Updated Week 5 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

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: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Terry McLaurin, Vance McDonald are officially active. Tyrell Williams, Kenny Stills, Devin Singletary are all officially out. JuJu Smith-Schuster A "True Game-Time Decision." T.Y. Hilton (quad) […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 5

Welcome to our Week 5 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every single contest from the Sunday slate in one convenient location, helping you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. Be sure to check back regularly because this article will be updated as news comes in regarding injuries and other […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 5

In Week 4, Cooper Kupp and Kenny Golladay came through in a big way if you rolled them out in your DFS lineups. The other wide receivers that were recommended in this weekly piece didn't have the greatest days at the office. D.J. Moore had a great matchup, but he simply wasn't targeted often enough […]

Week 5 Busts? Players To Consider Avoiding

A quarter of the season is in the books. So what have we learned? The Dolphins are by far the worst team in the NFL and could lose all 16 games, but the Redskins aren't far behind and are turning to Colt McCoy at quarterback. The undefeated Chiefs, as expected, have the best offense in […]

Week 5 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2019 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

That Patriots have to play a legitimate offense at some point, right? This week they've got...sigh. Never mind. Below are RotoBaller's Week 5 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off the waiver wire for Week 5 of the NFL and fantasy football season. In case you missed it, this is […]

Ty Montgomery Looking For More Work

New York Jets running back Ty Montgomery is looking to get on the field more after the team's Week 4 bye. Montgomery has played less than 20 percent of the team's offensive snaps and has been out-touched by Le'Veon Bell 76-10. In the preseason, head coach Adam Gase said the Jets would not give Bell […]

Jets Defense Still Banged Up Heading To Philadelphia

The New York Jets Defense is still dealing with multiple injuries after their bye week as the team heads to Philadelphia to face the Eagles. Star linebacker C.J. Mosley (groin) did not practice all week and is doubtful to suit up Sunday. Defensive lineman Quinnen Williams (ankle), the team's first-round pick this year, also has […]

Luke Falk To Start For Jets Sunday

New York Jets quarterback Luke Falk will make his second career start Sunday at the Eagles. Falk has struggled after being forced into action in Week 2, he's only thrown for 296 yards in a game and a half with no touchdowns and an interception. In fairness to the backup QB, those games were against […]

Robby Anderson A High-Risk, High Reward Play Sunday

New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson has struggled to start the season, but faces a good matchup Sunday in Philadelphia. Anderson has had four catches or less in all three of his games this year and had 23 yards or less twice. Part of that can be blamed on the Jets QB situation which […]

Jamison Crowder Could Be A Good Start Sunday

New York Jets wide receiver Jamison Crowder has been quiet the past two weeks with starting quarterback Sam Darnold (mono) out with an illness. Things could change this week, however, as he'll take on an Eagles Defense that has allowed the most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. In addition to a good matchup, Crowder […]

Le'Veon Bell Faces Tough Test Sunday

New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell will face a tough matchup coming off of his bye week when the Jets visit Philadelphia on Sunday. The Eagles Defense allows the fourth-fewest points to running backs and are well rested themselves after playing on Thursday night in Week 4. In addition to a tough Eagles D, […]

Demaryius Thomas, Quinnen Williams Questionable

New York Jets wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (hamstring) and rookie defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (ankle) are listed as questionable for Week 5 against the Eagles. Head coach Adam Gase said that Thomas has looked good in practice. "It's looking very positive for us," Gase said. It looks like Thomas will be active, but he's not […]

Jets Defense Unlikely To Have C.J. Mosley Against Eagles

New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley (groin) is unlikely to play in Week 5 against the Eagles. Mosley, the quarterback of the defense and a top IDP linebacker when healthy, hasn't played since the season opener. Without him on the field, you can't take the Jets Defense/special teams seriously as a fantasy option. Eagles running […]

Fleaflicker's Most Added and Dropped: Week 5

Before we get into the waiver wire analysis, I want to state that the Patriots have put together a football dynasty like none we've ever seen. However, I think we should all agree that a 16-game season is a whole lot less taxing when six of them every year are against the Dolphins, Bills, and […]

