THE LATE WINDOW ISSUE #8 · WEEK 5 · MON 12 OCT 2026

This one is late, and that's on us: it should have reached you at 07:00 this morning. Everything from Sunday is below, and Bills @ Rams is still to come tonight. One change to know about: from next Monday the full read is for paying readers. The details are just under the 30-second version.

The 30-second version

1	The last kick in London. Cam Little's 57-yard field goal as time ran out beat Philadelphia 19–17 at Tottenham. He grew up on the Premier League, celebrated like Jude Bellingham and turned up afterwards in a Manchester United shirt.
2	Three still unbeaten. Minnesota and San Francisco are 5–0 after wins at New Orleans and Seattle; Kansas City, 4–0, had the week off. Tennessee, Miami and the Chargers are all 0–5.
3	Mike Ditka has died, aged 86. The Bears' Hall of Fame tight end, and the coach of their 1985 Super Bowl winners. Two days later Chicago wore No. 89 on their helmets at Green Bay and lost 31–7.
4	Snoop's night. With Lamar Jackson out, Baltimore's backup Tyler Huntley led a tying drive in the last minute, then sneaked in the overtime winner: Ravens 30–23 in Atlanta.
5	London, one more time. Jaguars (4–1) v Texans (1–4) at Wembley, Sunday 18 October, 14:30 UK / 15:30 CET. Free on Channel 5, also Sky Sports NFL.

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Scoreboard · every Week 5 result so far

Monday night (Week 4)

Falcons 45  Saints 24 Bijan Robinson: 59-yard TD on the third play

Thursday night

Buccaneers 24  Cowboys 16 First win; Irving 165 yards, a career high

Sunday, London

Jaguars 19  Eagles 17 Little: 57-yard field goal as time ran out

Sunday, 18:00 UK

Jets 17  Browns 12 Allen: 116 yards and the winning TD, in the rain

Bengals 31  Dolphins 24 Burrow: 4 TD passes; Battle: 2 interceptions

Patriots 45  Raiders 17 Maye: 374 yards, five touchdowns

Vikings 23  Saints 13 Jefferson's hometown TD; Vikings 5–0

Texans 26  Titans 3 Houston's first win; Titans 0–5

Giants 27  Commanders 27 Tie: nobody scored in overtime

Steelers 34  Colts 22 Warren: 188 yards, two long TDs

Packers 31  Bears 7 Love: 367 yards; five Bears turnovers

Sunday, 21:05 / 21:25 UK

Broncos 23  Chargers 17 Harbaugh's 4th-down gamble; Chargers 0–5

Lions 45  Cardinals 21 Gibbs: 151 yards, 2 TDs, passes Barry Sanders

49ers 32  Seahawks 29 Evans: 113 yards; 49ers 5–0

Sunday night

Ravens 30  Falcons 23 Overtime; Huntley sneaks in the winner

Still to come: Bills @ Rams, tonight 01:15 UK. Winner in bold; every score checked against the AP report and a second source.

This week · stay up for

Game	UK / CET	UK TV	Germany
Tonight Bills @ Rams	Tue 01:15 02:15 CET	Sky Sports NFL, Main Event	RTL (free), Sky Sport
Thursday night Seahawks @ Broncos	Fri 01:15 02:15 CET	Sky Sports NFL, Main Event	RTL (free) expected
Sunday, London Jaguars v Texans	Sun 14:30 15:30 CET	Channel 5 (free), Sky Sports NFL	RTL (free) expected
Sunday early Bears @ Falcons	Sun 18:00 19:00 CET	5Action (free)	not yet announced
Sunday early Panthers @ Eagles	Sun 18:00 19:00 CET	Sky Sports NFL	not yet announced
Sunday late Chargers @ Chiefs	Sun 21:25 22:25 CET	Sky Sports NFL, Main Event	not yet announced
Sunday late Bills @ Raiders	Sun 21:25 22:25 CET	Channel 5 (free)	not yet announced
Sunday night Cowboys @ Packers	Mon 01:20 02:20 CET	Sky Sports NFL, Main Event	RTL (free) expected
Monday night Commanders @ 49ers	Tue 01:15 02:15 CET	Sky Sports NFL, Main Event	RTL (free) expected

The Sunday picks are from Sky's own TV listings; Sky hasn't published its usual fixtures article yet. Germany: RTL's Week 6 listing isn't out; it says it shows every night game and every European game free. Full listings at the bottom.

