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Woody Marks
RB · HOU · 48% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #31
REAL MONEY$22–$3422–34% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
THE WHOLE BACKFIELD
Woody Marks is Houston’s lead running back while David Montgomery’s groin heals, and the coach calls Montgomery week to week. He was already half of this backfield before Sunday. On Sunday Marks took nearly four of every five backfield touches and targets: fifteen carries for 62 yards and four catches for 23. He was on the field for 85% of the snaps. Behind him there is Dare Ogunbowale and not much else. Houston plays Jacksonville in London on Sunday morning. Bid for a starter for the next few weeks, and keep him after that, because the split was close to even before anyone got hurt.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 15 carries, 62 yds · 4 catches on 4 targets, 23 yds
THE MATH:
13.5 a game in the role · worst starter in your league
8 · 70% sure · good for about 3 weeks ·
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MarShawn Lloyd
RB · GB · 48.7% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #1
A FAIR BID$11–$1711–17% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
TWO TDS, HALF THE WORK
MarShawn Lloyd scored twice against Chicago and has taken nearly half of Green Bay’s backfield touches and targets this season. Ten carries for 31 yards and two touchdowns, one catch. The yardage is thin and Kaleb Johnson takes a real share of the carries, so this is the lead back in a committee, not a workhorse. Josh Jacobs has not played this season, and the Packers said Monday they have no update on when he might. Dallas comes to Green Bay on Sunday night. Rostered in just under half of leagues; if he is there, he is a starter in most of them.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 10 carries, 31 yds, 2 TD · 1 catch on 2 targets, 6 yds
THE MATH:
10 a game in the role · worst starter in your league
8 · 60% sure · rest of season ·
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Dameon Pierce
RB · PHI · 2.4% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #2
POCKET CHANGE$2–$32–3% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
FOURTH BACK UP
Dameon Pierce is the healthy running back in Philadelphia after Will Shipley tore part of the plantar fascia in his foot, and Saquon Barkley’s hamstring is not healed yet. Pierce came off the practice squad and took 70% of the backfield work on Sunday: eleven carries for 14 yards, two catches. Those are not good yards. They are a lot of chances. The coach is hopeful Barkley plays Sunday against Carolina. If he does, Pierce is his backup with Shipley out for weeks. If he doesn’t, Pierce starts. Either way he is worth a small claim. Philadelphia may add another veteran too.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 11 carries, 14 yds · 2 catches on 5 targets, -2 yds
THE MATH: 8.8 a game (7 as it stands, 13 if the man ahead goes down, 30% chance) · worst starter in your league 8 · 40% sure · good for about 2 weeks
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Germie Bernard
WR · PIT · 3.1% ROSTERED +0.1 · SLEEPER ADD #28
POCKET CHANGE$2–$32–3% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
29% OF THE TARGETS
Germie Bernard drew 29% of Pittsburgh’s targets on Sunday, and Roman Wilson is out for multiple weeks with a finger injury. Six catches for 80 yards on nine targets, and he was on the field for 92% of the snaps. Michael Pittman Jr. is on injured reserve and Ben Skowronek is out for Week 6 too, so the Steelers are short on receivers. Aaron Rodgers has thrown three touchdowns in three straight games. DK Metcalf is still the first option. Bernard is the second, for now, at Tampa Bay on Sunday.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 1 carry, 4 yds · 6 catches on 9 targets, 80 yds
THE MATH:
7.5 a game in the role · worst starter in your league
7 · 50% sure · good for about 3 weeks ·
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Brenton Strange
TE · JAX · 27.1% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #4
THE MINIMUM$1–$21–2% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
SEVEN CATCHES AGAIN
Brenton Strange caught seven passes for the second straight week and draws 18.2% of Jacksonville’s targets, which is starting-tight-end volume. Seven for 95, then seven for 68 on eight targets against Philadelphia. He is on the field for four snaps in five. Most leagues are starting a tight end who does less. Jacksonville plays Houston in London on Sunday morning. Set your lineup Saturday. TwoGun will not remind you. TwoGun does not know there is a game in London.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 7 catches on 8 targets, 68 yds
THE MATH:
8 a game in the role · worst starter in your league
7.9 · 60% sure · rest of season ·
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Tyler Higbee
TE · LAR · 3.2% ROSTERED +0.1 · SLEEPER ADD #5
THE MINIMUM$1–$21–2% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS
Tyler Higbee has caught at least five passes in three straight games, and the Rams’ other tight end is on injured reserve. Eight for 62 and a touchdown, five for 67, then five for 83 on Monday night against Buffalo. Before Monday he was already drawing 11.4% of the Rams’ targets, and he is the first read on about one throw in seven. With Terrance Ferguson on injured reserve, nobody else is taking the job. That is a starting tight end in a 12-team league, sitting in about 3% of them. Arizona visits the Rams on Sunday.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 5 catches on 6 targets, 83 yds
THE MATH: 8 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 7.9 · 55% sure · rest of season
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Roschon Johnson
