NFL Tuesday Morning Football - Top Performers from Week Five

The NFL might not have been as wild as College Football was this weekend (in which five of the top eight, and eleven of the top 25, ranked teams in the country lost), but it was typically filled with big results, unpredictable moments and impressive individual performances. Let's take a look at five of the best:

*Honorable mentions* Russell Wilson for posting 201 yards passing, 122 yards rushing and three touchdowns against the Washington Redskins. Percy Harvin, who would have made the list, had any of his three touchdowns stood. A 16 yard rush, and receptions of 26 and 41 yards were all nullified by referee Jeff Triplette.

Tom Brady

It appears the reports of Tom Brady's demise were greatly exaggerated. Any problems the Patriots seemed to suffer from over the first four weeks were temporarily erased as they marched to a dominant win against the previously undefeated Cincinnati Bengals. The entire team looked to have regained their best form, notably Rob Gronkowski and Darrelle Revis, but Brady put forth a near-flawless performance, going 23-of-35 for 292 yards (his highest of the season) and two touchdowns. His 292 yards were enough to break the 50,000 career passing yards mark.

Brian Hoyer

Brady's former understudy has, following a brief and unfruitful period in Arizona, gone on to carve out a solid career as a starter in Cleveland. Despite their drafting of Johnny Manziel in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, the Browns have put their faith in Brian Hoyer and been rewarded. On Sunday he put 26 unanswered points on the board to seal the largest road comeback in NFL history, and the biggest in Browns' history. When it was all said and done, Hoyer had completed 37 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns.

Arian Foster

I was tempted to put yet another DeMarco Murray performance (31 carries, 136 yards) here but instead opted for his Texans' counterpart. Arian Foster returned from injury and shone in a losing overtime effort against the Dallas Cowboys, gaining 157 rushing yards on 23 carries, with 15 additional yards receiving. He scored two touchdowns, including the game-tying score with less than one minute left in regulation, but unfortunately fumbled on a third-and-two play in overtime that allowed Dallas to score the winning field goal. It was Foster's twentieth game of at least 150 yards from scrimmage.

Branden Oliver

Everyone knows the name Branden Oliver now, but you'd be forgiven for not knowing prior to the San Diego Chargers' 31-0 win over the New York Jets. The Chargers are without Ryan Mathews, lost Danny Woodhead for the year shortly after and saw their running back unit depleted further when Donald Brown suffered a concussion in the first quarter. The undrafted rookie out of Buffalo was the next man up, and exploded for 144 rushing yards, a further 68 receiving yards and two touchdowns against a Jets defence ranked as one of the best in the league,

C.J. Mosley

I may have written about Kyle Fuller a few weeks ago, but we have found our frontrunner for the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. C.J. Mosley was a coveted prospect coming out of Alabama and he lived up to the hype in the Baltimore Ravens' 20-13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, piling up 14 tackles, a spectacular goal line interception and a hit on Andrew Luck that forced a rare pick for Haloti Ngata. He doesn't have the highlight-reel moments that Fuller, Anthony Barr or Khalil Mack might have, but Mosley has been a force in the middle of the Ravens' defence and has 49 total tackles through five games.