From this side of the Atlantic

London, game two. 61,322 at Tottenham got a finish the Premier League would recognise. Cam Little "grew up playing soccer and watching Premier League games every weekend", AP reports; after the 57-yarder he sprinted to the far end zone for a Jude Bellingham-style arms-wide celebration, then turned up to his press conference in a Manchester United shirt. "It was the coolest moment of my career." Before any of that, two players, Jacksonville's Bryan Thomas Jr. and Philadelphia's Jeremiah Trotter Jr., were sent off after a scrap on the opening kick-off. The Jaguars are staying in England for Wembley.

London, game three, is Sunday. Jaguars v Texans at Wembley, 18 October, 14:30 UK / 15:30 CET; Jacksonville are the home side again, a week after Tottenham, and they have the week off straight after. Jacksonville are 4–1; Houston, 0–4 a week ago, won 26–3 at Tennessee in DeMeco Ryans' first game calling the defence himself, and have since traded for Marvin Harrison Jr. Free on Channel 5, also on Sky Sports NFL.

Paris, 25 October. Steelers @ Saints (New Orleans are the home side) at the Stade de France, 13:30 UK / 14:30 CET. The clocks go back in the UK and Europe that morning while the US waits a week, so for that week every kick-off is an hour earlier than you're used to: the Sunday 18:00 games become 17:00 UK / 18:00 CET. ⚠️ Channel 5's free schedule covers the three London games only, so don't count on free UK TV for Paris yet.

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The full read · for the train

Three things that mattered

1. Washington drew a game it led by 14, and then ran out the clock on itself. At the Giants' 24 in overtime, with no timeouts, nobody got a kick off. Dan Quinn took the blame ("That has to come from me"); Pro Football Rumors reports no sense he'll be replaced soon. The tie leaves the Giants top of the NFC East at 3–1–1.

2. Houston's coach took the defence back, and things moved fast. In DeMeco Ryans' first game calling it, Tennessee managed 187 yards and no touchdown. Then he announced the Harrison trade at his press conference. Houston, 1–4, come to Wembley on Sunday.

3. Philadelphia's slide. A right tackle retired in mid-season, the centre was traded to Baltimore, four starters were out in London, and the Eagles ran for 22 yards. They are 2–3, two wins behind the Giants.

Injuries & fallout

Mike Ditka has died, aged 86. His family announced it on Friday. A Hall of Fame tight end and NFL Rookie of the Year in 1961, he was the head coach who led the 1985 Bears to a Super Bowl win. Roger Goodell: "Mike Ditka epitomized football over so many years."

Philadelphia's week before London. Right tackle Lane Johnson, 36, retired in mid-season: "Right now, it is important that I focus on my mental health." On Wednesday the Eagles traded Cam Jurgens, their two-time Pro Bowl centre turned guard, to Baltimore. The club has also released quarterback Andy Dalton. Friday's club injury report ruled out Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith, Hollywood Brown and the new starting centre, Drew Kendall, for London, and all four sat it out.

Season over. Edgerrin Cooper (Packers linebacker): an MRI confirmed the Achilles tear Issue #7 flagged, NFL Network reports, and the club has put him on injured reserve. Durham Smythe (Ravens tight end): torn Achilles, reported; on injured reserve. Paris Johnson Jr. (Cardinals left tackle): torn biceps. Donovan Jackson (Vikings guard): torn meniscus.

Quarterbacks. Lamar Jackson (Ravens, ankle) was ruled out of Sunday night; Tyler Huntley started. Jayden Daniels (Commanders) was cleared to return from his elbow injury, in a brace. Caleb Williams (Bears, hamstring) missed a third straight game; Tyson Bagent started, and Ben Johnson says Williams is "on track" for Atlanta on Sunday. Baker Mayfield (Buccaneers, thumb) is expected to miss at least one more game.

Coaches calling their own plays. Denver's Sean Payton took back the offensive play-calling ("I'll call the plays"), and Houston's DeMeco Ryans the defensive. Both won on Sunday. No head coach has been fired. The one under most pressure is Washington's Dan Quinn after the way the tie ended, but Pro Football Rumors reports there is no sense he'll be replaced soon.

Monday's news. Marvin Harrison Jr. has been traded from Arizona to Houston, which reunites him with C.J. Stroud, his quarterback at Ohio State; the Texans reportedly send 2027 second- and sixth-round picks the other way. ⚠️ Green Bay's Javon Hargrave tore an Achilles on Sunday and his season is over, ESPN reports; the club has said only that "it doesn't look good". San Francisco linebacker Dre Greenlaw has a one-game ban for head-butting a Seattle player who had lost his helmet; he's appealing. Atlanta's Michael Penix Jr. hurt his ribs on Sunday night, but there is "optimism" he'll face the Bears on Sunday, which is the free 5Action game.

