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Week 5 Wide Receiver Rankings & Matchups Analysis

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

Check out all of RotoBaller's fantasy football rankings. Staff rankings are updated regularly for all positions and include standard formats, PPR scoring, tiered rankings and dynasty leagues.




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