The 2007 NFL season has been filed with some intrigue, but remained quite predictable. The New England Patriots and Indianapolis are both 5-0 as expected. But, the flummoxing situation in the wide-open NFC has teams in Dallas, Seattle and Green Bay trying to find some way to gearing up for a championship runs. Without any further ado, here are some of the surprises and disappointments of the NFL season through five weeks of the 2007 season. Surprises - Houston Texans The Houston Texans got away with robbery when they acquired Matt Schaub, who looks like a future franchise-quarterback, from the Atlanta Falcons in the off-season. Schaub?s quick and decisive decision-making is one of the main reasons the Texans are off to a surprising start after five games. Schaub has a 95.5 quarterback rating in the process of completing 70.7 percent of passes. Despite missing WR Andre Johnson for three weeks and RB Ahman Green for two, the Texans have managed to post a 3-2 record after five games. The Texans defense has shown some improvement because of the presences of rookie Amobi Okoye along with the maturation of Mario Williams and Dunta Robinson. Through five game Williams and Okoye have combined for 28 tackles and 7 sacks, while Robinson has chipped in with 20 tackles and 2 interceptions. Even though the Texans have raced out to a surprisingly fast start, they will need to tighten up on defense and hope RB Green and WR Johnson comeback and contribute soon for the Texans to have realistic playoff dreams. - Green Bay Packers Even though the Packers managed to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory week 5 against the Bears, their 4-1 record is still a very good start for a team on no ones radar this preseason. Bret Farve is back to being the badest gunslinger in the west, with a 94.7 quarterback rating. Frave has completed 67.1 percent of his pass, while firing nine touchdowns. The defense has also been respectable causing nine takeaways, five Interceptions and four fumble recoveries. The linebacking core has been the leaders of the defense. Mlb Nick Barnett has been all over the place with 44 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. While second year standout A.J. Hawk has chipped in with 34 tackles. Aaron Kampman and Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila have provided the Packers a persistent pass rush, with the two combining for 7.5 sacks. The Packers fast start may have caught the NFL off guard, but teams should know by now that the Packers are for real in the wide-open NFC. If 38-year-old Bret Farve keeps on playing like 28-year-old Bret Farve, the Packers should a factor in the NFC. - Randy Moss Randy Moss and Tom Brady have been an inexorable combination for NFL defenses to figure out through five weeks. Moss went from being a lost soul in Oakland to becoming the proverbial Patriots foot solider, while becoming the dangerous receiver in the league, in five months. Moss?s 551 yards leads the NFL. Moss has hauled in seven touchdowns, while averaging 16.2 yards a catch. Any notion and/or doubts that Moss is no longer an elite player should now be put to rest. - Braylon Edwards The former No. 3 overall pick is finally showing the promise the Cleveland Browns expected when they selected him in 2005 NFL Draft. Edwards is off to an excellent start to the season, ranking fourth in the NFL with 485 receiving yards and an averaging whopping 20.2 yards per catch. Edwards has also been extremely consistent for the Browns in the red-zone with 4 touchdowns. If Edwards keeps of this torrid pace, he might take his place among the NFL?s elite receiver. - Ronnie Brown Ronnie Brown is running like a man possessed. The big physical 232-pound, running back is proving he was worth the No. 2 overall selection in the 2005 NFL draft. Brown is leading the league in yards from scrimmage with a total of 712 yards through five games. Brown has been a beast in between the tackles, averaging 5.1 yards per carry, while pounding out 425 yards on the ground. Brown has also proven to be an adequate pass receiver with 287 yards out of the backfield. Brown has also shown a penchant for the end zone with five total touchdowns (4 rush, 1 rec). The jury on Brown is still out, but a couple more like weeks 3-5 and Brown will mention among NFL?s top tier of running backs. Disappointments - Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos season has been marred with mistakes and miscues. The highly touted Denver defense has just been plain defensive. Denver is ranked dead last in the NFL against the run, while surrendering an unpalatable 187.6 yards a game. The Broncos defense has shown minimal resists against the run, so the trade for CB Dre? Bly to sure up a shaky pass defense has not come to fruition. And now the injury bug has struck. WR Javon Walker has missed the last two games with a knee injury and All-Pro Center Tom Nalen out for the season with a triceps injury. Another negative cloud looming over the Broncos is the impending suspension of RB Travis Henry. Henry has allegedly tested positive for marijuana, which would earn him a one-year suspension, as a repeat offender, under the NFL?s substance abuse policy. Henry is challenging the NFL?s drug testing program and won a temporary restraining order against the NFL from completing the drug test and taking any action against Henry until heard by a state or federal court. Preseason prognosticators had the Broncos on a short list of potential teams that could make a championship run in the top heavy AFC. But five weeks into the season, the 2007 Broncos resemble a team that will be drafting at the top of the 2008 NFL draft. - New Orleans Saints Last season the Saints went from worst to first. Well, it looks like they want to retry that feat in 2008. The ?Aints? are the classic case of mistaken and/or lost identity. Last season the Saints were a smash-mouth running team that sprinkled in play-action passes and trick plays of their run game, on their way to a 13-3 record and a NFC South division title. This year the Saints are a trick play team that hasn?t fooled no one and have been all razzle with no dazzle. All the surfeit hype about RB Reggie Bush being the next great running back can now cease until further notice. Through five weeks Bush has looked soft, unwilling to run in between the tackles, and has been a better receiver than running back. Drew Brees has reverted to his early San Diego days, predetermining his reads while throwing balls blindly into coverage. Through four games this season Brees has 9 interceptions, where last season he had 11 interceptions. The New Orleans defense hasn?t been anything to speak of either, giving up 327.2 yards a game, while recording only one team sack. Since 1992 only one team has made the playoffs after a 0-4 start.