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Below you will find our Week 5 wide receivers rankings, to help determine your WR starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Bill Dubiel (@Roto_Dubs), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53) and Ben Ruppert (@Ben_Ruppert_21).
Lead columnist Bill Dubiel also highlights some WR rankings and matchups analysis for Week 5, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who he doesn't, and most importantly who he thinks you should be starting in Week 5.
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Week 5 Wide Receivers - Rankings & Matchups Analysis
Anybody see what Julio Jones did to the Panthers secondary last week? Yeah, I'm aware Mike Evans isn't Julio Jones, but he's CLOSE. He should have no trouble torching that depleted secondary, and I have him firmly locked in as a WR1. He scored in each of the team's first three games, and he should find the end zone against at some point on Monday.
I've gotta ding Kelvin Benjamin a bit this week with Derek Anderson under center instead of Cam Newton...or do I? It was Anderson who finally found Benjamin for a touchdown late in the Panthers' Week 4 loss, and the Tampa Bay secondary is notoriously generous to wide receivers. I'm only a shade lower than my colleagues, and it's just because I like the guys ahead of him more.
I still have faith that DeAndre Hopkins will bounce back in Week 5. I'm the highest on him by far of my colleagues, and I think it has everything to do with the "squeaky wheel" concept. Hopkins was critically underused in Week 4, and I think Bill O'Brien and Brock Osweiler will make a concentrated effort to get him the ball. The Vikings talented secondary can only do so much to contain a player like Nuk.
Demaryius Thomas has at least five catches and 90 yards in each of his last three games, and he's found the end zone in each of the last two. The Falcons secondary is very torchable, and both he and teammate Emmanuel Sanders should eat in this game. I've got the large-bodied Thomas as a high-end WR2 this week.
Quincy Enunwa should have no problem making an impact against a subpar Steelers secondary with teammate Eric Decker likely on the sidelines again. He's got the body type and the target share to produce as a fantasy wide receiver, as he'll do a ton of damage between the 20s with Brandon Marshall dominating in the red zone. There's legitimate WR2 upside here in PPR formats.
With Sammy Watkins out for the foreseeable future, Tyrod Taylor has to throw to someone, right? Enter Robert Woods, the former second-round pick and now de facto WR1 on the Buffalo offense. Woods showed what he can do in Week 4 with 89 yards on seven catches, and if he continues to see that kind of usage he'll be a flex-worthy player the rest of the way.
I kinda, sorta, not really but maybe believe in Dontrelle Inman. So far he leads the Chargers in routes run, and we finally saw the production match the potential in Week 4. Inman hung a 7-120-1 line on the nonexistent Saints defense, and his Week 5 opponent, the Raiders, don't offer much more resistance. I think Inman puts up flex value this week.
| Player Name | Pos | Nick | Ben | Bill | AVG |
| Antonio Brown"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">Antonio Brown | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| A.J. Green"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">A.J. Green | WR | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| Mike Evans | WR | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5.67 |
| Odell Beckham Jr."}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[3]C[-2]">Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5.67 |
| Julio Jones | WR | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6.33 |
| Kelvin Benjamin | WR | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9.67 |
| Jordy Nelson"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-3]C[-2]">Jordy Nelson | WR | 12 | 11 | 7 | 10.00 |
| Marvin Jones"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Marvin Jones | WR | 18 | 14 | 23 | 15.33 |
| T.Y. Hilton"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[13]C[-2]">T.Y. Hilton | WR | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17.33 |
| Jordan Matthews"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[6]C[-2]">Jordan Matthews | WR | 14 | 16 | 14 | 17.67 |
| Brandon Marshall | WR | 16 | 26 | 20 | 18.00 |
| Jarvis Landry"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">Jarvis Landry | WR | 20 | 24 | 29 | 21.33 |
| Demaryius Thomas | WR | 24 | 25 | 18 | 22.33 |
| Alshon Jeffery"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Alshon Jeffery | WR | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23.33 |
| Julian Edelman"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Julian Edelman | WR | 28 | 18 | 25 | 23.67 |
| Michael Crabtree"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Michael Crabtree | WR | 25 | 20 | 26 | 23.67 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | WR | 29 | 34 | 16 | 26.33 |
| Larry Fitzgerald"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-1]C[-2]">Larry Fitzgerald | WR | 26 | 32 | 28 | 28.67 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | WR | 32 | 28 | 33 | 31.00 |
| Amari Cooper"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Amari Cooper | WR | 33 | 29 | 32 | 31.33 |
| Terrelle Pryor"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">Terrelle Pryor | WR | 36 | 35 | 34 | 35.00 |
| Stefon Diggs"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[4]C[-2]">Stefon Diggs | WR | 35 | 33 | 39 | 35.67 |
| Travis Benjamin"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">Travis Benjamin | WR | 40 | 36 | 36 | 37.33 |
| Sterling Shepard"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-4]C[-2]">Sterling Shepard | WR | 43 | 46 | 35 | 41.33 |
| Randall Cobb"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[11]C[-2]">Randall Cobb | WR | 34 | 40 | 51 | 41.67 |
| Steve Smith"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[0]C[-2]">Steve Smith | WR | 42 | 43 | 41 | 42.00 |
| Quincy Enunwa | WR | 47 | 50 | 42 | 46.33 |
| Will Fuller"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[2]C[-2]">Will Fuller | WR | 50 | 42 | 49 | 47.00 |
| DeSean Jackson"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[5]C[-2]">DeSean Jackson | WR | 46 | 47 | 53 | 48.67 |
| Robert Woods | WR | 52 | 71 | 46 | 56.33 |
| John Brown"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[9]C[-2]">John Brown | WR | 56 | 52 | 64 | 57.33 |
| Cole Beasley"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Cole Beasley | WR | 54 | 64 | 59 | 59.00 |
| Eddie Royal"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-14]C[-2]">Eddie Royal | WR | 80 | 54 | 45 | 59.67 |
| Jamison Crowder"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[2]C[-2]">Jamison Crowder | WR | 63 | 60 | 62 | 61.67 |
| Tyrell Williams"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[5]C[-2]">Tyrell Williams | WR | 64 | 56 | 67 | 62.33 |
| Phillip Dorsett"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-8]C[-2]">Phillip Dorsett | WR | 60 | 76 | 55 | 63.67 |
| Mike Wallace"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Mike Wallace | WR | 74 | 65 | 70 | 69.67 |
| Chris Hogan"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[9]C[-2]">Chris Hogan | WR | 65 | 74 | 79 | 72.67 |
| Devante Parker"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[4]C[-2]">Devante Parker | WR | 68 | 80 | 75 | 74.33 |
| Golden Tate"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[7]C[-2]">Golden Tate | WR | 76 | 68 | 81 | 75.00 |
| Michael Floyd"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[7]C[-2]">Michael Floyd | WR | 82 | 63 | 82 | 75.67 |
| Tajae Sharpe"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-6]C[-2]">Tajae Sharpe | WR | 71 | 91 | 73 | 78.33 |
| Sammie Coates"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[2]C[-2]">Sammie Coates | WR | 85 | 82 | 84 | 83.67 |
| Tavon Austin"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[5]C[-2]">Tavon Austin | WR | 87 | 83 | 90 | 86.67 |
| Dontrelle Inman | WR | 100 | 100 | 63 | 87.67 |
| Victor Cruz"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-1]C[-2]">Victor Cruz | WR | 91 | 87 | 87 | 88.33 |
| Anquan Boldin"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[4]C[-2]">Anquan Boldin | WR | 88 | 85 | 94 | 89.00 |
| Ted Ginn"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[18]C[-2]">Ted Ginn | WR | 83 | 95 | 113 | 97.00 |
| Terrance Williams"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[4]C[-2]">Terrance Williams | WR | 112 | 88 | 102 | 100.67 |
| Brice Butler"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[10]C[-2]">Brice Butler | WR | 97 | 97 | 109 | 101.00 |
| Kenny Britt"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-4]C[-2]">Kenny Britt | WR | 104 | 104 | 96 | 101.33 |
| Pierre Garcon"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-18]C[-2]">Pierre Garcon | WR | 115 | 110 | 86 | 103.67 |
| Adam Humphries"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[18]C[-2]">Adam Humphries | WR | 96 | 96 | 124 | 105.33 |
| Jeremy Kerley"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[6]C[-2]">Jeremy Kerley | WR | 106 | 103 | 114 | 107.67 |
| Seth Roberts"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[2]C[-2]">Seth Roberts | WR | 110 | 106 | 111 | 109.00 |
| Kenny Stills"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-15]C[-2]">Kenny Stills | WR | 119 | 114 | 95 | 109.33 |
| Mohamed Sanu"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-12]C[-2]">Mohamed Sanu | WR | 114 | 115 | 99 | 109.33 |
| Vincent Jackson"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[4]C[-2]">Vincent Jackson | WR | 103 | 112 | 117 | 110.67 |
| Danny Amendola"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-14]C[-2]">Danny Amendola | WR | 126 | 122 | 103 | 117.00 |
| Brian Quick"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[5]C[-2]">Brian Quick | WR | 124 | 118 | 125 | 122.33 |
| Dez Bryant"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-18]C[-2]">Dez Bryant | WR | 122 | 148 | 105 | 125.00 |
| Davante Adams"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-6]C[-2]">Davante Adams | WR | 130 | 130 | 118 | 126.00 |
| Nelson Agholor"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-4]C[-2]">Nelson Agholor | WR | 139 | 119 | 121 | 126.33 |
| Eli Rogers"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[12]C[-2]">Eli Rogers | WR | 118 | 129 | 139 | 128.67 |
| Marquise Goodwin"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[11]C[-2]">Marquise Goodwin | WR | 125 | 125 | 140 | 130.00 |
| Torrey Smith"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-7]C[-2]">Torrey Smith | WR | 136 | 135 | 123 | 131.33 |
| Cameron Meredith"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Cameron Meredith | WR | #N/A | #N/A | 133 | 133.00 |
| Kamar Aiken"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[1]C[-2]">Kamar Aiken | WR | #N/A | #N/A | 134 | 134.00 |
| Rishard Matthews"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-6]C[-2]">Rishard Matthews | WR | 134 | 141 | 128 | 134.33 |
| Devin Funchess"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[17]C[-2]">Devin Funchess | WR | 129 | 126 | 154 | 136.33 |
| Brandon LaFell"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-10]C[-2]">Brandon LaFell | WR | 144 | 140 | 129 | 137.67 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-2]C[-2]">Cordarrelle Patterson | WR | #N/A | #N/A | 138 | 138.00 |
| Tyler Boyd"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[6]C[-2]">Tyler Boyd | WR | 148 | 124 | 148 | 140.00 |
| Kendall Wright"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-4]C[-2]">Kendall Wright | WR | #N/A | #N/A | 143 | 143.00 |
| Markus Wheaton"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-13]C[-2]">Markus Wheaton | WR | 156 | 139 | 135 | 143.33 |
| Robby Anderson"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[-3]C[-2]">Robby Anderson | WR | 141 | 144 | 147 | 144.00 |
| Breshad Perriman"}" data-sheets-formula="=BillWeekly!R[11]C[-2]">Breshad Perriman | WR | 135 | 136 | 162 | 144.33 |
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