Week five of the NFL season has come and gone. The week saw nine former Huskers take the field on Sunday and Monday.
The weekend highlight for former Cornhuskers was cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt, who scored his first NFL touchdown. The Cincinnati Bengal had an 11-yard interception in a 34-20 win at Arizona.
Another weekend highlight was for Edge rusher Ochaun Mathis making his NFL debut. Mathis missed the season’s first four games due to a knee injury.
Rams head coach Sean McVay talked about the rookie’s debut following the Rams loss at Philadelphia on Sunday.
“I thought it was good to be able to get his feet wet. He played a handful of snaps. There were some rush situations where you could see the length and the overall ability. It was obviously a great challenge with Jalen (Hurts) doing such a good job of being able to extend and create some things off schedule. I think you got to take into account that that was the first time he had even been in pads as a Ram this past week. Didn’t play in any preseason games and so thought it was a good step in the right direction. Definitely some learning opportunities, but (OLBs coach) Joe Coniglio does a great job with that room as a whole and it was good to get Ochaun back out there.”
Find an entire week five breakdown of Nebraska Cornhuskers in the NFL below.