Week 5 Player Notes & Start/Sit Advice

Kyle Pitts (ATL) at TB: Falcons +8.5 | 48.5 O/U

• Keep the faith: Pitts has just a scoreless 150 yards on the season, but he’s No. 2 on the Falcons with 87 routes and 22 targets — and last year he had 1,026 yards receiving as just a rookie.
• Perhaps because star safety Antoine Winfield has shifted to playing primarily slot corner this year, the Buccaneers defense is No. 4 in most fantasy points allowed to tight ends (15.2 FPPG).

Zach Ertz (ARI) vs. PHI: Cardinals +5.5 | 49.5 O/U

• “How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge. What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. … Oh, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!”
• Ertz is No. 2 on the Cardinals with 31 targets and 22 receptions.

Tyler Higbee (LAR) vs. DAL: Rams -4.5 | 43.5 O/U

• Higbee is easily No. 2 on the team and No. 1 at the position with 38 targets and 26 receptions.
• For those who invested in WR Allen Robinson or even TE Kyle Pitts … pain.

In just tonight’s game, Tyler Higbee has caught as many passes (10) as Kyle Pitts has in four games this season

— Adam Koffler (@AdamKoffler) October 4, 2022

Pat Freiermuth (PIT) at BUF: Steelers -14 | 47 O/U

• Despite playing with WRs Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool and George Pickens, the second-year Freiermuth is No. 2 on the Steelers with 21 targets and 18 receptions — and No. 1 with 223 yards receiving.
• He’s No. 3 at the position with 80.3 AirYAC per game and No. 4 with a 23.8% target share (per our Advanced TE Stats Report).
• The Bills are without S Micah Hyde (neck, IR).

AirYAC is a leading indicator of fantasy output in that it measures both a pass catcher’s opportunity (air yards) and his playmaking ability (yards after catch).

Tyler Conklin (NYJ) vs. MIA: Jets +3 | O/U 44.5

• Conklin is No. 2 on the team with 163 routes, 29 targets and 21 receptions, which he has leveraged into a serviceable 192 yards and a touchdown.
• The Dolphins are No. 31 in pass DVOA against tight ends (41.4%).

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