Fantasy Football Rankings Week 5: Sleepers, projections, starts, sits | Jameson

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WEEK 5 FANTASY FOOTBALL PREVIEWS

** BYES: CLE, LAC, SEA, TB **

Bears at Commanders, TNF

• The Bears allow the highest pressure rate (47.4%), but the Commanders have the second-lowest forced 3-and-Out% (21.4)
• Only the Broncos and Chargers are more favorable in defensive PassEPA. The Bills are second-toughest, and Sam Howell has fantasy totals of 15.2, 21.3, 19.6 in his three games not against the Bills (0.6). The Cardinals, Broncos and Eagles are fifth, first and 10th most favorable, respectively.
• Week 4 was Khalil Herbert’s first game with over 57.1 RBTouch% and first double-digit performance.
• Brian Robinson is seventh in RBTouch%, and the Bears have allowed every lead running back to score at least 13.8 fantasy points.

Jaguars at Bills, 9:30 a.m., London

• With Zay Jones on the field: Calvin Ridley 28.6 TmTGT% for 16-9-107-1; Christian Kirk 21.4 TmTGT% for 12-9-93-0. Without Zay Jones on the field: Calvin Ridley 13.8 TmTGT% for 12-6-104-1; Christian Kirk 26.4 TmTGT% for 23-15-164-1. Small sample, but Kirk acts more like the No. 1 without Jones and the No. 3 with him.
• The Jaguars are just 24th in percent of plays for a touchdown (3.2%), and the Bills are third at 6.6%
• From Week 1, 2022 through last week, Trevor Lawrence is fifth in points (132.9), 10th in TD:INT (4.7) and seventh in QBR (97.8) among starters with 50+ attempts when down by a touchdown or more.

Texans at Falcons, 1 p.m.

• Surprisingly, the Falcons have the toughest defensive RushEPA, ahead of the Seahawks and Titans.
• Tyler Allgeier’s touches (18-16-9-8), RBTouch% (52.9%-41.0%-39.1%-29.6%) and FPs (22.9-4.8-3.9-1.7) have dropped weekly.
• Dameon Pierce is 14th in RBTouch% but just 25th in points.
• C.J. Stroud pressured versus not pressured: 51.1 to 67.3 Comp%, 4.7 to 9.5 YD/ATT, 0 to 6 TDs, 64.3 to 117.1 QBR.
• Tank Dell in the same situation: 10.0 to 24.4 TGT% on routes, 4-2-17-0 to 20-14-250-2 receiving.
• The Steelers and Ravens are Top 10 in pressure rate, while the Jaguars and Colts are 26th and 27th respectively. Falcons are 17th.

Panthers at Lions, 1 p.m.

• Panthers pressure the QB the second-least (27.6%) and Jared Goff is sixth in QBR when not pressured, and he’s at home.
• Only Zach Ertz (24.8) has a higher TmTGT% than Sam LaPorta (21.8) among tight ends — LaPorta is also second in YPRR (2.30, min 10 targets — Noah Fant first at 2.67).
• Before Week 4 (injured, not 100%), Miles Sanders was 10th in RBTouch% (71.6) and led in targets (20).
• In his three games, Bryce Young has fantasy point totals if 7.5-13.5-7.2 and isn’t…