Sony Michel Has Been Predictably Frustrating to Own

Remember those days of August and September? Remember when the season was still a few days away and you're signing up in a bunch of leagues and drafting your season-long rosters? Remember that decision you had to make on whether drafting Sony Michel, Mark Ingram, or Derrick Henry in the third round was the best […]

Sam Darnold Won't Play In Week 5

New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (mono) was not cleared by team doctors to play on Sunday at Philadelphia. Darnold had been practicing as he tries to return from illness, but was not given the green light to suit up in game action. The Jets will turn to Luke Falk again to start Sunday and […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 4 Analysis

Wide receivers are essential components toward your ultimate goal of securing league championships. As the season unfolds, an expanding collection of tools are available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which is designed to help you fulfill […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 5) - Targets and Avoids

Week 4 was finally a week where the underdogs came through. More than a quarter of entries in pools were knocked out thanks to the Rams, Colts,  Texans and Ravens all losing. My survivor plays were 4-2 last Sunday, as I managed to avoid the Texans and Ravens, with their opponents, the Panthers and Browns, […]

The Stream Team - Week 5 Priority Free Agents

Now that bye weeks are in full swing, streaming becomes a more viable and almost necessary strategy. Knowing who to add and when to start them could be the ultimate difference-maker in a weekly matchup. Making the right streaming decisions throughout the season could easily be the difference in winning a championship. Each week, I […]

Running Back Start/Sit Advice - Week 5

Pierre Camus and Chris Mangano break down the running back position to help with tough fantasy football lineup decisions for Week 5 of the 2019 NFL season. They decide who to start or sit among those in RB3 or flex consideration. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest […]

Digging Deeper Into Quarterback Data - NFL NextGen Stats

I can't believe it. Months of waiting, painful empty weekends, and now a quarter of the NFL season is suddenly gone! But I'm not going to lie, I love the moment when the whistle blows to end the week on Monday nights. It is just the confirmation that we have another full round of data […]

Sam Darnold Will Practice Wednesday

New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (illness) will practice on Wednesday and "see how it goes," according to head coach Adam Gase. The Jets are taking it day-to-day with Darnold, and he still hasn't been cleared for contact. It's not a lock that he returns in Week 5 to face the porous and injured Eagles […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 5

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

FAAB Bidding - Week 5 Waiver Wire Targets

Assisting our famous waiver wire pickups list, and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB). As a caveat, these prices do not by any means indicate how much these free agent players will […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

There were plenty of fireworks on Sunday, with eight teams scoring 30 or more points. The vultures also came out to roost, assuming that's what vultures do. In other words, several unknown players came onto the field simply to steal a touchdown away from a fantasy stud and frustrate fantasy owners. We won't list those […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers - Week 5

There will not be a stampede of fantasy players searching for tight ends this week. The Week 5 bye teams will not really kill any fantasy owners at the tight end position, as Detroit’s injured / inconsistent rookie T.J. Hockenson and Miami’s underwhelming Mike Gesicki are the two starting tight ends off. That does not […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 5 Lightning Round

A quarter of the fantasy football season is over. That means no more waiting around to make important decisions about the state of your roster. The short bye weeks continue, as the Lions and Dolphins will be out of action, neither of which should alter the state of the waiver wire much. That said, here […]

Chris Herndon IV (TE, NYJ) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stash in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The team's fourth-round pick in 2018, Chris Herndon IV must sit out one more game before he can return from his four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Remember the Jets just had their bye week, so they've only played three […]

The Cut List - Players on the Chopping Block (Week 5)

This is your weekly list of players to drop. I will do my best to limit this list to injured players and players you might consider holding. If you roster pure handcuffs or backups, obviously you can let them go at any time. The players on this list will, ideally, be guys that aren't clearly […]

Jets Defense Will Have Quinnen Williams Against Eagles

New York Jets head coach Adam Gase said that rookie defensive lineman Quinnen Williams (ankle) will play in Week 5 against the Eagles. Having the first-round pick back on the field is certainly good news for the Jets coming off their bye, but it looks like linebacker C.J. Mosley (groin) will miss another week. Until […]