Did that exciting Rams/Cardinals game work you into an uncontrollable fake football frenzy? I didn’t think so. On the bright side, that Thursday Night fantasy dud means we are due for plenty of fireworks in Sunday’s games. In preparation of the week 5 battle ahead, The Fake Football Week 5 War Room is the one stop shop for all the tools that will guide those lineup decisions and lead you to fantasy victory. Whether you are concerned about injuries, playing time, recent performance slumps, or even the weather your quarterback will play in, you can get the cure to what ails you below…
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- If the links above haven’t solved your roster issues, then the Week 5 Start/Sit and Last Second Decisions will definitely tie up any loose ends.
- Last, but certainly not least, is some week 5 weather information if that kind of stuff floats your boat, and I know it does!
Kenny Britt (Questionable)
Rob Gronkowski (Questionable)
Aaron Hernandez (Questionable)
Finally, the Week 5 The Fake Football Staff Rankings. Be sure to leave your lineup questions in the comments below!
Tj ward w broken hand or chung. Tx.
Bolden, Woodhead, or Draughn?
Pick 1. Demarius Thomas, Brandon Marshall, Reggie Wayne. Thanks!!!!
Thomas
PPR, pick three, all WRs: Steve Smith, Eric Decker, Jerome Simpson, Michael Crabtree
Smith, Decker, Simpson
Walk me off the cliff by finishing this sentence: If you drop JStew in 12 team PPR 2RB/3WR for a waiver wire WR to play instead of your vacationing WR corps (Nicks/Jennings/DMoore) you are going to feel really _______ in a couple of weeks.
morose
1-pt PPR, 10-team. I’ve been offered Ridley/Bolden for Garcon/Draughn. My team looks like this right now.
Vick, Fitzptarick
McFadden, Martin, Morris, Bradshaw, A. Brown, Hunter, D. Richardson, Draughn
Harvin, Maclin, Garcon, Britt, LaFell, Hixon
Rudolph
Should I take Ridly/Bolden?
I would in a vacuum, but I’m worried that Britt won’t be right this season. I’d keep Garcon for now.
Good Morning, Seattle or GB DEF? Special teams don’t count but 10pts for DEF TD
Might lean GB. Tough call.
In Ppr would you roll with Jackie Battle, Fjax or should I pick up Greg Little?
Battle
Hey Chet, in 12 man PPR 3WR/2RB and a 4 man bench, would you consider dropping JStew (my 4th RB) in order to avoid a WR zero for just this week or is this too much long term value to lose for the short term gain?
I’d probably do it. I abhor zeroes.
trade Stewart and Rudolp for Garcon and Moeki. Would have to start Moeki this week, then Witten, non ppr redraft
I’d probably do that. Anyone better than Moeaki on the wire?
D: SEA or MIN / TE: Miller or Tamme? Thanks…
Min/Miller
cobb or wright? .5 ppr. thankya
Tough call, going with Cobb’s upside
Hey Chet, my Vernon Davis and Trent Richardson for his Roddy White and Darren McFadden? I would have Tony Gonzalez at TE. Do I accept?
Hmm. I probably would as long as White is a huge upgrade. Love TRich though.
Follow up ? should I try and swap out Trent Richardson with Alfred Morris? Thanks a bunch Chet!
I would try that.
Reggie Bush or Matt forte? Colston or Hixon?… Now diff league Stevie Johnson or Chris Johnson (Flex).. HELP!!
Forte/Colston/coin flip, CJ
Pick 2, Battle, Mathews or JStew? Non PPR, thinking of going both SD backs. Thanks
Ugh, ya thats probably best
Asked many pundits and they’ve all answered differently…
.5 PPR
FLEX:
Spillar @ SF
Bush @ JAX
Bess @ CIN
Thanks!
Spiller for me.
Battle or A. Brown in ppr?
Brown
.5 PPR. With the recent news on Ryan Grant, should I start Ben Tate over Hankerson?
Naw, I would play Hank
RB DBrown or Quizz?
Brown
Andre Brown or J Stew as my RB2?
Stewie
Would you trade Cjohnson for BJE in standard league? Less headaches
Ya, I probably would
PPR: TY HILTON OR LAFELL?
Toss up, but Hilton
You like Hixon or Hartline more this week?
Hixon
very close though
Gotta fill a flex spot and WR. Pick between decker,maclin,Cobb, Donald brown, Hawkins.
Decker and Maclin
Better PPR start today: Hartline or Malcolm Floyd?
I would see what Hartline does for an encore
I commish a 12 team league and 2-weeks ago we had a trade of:
Ray Rice for McGahee and Ridley.
Rice guy’s next best RB was Helu, and very few options are on Wavier.
I let it slide since no league collusion look to be happening, but people are upset, since Rice and Foster are now on the same team.
Your thoughts on the trade, and should it have been veto’ed?
Fellow commish here of a 12 team league, 13 years. I wouldn’t reject that trade. My view is that you only reject on real concerns of collusion, never on stupidity.
Trade should never be veto’ed unless there is clear collusion. Shitty trade, but you gotta let stuff like that slide unless someone is cheating.
Thanks guys, completely agree. I think the trade was out of desperation to fill his 2nd RB slot.
Ironic part is, McGahee and Ridley helped him win last week, and nearly get high pts.
Pitta or Fred Davis?
Pitta. He will bounce back.
Which TE today? Non-PPR. Rudolph or Finley.
