As the Minnesota Vikings visit Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers tonight (Thursday), the NFL in week five has a great chance of seeing several milestones achieved, but first I’m taking my fedora off to cheer on a Cowboy. The Dallas Cowboys have given RB De Marco Murray every opportunity to control football games with his ability to run the football giving the Cowboy offense balance.
Murray has rushed for at least 100 yards and scored a touchdown in each of the first four games of the 2014 season. His achievements thus far have tied Pro Football Hall of Fame running back and Cowboy great Emmitt Smith for the fourth-longest streak in NFL history to start a season.
Can the Houston Texans slow down this locomotive on Sunday? If Murray runs for over 100 yards and a touchdown on Sunday he will join a very select group of running backs to achieve that milestone in the first five games to begin a season.
The longest start-of-season streaks in NFL history with at least 100 rushing yards and a touchdown run:
| PLAYER | TEAM | YEAR | STREAK |
| Jim Brown | Cleveland | 1958 | 6 |
| O.J. Simpson | Buffalo | 1975 | 5 |
| Emmitt Smith | Dallas | 1995 | 4 |
| DeMarco Murray | Dallas | 2014 | 4* |
| * Active streak | |||
Week 5 NFL Predictions
Minnesota @ Green Bay         Packers
Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville           Steelers
Buffalo @ Detroit                           Lions
Baltimore @ Indianapolis           Colts
Houston @ Dallas              Cowboys
Chicago @ Carolina             Panthers
Atlanta @ NYG Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Giants
St. Louis @ Philadelphia         Eagles
Cleveland @ Tennessee          Browns
Arizona @ Denver               Broncos
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans      Saints
NYJ @ San Diego               Chargers
Cincinnati @ New England       Bengals
Kansas City @ San Francisco     49ers
Seattle @ Washington           Seahawks
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Last Week          9 – 4
Overall Season  Record    34-27
