Week 5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings for Half-PPR: Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, Tyreek Hill, Xavier Worthy, Diontae Johnson, Dontayvion Wicks

With the Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers, and Detroit Lions out of action this week, many fantasy managers will need to dive deeper into the wide receiver position to find viable starters and flex options. Our Week 5 fantasy football wide receiver rankings for 2024 are here to help you make those tough […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings for Half-PPR: Trey McBride, Travis Kelce, David Njoku, Kyle Pitts, Taysom Hill, Mark Andrews, Evan Engram

With key tight ends Dallas Goedert and Sam LaPorta on byes this week, it could be an even trickier slate than usual to navigate at the tight end spot. That said, it will be more critical than ever to set your optimal fantasy lineups with our Week 5 fantasy football tight end rankings for 2024. […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Kyler Murray, Justin Fields, Baker Mayfield, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott, Derek Carr

Week 5 marks the start of teams on byes, and fantasy managers with Jalen Hurts and Jared Goff will have to look elsewhere at QB this week. Superflex or two-QB managers with Will Levis and Justin Herbert will also have to pivot. We're here to help with our NFL team's Week 5 fantasy football quarterback […]

Video: MUST ADD Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 5! Fantasy Football 2024

Our top 2024 fantasy football Week 5 waiver wire pickups for RB, WR, TE, and QB. This week's must-add fantasy football free agents -- potential waiver wire winners heading into Week 5 for running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, and quarterbacks. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (SiriusXM channel 87) - every […]

WR Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 5 (2024)

If you have a receiver on your fantasy football roster with two feet and a heartbeat, you can ill afford to sit them even if they have just one foot. Thanks to the early-season injuries, we were born into the bye weeks, molded by them. It feels like we’ve been preparing for them for weeks. […]

NFL DFS: First Look of Week 5 - Totals, Salaries, Slates, and more

Week 5 is already here for the NFL season and it has been a wild ride. We're going to dive in and get ahead of the crowd by looking at all of the data. This piece is intended to be a one-stop shop for readers to begin their DFS research for the week. While it […]

IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 5 (2024)

Bye weeks are upon us. In Week 5, fantasy managers will be without Aidan Hutchinson and his Lions teammates, Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa of the Chargers, Eagles' breakout linebacker Zack Baun, and Titans' star pass rusher Harold Landry. Who should you add to your IDP fantasy football team to fill in for those on […]

What's Wrong With Garrett Wilson? Fantasy Football Outlook for Rest-Of-Season

New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson, after an offseason of tremendous hype and praise for his talents, rose to become a universal late first-round pick in fantasy drafts this season and his ADP settled around the 1-2 turn in drafts. He was expected to lead a revamped Jets passing attack with future Hall of […]

Fantasy Football Injuries To Watch for Week 5 Lineups - Anthony Richardson, Christian Watson, Taysom Hill, Malik Nabers, more

Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season is now behind us, and the real contenders are starting to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Teams are finally starting to score again, as multiple teams managed to score over 30 points. Unfortunately, as is the case in every week of NFL action, there were […]

JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR, KC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Chiefs lost their WR1 Rashee Rice to a major knee injury in Sunday’s victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Chiefs WR Rashee Rice was carted off the field after this play: pic.twitter.com/3W2VZ46iPF — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 29, 2024 Kansas […]

Jordan Whittington (WR, LAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The rookie receiver was an offseason star in Rams training camp and was finally given an opportunity in Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bears. Whittington enjoyed the best game of his young career and led the team in targets. He posted […]

Rashee Rice's Timetable Remains Unclear

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (knee) was forced to exit early during Sunday's Week 4 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. Rice was carted off the field after quarterback Patrick Mahomes accidentally dove into Rice's knee while attempting to make a tackle. It didn't look good on the field and the first thought […]

Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB, KC) – Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire is one of the biggest NFL Draft busts in recent memory. However, the veteran has earned a role in the Chiefs’ backfield as a No. 2 running back behind Isiah Pacheco. Unfortunately, Edwards-Helaire started the […]

Tutu Atwell (WR, LAR) – Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Tutu Atwell wasn’t on fantasy football radars heading into the 2024 season. However, injuries to Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua have opened the door for Atwell to have fantasy value. The veteran wide receiver has averaged four […]

Justin Watson (WR, KC) – Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 16-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0.1% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Justin Watson has never been a fantasy-relevant player for more than a week or two at a time. He is the WR93 for the year, averaging 2.9 half-point PPR fantasy points per game, scoring 3.7 or fewer […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts Of The Week - Fantasy Outlooks For Breece Hall, Brandon Aiyuk, Garrett Wilson, Kyle Pitts, Brock Bowers, more

