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Our updated Week 5 fantasy football Flex rankings (RB, WR, TE) for 2021. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his Flex ranks.
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 many cases tight ends as well:
- 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
- Dalvin Cook Is Officially Ruled Out
- Chase Edmonds Suiting Up In Week 5
- Courtland Sutton Remains Game-Time Decision
- Amari Cooper Suiting Up On Sunday
- Ezekiel Elliott Expected To Play Sunday
- Teddy Bridgewater Clears Protocol, Will Start On Sunday
- Elijah Mitchell Set To Return In Week 5
- George Kittle Out, Lands On IR
- Christian McCaffrey Is Out
- A.J. Brown Will Return In Week 5
- Antonio Gibson Has Stress Fracture In Shin
- Julio Jones To Miss Second Straight Game
- Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepard Ruled Out For Week 5
- Calvin Ridley To Miss Week 5 Against Jets
- Tee Higgins Will Play In Week 5
- Rob Gronkowski Won't Play Against Dolphins
- DeVante Parker Could Be Game-Time Decision
- Patriots O-Line In Shambles Entering Week 5
- Nyheim Hines Limited In Friday's Practice
- David Montgomery Lands On Injured Reserve
- Giovani Bernard Listed As Questionable For Week 5
- Russell Gage Won't Play Against Jets
- Dyami Brown Out For Week 5
- Logan Thomas Placed On Injured Reserve
- Will Fuller Being Placed On Injured Reserve
- Josh Gordon To Make Chiefs Debut Sunday Night
These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 5.
And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!
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Week 5 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings
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Last updated on Sunday 10/10 at 12:00 pm ET:
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