Updated Week 5 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Our updated Week 5 fantasy football Flex rankings (RB, WR, TE) for 2021. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his Flex ranks.

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in many cases tight ends as well:

• Dalvin Cook Is Officially Inactive
• DeVante Parker Has Officially Been Ruled Out
• T.J. Hockenson Will Play On Sunday
• Joe Mixon Suiting Up, Won't Be 100 Percent
• Dalvin Cook Is Officially Ruled Out
• Chase Edmonds Suiting Up In Week 5
• Courtland Sutton Remains Game-Time Decision
• Amari Cooper Suiting Up On Sunday
• Ezekiel Elliott Expected To Play Sunday
• Teddy Bridgewater Clears Protocol, Will Start On Sunday
• Elijah Mitchell Set To Return In Week 5
• George Kittle Out, Lands On IR
• Christian McCaffrey Is Out
• A.J. Brown Will Return In Week 5
• Antonio Gibson Has Stress Fracture In Shin
• Julio Jones To Miss Second Straight Game
• Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard Ruled Out For Week 5
• Calvin Ridley To Miss Week 5 Against Jets
• Tee Higgins Will Play In Week 5
• Rob Gronkowski Won't Play Against Dolphins
• DeVante Parker Could Be Game-Time Decision
• Patriots O-Line In Shambles Entering Week 5
• Nyheim Hines Limited In Friday's Practice
• David Montgomery Lands On Injured Reserve
• Giovani Bernard Listed As Questionable For Week 5
• Russell Gage Won't Play Against Jets
• Dyami Brown Out For Week 5
• Logan Thomas Placed On Injured Reserve
• Will Fuller Being Placed On Injured Reserve
• Josh Gordon To Make Chiefs Debut Sunday Night

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 5.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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• 2025 NFL rookie fantasy football rankings
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• Running back fantasy football rankings
• Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
• Tight end fantasy football rankings

Week 5 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 5 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/10 at 12:00 pm ET:

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