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Who to Start in Week 5
Which guy is the biggest lock to have a big Week 5?
— 5th Down Fantasy (@5thDownFantasy) October 5, 2019
Kyler Murray (QB, ARI)
Start over: Matt Ryan, Dak Prescott
“As anyone who watched Monday night’s game against the Steelers can attest, the Bengals defense looked absolutely dreadful, allowing Mason Rudolph to complete 24-of-28 passes (85.7%) for two scores, while also routinely having no answer for the running back duo of Jaylen Samuels and James Conner out of the wildcat formation.” — Kenyatta Storin, NumberFire.com
Kyler Murray could be in for a breakout week ?
Let the Fantasy Focus crew tell you why he could be a strong start on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/vJ4hEyajc0
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) October 2, 2019
Leonard Fournette (RB, JAC)
Start over: Derrick Henry, Joe Mixon
“Carolina’s run defense is vulnerable, particularly considering they just placed Kawann Short on injured reserve. The Panthers have given up 19 runs of 10-plus yards (second-most) at a rate of 18% of attempts (second) while allowing 3.0 rushing yards after contact per attempt (10th-worst).” — Jarad Evans, PFF.com
Fantasy facts and stats to know for Week 5 in DFS!https://t.co/BWNpryhDAU
PFF Fantasy’s Jarad Evans offers up some key fantasy football info for each of Week 5’s games. pic.twitter.com/toPTxE7Pp7
— PFF (@PFF) October 3, 2019
David Johnson (RB, ARI)
Start over: Nick Chubb, Mark Ingram
“He has 28 targets through four weeks and actually has more receiving than rushing yards at this point. The Cardinals face the lowly Bengals this week and I expect Johnson to log his highest number of carries this season and put up big numbers against the league’s 27th rush defense.” — Joshua Mutters, 5th Down Fantasy
“Despite the fact that the winless Bengals have not seen much in the way of a positive gamescript, their coverage metrics against RBs are terrible – 25 targets (ninth-most), 216 yards (third), four touchdowns (most), 140.3 passer rating (highest), and 8.4 yards per play (sixth-most). Enter David Johnson, whose 20 targets over the last two games are tops among RBs and seventh most among all offensive players.” — Jarad Evans, PFF.com
Will Fuller (WR, HOU)
Start over: Calvin Ridley, Jarvis Landry
“The Falcons are 21st in pass-defense DVOA and 20th in fantasy points allowed to wideouts. Top CB Desmond Trufant should see a lot of DeAndre Hopkins in this one, leaving Fuller to work on first-year starter Isaiah Oliver, a 2018 second-round pick.” — Nick Mensio, Rotoworld
Will Fuller Week Incoming
12th among WR in Air Yds (399) ?
Tg Share & MS Air yds behind ONLY DeAndre Hopkins on HOU
Kenny Stills dealing w/ hamstring inj
ATL:
2nd Most Tds to WR (7) ?
10th in Fantasy Pts Allowed to WR?
pic.twitter.com/gtGR8IIduT— Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB) October 1, 2019
Stefon Diggs (WR, MIN)
Start over: Larry Fitzgerald, Jarvis Landry
“…this matchup against a Giants team that just lost another key player in Ryan Connelly to a season-ending injury should be a good opportunity for both Diggs and Adam Thielen to put up big numbers. Diggs is high-upside WR2 this week.” — Samantha Previte, NY Post
Week 5 Trust or Bust?
Trust or bust Matt Ryan in Week 5? We’ll use results in this week’s newsletter.
— 5th Down Fantasy (@5thDownFantasy) October 5, 2019
Trust or Bust: Dak Prescott in Week 5?
— 5th Down Fantasy (@5thDownFantasy) October 5, 2019
Trust or Bust: Nick Chubb in Week 5? We’ll use these results in today’s newsletter.
— 5th Down Fantasy (@5thDownFantasy) October 5, 2019
Who to Sit in Week 5
Who is most likely to bust in Week 5? (last poll for today, promise)
— 5th Down Fantasy (@5thDownFantasy) October 5, 2019
Dak Prescott (QB, DAL)
Sit for: Jameis Winston, Philip Rivers
“For his career, in games Prescott has played without left tackle Tyron Smith, his TD/INT rate dips, his TD% is nearly cut in half, his off-target rate nearly doubles, he takes fewer deep shots and he averages 12% fewer fantasy points per game.” — Matthew Berry, ESPN
Josh Jacobs (RB, OAK)
Sit for: Wayne Gallman, Phillip Lindsay
“Josh Jacobs has looked like a first-round running back for Oakland through the first month, but his supporting cast has looked like the Oakland Raiders. That’s bad news when you’re gearing up to face a vengeful Khalil Mack and the NFL’s 3rd ranked run defense.” — Derek McCauley, 5th Down Fantasy
“The Raiders haven’t been shy about giving him carries (he’s averaging 15.5 per), but the lack of catches (two last week, three on the season) hurts his upside in a matchup that figures to involve the Raiders playing from behind.” — Dave Richard, CBSSports.com
Le’Veon Bell (RB, NYJ)
Sit for: LeSean McCoy, Austin Ekeler
“This week will prove to be another unbreachable barrier for both Bell and the Jets offense as they march into Lincoln Financial Field to face the Eagles 2nd ranked run defense. Philadelphia has faced Derrius Guice/Devonta Freeman/Kerryon Johnson and Aaron Jones so far and limited all four to under 2 yards-per-carry.” — Derek McCauley, 5th Down Fantasy
“You have to hope for massive passing game usage from Bell (certainly a possibility!) because he ranks 42nd of 44 qualified RBs in yards per carry this season. But my feeling is Philly loads the box and takes its chances against Luke Falk or Sam Darnold in his first game back.” — Matthew Berry, ESPN
JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR, PIT)
Sit for: Josh Gordon, Sterling Shepard
“The red flags surrounding JuJu are the size of the banners they run out during the opening ceremony for the Olympics. Smith-Schuster’s first year without Antonio Brown in Pittsburgh has been a tough one. He has yet to eclipse 100 yards receiving after the first month and has reached the endzone only once.” — Derek McCauley, 5th Down Fantasy
Everyone who has JuJu Smith-Schuster on their fantasy team after seeing yet another #Steelers player scoring a touchdown. pic.twitter.com/fCezAr9d7g
— Pro Football Network (@PFN365) October 1, 2019
Terry McLaurin (WR, WAS)
Sit for: Mecole Hardman, Courtland Sutton
“The Patriots love to shut down the one thing their opponent does well and the truth here is that the only thing that the Redskins do well is throw the ball to Terry McLaurin. I fully expect that Patriots CB Stephon Gilmore will cover him all game long and make the Redskins pass the ball to their other receivers.” — Dr. Roto, SI.com
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