{"id":192366,"date":"2024-10-03T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=192366"},"modified":"2024-10-02T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T03:44:54","slug":"fantasy-football-lessons-to-take-into-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/10\/03\/fantasy-football-lessons-to-take-into-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football Lessons To Take Into Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 4 had enormous implications for Fantasy Football. Star players suffered injuries, some teams found their rhythm, and there were breakout stars. Nearly a quarter of the season has passed, so there is <\/span>finally<\/span> a large enough sample size to make proper judgments. Here are some Fantasy Football lessons to take into Week 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Lessons for Week 5 and beyond<\/span><\/h2>\n

Malik Nabers is Quarterback-Proof<\/span><\/h3>\n

Coming into<\/span> the season, many people avoided drafting Malik Nabers due to his quarterback situation with the <\/span>New York Giants<\/span><\/a>. He <\/span>was seen<\/span> as a hyper-talented receiver, but Daniel Jones would limit his ceiling. Four weeks into the season, Nabers has put all worries to rest. He is currently the Overall WR1<\/a> and leads the league in targets, having nine more than second place. He suffered a concussion at the end of the game against the Cowboys, but the slightly longer ten-day gap means he’s likely to play this Sunday against Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nabers is on pace for 221 targets, 1,641 yards, and 13 touchdowns, <\/span>numbers that<\/span> would comfortably make him a top-five fantasy wide receiver, and those numbers don’t seem too far-fetched. Rookie wide receivers have a history of performing well in fantasy, and Nabers has been no exception. Nabers might <\/span>just<\/span> be saving Daniel Jones’ job, just as he will save countless fantasy managers throughout this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan Love Returning Gives the Green Bay Packers Fantasy Relevance<\/span><\/h3>\n

In Weeks two and three, Malik Willis did well to lead the Green Bay Packers<\/a> to a 2-0 record, but fantasy-wise, the offense suffered. Matt LeFleur changed the offense to feature a more run-heavy approach, which caused the wide receivers to struggle production-wise. But with Jordan Love back, <\/span>things have changed<\/span><\/a>. Jayden Reed had 139 receiving yards and a touchdown after having 138 receiving yards and two touchdowns in week one, the only other week that Love played. Christian Watson’s injury also thrusts Dontayvion Wicks<\/a> into a more prominent role. Wicks shone with 78 yards and two touchdowns on a team-high 13 targets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romeo Doubs can also be a decent flex play with Watson out, but he doesn’t share the same upside as Reed or Wicks. Tucker Kraft is an intriguing streaming option in a year where tight ends have struggled mightily. He has taken over Luke Musgrave’s role as the lead tight end, playing 82% of the snaps compared to Musgrave’s 39%. Kraft caught six of his nine targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Week 4. The Packers might not have any fantasy superstars, but Love’s return means they have plenty of viable starters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t trust the Chiefs Offense in <\/span>Fantasy<\/span><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>Kansas City Chiefs<\/span><\/a> are the two-time defending Champions, causing many of their players to hold high name value. Patrick Mahomes, in particular, has been the best quarterback for a long time now and was the third QB drafted on average, according to ADP. But the truth is that Mahomes has been a pedestrian fantasy quarterback for the past two seasons. Last season, he was the QB8<\/a> despite playing in every game, and he is the QB16 so far this season. <\/span>Don’t hesitate to bench him just because he’s Patrick Mahomes; there are <\/span>better streaming<\/span> options available in most leagues <\/span>depending<\/span> on matchups.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashee Rice is likely to miss an extended <\/span>period of time<\/span>, which, in theory, pushes Xavier Worthy to be the WR1 on the team. But the truth is that is unlikely to be the case; Worthy has an entirely different skill set to Rice; he’s not a like-for-like replacement. Rice was leading the NFL in receptions and got a lot of short receptions, which he occasionally turned into significant gains. That’s not Worthy’s game. He’ll remain as a deep route threat, but it’s unlikely that his volume will increase significantly. The biggest winners in this scenario are Travis <\/span>Kelce<\/span> owners. Kelce just had his best game of the season with seven receptions for 89 yards. It’ll be him, not the Kansas City wide receivers, who see the <\/span>biggest<\/span> uptick in volume.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Image: Jeff Hanisch – USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a frantic Week 4, here are some Fantasy Football lessons to take into Week 5 as the middle stretch of the season approaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5318,"featured_media":192643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[32545,44,6067,122,32135,92],"class_list":["post-192366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy","tag-fantasy-football-2024","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jordan-love","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-malik-nabers","tag-new-york-giants"],"modified_by":"Isaac Zuniga","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}