Updated Week 5 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

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.

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 5 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/10 at 12:00 pm ET:

FLEX Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Derrick Henry	RB	1
2	Davante Adams	WR	2
3	Stefon Diggs	WR	3
4	Cooper Kupp	WR	4
5	D.J. Moore	WR	5
6	Aaron Jones	RB	6
7	Justin Jefferson	WR	7
8	Alvin Kamara	RB	8
9	Travis Kelce	TE	9
10	Tyreek Hill	WR	10
11	Austin Ekeler	RB	11
12	Nick Chubb	RB	12
13	Saquon Barkley	RB	13
14	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	14
15	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	15
16	Deebo Samuel	WR	16
17	James Robinson	RB	17
18	Najee Harris	RB	18
19	Jonathan Taylor	RB	19
20	Alexander Mattison	RB	20
21	D'Andre Swift	RB	21
22	Terry McLaurin	WR	22
23	CeeDee Lamb	WR	23
24	Adam Thielen	WR	24
25	A.J. Brown	WR	25
26	Keenan Allen	WR	26
27	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	27
28	D.K. Metcalf	WR	28
29	Diontae Johnson	WR	29
30	Amari Cooper	WR	30
31	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB	31
32	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	32
33	Chris Godwin	WR	33
34	Mike Evans	WR	34
35	Mike Williams	WR	35
36	Robert Woods	WR	36
37	Tyler Lockett	WR	37
38	Darren Waller	TE	38
39	Marquise Brown	WR	39
40	Corey Davis	WR	40
41	Antonio Brown	WR	41
42	Kareem Hunt	RB	42
43	Damien Harris	RB	43
44	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR	44
45	Tee Higgins	WR	45
46	Damien Williams	RB	46
47	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	47
48	Leonard Fournette	RB	48
49	Brandin Cooks	WR	49
50	Jakobi Meyers	WR	50
51	Chuba Hubbard	RB	51
52	Kyle Pitts	TE	52
53	Tyler Boyd	WR	53
54	Antonio Gibson	RB	54
55	Courtland Sutton	WR	55
56	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	56
57	Jaylen Waddle	WR	57
58	Allen Robinson II	WR	58
59	Mark Andrews	TE	59
60	Kenny Golladay	WR	60
61	DeVonta Smith	WR	61
62	Josh Jacobs	RB	62
63	Alex Collins	RB	63
64	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR	64
65	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	65
66	Chase Edmonds	RB	66
67	Mike Gesicki	TE	67
68	Cole Beasley	WR	68
69	Jamison Crowder	WR	69
70	Jamaal Williams	RB	70
71	Zack Moss	RB	71
72	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	72
73	Darnell Mooney	WR	73
74	Mike Davis	RB	74
75	Melvin Gordon III	RB	75
76	Hunter Renfrow	WR	76
77	Miles Sanders	RB	77
78	Dalton Schultz	TE	78
79	Henry Ruggs III	WR	79
80	Latavius Murray	RB	80
81	Dawson Knox	TE	81
82	Noah Fant	TE	82
83	Chase Claypool	WR	83
84	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	84
85	Kenneth Gainwell	RB	85
86	Tim Patrick	WR	86
87	A.J. Green	WR	87
88	Michael Carter	RB	88
89	Joe Mixon	RB	89
90	T.J. Hockenson	TE	90
91	James Conner	RB	91
92	Van Jefferson	WR	92
93	Christian Kirk	WR	93
94	Brandon Aiyuk	WR	94
95	Tony Pollard	RB	95
96	Quintez Cephus	WR	96
97	Marquez Callaway	WR	97
98	Dallas Goedert	TE	98
99	Robby Anderson	WR	99
100	Javonte Williams	RB	100
101	Nyheim Hines	RB	101
102	Nelson Agholor	WR	102
103	Sammy Watkins	WR	103
104	Hunter Henry	TE	104
105	J.D. McKissic	RB	105
106	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	106
107	Elijah Mitchell	RB	107
108	Rondale Moore	WR	108
109	Kadarius Toney	WR	109
110	Trey Sermon	RB	110
111	Tyler Higbee	TE	111
112	Jonnu Smith	TE	112
113	Samaje Perine	RB	113
114	Tyler Conklin	TE	114
115	Bryan Edwards	WR	115
116	K.J. Osborn	WR	116
117	Jared Cook	TE	117
118	Robert Tonyan	TE	118
119	Deonte Harris	WR	119
120	Kendrick Bourne	WR	120
121	Myles Gaskin	RB	121
122	Zach Pascal	WR	122
123	Maxx Williams	TE	123
124	Randall Cobb	WR	124
125	Jalen Reagor	WR	125
126	DeSean Jackson	WR	126
127	Cameron Brate	TE	127
128	Chester Rogers	WR	128
129	Devin Singletary	RB	129
130	Ronald Jones II	RB	130
131	AJ Dillon	RB	131
132	Kenyan Drake	RB	132
133	Mecole Hardman	WR	133
134	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	134
135	Terrace Marshall Jr.	WR	135
136	Kalif Raymond	WR	136
137	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	WR	137
138	Curtis Samuel	WR	138
139	Evan Engram	TE	139
140	Quez Watkins	WR	140
141	Malcolm Brown	RB	141
142	Gabriel Davis	WR	142
143	Freddie Swain	WR	143
144	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE	144
145	John Ross	WR	145
146	Allen Lazard	WR	146
147	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR	147
148	Austin Hooper	TE	148
149	C.J. Uzomah	TE	149
150	Anthony Firkser	TE	150
151	Sony Michel	RB	151
152	Elijah Moore	WR	152
153	Zach Ertz	TE	153
154	Adam Humphries	WR	154
155	Cole Kmet	TE	155
156	Ross Dwelley	TE	156
157	Mo Alie-Cox	TE	157
158	Demarcus Robinson	WR	158
159	Josh Reynolds	WR	159
160	Keelan Cole Sr.	WR	160
161	Darrel Williams	RB	161
162	Will Dissly	TE	162
163	Travis Homer	RB	163
164	Rashard Higgins	WR	164
165	Josh Gordon	WR	165
166	Brandon Bolden	RB	166
167	Dan Arnold	TE	167
168	Chris Conley	WR	168
169	Parris Campbell	WR	169
170	Blake Jarwin	TE	170
171	Rashod Bateman	WR	171
172	Mark Ingram II	RB	172
173	Mohamed Sanu Sr.	WR	173
174	Jeremy McNichols	RB	174
175	Larry Rountree III	RB	175
176	Donovan Peoples-Jones	WR	176
177	David Johnson	RB	177
178	Ty Johnson	RB	178
179	Hayden Hurst	TE	179
180	Danny Amendola	WR	180
181	Jalen Guyton	WR	181
182	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	182
183	Byron Pringle	WR	183
184	Christian Blake	WR	184
185	Pat Freiermuth	TE	185
186	Juwan Johnson	WR	186
187	Royce Freeman	RB	187
188	Jack Doyle	TE	188
189	Khalil Herbert	RB	189
190	Chris Evans	RB	190
191	Albert Wilson	WR	191
192	Tavon Austin	WR	192
193	David Njoku	TE	193
194	Eric Ebron	TE	194
195	Tevin Coleman	RB	195
196	Adam Trautman	TE	196
197	Peyton Barber	RB	197
198	Tommy Tremble	TE	198
199	Demetric Felton	WR	199
200	O.J. Howard	TE	200

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