Going into Week 5 of the 2017 NFL season, here are some fun facts after hot starts. Well, it may not be that much fun for the team with the hottest start.

That would be the 4-0 Chiefs, the league's last undefeated team after their last-minute win over Washington on Monday. It may not necessarily be a good omen. Since 2013, of the six teams that were the last to lose a game each year, only one has even won a playoff game that season. And that was the 2015 Panthers, who began 14-0 and reached the Super Bowl.

Of the other five teams, two missed the playoffs entirely, including last year’s Vikings team that started 5-0 and finished 8-8. And for what it’s worth, one of the five was the 2013 Chiefs, in Year 1 of the Andy Reid-Alex Smith era, when they started 9-0 and were neck-and-neck with the eventual AFC champion Broncos most of the season but ended up losing out on the division crown and losing their playoff opener.

Does that mean pump the brakes on the Chiefs? The 2015 season was a parade of people demanding that the brakes get pumped on the Panthers, so keep that in mind. Meanwhile, the Chiefs go for 5-0 in a great Sunday night matchup in Houston.

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Week 5 NFL picks, predictions

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New England Patriots (2-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)

Thursday, 8:30 p.m., CBS

Only the Colts, who have given up multiple touchdowns off turnovers this season, have given up more points this season than the Patriots. New England’s defense, which gave up the fewest yards in the NFL last season, is giving up the most now. The unit and the coaches will get the benefit of the doubt for quite a while. Jameis Winston and the Bucs’ offense gets Doug Martin back from suspension this week. It’s a short week. This has Bucs party written all over it.

Prediction: Buccaneers, 31-29

Carolina Panthers (3-1) at Detroit Lions (3-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox

If Cam Newton is back to being Cam Newton, as the win over the Patriots teased, and the defense stays as good as it has been, everyone had better worry about these Panthers. The Lions, though, are still more dangerous than many give them credit for. Problem is they’re tempting the odds by always having to come back in dramatic fashion, led by Matthew Stafford.

Prediction: Lions, 26-24

Arizona Cardinals (2-2) at Philadelphia Eagles (3-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox

The Eagles finally listened to everybody telling them to start running the ball and complementing Carson Wentz — after losing Darren Sproles for the season, yet — and the result (42 attempts, 214 yards) was that win over the Chargers. The Cardinals, meanwhile, seem fated to ride the Carson Palmer rollercoaster all year. That won’t end well all that often.

Prediction: Eagles, 27-21

Buffalo Bills (3-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-3)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Bills can't let a team like the Bengals be the one to break their momentum. It’s a lose-lose game, in a way, because they could get very little credit for beating a team this bad. Every week they stay ahead of the Patriots in the standings is to their benefit. They have the top scoring defense in the NFL, and Andy Dalton and A.J. Green aren’t enough to shake them too far from that perch.

Prediction: Bills, 23-10

Jacksonville Jaguars (2-2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Steelers should inspire confidence that they’re back on track after that domination of the Ravens last week, except that the loss to the Bears sticks out like a sore thumb. The Jaguars ought to be furious that they let the Jets beat them; it takes a lot of the air out of the start the defense and Leonard Fournette generated. Don’t expect the Steelers to breeze through this.

Prediction: Steelers, 19-16

Tennessee Titans (2-2) at Miami Dolphins (1-2)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

The Jay Cutler honeymoon ended faster than anyone expected, as did the notion that knowing Adam Gase’s system after that one year in Chicago would make this a seamless fit. The quarterback situation is far more problematic on the other sideline, though, with Marcus Mariota’s hamstring and that his backup is … Matt Cassel. Yes, you’re spared the obvious and deserved quarterback-depth lecture.

Prediction: Titans, 27-14

New York Jets (2-2) at Cleveland Browns (0-4)

Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox

This was supposed to be TankFest 2017, but the Jets have ruined the story line. It doesn't matter how they’ve won or who they've beaten: Todd Bowles has wrung two wins out of this team when it wasn't obvious they'd get two all season. How ready are the Browns to suck up the roster-wide weaknesses and DeShone Kizer's apprenticeship? The signs of progress just aren't there yet.

Prediction: Jets, 16-6

Los Angeles Chargers (0-4) at New York Giants (0-4)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

This was not supposed to be TankFest 2017 … and technically it’s not, just Underachieve-Fest 2017. The Chargers might need a long road trip like this to forget the lack of home-field edge they have. They also need to face a team even unluckier than them, although the Giants are making their own bad luck with their lousy offense, even when Odell Beckham Jr. is doing spectacular things through an alarming string of nagging injuries.

Prediction: Chargers, 23-21

San Francisco 49ers (0-4) at Indianapolis Colts (1-3)

Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox

For what it’s worth, both teams are about as bad as everyone had anticipated. The wait for Andrew Luck in Indianapolis is excruciating, because it’s clear the Colts won’t be that much better with him than without him. It’s hard watching a team tear it down to start from the ground up — thus, it’s going to be hard to watch the 49ers for a while. They’ve spanned the spectrum of ways to lose just in the last two games, to the Rams and Cardinals. Gruesome.

Prediction: Colts: 17-13

Seattle Seahawks (2-2) at Los Angeles Rams (3-1)

Sunday, 4:05 p.m., CBS

The Rams’ offense is only getting better every week … yet this is not the offense that will give the Seahawks defense the most headaches. The Seattle offense can’t afford to be decimated any further, yet guard Rees Odhiambo and running back Chris Carson are either exiting or are about to. Again, the pressure on the defense to keep the offense in games will be fierce. This week, it will be too much.

Prediction: Rams, 24-19

Baltimore Ravens (2-2) at Oakland Raiders (2-2)

Sunday, 4:05 p.m., CBS

The Ravens catch a break on their cross-country trip by facing EJ Manuel instead of Derek Carr. The defense still needs to play out of its mind to overcome how wretched the offense has been so far, and against the Steelers, they didn't quite do it. It's safe to say starting 2-0 against the Bengals and Browns wasn't the best barometer for the Ravens.

Prediction: Raiders, 27-13

Green Bay Packers (3-1) at Dallas Cowboys (2-2)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m., Fox

Their recent playoff face-offs always make these regular-season games so rich with drama. Who has time to still be salty about whether Dez caught it in Lambeau Field, when now one can be salty about that final Packers march in Arlington last January? Home-field in the playoffs should be at stake … yes, it’s too early to start doubting the Cowboys that drastically. It’s not too early to doubt whether their defense can slow, let alone stop, Aaron Rodgers.

Prediction: Packers, 31-24

Kansas City Chiefs (4-0) at Houston Texans (2-2)

Sunday, 8:30 p.m., NBC

The Deshaun Watson Experience became a must-see event last week against the Titans. The Texans wisely spent the minutes after that rout cautioning everybody not to expect the Chiefs game to go that well. For good reason: For all the deserved praise for Alex Smith and the offense he’s running, the defense did not make it easy on Washington after falling behind 10-0 Monday night and paved the way for the comeback. It’s a great test for Watson.

Prediction: Chiefs, 28-23

Minnesota Vikings (2-2) at Chicago Bears (1-3)

Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Welcome to the NFL, No. 2 overall pick Mitchell Trubisky … signed, the Vikings defense. They're another bunch that has to hold up its end of the deal extra-high because of the injury devastation on the offense. Playing a rookie in his NFL debut helps everybody on the Vikings' defense, including Everson Griffen, whose five sacks are fourth in the league.

Prediction: Vikings, 13-6

Byes in Week 5: Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, Washington Redskins

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