Looking for advice customized to your team? Try our awarding winning My Playbook tool. My Playbook allows you to synch your team for free in seconds and will provide news and alerts specific to your squad. It also offers personalized advice via our Start/Sit Assistant, Waiver Wire Assistant and Trade Analyzer. Join over 1 million teams that have been synched for custom advice, rankings and analysis!
Check out the best the fantasy football world has to offer via Twitter for Week 5.
Get free start/sit and waiver wire advice for your fantasy team
Let’s start with Yahoo! Sports legend Brad Evans, who points out that Frank Gore, Derrick Henry and a handful of other notable running backs have been absolutely punished compared to others:
Most stacked fronts (8+ men in the box) seen by eligible RBs this year (h/t @NextGenStats):
1) Frank Gore – 44.2%
2) Derrick Henry – 43.5%
3) Kerryon Johnson – 32.4%
4t) Wayne Gallman – 32.0%
4t) Ronald Jones – 32.0%#FantasyFootball— Brad Evans (@YahooNoise) September 30, 2019
While the Buffalo and Tennessee passing games aren’t likely to improve to the point where Gore/Devin Singletary and Henry will suddenly find more room to roam, there is potential in Detroit, if Matthew Stafford can utilize Marvin Jones Jr., Kenny Golladay and T.J. Hockenson sufficiently to open things up for Johnson. His stock should rise as the Lions’ passing game improves.
Rotoworld’s Nick Mensio points out that the NFC West is the place to be for neutral-game-script fireworks:
Fastest-paced offenses in neutral situations through Week 4:
1. #AZCardinals
2. #Rams
3. #49ers
4. #Chiefs
5. #Falcons
6. #Panthers
7. #Dolphins
8. #Cowboys
9. #Vikings
10. #Patriotsvia @fboutsiders
— Nick Mensio (@NickMensio) October 2, 2019
This is especially great news for those of you with Cardinals fantasy assets, as Kliff Kingsbury has remained faithful to his reputation no matter what the game script look like. Kyler Murray will continue to be a high-ceiling QB2 option most weeks, while David Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk (when healthy) should see some big weeks moving forward.
We always have time for the Konami Code – and Sharp Football’s Rich Hribar is breaking out the iconic joypad sequence for a very special quarterback:
Lamar Jackson is the only QB with 20+ fantasy points in every game this season.
He's the only QB in NFL history to have 15+ fantasy points in each of his first 11 career starts.
Both are arbitrary, but… ↑, ↑, ↓, ↓, ←, →, ←, →, B, A, START
— Rich Hribar (@LordReebs) October 2, 2019
If you were fortunate enough to land Patrick Mahomes last year or Lamar Jackson this year – both taken in the later rounds of standard drafts – then pat yourself on the back. Repeatedly. Jackson hasn’t just been a league winner in 2019 – he has been the league winner.
Alas, it wouldn’t be a Tweet Storm feature without a little cold water – and this week’s icy bucket comes courtesy CBS Sports’ Heath Cummings, who points out just how bad a fantasy option O.J. Howard has been this season:
Teams with multiple tight ends who have outscored O.J. Howard in PPR:
Ravens (Andrews, Hurst)
Rams (Everett, Higbee)
Colts (Ebron, Doyle)
Cowboys (Witten, Jarwin)Darren Fells, Foster Moreau and Geoff Swaim are knocking on the door too.
— Heath Cummings (@heathcummingssr) September 30, 2019
No one could fault you for opting to stream at tight end the rest of the way rather than viewing Howard as an every-week must-start; he has 10 catches for 131 yards and zero touchdowns on a team averaging 30.8 points and 273.5 passing yards per game. He’s droppable in most formats.
And we wrap things up with Eric Moody of FantasyData, who says that Mike Evans‘ already-impressive season stat line should be even better:
Top-4 Wide Receivers in Uncatchable Targets
Mike Evans 14
Curtis Samuel 13
Cooper Kupp 13
Odell Beckham 11
Marquise Brown 11
Larry Fitzgerald 11
Sammy Watkins 10
Robert Woods 10
Marquez Valdes-Scantling 10
Keenan Allen 10Source: @rotounderworld pic.twitter.com/rimXm0HGIj
— Moody (@EricNMoody) October 2, 2019
Shame on everyone who sold Evans low after Week 2 (just kidding; it happens, right?) But for those who bought him at the bottom of his value, you’re probably going to like how the rest of the season plays out if Jameis Winston can just improve his accuracy a little.
Here’s the best of the rest of this week’s fantasy football Twitter contributions:
Target share leaders in 2019:
1. Michael Thomas: 33.6%
2. Keenan Allen: 33.1%
3. Jamison Crowder: 30.4%
4. Darren Waller: 29.8%
5. DeAndre Hopkins: 29.5%
6. Davante Adams: 27.7%
7. Cooper Kupp: 27.2%
8. Odell Beckham, Jr.: 26.9%
9. Kenny Golladay: 26.7%
10. George Kittle: 26.2%— Field Yates (@FieldYates) October 2, 2019
Week 5 #DFBeersReport: Fantasy Points Allowed Above Opponent Average, by position, per game through week 4 pic.twitter.com/6hL1ynlY4n
— Mike Beers (@beerswater) October 2, 2019
Players with the most touches this season without a TD:
RB- Fournette, 88
WR- Boyd, 27
TE- Waller, 33— Ryan McDowell (@RyanMc23) October 3, 2019
The players with the biggest negative difference in targets through 4 games the last two years (min. 10 targets both years)?
Adam Thielen: -34
Stefon Diggs: -24— Vin Masi (@VinMasi) October 3, 2019
Find and analyze trades for your team with My Playbook
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS