Stampede Blue’s NFL Week 5 staff picksnapolis Colts on the road to the New England Patriots tonight on Thursday Night Football. Chris Ballard said “the rivalry is back on” and Colts fans want to see some evidence of that from kickoff to the final whistle.Luck is coming off of his most attempts Youth T.Y. Hilton Jersey , completions and touchdowns of the season and is completing the ball at a 67.2% clip as well. Is there a better test than the Patriots in Week 5 for the franchise quarterback coming back from a season off? It’s rhetorical. According to Pro Football Reference, Luck is 80-of-139 (57.6%), has thrown 7 touchdowns and 4 interceptions, has been sacked only 5 times and has an 83.3 quarterback rating in his three regular season games against the Patriots. The Colts will need his best game of the year, and maybe his regulars season career to pull it off in Foxboro.As for the rest of the matchups this week, there are 5 divisional games on the docket and a host of sneaky competitive games at least at face value. So many games this year have shown that the league is very much a league with most of the teams near the median of the pack. Great games one week, then throwing up a random stinker against a perceived bottom-dwelling team.We’ll see Ben Roethlisberger and the inconsistent Steelers facing Matt Ryan and the Falcons who’ve lost their three games by a total of 13 points and have put up 30 points in three of their four games thus far. The Browns, who are finally fun again to watch are hosting the Ravens who have been clicking lately, but the game of the week very well could be Patrick Mahomes facing off against the Jaguars’ defense.Mahomes is the most explosive quarterback right now and the Jags are as physical a team against the pass that there is. If the Chiefs’ running game isn’t on point, it could get really interesting how Mahomes goes toe to toe with that pass rush, and physical coverage down field. In the afternoon slots there are a couple of solid matchups as well. The Vikings and Eagles is a fun game to look forward to, and the Rams who are putting up 35 points per game are traveling to the Seahawks and has the potential to either be a great, nip-and-tuck type game, but also — and maybe more realistically — has some serious blowout potential. I think that everyone at least hopes that the Cowboys can play like they did in Week 4 Sunday night in order to make for some good television as they travel to the Texans in primetime. The Texans tasted blood for the first time last week against the Colts http://www.coltsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-ryan-kelly-jersey , and could gain some momentum off of that or they could look like they did the first few weeks of the season as well. And to round out the Week 5 slate, there’s a quiet interest with this one in New Orleans with the Saints hosting the Redskins on Monday Night Football. The Saints are third in points per game (34.2) while the Redskins are second in the league in points per game allowed with just 14.7 ppg and are coming off a lengthy break and their last game in Week 3 being a 31-point output against the Packers. Here are our staff picks for the week and as you can see, there are a lot of these picks that are very split. Just goes to show you how competitive the league is this season I think. Matt Danely: 33-29 | Chris Shepherd: 34-28 | Chris Blystone: 33-29 | Stephen Reed: 36-26 | Brett Mock: 34-28 | Jared Malott: 28-34 | Elliot Denton: 35-27 | Andrew Aziz: 34-28 | Zach Hicks 14-17Thursday 8:20 pm ETColts (5) @ Patriots | Contrarians: Matt Danely, Brett Mock, Andrew Aziz, Chris ShepherdSunday 1:00 pm ETPackers (7) @ Lions | Contrarians: Chris Blystone, DanelyBroncos (7) @ Jets | Contrarians: Zach Hicks, BlystoneGiants @ PanthersTitans (5) @ Bills | Contrarians: Danely, Mock, Shepherd, BlystoneFalcons (6) @ Steelers | Contrarians: Jared Malott, Aziz, MockRavens (6) @ Browns | Contrarians: Danely, Aziz Joe Haeg Jersey , BlystoneDolphins @ Bengals Jaguars @ Chiefs (5) | Contrarians: Danely, Aziz, Shepherd, HicksSunday 4:05 pm ETRaiders @ ChargersSunday 4:25 pm ETVikings (6) @ Eagles | Contrarians: Stephen Reed, Shepherd, MockRams @ SeahawksCardinals (6) @ 49ers | Contrarians: Eliott Denton, Hicks, BlystoneSunday 8:20 pm ETCowboys (5) @ Texans | Contrarians: Danely, Shepherd, Reed, MalottMonday 8:15 pm ETRedskins @ Saints (7) | Contrarians: Danely, HicksWhat are your picks for Week 5?Colts Cast: Examining Patriots ahead of TNF; Matt joins ‘Between the Sidelines’ on SiriusXM Short week! Well, there’s a lot to talk about in such a condensed week, especially on the Indianapolis Colts side of the equation. The team’s injury report is pretty insane. The Colts actually already have 7 inactives for the game and only 52 on the roster less than 24 hours before game time.On one end Authentic J'Marcus Webb Jersey , it’s a plus-minus situation weekly any more and with only having four days between games, this isn’t the ideal point in the season to face the Patriots by any means. The positive shining through those dark clouds: Andrew Luck is NOT on that injury report. And that means hope for this beat up roster. On the docket today we’re going to discuss the Patriots’ Week 4 game against the Miami Dolphins to see what we can gain from it. There were some definite trends, but on the other hand, Belichick is known to completely scrap those tendencies from one week to the next. At any rate, we also see some weaknesses and strengths alike from various positions that very well could affect what Frank Reich may attempt to dial up Thursday night. Their offense featured some very interesting personnel groupings in this one as well. What I saw from both sides of the ball in a nutshell, and how the Colts can try to combat their current situation within these matchups. In the second half of the show, I joined the guys of the Vegas Stats and Information Network on “Between the Sidelines” with Matt Youmans on Sirius XM Radio (@VSiNLive) Wednesday evening, and they were gracious enough to allow me to use their audio on this show. We talked a little about everything including the Colts injury situation at some key positions, specifically Anthony Castonzo and if he’ll play Thursday. The question of whether or not the Colts could get blown out is brought up, how to figure out the eye test with the Colts’ offense with so many ups and downs also becomes a valid question going forward.Additionally, we talk about how the offense and defense have almost completely switched expectations through the first four weeks of the season and how Darius Leonard has energized this defense in the meantime. There is much more from this conversation on ‘Between the Sidelines’ in the second half of the show. Please subscribe, rate and review the show anywhere you listen to podcasts.Stampede Blue Podcast Links:Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Art 19 | SB Colts Cast YT Channel | Google | Spotify