Fantasy Football: Week 5 Waiver Wire + QB Streamers

Get the full Waiver Wire breakdown on Episode #619 of The Fantasy Footballers Podcast – Week 5 Waivers & QB Streamers. Players may be listed below due to the Week 4 Studs & Duds performances as well as Week 4 Injuries. Here are the main players discussed on today’s show:

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Wide Receivers

Probably Owned but worth checking:

• NYJ Quincy Enunwa (58% owned) vs DEN
• NYG Sterling Shepard (71% owned) @CAR
• OAK Jordy Nelson (66% owned) @LAC
• CIN Tyler Boyd (72% owned) vs MIA
  • 7+ targets & 90+ receiving yards in each of his last 3 games
• GB Geronimo Allison (47% owned) @DET

Main Adds:

• CLE Antonio Callaway (38% owned) vs BAL
• HOU Keke Coutee (2% owned) vs DAL
  • Bruce Ellington is on the IR, Will Fuller has had trouble staying healthy. This is Jason’s favorite WR add this week. He had 10 catches on 15 targets with Fuller out in Week 4.
• JAX Dede Westbrook (17% owned) @KC
  • Westbrook was the clear target leader in Week 4. It could happen again, or this WR corps could continue to be hard to predict on a weekly basis.
• JAX Donte Moncrief (6% owned) @KC
  • Slap-a-da-bass!
• IND Ryan Grant (4% owned) @NE
• IND Chester Rogers (0% owned) @NE
• IND Zach Pascal @NE
  • Colts receivers worth a look with T.Y. Hilton possibly missing Week 5.
• TEN Taywan Taylor (3% owned) @BUF
  • Snaps have been increasing each week, no more Rishard Matthews.
• ARI Christian Kirk (12% owned) @SF
• CLE Rashard Higgins (1% owned) vs BAL
• CHI Taylor Gabriel (6% owned) on BYE

Running Backs

Probably Owned but worth checking:

• GB Aaron Jones (72% owned) @DET
• LAC Austin Ekeler (64% owned) vs OAK
• BAL Javorius Allen (62% owned) @CLE
• NYJ Bilal Powell (58% owned) vs DEN
• NE James White (77% owned) vs IND
• SF Alfred Morris (50% owned) vs ARI
• CLE Duke Johnson (42% owned) vs BAL
• JAX T.J. Yeldon (50% owned) @KC
  • Fournette should miss time, so if Yeldon is on waivers, GET HIM!
• CHI Tarik Cohen (62% owned) – Week 5 BYE
  • Stole the show (from Jordan Howard) in Week 4

Main Adds:

• SEA Mike Davis (2% owned)
  • 25 touches in Week 4! Pete Carroll says Davis will still be in the mix when Chris Carson returns.
• IND Nyheim Hines (15% owned) @NE
  • Nine catches in Week 4! Has easily been the best Colts back to own thus far.
• JAX Corey Grant (2% owned)
  • Yeldon is the main beneficiary but Grant is worth keeping an eye on with Fournette sidelined.
• MIN Latavius Murray (41% owned) @PHI
  • Dalvin Cook, dealing with a hamstring injury, has admitted he’s not 100%. Murray hasn’t been very effective behind a bad Vikings O-line, but RB touches are hard to come by in fantasy football. Especially RB touches on a great offense.
• MIA Frank Gore (8% owned)
• TB Ronald Jones (24% owned)
• IND Robert Turbin (0% owned)
  • Returning from suspension
• CLE Nick Chubb (19% owned)
• PHI Wendell Smallwood (5% owned)
  • Clement and Sproles missed Week 4. Jay Ajayi is dealing with injuries but played in Week 4.
• GB Ty Montgomery (18% owned)
• HOU D’Onta Foreman (5% owned)
  • Lamar Miller is dealing with undisclosed injury, did not finish the Week 4 game. However, Foreman is just a stash as he isn’t eligible to return from IR until Week 7.
• DAL Rod Smith (1% owned) vs HOU
  • Report is that Zeke is dealing with knee and ankle injuries. If he to were to miss anytime, Rod Smith would be a big waiver add and fantasy starter.

Tight Ends

• PIT Vance McDonald (43% owned) vs ATL
• ARI Ricky Seals-Jones (22% owned) @SF
• CIN Tyler Kroft (1% owned) & C.J. Uzomah (0% owned) vs MIA
  • Debate on the show whether Kroft or Uzomah is the TE to replace Eifert. In past years, it’s been Kroft, but Uzomah saw many more snaps in Week 4 after Eifert went out.
• TB Cameron Brate (24% owned) – Week 5 BYE
  • Great add with O.J. Howard set to miss time and Winston returning. However, can your bench handle it with Brate on Bye in Week 5?
• JAX Austin Seferian-Jenkins (29% owned) @KC
• NO Ben Watson (60% owned) vs WAS
• SEA Nick Vannett (0% owned) vs LAR
  • Fellow TE, Will Dissly, is now out for the season.
• PHI Dallas Goedert (13% owned) vs MIN
• DAL Geoff Swaim (0% owned) @HOU
  • 12 targets over the last two games

Check out the Week 4 Team DEF Recap with recommendations for Week 5!

QB Streamers

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Jason –  Marcus Mariota (33% owned) at BUF

Mike – Blake Bortles (33% owned) at KC