RB · CHI · 3.4% ROSTERED −0.1 · SLEEPER ADD #9
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
MONANGAI IN A BOOT
Roschon Johnson caught five passes and took almost half of Chicago’s backfield work with Kyle Monangai out with turf toe. Monangai saw a specialist, was in a boot, and is considered week to week. D’Andre Swift is still the lead back; he has 53.4% of the backfield work this season. Johnson gets what Monangai left, which was more than a third of it. Five carries for six yards, five catches for 34. Chicago is at Atlanta on Sunday. A flex in deep leagues for a week or two.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 5 carries, 6 yds · 5 catches on 7 targets, 34 yds
THE MATH: 6.5 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 8 · 40% sure · good for about 2 weeks
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Tyler Huntley
QB · BAL · 1.7% ROSTERED
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
LAMAR'S ANKLE
Tyler Huntley threw two touchdowns and ran for another in Lamar Jackson’s place, and nobody knows yet whether Jackson practices Wednesday. Thirty-two passes for 201 yards, six runs for 20. Baltimore won. If Jackson sits again, Huntley starts at Cleveland on Sunday, and a quarterback who runs is a fine superflex stream. If Jackson practices, Huntley is a backup again by Friday. Claim him only in superflex leagues, and only if you need a body.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 201 pass yds, 2 TD · 6 carries, 20 yds, 1 TD
THE MATH: 15 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 16.2 · 35% sure · good for about 1 week
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Pat Freiermuth
TE · PIT · 20.3% ROSTERED
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
TWO TOUCHDOWNS
Pat Freiermuth scored twice against Indianapolis and drew 22.6% of Pittsburgh’s targets, with the receiver room thinning out. Five catches for 44. With Roman Wilson and Ben Skowronek out for Week 6, there are targets left over. Two touchdowns will not repeat. The playing time is real; he is on the field for more than two-thirds of the snaps. At Tampa Bay on Sunday. A one-week tight end stream if yours is on bye or in the concussion protocol.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 1 carry, 1 yds · 5 catches on 7 targets, 44 yds, 2 TD
THE MATH: 7 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 7.9 · 50% sure · good for about 1 week
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Darius Cooper
WR · PHI · 8.9% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #3
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
71 YARDS, ONE CATCH
Darius Cooper has scored three touchdowns in two games filling in for DeVonta Smith, and he played 86% of Philadelphia’s snaps on Sunday. Two catches, one of them for a 71-yard touchdown, on three targets. The volume is small and Smith may be back this week; the coach says he is hopeful. If Smith sits, Cooper is a deep-league flex against Carolina. If Smith plays, Cooper is a bench body. Rostered in 9% of leagues.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 2 catches on 3 targets, 71 yds, 1 TD
THE MATH: 5.5 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 7 · 30% sure · good for about 1 week
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Efton Chism III
WR · NE · 0.7% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #12
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
SIX TARGETS
Efton Chism III caught five of six targets for 57 yards against the Raiders, and New England’s receiver room has holes in it. Mack Hollins is on injured reserve and A.J. Brown is still on it, though the coach says Brown may return to practice this week. Two catches and a touchdown in Week 4, five catches in Week 5: the targets are climbing. In deep PPR leagues that is a job. The Jets visit New England on Sunday. Deep leagues only.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 1 carry, 2 yds · 5 catches on 6 targets, 57 yds
THE MATH: 5 a game in the role · worst starter in your league 7 · 35% sure · rest of season
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Kimani Vidal
RB · LAC · 2% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #8
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
OUTCARRIED THE BACKUP
Kimani Vidal took more of the Chargers’ backfield work than Keaton Mitchell on Sunday and scored on one of his eight carries. Eight carries for 57 yards and a touchdown; Mitchell had six for 11. Omarion Hampton is healthy and is the starter. The point of Vidal is the other thing: he now looks like the next man up if Hampton ever misses a game. Rostered in 2% of leagues. Bench him and wait.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 8 carries, 57 yds, 1 TD · 1 catch on 2 targets, -1 yds
THE MATH: 4.6 a game (3.5 as it stands, 11 if the man ahead goes down, 15% chance) · worst starter in your league 8 · 45% sure · rest of season
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Samaje Perine
RB · CIN · 6.5% ROSTERED · SLEEPER ADD #26
THE MINIMUM$0–$10–1% OF THE FAAB YOU HAVE LEFT
BYE WEEK HANDCUFF
Samaje Perine took almost half of Cincinnati’s backfield work on Sunday, fourteen carries for 68 yards plus a touchdown catch. Chase Brown is still the starter and has had nearly three-quarters of the work this season. Cincinnati is on bye in Week 6, so Perine does nothing for you this week. He is a handcuff. If Brown ever misses time, Perine gets a real job. Stash him only if you have a dead bench spot.
WEEK 5 BOX SCORE 14 carries, 68 yds · 2 catches on 2 targets, 10 yds, 1 TD
THE MATH: 3.5 a game (2 as it stands, 12 if the man ahead goes down, 15% chance) · worst starter in your league 8 · 40% sure · rest of season
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