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Brian Thomas = down. Travis Hunter = up.

For this week (W5), if JWarren is out: Gainwell, Carter, BSmith, BTuten. ROS: As bench-stashes in case of injury Warren/Etienne/Pacheco/Demercado&Benson - the #1 would fall between Gainwell & Tuten…probably Gainwell 1a & Tuten 1b…but it’s close. BSmith 3rd. Carter 4th.

Tyjae Spears, a decent stash.

Opinions on % of faab to go-in on for Demercado? Same question: MCarter? IE: thoughts about the ability of either or both to get consistent RB2 points (ppr or .5ppr) over the next 4-6 weeks? Or, are they more like RB3/flex?

“I want pieces of the Bengals high-powered offense for my ff roster,” said no one in 2025. In other news: Cincy is 2-2. Hope they hang in there.

Christian Watson. Dunno about W5, but his return is worth monitoring @ decent bench-stash.

Don’t forget Darren Waller….mmmmm, good.

Maybe Woody Marks. RJHarvey with at least a taste of groove tonight. Dunno if you can call him a break-out, but Waddle, if he can stay healthy - could impress with Tyreek done for the season. Also: Darren Waller…I just threw up in my mouth…but again, a maybe.

In a league that does not use faab, I have pick#1. Someone dropped Stefon Diggs after W1; he is available (w/a nice W4 statline). Woody Marks is already rostered. All other players being commonly considered after W4 are on waivers (Gainwell, JHill, zScott, KMiller, AMitchell, EAyomanor, etc). Pick up Diggs? Or someone else? Or, stand pat with the #1 pick & wait for next week?

Forgot about Ollie Gordon…got him on the roster too! Don’t really want to drop anyone, but maybe should (Ollie or Ayomanor) if Diggs might be consistently good-as-he-was this past week. Can’t claim to be excited about him, but Drake is ‘rising’ according to the fantasy community. Plus, kicking myself for not scooping QJ after w1…don’t want to repeat -a mistake. Ayomanor looks the part, but whew…is had to see much FF relevance on that team. Talking myself into it…. Not good…

PPR; qb, 2rb, 2wr, 2flex @ wr/te/rb (no mandatory te). Hurts, Henry, Dobbins, THenderson, RJHarvey, Marks, Tuten, StBrown, London, JMeyers, Pearsall, Waddle, Ayomanor. tx Paws. You = the Man.

Besides Benson this week, not a whole bunch of hot pick-ups on the *season* so far, imo. Quentin Johnston a pleasant surprise, at least so far. HFannin has some intrigue. RB’s this week: maybe WMarks, OGordon, Monangai…Will Shipley might be worth a stash now if healthy. WRs: Ayomanor, LBurden, it may be good to consider Aiyuk or even Christian Watson, depending on health-status. TE Hunter Henry is out there in one of mine…he’s worth a look. Kinda boring…hope someone else has a hot take on an interesting player.

In a vacuum, regardless of roster-builds, which pair is best, ros? (Players below were swapped today in a 2-for-2 trade.) a) Bucky Irving & JSN b) Nabers & Trey McBride

In a 10-team ppr league, my lowest-level bench players are Tank Bigsby (now traded to the Eagles) and Ollie Gordon. Waivers this week has players…best seem to be: WRs: Hollywood, QJohnson, Boutte, CAustinIII, Tillman, and RB: DSampson. Which of Bigsby and Gordon is the most droppable? And: of those those Waiver players, is there one or two standing out above the others?

Thanks weepaws. WR core is good. Tillman is tempting…and…QJ would be too if there is any way on earth he’d stay consistent. <—-his w1 stat line is probably fools-gold. will stand-pat for now. Cheers!

The site isn’t the spot for on-the-second breaking news. It is a premiere place for analysis & opinion from non-paid people who like the FF game. For example, Tank Bigsby was just-now traded…you can get that news anywhere, pumped to you in a dozen push notifications. Flip side of that coin is that there are few places where *actual* FF players (and not just pundits or podcasters) will talk about this trade for no reason than it’s own sake.

Aaron Rodgers resurgence. Spends the season as a ff top-10 qb & wins at least one playoff game in Pitt. Trey Benson is a league-winning RB, mid-season thru playoffs. Ashton Jeanty plays well but fails to crack the top-10 RB ranks. Tony Pollard is a season-long top-10 RB. Xavier Worthy is the best Chiefs WR & a top-12 WR in fantasy. Rashee Rice averages 12 points-per-game; he is a flex-worthy WR3. Trey McBride is top-5 in receptions in the NFL, to include WRs.

Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks very much for the help.

Update: bye-bye CeeDee. Nabers ‘gameday decision.’ JSN played tonight…that didn’t work out well at all… Deebo will definitely be active now, in place of CeeDee. Scrambling, for 1 flex out of: Nabers, Hockenson, Vidal, Dobbins, AGibson, & Wicks. Yikes… Still applies…

Thanks Guru. This site is always the best; you are a big reason why this place is so interesting & fun. Question 1: In a full-PPR league with 2 WR & 2 flex spots, one player must sit from these 5: CeeDee, MEvans, JSN, Nabers, & Deebo. Does Deebo get active this week? It seems worthwhile to monitor reports about CeeDee Lambs shoulder…but the real question here (imo) is probably ‘Nabers vs Deebo.’ Question 2: In a .5-PPR, I must flex either Breece Hall or Marvin Harrison Jr. Final in that league is aggregate point totals of active roster for both this week & next - so start/sit recommendations for the 2 players are needed in W17 & W18. Thanks much.

Julius Chestnut…if both Pollard & Spears can’t go.

Jayden Reed = last 2 games both fairly quiet. May can offer a discount for him.

I think the broadcast said he was 7-8 at Denver. That’s pretty gritty…nearly a .500 record on a bad team. Have to say; Steelers this year look talented enough to make the playoffs - and Fields was totally decent. Not close to world-beater, but very mistake free. Will say that Wilson deserves a chance to get warmed up a bit but damn…hope it’s a short leash for Pittsburghs’ sake.

Wilson…likely a HOF candidate…but man, he sure looks awful.

Polk might be worth a stash. Lots of angling toward Pop this week (and he certainly should be rostered). If DMaye stays good, the talented rookie could also make a splash moving forward.