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TIM AND MIKE: Week 5 observations

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Assist, Quin: Safety Glover Quin suggested earlier this year that the NFL ought to give assists on plays, like they do in hockey and basketball, for a player who doesn’t make the play but sets it up for a teammate. He turned a running play inside early Sunday, and a tackle was made for a loss. Quin got hand slaps from teammates, but no credit for an assisted tackle. – Mike O’Hara

Tough catches made all the time: After going back and watching the film of Sunday’s game, the Eric Ebron drop in the end zone on the first possession did go right through Shaq Thompson’s hands before hitting Ebron in the hands and right shoulder before falling to the ground.