Finley
In a deep league pick 1 – WR-RB flex – Redman, Lafell, Keyshawn Martin, Turbin, Ingram or Tolbert?
With the news that Jahvid Best may be back on the field in as soon as two weeks, is he a must stash for Leshoure owners? My other RBs are Gore/Benson/Ridley/SJax, and my WRs are Megatron/Julio/Wayne/Britt. Anybody there you’d drop to stash Best?
Britt if anyone, but I think I’d give him a little more time. Best is a good idea to grab though.
Flacco or Cam?…tough decision but leaning Flacco. What you think?
I would not bet against Cam, even with a bad matchup
Pick two please – Welker, Reggie Bush, Dwayne Bowe, Colston.
Thanks!
Colston, and Bush slightly ahead of Welker
Pierre Thomas or D-Will?
PT
tj ward broken hand or chung? ipd has cost me 3 games. tx
Chung probably
In a deep league pick 1 – WR-RB flex – Redman, Lafell, Keyshawn Martin, Turbin, Ingram or Tolbert.
Tough choices, but Ingram is probably the best guess to stumble into some points
“Drops” Finley or Celek? Not sure about the high rank Finley is getting everywhere with IND being 1st in the league against TEs.
I’d still probably stick with Drops McGee, but it’s close. I think the Jennings absence/more available targets for Finley has increased his rank this week a bit.
Standard scoring, need 2 RBs and a Flex:
McGahee, Reggie Bush, Ridley, Chris Johnson, Cedric Benson, Malcom Floyd.
Thanks!
McGahee, Bush, Ridley
Jahvid Best all the rage this morning with Adam Schefter report. Grab him quick before he passes tests this week and is cleared for week 7?
Ya, he’s worth a pickup if you’ve got other questionable guys at the end of your bench
I currently have Schaub in my line up and I’m worried that his def and Arian will do all the work. Stick with him or snag Ponder or Cutler off the waiver wire?
I prefer Cutler this week but not by a wide margin. Schaub should be ok.
Bolden or jaquiz rodgers non ppr. Will rodgers get more touches then bolden is my concern
Quizz is safer and should get more run
Flex, PPR. M Bush or Devery Henderson with Lance out? Thanks.
Tough call here. Bush probably safer, but big upside potential with Henderson today. Go Bush unless you’re an underdog this week and need a big game from that flex spot.
R Mathews or reggie bush plz help can’t deciede
Mathews. Great matchup
Bilal Powell or Lamar Miller?
Powell but thats a tough matchup
Trying to figure out 2 things..
1) Starting TonyG in place of Gronk?
and
2) Starting Cribbs in a return league. If he’s going start, he’s great, I just don’t want that goose egg if the team limits him…
Thanks.
1) That call is tough. Gronk’s hip is an issue, but he is playing. If you have a solid backup option like TonyG, I would probably swap them out and avoid the risk of Gronk sitting out after a few series.
2) There should be more looks to go around in GB with Jennings officially out. He should be ok.
Standard scoring league.. Pick 2: Stevie J, Hixon, Henderson (or Britt – who is questionable and probably will barely play)
Stevie and Hixon
Desean or a brown?
An-to-ni-ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Brown
Ppr league. Can start a qb in flex. Ponder or decker?
the QB is the play if it’s allowed
Need a TE for fanduel. Gates, Gonzalez, Bennett, or Rudolph?
I like TGonz
In a league that scores .5 PPR, 1pt per 15 return yards w. 5pt bonus at 100 ret yards, and .25PPrush attempt, who would you start at flex?
1. Josh Cribbs
2. Mendenhall
3. Devery Henderson (I’m playing vs Brees)
Cribbs with the return points
Start 3 of 4: BenJarvus, Maclin, Cobb, Hartline. 1 point per reception
Bench Cobb
decker or Damarius Thomas?ppr league
thomas
Good call telling me to get Gonzalez as my TE for my FanDuel entry in TFF’s contest. He currently has 19.1 points and I’m in 5th place… if I finish there or above I’m in the money
No problem, I’ll be trying to run you down in the late games!
I just traded my Martin, Maclin, and Leshoure for Lynch and Wallace. I know I’m trading low on all three of those players but my team has been struggling and I wanted to make a change. My team after this week will be 2-3. Was it an okay move or should I have waited?
starting roster: qb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, w/r/t
My Team
qb: RG3 and Stafford
rb: McFadden, Murray, Lynch, Pierre, Battle
wr: Jordy, Wallace, Rice, Hartline, Hawkins
te: Graham
I like the trade. Wallace and Maclin are pretty close, and I would deal Martin/Leshoure for Lynch any day of the week. Good work.
Thanks
PPR, can start 3 RBs and have Rice, Mathews, and Sproles starting with Martin and CJ0K as benchwarmers. Hoping to get constant WR1 production from White and have Wayne as my WR2 (Steve Smith and Kenny Britt are my other WRs). Is this a legit trade on its own, or should I keep Doug as injury insurance? Should I offer CJ2k/Decker first and see what the owner thinks?
I’m not sure I understand what the original deal was
Sorry, the original trade was Doug Martin/Eric Decker for Roddy White in PPR.
Ok cool, I would say start with Decker/Martin and see what he says. I wouldn’t argue with Martin/Decker too much either if you’ve got those other backs.
kereley,meachem or dhb? tx
DHB
Ppr. Dhb or Cobb. Tx!
Cobb
1:48:41 am
Rudolph or k.wright at the flex? .5 ppr. Thanks!