2026-2027 NFL Week 5 Recap

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone survived the Pukapoclypse! Did anyone pair Puka with Tunnel Vision of Love? Honestly, we should just change the art on that card to be Stafford and Puka - 24 targets last week - averaging 15 targets per game that he has been active this year. Let’s see if that continues!

Welcome to Week 6! 4 teams on bye this week and another international London game on Sunday. Before we shift gears to this week though, here is the utilization data for Week 5 including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB	RB	WR	TE	K	DEF
Josh Allen	Jahmyr Gibbs	Puka Nacua	Trey McBride	Brandon Aubrey	HOU D/ST
Jared Goff	Bijan Robinson	Michael Wilson	Sam LaPorta	Jake Bates	MIN D/ST
Jacoby Brissett	Kyren Williams	Amon-Ra St. Brown	Mike Gesicki	Will Reichard	CIN D/ST
Dak Prescott	Chase Brown	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	George Kittle	Ka’imi Fairbairn	JAX D/ST
Matthew Stafford	Jonathan Taylor	CeeDee Lamb	Brock Bowers	Evan McPherson	DEN D/ST

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
12th Man
Golden Arm
A Seabird’s Confidence
Extra Credit
Starting RB
Run CMC
Special Teams Ace
Divided Loyalties
Starting WR
Moneyball Capologist

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Jahmyr Gibbs	Run CMC	30 pts
Jared Goff	Golden Arm	12 pts
Josh Allen	12th Man	6 pts
Josh Allen	Golden Arm	4 pts
Brandon Aubrey	Extra Credit	2 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	All Pro RB	32.7 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Starting RB	16.4 pts
Myles Price	Special Teams Ace	28 pts
Josh Allen	Mr. Relevant	0 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	12th Man	6 pts

And now, we’re on to Week 6! Games are open so make sure you set your lineups before games start and good luck!