{"id":33961,"date":"2016-10-06T23:56:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T03:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=33961"},"modified":"2016-10-07T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T04:02:40","slug":"2016-nfl-fantasy-football-week-5-start-em-or-sit-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2016\/10\/06\/2016-nfl-fantasy-football-week-5-start-em-or-sit-em\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 NFL Fantasy Football  Week 5: Start Em\u2019 or Sit Em"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"RzlcCX\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Welcome to the Week 5 of the 2016 NFL season!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"B6gfvl\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Every week, I will pick some players who I think will overachieve and underachieve based on <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/football\/story\/_\/page\/16ranksWeek5QB\/fantasy-football-week-5-quarterback-rankings\">ESPN\u2019s weekly rankings.<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\"> Please feel free to ask any lineup questions here or <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dvond\">on Twitter<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"YaOnPo\"><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"http:\/\/www.turfshowtimes.com\/2016\/9\/29\/13100150\/2016-nfl-fantasy-football-week-4-start-em-sit-em\">Last week, <\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">I went 9-3 with my Overachievers and 9-3 with the Underachievers. We are on a pretty good roll!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"8bCSxZ\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Overachievers<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 id=\"M5nkzH\"><span class=\"author-2986\">QBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"oXjrBh\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco &#8211; QB 13: The Washington Redskins defense is putrid. They are another play against them every week. <\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"woQCzO\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Chicago Bears QB Brian Hoyer- QB 15: He has been a top 5 fantasy QB the past 2 weeks and the Colts are not stopping anyone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"zPJfSk\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Carolina Panthers QB Derek Anderson &#8211; QB 22: I do not think Newton plays this week. and he has always done well when stepping in for Carolina. Tampa Bay is another awful defense.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"Mhm2wF\"><span class=\"author-2986\">RBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"BrV5hZ\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Baltimore Ravens RB Terrance West- RB 17: He looked great last week and the Redskins rush defense cannot stop anyone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"l9X3hk\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Philadelphia Eagles RB Darren Sproles- RB 30: A RB2 all season and I still have doubts about Matthews health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yrWlTG\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Miami Dolphins RB Jay Ajayi- RB 37: Adam Gase came out and said he is going to two back system and I think he gets the bulk of the carries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"ebBuH5\"><span class=\"author-2986\">WRs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"tS80O2\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree- WR 16: He has been in this column more than anyone, he receives the most targets in and out of the red zone on the Raiders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"GpBuIS\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Green Bay Packers WR Randall Cobb- WR 25: The Giants defense will focus on Jordy nelson which should leave him to run free.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"TGsy75\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New York Giants WR Sterling Shepard- WR 27: He has been the best fantasy receiver on the team and the Packers pass defense is pretty shaky being in the bottom 10.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"NQ8Vxe\"><span class=\"author-2986\">TEs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"qyuWiw\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New England Patriots TE Martellus Bennett- TE 11: I am worried about Gronk and expect Brady to throw the ball all over the field against the Browns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"lok3Su\"><span class=\"author-2986\">K<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"fcr7aW\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Philadelphia Eagles K Caleb Sturgis- K 14: I have the Eagles scoring over 25 points this week so he should be good for a solid eight or nine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"RWhOai\"><span class=\"author-2986\">D\/ST<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"geD00I\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Pittsburgh Steelers D- D 10: They have been very much improved and get the turnover prone New York Jets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"YP992R\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Underachievers<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 id=\"PbQM6q\"><span class=\"author-2986\">QBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"DQ9Sx9\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Detroit Lions. QB Matt Stafford- QB 11: The Eagles stopped the Steelers cold and this team is much worse.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"Jq5SEo\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston- QB 14: Looks like his play has regressed and I can see a bounce back from the Carolina Panthers<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"8G4tXe\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan- QB 16: He is the number one fantasy QB but I would never play any QB versus the Broncos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"QH7Qm0\"><span class=\"author-2986\">RBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"MqrOSG\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New England Patriots RB LeGarrette Blount- RB 10: Tom Brady is back, I expect very little running in this one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"Y6CxoU\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New York Jets RB Matt Forte- RB 14: The Steelers is the number one run defense and Forte is quite banged up right now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"n908UX\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Oakland Raiders RB Latavius Murray &#8211; RB 22: Just awful and in a 3 way job share.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"L9x1yi\"><span class=\"author-2986\">WRs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"EvGXH9\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins &#8211; WR 10: Do not play any offensive guy against the Vikings especially at home.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"V58900\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Oakland Raiders WR Amari Cooper &#8211; WR 20: David Carr just ignores him in the red zone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"jS80Gl\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Cleveland Browns WR Terelle Pryor- WR 22: The Patriots will take away the best offensive option this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"QdjRRl\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">TE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"L9NdeC\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski- TE 3: The hamstring has still not healed, I am quite concerned.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"4DUlKx\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">K<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"kz3S5C\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Washington Redskins K Dustin Hopkins- K 7: The Ravens will slow down this offense so I do not expect many opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"9qoqjy\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">D\/ST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"ndbUl4\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Houston Texans D- D 9: They looked a bit shell shocked last week in first one without Watt and now go on the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"Um2kYh\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Thank you for reading and <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dvond\">hit me up on Twitter<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Week 5 of the 2016 NFL season! Every week, I will pick some players who I think will overachieve and underachieve based on ESPN\u2019s weekly rankings. Please feel free to ask any lineup questions here or on Twitter. Last week, I went 9-3 with my Overachievers and 9-3 with the Underachievers. 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