Week 5 Score Comparison: I truly believe that this "all scoring, all the time" kick has truly crossed over into the ridiculous...

Here is the list of the week 5 scoring averages from 2001-2010, in order of scoring:

2003: 47.64
2002: 47.21
2004: 46.14
2010: 45.57
2001: 45.14
2005: 44.64
2008: 44.21
2009: 42.64
2007: 40.21
2006: 38.64

2011???

Hold on tight...

With the Monday-nighter still to play, and with the lowest-scoring game being the just-completed Sunday nighter between Atlanta and Green Bay (won 25-14 by Green Bay after Atlanta went out 14-0! -- 39 points was the fewest scored in any game this week):

The average of the 12 games played today was FIFTY-ONE POINT ZERO EIGHT points per game.

51.08 !

That is the highest scoring average for a week in the last eleven years, at the very very least!

3 1/2 points better than anything for a week 5 in the NFL since 2001. That's a touchdown-worth every other game.

As for the averages, I don't think I need to tell you that 2011 is the highest average-score through the first five weeks in the NFL since 2001:

2011: 46.43
2002: 45.73
2008: 45.01
2003: 42.69
2009: 42.17
2007: 41.91
2010: 41.55
2005: 40.74
2004: 39.97
2001: 39.76
2006: 39.41

Bad fundamentals, thug play, slanted officiating, whatever you want to call it...

The scoreboards are about to read "TILT!"