NFL Expert Picks for Week 5 of 2024

Our panel makes their picks.

We’re rounding out the first third of the NFL regular season and it still feels like everything is in the feeling out stages. Sure, there are a few teams we can categorically say are great and will be a factor in the postseason like the Chiefs and Bills, but after that things get iffy.

If Sam Darnold keeps performing the Vikings are locks to be favorites in the NFC — but who knows how long that will keep up. The Buccaneers look solid in the conference too. Meanwhile the 49ers haven’t found their footing without Christian McCaffrey, the Browns are a dumpster fire, and the Eagles are struggling too. A lot of the teams we assumed would be great simply haven’t been, while there have been surprises along the way.

This is a brutal week for making picks up and down the board. It’s littered with games which could go either way and contests between teams that could either be compelling, close battles — or absolute blowouts either way.

Good luck making your picks in Week 5, here are ours.