Sunday's injuries. None has been called season-ending by a club yet. ⚠️ Reported: Detroit linebacker Devin White broke a forearm and Dan Campbell said he would likely need surgery; Eagles running back Will Shipley has a partial plantar fascia tear that could cost "multiple weeks". Waiting on scans: Patriots tackle Will Campbell (knee), Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson (head), 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel (hamstring), Jaguars tackle Anton Harrison (knee) and Texans running back David Montgomery (groin).

The table, minus the noise

Three teams are still unbeaten: Minnesota and San Francisco at 5–0, and Kansas City at 4–0 after their week off. Three are still winless, Tennessee, Miami and the Chargers, all 0–5. Sunday's 27–27 tie left the Giants top of the NFC East at 3–1–1.

• AFC East: Bills 3–1, Patriots 3–2, Jets 2–3, Dolphins 0–5
• AFC North: Ravens 4–1, Browns 3–2, Steelers 3–2, Bengals 3–2
• AFC South: Jaguars 4–1, Colts 2–3, Texans 1–4, Titans 0–5
• AFC West: Chiefs 4–0, Broncos 3–2, Raiders 3–2, Chargers 0–5
• NFC East: Giants 3–1–1, Eagles 2–3, Cowboys 2–3, Commanders 1–3–1
• NFC North: Vikings 5–0, Packers 3–2, Bears 3–2, Lions 3–2
• NFC South: Panthers 2–2, Falcons 2–3, Buccaneers 1–4, Saints 1–4
• NFC West: 49ers 5–0, Seahawks 3–2, Rams 2–2, Cardinals 1–4

Buffalo and the Rams play tonight.

Full standings.

Every result, with the story

Last Monday night (Week 4, Tuesday 01:15 UK)
Falcons 45–24 Saints — Bijan Robinson ran 59 yards for a touchdown on Atlanta's third play from scrimmage, his first touch of the game, and finished with 145 yards and two touchdowns. A different Robinson, Brian Robinson Jr., ran in three more. Five rushing touchdowns matched the Falcons' franchise best, and Atlanta out-rushed New Orleans 205 yards to 50. Atlanta never trailed; the win took them to 2–2, level with Carolina at the top of the NFC South.

Thursday night (Friday 01:15 UK)
Buccaneers 24–16 Cowboys — Tampa Bay's first win, after four straight one-score defeats, with Jalon Daniels, an undrafted rookie, making his second start in place of the injured Baker Mayfield: 19 of 25, one touchdown, no interceptions. Bucky Irving ran 21 times for 165 yards, a career high. Dallas are 2–3.

Sunday, London (14:30 UK)
Jaguars 19–17 Eagles — Cam Little kicked a 57-yard field goal as time ran out. Philadelphia had gone 17–16 up through Jake Elliott with 8 seconds left; Ameer Abdullah's 53-yard kick-off return left one second for Little. Jacksonville had lost their long snapper in the first quarter, so a defensive tackle, DaVon Hamilton, snapped the winning kick. Trevor Lawrence threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, both to Parker Washington. The Eagles, without Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith, Hollywood Brown and their centre Drew Kendall, ran for 22 yards all day. Nick Sirianni, who chose not to kick off out of bounds: "I didn't make the right decision, and I lost us that game." Jacksonville are 4–1, Philadelphia 2–3.

Sunday, 18:00 UK
Jets 17–12 Browns — In driving rain, a fumbled Browns punt snap handed New York the ball and, three plays later, Braelon Allen ran 22 yards for the winning touchdown; Will McDonald's fourth-down strip-sack of Deshaun Watson sealed it. Allen ran for a career-high 116 yards, and the Jets sacked Watson eight times.

Bengals 31–24 Dolphins — Joe Burrow threw four touchdown passes, one of them a one-handed 45-yard catch by Ja'Marr Chase, who had missed practice with a concussion. Safety Jordan Battle intercepted Malik Willis twice. Miami are 0–5.

Patriots 45–17 Raiders — Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran in a fifth: 26 of 34 for 374 yards, no turnovers, in a season-high 536 yards for New England. Las Vegas have lost two in a row after starting 3–0.

Vikings 23–13 Saints — Justin Jefferson, back from the ankle injury that kept him out of Week 4, caught a leaping 15-yard touchdown over three defenders in the Superdome, in his home city. Aaron Jones ran for 113 yards and the go-ahead score, and the Saints managed 142 yards in all. Minnesota are 5–0.

Texans 26–3 Titans — Houston's first win. C.J. Stroud threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran in another, Ka'imi Fairbairn kicked four first-half field goals, and Will Anderson Jr. had three sacks in DeMeco Ryans' first game calling the defence himself; Tennessee managed 187 yards and no touchdown. Ryans ended his press conference with news: "We traded for Marvin Harrison … See ya!" Tennessee are 0–5.

