Chase McLaughlin Makes Two FGs In Week 5 Loss

Cleveland Browns kicker Chase McLaughlin made both of his field goals and three extra points in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. McLaughlin hit on field goals from 35 and 31 yards in the loss to the Chargers. The veteran kicker has been quite accurate for Cleveland this year, making […]

David Njoku Rips Chargers For 149 Yards, TD

Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku turned in a huge afternoon in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Njoku caught all seven of his targets for 149 yards and a touchdown in the loss. The veteran tight end easily paced the Browns in receiving, while going over 76 receiving yards […]

Donovan Peoples-Jones Finishes With 70 Yards

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones managed to catch five of six targets for 70 yards in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Peoples-Jones finished second on the team in receiving, behind only David Njoku in the loss. The second-year wideout's performance can be categorized as unexpected as he hadn't […]

Rashard Higgins Finds The End Zone Vs. Chargers

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins caught three of five targets for 29 yards and a touchdown in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Higgins came down with the first of Baker Mayfield's two touchdown passes on the afternoon, a seven-yard reception early in the second quarter. The veteran wideout […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Quiet In Week 5 Loss

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. caught two of three targets for 20 yards in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Despite the Browns and Chargers combining for 89 points, Beckham was not able to get in on the fun as he finished fifth on the team in receiving […]

Kareem Hunt Scores Twice In Week 5

Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt notched a two-touchdown game in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Hunt carried the ball 12 times for 61 yards and two touchdowns while catching five of six targets for 28 yards in the contest. The multi-touchdown game gives Hunt five scores in five […]

Nick Chubb Rushes For 161 Yards, TD In Loss

Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb broke a two-game slump with a big outing against the Los Angeles Chargers in a 47-42 loss in Week 5. After slow outings in Weeks 3 and 4, Chubb carried the ball 21 times for 161 yards and a touchdown while adding a nine-yard reception in the loss. The […]

Baker Mayfield Goes For 305 Yards, Two Touchdowns

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield turned in his best performance of the season in a 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5. Mayfield completed 23 of 32 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns while adding eight rushing yards in the loss. The veteran quarterback's Week 5 performance marks his first multi-touchdown […]

Updated Week 5 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Dalvin Cook Is Officially Inactive Joe Mixon Suiting Up, Won't Be 100 Percent Chase Edmonds Suiting Up In Week 5 Ezekiel Elliott Expected To Play Sunday […]

Updated Week 5 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: DeVante Parker Has Officially Been Ruled Out Courtland Sutton Remains Game-Time Decision Amari Cooper Suiting Up On Sunday A.J. Brown Will Return In Week 5 Julio Jones To […]

Updated Week 5 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

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 […]

Updated Week 5 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: 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 Chase […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 5

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 5 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Can you believe that we're already a quarter way through the season? It's time to keep it rolling for Week 5. For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 5

The wide receiver matchup article from last week was decent with Deebo Samuel (WR-3), Terry McLaurin (WR-5), D.K. Metcalf (WR-22) and Stefon Diggs (WR-20) leading the way with decent performances. On the negative side Jalen Reagor was targeted just once, Odell Beckham Jr. was only able to haul in two of his seven targets for 27 yards, Brandon Aiyuk was only […]

WR/CB Matchups To Target and Downgrade - Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of the WR/CB Matchups article. This series used to be called "Matchups to Target and Avoid" but is now titled "Matchups to Target and Downgrade." Too many times a WR has a tough matchup and produces anyway. A difficult matchup is not a guarantee that a WR will underwhelm. On the […]

Booms and Busts for Week 5 Lineups

The world of fantasy football can be a vicious cycle throughout the long season with mind-numbing performances from players that can leave managers second-guessing roster decisions. That was yet again the case in Week 4 as the trend of under-the-radar players outperforming their rankings continued. Players like Taylor Heinicke, Kenneth Gainwell, and Van Jefferson took […]

Bold Predictions for Week 5

Bold predictions are always meant to be taken with a grain of salt but ideally, they are not a bunch of takes thrown like excrement at a wall with the hope of sticking. These predictions come with backing to make them somewhat substantiated with the obvious caveat that it's playing into a range of outcomes […]

Week 5 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

As the games concluded on Sunday, I was sure I had a terrible week. The Saints hadn't performed against the Giants, the Bengals fell short against the Jaguars, the Titans somehow lost to the Jets, and Washington laid yet another egg against a beatable offense. Yet, when I checked the Fantasypros DST rankings on Monday […]

Week 5 Busts - Players Who May Disappoint

Welcome back RotoBallers! As we head into Week 5 of the NFL season, we are approaching the time where getting off to a slow start can cross the line and get into "I may be digging too deep of a hole to climb out of " territory. It's more critical than ever to make the […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 5

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! Week 4 was a huge one for this article! We had at least one player from each highlighted position finish inside the top-five DK point scorers at their respective position. I hope you guys were able to take advantage of the recommendations. Unfortunately, I wasn't. […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 5 - Daily Fantasy Football

Week 4 is in the books, and it ended with a Monday Night Football trouncing of the Las Vegas Raiders, courtesy of the Los Angeles Chargers. Of course, we can't move ahead without taking a moment to recognize some of the standouts of the week, with Tyreek Hill exploding for three scores and nearly 200 […]

NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 5 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo

Welcome to the Week 5 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value […]

NFL Betting Picks for Week 5 (10/10/2021) - Spreads, Totals, and Moneylines

A solid 2-1 week in Week 4 and we had some nice wins. Dallas took care of business against a good Carolina team, but there was just no way the Cowboys were letting them have a chance in Jerry's World. Pittsburgh and Green Bay made us sweat, but overall that Steelers offense is in a […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monkey Knife Fight - Week 5

Week 5 is ready to get rolling and that means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some fantastic props for us to play. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. There are no massive tournaments where you have to get […]

Week 5 NFL - Single Stat DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is well underway and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats. […]

NFL Week 5: Thunder Dan's NFL DFS Tiered Rankings (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 5 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet. […]

Video: Week 5 NFL DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings, FanDuel

Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by fellow RotoBaller NFL analyst Eric Samulski to discuss their favorite games and players to target on FanDuel and DraftKings in week two as well as several other NFL DFS topics. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 5 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back to our weekly Must Avoids and Injuries series for our NFL DFS Premium Subscribers.  Below, you'll find our expert's top players to avoid this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to game day. We're looking at […]

Anthony Walker Rejoins Browns Defense For Week 5

Cleveland Browns linebacker Anthony Walker (hamstring) has been activated from injured reserve in time to take the field for Sunday's matchup vs. the Chargers. Walker, who has primarily been a starter with the Colts over the past three years, made 10 combined tackles and played 95 percent of defensive snaps for the Browns defense in […]

Updated Week 5 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: George Kittle Listed As Doubtful Rob Gronkowski Won't Play Against Dolphins T.J. Hockenson Improving, Has Chance To Play Sunday Logan Thomas Placed On Injured Reserve These rankings are a consensus […]