The fourth Sunday of the 2024 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Rashee Rice Still Undergoing Tests, Won't Be Available For Week 5

The Kansas City Chiefs are saying that wide receiver Rashee Rice (knee) is still undergoing tests on his injured knee on Monday, but he will not be available to play in Week 5 against the New Orleans Saints. Rice injured his knee early in the Week 4 win over the division-rival Los Angeles Chargers and […]

Is Rashee Rice Hurt Or Healthy? Fantasy Football Injury Update

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is one of the NFL’s brightest emerging stars. The former SMU wide receiver was outstanding to end his rookie year. While some off-the-field trouble impacted Rice’s fantasy football outlook heading into the 2024 season, Rice has been outstanding over the first month. He was the WR4 over the […]

Is Jonathan Taylor Hurt Or Healthy? Fantasy Football Injury Update

Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is one of the most talented running backs in the NFL. The former Wisconsin star is the RB6 over the first month, averaging 17.4 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. While he is one of the top running backs in fantasy football, Taylor has struggled with injuries over the […]

Is Anthony Richardson Hurt Or Healthy? Fantasy Football Injury Update

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is one of the biggest boom-or-bust players in fantasy football. The second-year quarterback can have week-winning performances. Yet, he can also have awful fantasy performances. After totaling 26.1 fantasy points in Week 1, Richardson has scored 20.2 total fantasy points over the past three weeks. Unfortunately, the young quarterback has […]

10 Worst QB Performances From Week 4, Including Bo Nix And Daniel Jones

Every week, several quarterbacks fall flat on their faces. While there are 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, there are really only 20 or fewer high-end starters depending on the season. This year has been a strange year in the NFL. Passing numbers continue to be down so it is hard to assess how good or bad […]

Top Fantasy Football Injuries From Week 4: Rashee Rice, Anthony Richardson, Jonathan Taylor, And More

Four weeks into the season and the injuries keep coming. Several players were dinged up, and we had what appears to be our first major season-ending injury. The 2024 fantasy football season is shaping up to be a war of attrition. Injury woes are not fun, but we are still just four weeks into the […]

Samaje Perine Scores In Win

Kansas City Chiefs running back Samaje Perine had five carries for 14 yards and a touchdown in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers. The veteran running back scored on a two-yard in the fourth quarter to give the Chiefs the lead. Perine had the second-most carries out of the backfield for Kansas City […]

Xavier Worthy Scores Long Touchdown

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy had three catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers. Worthy broke free for a 54-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter of this contest. The rookie's three catches and 73 receiving yards were both season-highs. Despite having at least […]

Travis Kelce Leads Chiefs Pass-Catchers

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had seven catches on nine targets for 89 yards in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers. Kelce was the primary beneficiary of a first-quarter injury to Rashee Rice. Rice was carted off the field, and Kelce became the top option for the Chiefs passing attack. Today, […]

Carson Steele Fumbles Opportunity

Kansas City Chiefs running back Carson Steele had two carries for six yards in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers. Steele was the starter again this week, coming off a performance where he carried the ball 17 times, but things did not go his way in this one. Steele fumbled on his first […]

Kareem Hunt Takes Over Backfield

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt made his season debut in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4. Hunt had 14 carries for 69 yards in the contest. The veteran back also brought in two of his three targets for 16 receiving yards. Although rookie Carson Steele was the starter […]

Patrick Mahomes Lackluster In Win

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 19 of his 29 pass attempts (65.5%) for 245 yards and a touchdown in the 17-10 win against the Los Angeles Chargers. Mahomes also threw an interception in this game, making it his fourth straight game with an interception this season and bringing his interception total up to […]

Rashee Rice To Have An MRI, Feared To Have A Torn ACL

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (knee) will have an MRI on Monday after exiting Sunday's matchup with the Chargers. There hasn't been a firm update on the wideout's condition. However, with head coach Andy Reid indicating things don't look promising regarding Rice's condition, fantasy managers are already bracing for the worst, including what […]

Rashee Rice Knee Injury "Not Good"

According to Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, wide receiver Rashee Rice's knee injury "is not good." He revealed this during a halftime interview of Sunday's matchup with the Chargers, although he declined to provide specifics. Of course, fantasy managers are expecting the worst, hoping that Rice won't miss a significant amount of games. […]