborough and Gibbs in Glendale are 119.25 and 114.25. Houston's first win is fourth because a 26-3 defensive night still pays. Buffalo's instant classic is sixth. Thirty-seven points in overtime is loud on TV and still trails 45-17 on this card.
Second, the skill board is backs and quarterbacks who ran. Gibbs, Warren, Irving, Allen, Daniels. Maye is the passing exception. Nacua needed 17 catches to crack the top 10 in a loss. Myers needed five makes.
Third, AthX Engine still pays the defensive line first. Anderson at 97.00 is the weekly leader, not Gibbs. Carter did it in a London loss. If you only read passing yards, you will misread this marketplace. Tua Tagovailoa threw the overtime pick in Atlanta as a Falcon. That is this year's roster, not last year's.
Track the board on the marketplace. Read how AthX Engine scores NFL. Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay. They are not the same number.
Sources: Week 5 scores from ESPN boxes, club wraps, and AP. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from nflverse `stats_player_week_2026` weekly lines with the locked 2026 NFL scoring card (CC-BY 4.0). Information only; not financial advice.
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