Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders made one huge play in Week 5, ending up with a solid fantasy performance. He ran the ball 11 times for 80 yards and two touchdowns, adding two catches on four targets for 19 more yards. Sanders scored on a 74-yard run in the first quarter. He ran the ball 10 other times for just six more yards total,

Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks showed why the Texans traded for him in Sunday’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Cooks finished with eight catches on 12 targets, with 161 yards and a touchdown. This is who former GM Bill O’Brien thought he was getting, and in the first game since O’Brien’s firing, Cooks delivered. Consider him a WR3 for now, but another game like

Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley II enjoyed his best game of the season, totaling 150 scrimmage yards on 18 touches along with a rushing score. Gurley II gashed the Carolina defense repeatedly for 8.6 yards per carry, including a 35-yard scamper, his 5th score of the season and 75th of his career. It’s fair to wonder if the Falcons should have leaned on Gurley

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk had his best game of the year in Week 5 against the New York Jets. Kirk caught five of his seven targets for 78 yards. Kirk had just 76 receiving yards on the season coming into the game. Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray threw for a career-high 380 passing yards in the game and Kirk was one of the beneficiaries

Kansas City Chiefs rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire had a frustrating afternoon against the Las Vegas Raiders in a Week 5 loss. CEH was held to just 40 rushing yards on 10 carries and also hauled in three receptions for 40 yards. The Raiders defense was very good in the second half and it showed as it was the rookies worst performance of his young

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has now scored a touchdown in five consecutive games. Hill only caught three balls on evening for 78 yards and rushed the ball three times for 15 yards and a touchdown. Hill has been everything managers have asked for and more this season and remains a favorite option of quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Hill will look for his sixth

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw his first interception of the season against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 5. Mahomes did throw for 340 yards, two touchdowns and ran for a rushing touchdown. Mahomes also converted a two-point conversion, but was just 22-for-43 on the afternoon. The Raiders defense did a really good job against the MVP in their upset victory and held

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins had a strong game in Week 5 against the New York Jets. He caught six of his seven targets for 131 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown was a 45-yard reception that was one of the highlight catches of Sunday’s action. Hopkins was the Cardinals’ leading receiver in the game and he tied with Christian Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald

Houston Texans running back David Johnson had been trending down, but a strong performance in Week 5 might help put him back on a positive track. Johnson had 17 carries for 96 yards and also added seven receiving yards on two catches. It appears that with offensive coordinator Tim Kelly calling plays, one thing is the same: David Johnson dominates Duke Johnson when it comes

Arizona Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds was heavily involved in the offense in Week 5 against the New York Jets. Edmonds rushed the ball three times for 36 yards and a touchdown and also caught five of his six targets for 56 yards. Edmonds once again played second-fiddle to Kenyan Drake, but Drake’s season-long struggles continued as he averaged just 3.3 yards per carry on

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson helped Houston finally get a mark in the victory column against the Jaguars in Week 5. Watson was 25-for-35 for 359 yards with three touchdowns and a pair of interceptions. He also added 25 rushing yards. Freed from former head coach Bill O’Brien’s reins, the Texans offense looked like a more vertical version of what they’d run before. Watson should

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan completed 21 of 37 passes for 226 yards with no touchdown passes and one interception. The loss drops Atlanta to 0-5 and leaves Ryan without a touchdown pass in two straight games. The veteran signal-caller struggled with accuracy all day, as his 56.8 percent completion rate was his second lowest mark of the season. Ryan got off to a good

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray completed 27 of 37 passes for a career-high 380 passing yards in Week 5 against the New York Jets. It was the first time this year that Murray topped 300 passing yards in a game. He also had a passing touchdown and an interception. On the ground, Murray added 31 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. It’s certainly good to

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz played in another game in Week 5, leading the Eagles to a 38-29 loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Wentz attempted 35 passes, completing 20 of them for 258 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Wentz’s second interception was a last-second arm punt to end the game, but it still counts for his stats. He added four rushes for 11 yards.

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Keelan Cole caught a touchdown in Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans. Cole finished with two catches for 25 yards. While he was targeted six times, Cole’s role has been trending down, and even with the touchdown he doesn’t seem like more than a bye week replacement option going forward for fantasy managers. Source: NFL.com

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas (ankle) has been ruled out for Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Saints are reportedly holding Thomas out of the game as a disciplinary action after the star receiver got into an altercation with a teammate at practice this weekend. Thomas had been listed as questionable for the game with an ankle injury. He has missed

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie wide receiver Collin Johnson caught the first touchdown of his NFL career on Sunday. Entering the game with just two career receptions, Johnson was targeted four times, catching three passes for 30 yards. The increased workload is interesting to note, but Johnson’s role is still not big enough at this point for him to be a waiver wire addition in anything but

Arizona Cardinals running back Kenyan Drake wound up with a decent fantasy game in Week 5 against the New York Jets. Drake rushed the ball 18 times for 60 yards and a touchdown and caught his only target, a two-yard reception. It certainly wasn’t pretty as Drake averaged just 3.3 yards per carry in the game. The team’s No. 2 back Chase Edmonds had just

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. caught a team-high seven passes for 79 yards in Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans. The rookie continues to see an increase in his usage and has established himself as the No. 2 receiver on this team. While his usage won’t be consistent enough to make Shenault a weekly starting option, his upside does make him a matchup-dependent

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running back James Robinson had a middling Week 5 performance against the Houston Texans. Robinson had 13 carries for 48 yards and caught five passes for 22 yards. It wasn’t a bad performance for Robinson, though Houston’s struggles on run defense had fantasy managers expecting a stronger game from the first-year rusher. He’s still a solid RB2 play moving forward, but in