Fantasy Football – Week five

Kamara has been absolutely abysmal this season, as have his team the Saints, being one of three winless teams going into October. However, there could not be a better matchup for the struggling back then this Giants team. As bad as Kamara has been, the Giants have been worse at defending against running backs, more recently giving up career games to Javonte Williams and Omarian Hampton. If Kamara doesn’t get it going this week, he most likely never will.

The Giants changed quarterbacks ahead of week 4 against the Chargers and rookie Jaxson Dart was very impressive in the Giants first win in 2025. The win came with a loss of New York’s budding star at wide receiver, Malik Nabers who was confirmed to have torn his ACL. Now moving forward to a game at New Orleans, Dart will be looking for another reliable receiving option to move the ball through the air. I believe the guy Dart will be looking for is veteran wide receiver Darius Slayton who has shown signs of promise with many different quarterbacks in his time with the Giants. I expect him to make a solid impact and help Dart play to a high level in his second career start on the bayou.

Flowers has been very disappointing for fantasy managers throughout the first four weeks of the season. After a stellar week one, Flowers has lost production week by week, going from bad to barely startable. This week will probably continue that downward trend, as the Texans have been lights out against the pass most of the season, and the vague threat of backup quarterback Cooper Rush seeing action in this game for the banged up Lamar Jackson.

Buffalo is a very strong team led by quarterback Josh Allen but their offense is lacking a strong standout receiver week to week. The Bills love to spread the ball around with every receiver receiving at least 3 targets per game. I am struggling to see a big impact from receiver Keon Coleman in a game against New England this week because he is facing the Patriots’ top coverage cornerback In Christian Gonzalez. Instead I see the Bills using the ground game with Allen and running back James Cook or looking to tight ends Dalton Kincaid and Jackson Hawes in the passing game with speedy cornerback Marcus Jones in coverage against Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir in the slot.

Coming off an embarrassing loss to the defending champs, the Bucs and Baker Mayfield need a win to regain the swagger they had after their 3-0 start. The Seahawks on the other hand, are coming off a win versus a divisional opponent over a week before they will play on Sunday at home. Even with those factors giving the Seahawks direction, the Bucs still have a great shot at an upset. First, under head coach Mike McDonald, the Seahawks have a below .500 record at home, whereas the Buccaneers have been great on the road in recent years. Second, Baker Mayfield is 22-16 after a loss in his career with the Bucs, giving him a great chance of bouncing back. Finally, the bucs are just the better team with the better quarterback. Take the Bucs. (Will, 1-2)

Heading into week 5, Jacksonville faces the healthiest Chiefs team we’ve seen this season. Kansas City got their first win last week at home against Baltimore and looked very strong on both sides of the ball but from a standpoint of the Ravens, they were very injury riddled so facing a road test this week in Jacksonville will put a validity stamp on Kansas City’s path to playoffs. I think this a big opportunity for Trevor Lawrence and Liam Coen to showcase their tandem chemistry against a team no one can ever truly count out each and every week of the season. I think the Jaguars have the ability to pull off an upset based on how this offense has been able to run the football. Both Travis Etienne Jr. and Bhayshul Tuten have been excellent. Special teams and defense has played a key role in wins in 3 of the first 4 weeks for the Jaguars which I think if they can get takeaways the way they have been and slow the game down with the run it can come down to last possession and lead to an upset of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. (Wes, 1-2)

Stepping into week 5 of the NFL season, the game that might seem unreasonable as an upset for many lies between the Texans and the Ravens, as the Ravens are a 1.5 favorite to win. Although Baltimore still has potential to be a top team if they use this week to turn things around on their rough 1-3 start to the season, especially against a less dominant team compared to what they have already faced, chances are that the Texans have a higher chance of winning this game, solely due to the uncoordination of the Ravens. Stroud has been a mediocre quarterback for Houston, having thrown for 832 yards with 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions so far. Although Jackson has better offensive weapons to utilize the potential chain-moving play that he has, the unpredictability of the Ravens is what sets them back in this game. (Isaiah, 0-3)