Three Week 5 losses that Barnwell can't quite believe: What went wrong for the Cardinals, Eagles and Rams?

I don't cognize however they mislaid that game. Watching the 49ers observe aft stopping the Rams connected a game-deciding fourth-and-1 tally Thursday night, I simply couldn't signifier an mentation for however the Rams had managed to stroke what should person been an casual triumph implicit their injury-riddled part rivals. It felt similar the Rams could person done immoderate they wanted connected offense, and a limping Mac Jones' lone reliable people was Kendrick Bourne connected the 49ers' side. So the Rams' 26-23 decision looked similar it would beryllium 1 of the astir frustrating and inexplicable losses of the full season.

And past Sunday rolled around. Sure, determination were disfigured defeats, similar the Giants turning the shot implicit 5 times to suffer 26-14 to the antecedently winless Saints, the Raiders allowing the Colts to people six consecutive touchdowns successful a 40-6 decision and the inferior varsity Ravens singlehandedly reinspiring assurance successful the Texans successful a 44-10 blowout. And to headdress disconnected Sunday, the Bills fell 23-20 to the Patriots. But adjacent judged by the modular that started Week 5 connected Thursday night, fans had to endure immoderate genuinely monumental and heartbreaking collapses connected Sunday that went beyond immoderate of those.

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Which 1 was the worst? I'm present to reply that precise question. If it sounds akin to a speech we had a couple Mondays ago, you're not wrong. After a bid of losses that indispensable person caused televisions astir the federation to shudder successful fearfulness of flying objects, though, we person to fundamentally tally backmost that aforesaid taxable to spot whether these Week 5 losses were conscionable a confluence of atrocious moments oregon thing much important to interest astir for the losers. And I person to commencement with a crippled that transcended the rest.

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Cardinals' nonaccomplishment to the Titans
Eagles' nonaccomplishment to the Broncos
Rams' nonaccomplishment to the 49ers

1. The Cardinals losing 22-21 to the Titans

The story: The squad that doesn't cognize however to triumph versus the squad that desperately does not privation to win

Let's get this retired of the way: This was the worst nonaccomplishment of Week 5. As idiosyncratic calved and raised connected the East Coast during an epoch erstwhile the Cardinals weren't 1 of the league's amended teams, I'll admit that I don't person a ton of idiosyncratic friends who are Cardinals fans. The ones I bash cognize had the aforesaid absorption to Sunday's nonaccomplishment connected societal media oregon via text: This was the worst Cardinals nonaccomplishment they'd ever seen.

There person been a fewer agonizing ones,...