Good morning.

And welcome to Week 5! The Browns, Raiders, and Giants are all 3-1, while the Eagles, Packers, and Chargers might as well write their seasons off already.

Just like we all thought, right?

The NFL is impossible to predict, but today, we’ll try to do just that. Once again, we’re diving deep into the numbers and looking ahead at schedules to highlight some buy lows and sell highs.

Let’s get after it…

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💰 Buy high on Bhayshul Tuten. “He’s the RB16 on the year, with double-digit fantasy points in three straight games. His role continues to grow after season-highs in snaps (59%), touches (19) and scrimmage yards (91) in Week 4. Those numbers could have been even better if his two TDs in the game actually counted. Tuten scored from 44 yards and three yards, but both were called back due to holding penalties.” — Yahoo’s Justin Boone

📉 Sell Quinshon Judkins. Through four weeks, Judkins is averaging just three yards per carry and has just one finish as a top-24 fantasy RB, per NBC Sports’ Alfredo Brown. To get that finish, he needed to have the 2nd-best fantasy performance of his career and the highest receiving numbers of his career. “Junkins” is nothing more than a TD-dependent RB2.

💰 Buy low on Chase Brown. He’s currently top-10 in snap share, opportunity share, routes run, route participation, and designed RB targets. Unfortunately, three of Brown’s first four opponents rank in the bottom-8 in fantasy points allowed to RBs. This week he gets the Dolphins, who have allowed the 2nd-most fantasy points to the position this season, per Brown.

📉 Sell Jeremiah Love. We had him as a buy last week, but that was before he got hurt and had an existential crisis. The rookie suffered what appears to be a second ankle injury (to the other ankle), and saw his usage dip back down to just 46% of the snaps, 15 touches, and 55 total yards. He was also pretty discouraged in the locker room afterwards, calling this the “longest year” of his life, and admitting he told the coaches to play the team’s other backs because they’re in “better shape.”

💰 Buy Parker Washington. You’ll still have to pay up for him, despite a 1.5-point showing in Week 4, but he’s worth it. Through the first three weeks of the season, Washington was the fantasy WR10, averaging nearly eight targets and 14 fantasy points per game. This may be your only chance to go get him, because this weekend he’ll be taking on an Eagles secondary that ranks 2nd in PPR points allowed to receivers aligned from the slot this season, per RotoWire’s Ian Hartitz.

📉 Sell high on Tetairoa McMillan. He went OFF on SNF, securing 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and two TDs, en route to being Week 4's WR1. But let’s not forget that was without Jalen Coker (quad injury) and against the worst passing defense in the league. Through the first two weeks of the season, Coker (who should be returning soon) was the WR6 in fantasy football, and T-Mac was WR22. Plus, between Weeks 7 and 17, the Panthers will face just two defenses that are currently top-half matchups for fantasy receivers, per RotoBaller’s Jorden Hill.

💰 Buy Carnell Tate. The rookie’s 73.3% air yards share on Sunday was the highest by any player in a game this season, and his season-long mark of 49.8% ranks 3rd in the NFL, per @NFLFantasy. He’s also due for some TD regression, as he currently leads all players in targets without a receiving TD (32), per Ian Hartitz. I understand the Titans are allergic to the end zone, but he’s bound to find his way in there at some point, no?

📉 Sell high on Deebo Samuel. “Three TDs have been a big part of his success so far, including an 80-yard hook-and-ladder that he took to the house … Injuries have also paved the way for Samuel, but Christian Kirk could be activated from IR soon and rookie De'Zhaun Stribling is expected back down the stretch.” — Justin Boone

💰 Been saying this for a couple weeks now, but still… Buy low on George Pickens. Pickens’ 20% target share in 2026 is nearly identical to his 21% target share in 2025, per Alfredo Brown. In fact, nearly everything is statistically the same except for his TD numbers—Pickens is tied for the 2nd-most targets without a receiving TD (28), per Ian Hartitz.

