10 WR sleepers to target for fantasy football week 5

8. Jermaine Kearse

I think it’s fair to say that you want to start almost all of your fantasy assets against a few certain teams, and the Cleveland Browns are one of them. They’ve allowed 26.8 points per game which is the fourth worst in the league, and are still winless on the season.

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The Jets have surprised many people by managing to pull off a couple of wins in a row by beating the Miami Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars. They will come into this game confident and as the favorites, and face a bottom-half pass defense (Cleveland are 23rd) which has given up just over 240 yards per game.

While Josh McCown isn’t going to light it up, he certainly has a chance to put forward a decent showing against the team he was with for the last two seasons.

Speedster Robby Anderson currently leads the team in receiving yards (with 204), but Kearse is narrowly behind him (182). However, Kearse is the clubhouse leader in receptions with 18, and targets (25 – Anderson is next-best with 24).

Although the team run Jacksonville into the ground last week, Cleveland has a surprisingly strong run defense (87.3 yards per game – good for seventh in the NFL), meaning the Jets will throw the ball this week. Kearse could have another strong outing.