Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings

Oct 3, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) drops a pass during the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings defeated the Giants 24-10. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 3, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) drops a pass during the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings defeated the Giants 24-10. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /
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WEEK 5 FANTASY FOOTBALL RANKINGS

Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings are in. Week 4 presented us with many interesting games and tons of interesting situations to analyze. The Carolina Panthers have been showing they are not the stalwart defense they were last year. Matt Ryan and Julio Jones showed us that they will put up points on said defenses.

Players are starting to establish themselves and we now have four existing weeks of data. Who has moved up and who has moved down the ladder?  Find out in my Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings!

WEEK 5 QB RANKINGS

Ben Roethlisberger

should be in line for a big week. I believe the whole Pittsburgh Steelers offense should have a good week. The New York Jets make a fairly easy opponent this week. They are riddled with injuries right now and

Ryan Fitzpatrick

has not looked good without

Eric Decker

. I believe that the Steelers will put up good points on offense. The Steelers have looked great in every game this season, save for the weird 3-34 loss to the Eagles. Roll Big Ben out with confidence this week.

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I moved Matt Ryan up from the 15th ranking to 10th. This may seem bold or even stupid. I back up this move by pointing out the fact that he is the absolutely destroying this season. Ryan has put up solid numbers every single week. Ryan is currently the leader for QB Fantasy Points.

The only thing keeping Ryan down in the rankings is his tough match up with the Broncos. The Broncos push Ryan to 10th in the rankings but I’m not feeling too bad about playing him this week.

WEEK 5 RB RANKINGS

Jordan Howard

is an RB I really like this week. Howard has been the better back in Chicago this season, outplaying

Jeremy Langford

. The Bears are taking on an Indianapolis Colts team that has been getting destroyed by RB’s this season. Howard carried the ball 23 times last week, look for him to have another heavy workload this week.

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Carlos Hyde plays my favorite team this week, the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals have not looked impressive thus far. Arizona has an amazing defense, it is their offense that has had struggles. Carson Palmer is injured and Drew Stanton is starting, this gives the 49ers a much larger chance of being in the game. The benefit of playing Carlos Hyde is that he ALWAYS gets touches. Hyde has had 73 rushes and 8 receptions in four games. With Hyde you know you will get something in terms of fantasy points.

WEEK 5 WR RANKINGS

Week 5 Fantasy Football
Oct 3, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) argues a call during the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /

Odell Beckham

Jr. is the most criticized player in the NFL. Some of my friends make disparaging remarks against him. One of my friends has recently started to criticize his route running… Whether you love him or hate him, I would like to point to some key stats. In 31 career games he has 209 catches, 3058 yards and 25 touchdowns. I understand the Giants players and coaches being upset by his antics, but maybe some of the blame should be shifted back on them?

Eli Manning

is spouting off to the media about how Beckham should behave when he should really just be concerned with getting Beckham the ball. If Beckham has a “bad” game this week I would be semi-concerned, I’m looking for a big bounce back here.

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Marvin Jones could be in for another big game against the Eagles. Matt Stafford is going to have to launch the ball around if the Lions want to win the game. The great thing about fantasy football is who wins does not impact who wins fantasy football. If the Eagles get a big lead on the Lions, Matt Stafford is going to have to try and catch up and throw the ball a lot. I believe Marvin Jones is in a good situation to succeed week in and week out.

WEEK 5 TE RANKINGS

Tight End is an interesting position in fantasy. The position can either make you or break you. Sometimes you and your opponent will have anemic Tight End outputs, sometimes one of you will have a monstrous day from a TE. Most TE’s are just gambles on a touchdown for the given week. There are some who are generally productive. The usual suspects are here in the Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings.

Greg Olsen

,

Jordan Reed

, and

Rob Gronkowski

are the Top 3 Tight Ends this week. It will be interesting to see if Rob Gronkowski really goes off with

Tom Brady

back!

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Next: FanDuel Week 5 Running Backs

Week 5 is going to be another exciting week of NFL action. I am expecting a big bounce back from Odell Beckham Jr. Tom Brady‘s return against the Browns should be interesting, maybe Gronk will find the endzone?  Good luck to all of you in your fantasy games this weekend!