Here are rankings from our analysts for Week 5 of the fantasy football season. You can find our expert consensus fantasy football rankings for the week here. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings, and analysis.
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Quarterback
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Running Back
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Wide Receiver
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Defense
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Kicker
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Fantasy Football Week 5 Rankings & Start/Sit Advice
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.
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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If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – which allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.