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Fantasy Football Tweet Storm (Week 5)

Fantasy Football Tweet Storm (Week 5)

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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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