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Murray has a favorable matchup against the 49ers, a team that has struggled against opposing quarterbacks this season (ninth-most FPPG allowed to QB's, 18th in pass DVOA). He may be the best signal-caller that the San Francisco defense has seen all year, and our friends in Vegas have him throwing around 275 yards and nearly […]
Full Story »Updated Week 5 Quarterback Rankings
Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Russell Wilson Could Be Out 6-8 Weeks Jimmy Garoppolo Officially Out In Week 5 Baker Mayfield To Play Through Torn Shoulder Labrum Justin Fields Named Bears Starter Going Forward These […]
Full Story »Deebo Samuel - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Samuel has morphed into an alpha in the early stages of the season, putting up a 32.31% target share, which ranks 5th in the NFL. Samuel ranks 9th in expected fantasy points and 4th in fantasy points above expectation (PFF). This tells us that he's getting a fantastic workload while performing at an elite level. We […]
Full Story »Week 5 Red Zone Alert - Risers and Fallers
It is time to start taking note of the stats. They say numbers don't lie, but that can be deceitful. For instance, a team could have a 100% red-zone scoring percentage, but that is because they have only had two or three red-zone attempts. We want our risers to be the teams and players who […]
Full Story »Trey Lance - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Lance makes his first career start with Jimmy Garoppolo sidelined with a calf injury. Lance showed off his fantasy upside last week, totaling 20+ fantasy points in only one half of football. You have to love the fact that he rushed seven times for 41 yards in limited playing time. While the Cardinals defense has been great […]
Full Story »Josh Jacobs - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Jacobs returned to action against the Chargers last week, rushing 13 times for 40 yards while catching each of his five targets for 17 yards. Kenyan Drake only played 35% of the snaps, so this is encouraging usage for Jacobs. You love to see those five targets. If we start seeing Jacobs utilized more in the passing […]
Full Story »Darren Waller - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
There's not much to say about Waller, as he's an every-week Top-2 tight end, no matter the matchup. He's coming off a solid game against the Chargers where he caught 4-of-7 targets for 50 yards and a touchdown. We haven't seen a spike week since Week 1, but there's always the chance that Waller goes […]
Full Story »Justin Fields - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Many in the world of fantasy football are looking forward to the upside that Fields provides to a very boring Bears offense. There are pieces to work with in this offense, but the utilization has yet to click. The struggles of the play-calling show in advanced analytics as he ranks near the bottom in both […]
Full Story »Damien Williams - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Williams takes over the Bears' backfield with David Montgomery sidelined, immediately vaulting into RB2 territory. Williams should dominate touches and make an impact in the passing game, potentially putting him as one of the top waiver wire adds of the year. He goes up against a Raiders defense that ranks 26th in fantasy points per game (PPR) […]
Full Story »Justin Herbert - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Herbert takes on a tough Browns defense, but it's better to attack them through the air, as they rank 1st in rush DVOA but 13th in pass DVOA. The Chargers passing game ranks 11th in DVOA, so we could see them find some success through the air. They'll have to watch out for Myles Garrett, who […]
Full Story »Baker Mayfield - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Mayfield could be in for another rough outing for fantasy managers against the Los Angeles Chargers pass defense that has given up the fifth-fewest passing yards through the first four weeks of the season. Considering how run-heavy the Cleveland offense is, we will likely be seeing a heavy dose of Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt to take advantage of […]
Full Story »Austin Ekeler - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Ekeler has established himself as an elite fantasy running back, averaging 21.6 fantasy points per game (PPR), ranking as RB3 so far this season. Ekeler ranks 6th among running backs with 20 targets. He's already put up 12 red-zone carries in four games after posting only 17 in 10 games last season. We now have […]
Full Story »Curtis Samuel - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Samuel returned to action in Week 4, playing 37.31% of the snaps while catching all four of his targets for 19 yards. He had a -1.3 average depth of target, which demonstrates that he'll be acting as the safety valve for Heinicke, soaking up the underneath targets and dump-offs. It's likely that we'll see an […]
Full Story »Jameis Winston - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Winston continues to be an underwhelming fantasy quarterback, averaging only 21.5 pass attempts per game this season. However, this is the perfect matchup for head coach Sean Payton to let Winston loose, as Washington is giving up the most fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks. The Saints would be wise to attack this defense through […]
Full Story »Taylor Heinicke - Week 5 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Heinicke has been fantastic as a fantasy quarterback so far, finishing as QB12, QB10, and QB5 in his three starts. The problem here is that he's taking on a Saints defense that ranks 6th in pass DVOA. However, they just allowed Daniel Jones to complete 28-of-40 passes for 402 yards (10.1 Y/A) with two touchdowns and one […]
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