Giants 27–27 Commanders (tie) — Jayden Daniels came back from his dislocated elbow and ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns as Washington led 27–13, before Jameis Winston (326 yards, three touchdowns) brought the Giants back to force overtime. Nobody scored in it: Washington's Dominic Zvada missed from 46 yards, his third miss of the day; Daron Payne stripped Cam Skattebo in field-goal range; and Washington, at the Giants' 24 with no timeouts, let the clock run out with Daniels brought down on the last snap. Dan Quinn: "That has to come from me."

Steelers 34–22 Colts — Jaylen Warren scored on an 80-yard catch-and-run and a 50-yard run, 188 yards in all. Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes; Indianapolis settled for five field goals.

Packers 31–7 Bears — Jordan Love went 25 of 31 for 367 yards and two long touchdowns to Christian Watson, and Green Bay forced five turnovers. Caleb Williams missed a third game with a hamstring injury; Tyson Bagent threw two interceptions before Case Keenum replaced him. Both teams wore tributes to Mike Ditka, with a moment of silence before kick-off and No. 89 on the Bears' helmets.

Sunday, 21:05 / 21:25 UK
Broncos 23–17 Chargers — Leading 17–10 early in the fourth quarter, Jim Harbaugh went for it on fourth-and-1 and Justin Herbert was stopped. Denver scored the last 13 points: a Courtland Sutton touchdown and two Wil Lutz field goals. The Chargers are 0–5 for the first time since 2003. Harbaugh: "Can't think of a time where I've ever been more mad at myself."

Lions 45–21 Cardinals — Detroit went 7–0 down, then scored on seven straight drives. Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes, two to Jameson Williams, and Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 151 yards and two scores, taking an NFL record for touchdowns before a 25th birthday, 58, past Barry Sanders. Arizona traded Marvin Harrison Jr. to Houston during the first quarter.

49ers 32–29 Seahawks — Seven turnovers between them. San Francisco were 26–21 down when Mike Evans caught four passes for 75 yards on the go-ahead drive, finished by a Brandin Cooks touchdown and an Evans two-point catch; Brock Purdy then set up Eddy Piñeiro's winning field goal with 1:56 left. Evans finished with 113 yards. San Francisco are 5–0.

Sunday night (Monday 01:20 UK)
Ravens 30–23 Falcons (overtime) — With Lamar Jackson out (ankle), Tyler Huntley, "Snoop" to his team-mates, threw a 7-yard touchdown to Devontez Walker with 40 seconds left, Derrick Henry took a direct snap for the two points that tied it 23–23, and Huntley sneaked in from a yard to win it in overtime. Kyle Hamilton's interception of Tua Tagovailoa, on for the rib-injured Michael Penix Jr., ended it. Ravens coach Jesse Minter: "There's not a locker room in the NFL that has more confidence in their backup quarterback than we have in Snoop." Baltimore are 4–1 and alone top of the AFC North.

This week: the full TV listings

Tonight, Monday night: Bills @ Rams — Tue 01:15 UK / 02:15 CET. Buffalo are 3–1, the Rams 2–2. Sky Sports NFL and Main Event; RTL (free) and Sky Sport in Germany.

Week 6 — every game, UK and CET. Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami and Minnesota have the week off.

• Thursday night: Seahawks @ Broncos — Fri 01:15 UK / 02:15 CET. Sky Sports NFL and Main Event.
• Sunday, London: Jaguars v Texans, Wembley — 14:30 UK / 15:30 CET. Channel 5 (free) and Sky Sports NFL. Germany: RTL says it shows every European game free; ⚠️ its Week 6 listing isn't out yet.
• Sunday 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET: Bears @ Falcons, Ravens @ Browns, Titans @ Colts, Jets @ Patriots, Saints @ Giants, Panthers @ Eagles, Steelers @ Buccaneers. Sky's own TV listings put Bears @ Falcons on 5Action (free), Panthers @ Eagles on Sky Sports NFL and Jets @ Patriots on Sky Sports+; Sky hasn't published its usual fixtures article yet.
• Sunday 21:05 UK / 22:05 CET: Cardinals @ Rams.
• Sunday 21:25 UK / 22:25 CET: Chargers @ Chiefs (Sky Sports NFL and Main Event), and Bills @ Raiders (Channel 5, free).
• Sunday night: Cowboys @ Packers — Mon 01:20 UK / 02:20 CET. Sky Sports NFL and Main Event.
• Monday night: Commanders @ 49ers — Tue 01:15 UK / 02:15 CET. Sky Sports NFL and Main Event.

⚠️ The Sunday Sky and 5Action picks come from Sky's TV listings only; check skysports.com/nfl/fixtures later in the week. In Germany, RTL says all night games and all European games are free, but it has not yet published its Week 6 listing.

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