💰 Buy Roman Wilson. He’s quietly the Steelers’ 2nd-most-used pass catcher with 100 routes run, a 20% 1st-read target share, 0.24 targets per route run, and a 28.3% slot target rate. Pittsburgh’s also throwing the ball on 2/3 of their plays, averaging 42.5 pass plays per game, per Yahoo’s Ray Garvin.

💰 Buy Trevor Lawrence. It’s a Jags lovefest today, I guess.🤷‍♂️ Lawrence is currently 25th in the NFL in dropbacks (114), per Fantasy Points’ John Hansen—that’s four fewer than Baker Mayfield, who didn’t even play last week. His stats have been just ok thus far, but he’s taken on four defenses that are in the top-half of the league (CLE, DEN, NE, CIN). Look for him to start throwing the ball more often as the season progresses (and you can count on some positive rushing regression, too—Lawrence is averaging fewer than 10 yards rushing per game after averaging 21.1 per game in 2025).

📉 Sell Lamar Jackson. Yet another ankle injury for Lamar… in his final nine games last year (after returning from another ankle injury), Jackson rushed for only 183 yards (20.3 per game). He also averaged only 186.6 passing yards per game with 10 TD passes, per Hansen. He had two decent games upon his return, but was otherwise a fantasy bust for seven weeks.

💰 Buy Matthew Stafford. “In three non-season-opening games in Australia this season, Stafford has thrown for 327 yards/four TDs, 390/two and 317/zero. He's 3d in the NFL in passing yards and that's with WR Puka Nacua missing two games. After not scoring on Sunday, you might be able to buy into a slight value dip.” — USA Today’s Everett Cook

📉 Sell low on Justin Herbert. It’s so over. Not only is he the QB23 on the season, but he’s done so while facing the 2nd-easiest QB schedule through four weeks. Now, from Weeks 5-17, he’ll face the toughest QB schedule, per Draft Sharks’ Jared Smola. If you can get anything for him at this point (maybe someone in your league thinks he’ll bounce back?) then do it.

🚀 Trey McBride to the MOON! He’s had double-digit targets every week and is the fantasy TE1, despite facing the toughest TE schedule through four weeks. Now, from Weeks 5-17, he’ll face the 5th-easiest TE schedule, per Jared Smola. If you can figure out a way to buy him after a down game (by his standards—10.1 PPR points), go for it.

💰 Buy low on Colston Loveland. Here’s his target share % by week:

The spike weeks are coming, especially once Caleb Williams returns.

💰 Buy Dallas Goedert. He had a strong showing in Week 1 (23.7 fantasy points) before spraining his MCL in Week 2. He’s back at practice this week and has a chance to play Sunday, but may not be 100%. After that, Philly will face the Panthers, Cowboys, Commanders, and Giants. All four of those teams rank in the top half of most favorable matchups for fantasy TEs so far this season, per Jorden Hill.

Our Week 5 positional rankings are LIVE. Here are some of the favorite plays from our Rankings Specialist, Anthony…

Jacoby Brissett (ARI) — QB14 vs. DET:

Bhayshul Tuten (JAX) — RB18 vs. PHI:

Tee Higgins (CIN) — WR13 @ MIA (*if healthy):

Colston Loveland (CHI) — TE8 @ GB:

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📖 Read Joe Metz of Fantasy Life’s Rest-Of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings for recent risers and fallers, like Tetairoa McMillan and Dalton Kincaid.

📖 Read Nick Raducanu of SI’s Week 5 WR/TE Target Report, where he looks at the previous week’s target data and usage trends to help figure out what fantasy football managers should think of players like Carnell Tate, Romeo Doubs, Dohnte Meyers, and more.

📖 Read The Everything Report: Week 5 from Fantasy Points’ Ryan Heath and Graham Barfield ($), where they review all the usage data from Week 4 to offer insights on Week 5.

📺 Watch Top 12 NFL Play Callers + Weekly Rewind from The Fantasy Footballers Dynasty podcast, where the guys study the film to highlight the league’s best playcallers and do some deep dives on Tetairoa McMillan, Denzel Boston, and more.

Enjoy Bucs @ ‘Boys tonight.

See you Sunday morning.

- Marcus