Fantasy Football Week 5 Cheat Sheet, Rankings Guide and Waiver Projections

October 4, 2016   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

Quarterbacks are usually second-rate citizens in Fantasy Football.
If you have any quarterback on your roster other than Cam Newton, you know that the No. 15 quarterback in the rankings may produce as much as the No. 3 quarterback in any given week.
However, QBs are the lead story going into Week 5, because Newton (concussion protocol) may not be in the lineup for the Carolina Panthers, and a quarterback named Tom Brady returns from his Roger Goodell-ordered vacation for the New England Patriots.
Brady's return shoots him to the top of many quarterback rankings. While he doesn't quite get there on our list—he is third behind Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers—we expect Brady to have a big impact against the Cleveland Browns.
If the Pats had not fallen apart in Week 4 against the Buffalo Bills, it might seem likely that they would have allowed Brady to hand the ball off to LeGarrette Blount and let the running game dictate the pace of the game.
But...

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