Happy Thursday!

Hopefully we’re all sitting pretty at 4-0 (I’m not) and looking to add to this winning streak in week 5!

Let’s talk some fantasy football.

In this week’s newsletter:

• 🤷 What the heck happened this week?

• 💭 Week 4 takeaways

• 📊 Week 5 ranking highlights

• 🏅 Survivor pool NFL picks

• 💥 Week 5 Booms and Busts

📰 What the heck happened this week?

• Jonathan Taylor is… playing for the Colts?

  • It doesn’t seem like any trade is going to take place as RB Jonathan Taylor returns to full practice in Indy. My Zack Moss shares are in shambles.

• Cooper Kupp is practicing

  • As of this writing, it is still up in the air if he’ll play in week 5. Things look REALLY good for him to play the next week, which is incredibly promising for Kupp holders.

👀 Week Four Takeaways

🐂 CJ Stroud is BALLING
Stroud is averaging 300 passing yards a game and I am loving it. This passing offense is playing well above (my) expectations and I’ve officially bought in. WR Nico Collins is currently the WR7 on the season and Tank Dell finds himself at WR23.

📝 Early season waiver pickups have been shining
WR Puka Nacua, RB Kyren Williams and RB De’Von Achane were all priority waiver pickups earlier this season and all three have steadily continued to be worth their weight in gold. Nacua is currently the WR4, Williams is currently the RB3 and Achane is currently the RB4 after back-to-back top-5 performances.

🐦 I’m moving on from Kyle Pitts
The TE2 in Atlanta (or maybe he’s not the TE1), Jonnu Smith, is the leading receiver on the team with 179 yards. Kyle Pitts is 4th on the roster with 121 yards. I’m officially done with Pitts and you should be too. He’s now the TE29 on the season and has yet to have a double digit game.
Dallas Goedert, you’re next…

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📊 Week Five Rankings Highlights

Every week here I’ll highlight a few players I may be ranking higher than other experts, or some players I’m just excited to see play this upcoming week.

Feel free to check out my full weekly rankings at the link below!

⚜️ Alvin Kamara - RB13
I’m still shocked by the 13 receptions Kamara had last week. Was it because of Carr’s injury? A large part of me believes so, but it also points out that this offense is still planning on using Kamara heavily. I’m looking forward to it!

🎥 Marquise ‘Hollywod’ Brown - WR16
I seem to have Brown ranked 6 spots higher than consensus, but he’s on a really good streak of 16+ PPR points these past three weeks and gets a really weak Bengals pass defense this week. Which reminds me - QB Joshua Dobbs is my favorite QB stream of the week.

💸 Survivor Pool Picks

Miami Dolphins 3-1 (vs. New York Giants 1-3)

Kansas City Chiefs 3-1 (vs. Carolina Panthers 0-4)

❓ Advice Requests ❓

Need some start/sit help? Looking to fill a bench spot with with someone from waivers? Need a DST streamer?

Feel free to reply to this email with any questions and I’ll answer whatever you have for me. Let’s get some wins.

💥 Week Five Booms and Busts 👎

Start your studs.

That being said, let’s highlight some players I’m expecting some big weeks from and a few I’m pretty low on. This isn’t necessarily a start/sit column, but more so some players I expect a bigger week from and some players I’m not excited about.

💥 RB David Montgomery, Lions (vs. Panthers)
He may have just scored three TDs last week, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he does it again. The Panthers are allowing the third-most fantasy points to RBs and the Lions are in a spot to just keep scoring points this week.

👎 RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Patriots (vs. Saints)
A combination of the Saints being one of the toughest rush defenses this season and Stephenson’s lack of passing usage has me worried about his fantasy scoring this week. I hate to break it to you if you have him on your roster, but Stephenson is not in a spot this week to bounce back. Next week, on the other hand…

💥 WR Garrett Wilson, Jets (vs. Broncos)
14 targets! 9 receptions! He’s back on the menu! Wilson’s time to shine is this week as he faces a Broncos offense that has allowed six WRs (it will be week 5) to score a minimum of 12.5 points. That’s a damn good floor and Wilson should ball this week. Finally.

👎 WR Chris Olave, Saints (vs. Patriots)
This one hurts. I’m not sitting him in any capacity, this is me just trying to temper expectations for the week. If Carr’s shoulder continues to be a problem this week in practice, we may see another week of short passes (behind the line-of-scrimmage short) and that’s not where I like my Olave to be playing.