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Hes cut! The Russian is cut! Carson Wentz finally threw an interception, and the Eagles finally lost! Hes not a machine -- hes a man!Yeah, Rocky Balboa might be the most tired Philadelphia sports cliché, but until Darius Slay ripped his final pass of the day out of the air Sunday afternoon, Wentz was looking straight Ivan Drago. (From an unstoppability standpoint, of course. Not from a menacing, steroid-addled, deadly Red Scare one.)You could say we learned Sunday that Wentz isnt going to go his entire career without making a mistake or losing a game, but Id like to think we already knew that. Fans get too excited, and skeptics get too nasty. But if I can change ... and you can change ... everybody can change!Or, at least, we can take a look at what we think Week 5 of the NFL season taught us.The Dallas Cowboys might be able to pull this offNo pass rush? Bah. With DeMarcus Lawrence back, Dallas had four sacks in Sundays victory over the Bengals. The division-rival Giants have four sacks all season. The Cowboys defense doesnt need to be great -- just OK -- because the offense flat-out works. Ezekiel Elliott is running through holes big enough to be designated national parks. Dak Prescott is doing everything the Cowboys are?asking him to do. I continue to think they should give the job back to Tony Romo when hes healthy, but Im starting to waver. My rationale is theyll be able to use a lot more of the playbook with Romo than theyre using with Prescott. But I waver because, having watched them the past four weeks, I wonder whether they need to.Jack Del Rio is going to be huge in VegasRemember when Del Rios Raiders were down seven and scored a touchdown in the waning seconds of Week 1s game in New Orleans, and he went for two and got it? Sure, you do. You dont forget a thing like that. But that wasnt a one-off. Del Rio had a fourth-and-3 on the Chargers 21 down three points in the second half Sunday, and he dialed up a touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Michael Crabtree. Then he went for two because thats what Jack Del Rio does. Sure, opposing teams are just taking turns ripping out the Chargers hearts these days. But cant you see a future in which the well-coiffed coach of the Las Vegas Raiders is at some high-rollers table at Caesars, hitting on 16 with the dealer showing 4, and the whole table is like, What are you do ... YES!!The Giants are asking a lot of a small group of playersSundays game was the first all season in which Jason Pierre-Paul played fewer?than 95 percent of the Giants defensive snaps. On the season, he has played 96 percent, and fellow starting defensive end Olivier Vernon has played 93 percent. They are great players and well-paid for their efforts, but a defensive line is at its best when it has enough pieces to rotate in and out and keep its stars fresh for the fourth quarter. The Giants couldnt get near Aaron Rodgers in the second half Sunday, and it cost them, as Green Bay held the ball for 36:38 of the game. Janoris Jenkins is playing great, and Odell Beckham Jr. will be just fine. But not enough Giants are performing at a high level, and the team is asking too much of the few who are.The Colts cannot expect Andrew Luck to endure thisHow did those contract negotiations go, by the way? Andrew, yeah, well give you whatever you want, but youre going to have to be OK?with spending the season on your back. Luck was sacked five times in Sundays win over the Bears, and he has been sacked 20 times this season. If he plays all 16 games, itll be a miracle. The Colts need to figure out a way to protect their franchise player, or their franchise isnt going to accomplish very much during his career.The 49ers will start at least two quarterbacks -- probably three -- before the end of the seasonIm serious, people. Christian Ponder will start a game before this season ends. You heard it here first. Or maybe you didnt, but still. Heck, I wouldnt be surprised if Ponder started this week. I also wouldnt be surprised if the 49ers went to Colin Kaepernick or if they stayed with Blaine Gabbert. Chip Kelly knows the stew hes cooking tastes terrible, but all three bottles in the spice rack are filled with dust. You can yell yourself hoarse that Kaepernick couldnt possibly be worse, but the fact is he could, and the Niners dont have a good answer for all that ails them.The Steelers could run away with the leagues best divisionPittsburgh looked terrible in Philly but has looked unstoppable everywhere else. The Ravens are turning back into a pumpkin. And it appears the Marquis de Sade made the Bengals first-half schedule. (Honestly, next week is their fourth road game, and its in New England!) Theres no reason the Steelers shouldnt be able to run away and hide, even from the other good teams in the division.Miami Hurricanes never dieAndre Johnson, who entered the NFL in 2003, scored a touchdown for the Titans on Sunday. Frank Gore, who entered the NFL in 2005, ran for 75 yards and passed JIM BROWN on the all-time rushing yards list. Weve heard a lot about how great those Hurricanes teams were back then, but the fact that these guys are still delivering at their age just underlines it.Joey Bosa played!And he had two sacks in his debut! Good to see you, big guy! I mean, its probably too late after the holdout and the injury and the three blown fourth-quarter leads while you were out, but the Chargers sure are happy to have their first-round pick in uniform and looking good. 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I dont want to sound like an a--h--- or anything, but we really havent done anything yet.Its been over a century since the Cubs (102-58) have won this many regular-season games, but its been even longer since theyve won a World Series. Lester wants to make sure the team has its eyes on the prize.This is the real season now, he said. You play 162 to get to now.After Sundays finale, the Cubs will have four days off before their playoff run begins at Wrigley Field on Friday. It will mark three weeks to the day they celebrated clinching the National League Central, meaning they havent played any intense baseball in quite a while.Those four days off are manager Joe Maddons biggest concern.For me, mission accomplished these last 10 days or whatever its been, Maddon said in regards to his players staying sharp. Its not about this [now] -- its about the four days off.Lester thinks the same attitude the Cubs have displayed all seasonn will come in handy at the most important time of the year.ddddddddddddThe big thing with this team is were consistent, he said. We show up every day to play. Thats huge, especially with the young group that we have. Thats hard to do. Thats a hard thing to learn at a young age. These guys do it.Lester likely will be the division series Game 1 starter Friday, so hell have a big say in what transpires in the coming weeks, though Saturdays game could have conceivably cost him the Cy Young Award. He missed out on win No. 20 while seeing his ERA rise to 2.44.For whatever reason, just fighting myself today, Lester said after giving up five runs in five innings. Ill look at it, and if there are adjustments to be made, Ill work on it next week.It was one of the few bad starts in the second half for Lester (19-5), who held opposing hitters to an .085 batting average with runners in scoring position.This one was pretty special on a personal level, he said. It will probably go down as one of the better years of my career.But it wont be complete without a championship -- Lester made that abundantly clear.Can the Cubs break the drought? The left-hander is banking on it.Its go time, Lester said. Now we have to live up to the expectations and hype. ' ' '