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1:37And every single Monday, we're going through the numbers of what happened in the fantasy football world.
1:43Player performance, opportunity, usage trends, team trends, league trends, you name it.
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1:53We're going to go through my biggest takeaways from most of the games in a very interesting week five.
1:59We're going to tackle the Thursday night game first with the 0-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers going into Dallas, knocking off the Cowboys
2:07for the first win of the season. This game was the George Pickens and the Bucky Irving show.
2:13So in week four against the Texans, CeeDee Lamb goes off.
2:17He's used a ton, 21 targets, 17 receptions. The Cowboys had a short week and played on Thursday, obviously.
2:24Well, George Pickens had been very, very quiet this season, especially after finishing as the wide receiver four overall in fantasy last year.
2:32I think all signs pointed this being a George Pickens game with CeeDee's insane usage last week.
2:38On a short week, that's what we got. 13 targets, 9 catches, 130 yards, and a touchdown for Pickens.
2:45His best game of the season by far. He got a ton of easy looks too.
2:50Seven receptions for 91 yards on short targets. That's 0-9 air yards.
2:54Both of those were career highs. So instead of relying on volatile, inconsistent, deep targets, he got a ton of high percentage looks.
3:02We'd love to see that continue moving forward for him.
3:06CeeDee Lamb was kind of hampered by a quad injury.
3:09Sounds like it isn't anything serious. He should be good to go for week six against the Packers.
3:16There's really nothing to worry about there. The other standout, as I mentioned, was Bucky Irving.
3:21175 yards from scrimmage, two touchdowns, ripping off big plays left and right.
3:26Arguably the best game of his career. Bucky looks a lot more like rookie season Bucky than sophomore season Bucky.
3:33Sophomore season Bucky was really banged up. He was battling some personal matters.
3:38He was at 6.0 yards per touch as a rookie.
3:41That tanked down to 4.3 in a really weird second year.
3:45It's back up to 5.2 this year. He's also doing a decent job of holding off Kenny Gainwell and Sean Tucker over
3:53the last two weeks with all three of them active.
3:56Opportunities are Bucky 40, Gainwell 13, Tucker 8. That is something that I was a little worried about and kind of pessimistic about coming into the season.
4:06But looks pretty good over the last two weeks for Bucky Irving.
4:10Game number two of the week was an early one for me on the West Coast.
4:15First, in London, Jacksonville wins on a last second field goal from Cam Little in a very competitive game.
4:22And the competitive nature of that game is what I want to talk about.
4:27I've said this before, but in weeks one through four, the Jacksonville offense was trailing on just 2.2% of their plays.
4:34Insane stuff. That was the lowest in the NFL by 12.7%.
4:38So nearly 13%. The offense had not been pushed at all.
4:42Starters were constantly on the bench in the second half of games and you can't score fantasy points from the sideline.
4:49But their fantasy points per numbers had been really good.
4:53Trevor Lawrence, fantasy points per attempt. Parker Washington, fantasy points per route.
4:57Both of those were popping. It really felt like both of those players were bound to boom.
5:03Kind of like in the right game environment. Well, well, well.
5:07Finally, the Jags were trailing on 70% of their plays against the Eagles.
5:12And what do we get? 21.7 fantasy points from Trevor Lawrence.
5:1530.4 from Parker Washington. Trevor Lawrence had 12 fourth quarter dropbacks in week five.
5:20He had just 14 fourth quarter dropbacks in weeks one through four combined.
5:25Parker Washington in the fourth quarter. Four targets. Three receptions.
5:2850 yards and a touchdown. He didn't have a single reception in the fourth quarter of weeks one through four combined.
5:36So both Tila and Parker Washington finally got the chance to score points in the fourth quarter of a game.
5:43And it led to really nice weeks for them.
5:46Basial Tootin. Workload. Great. Fantasy production. Not so great.
5:49Dominated running back carries again. He handled 22 of 24 running back carries.
5:54Chris Rodriguez got the other two. That split on the season is now at 82 Tootin.
5:5928 Chris Rodriguez. And 10 Amir Abdullah. So 68% Basial Tootin.
6:03That is what you want. But he doesn't have a single 100 yard game yet this year.
6:09He hasn't gone for over 20 fantasy points. Maxed out at 17 in week three.
6:14He really doesn't have like any receiving upside as well.
6:18He's been good as a receiver. Just not that involved.
6:21He only has 10 targets. He has caught nine of those for 78 yards.
6:26I think there's bigger days ahead for Basial Tootin.
6:29He looks explosive. Looks like he's been really close to ripping off some big runs.
6:35But it just hasn't happened yet. On the Brian Thomas Jr.
6:39front. If you haven't already. Man. He is droppable.
6:42At this point. Josh Cameron. Who is the Jags sixth rounder from the 2026 NFL draft.
6:47He's like literally at this point a better weekly start than BTJ.
6:52And Brenton Strange. Quietly strong role. Eight targets. Seven receptions.
6:5568 yards against Eagles. He's on a little bit of an under the radar heater.
7:00The last two weeks. 16 targets. 14 catches. 163 yards.
7:04Jacksonville will stay in London for next week's matchup against the Texans.
7:08If you have Brenton Strange and you aren't a Brock Bowers or Trey McBride.
7:13George Kill owner. I think you just got to play him.
7:17On the Eagles side. A little bit of a tough evaluation.
7:21Because they're just missing so many pieces. Saquon's out.
7:24Devontae Smith is out. The offensive line is a mess.
7:27Will Shipley was a very popular waiver wire ad.
7:30He left in the second quarter. And the next man up was Damian Pierce.
7:35Jalen Hurts has scored over 20 fantasy points. Just once this season.
7:40He has just one rushing touchdown over his last 11 games.
7:43I'm not sure what you could get for him.
7:47But if you can sell off name brand. Somebody who thinks they're buying low on Jalen Hurts.
7:53That is a move that I would easily make.
7:56Minnesota at New Orleans was a bit of a fantasy mess.
8:00We have to talk about the Vikings defense. Not a single quarterback has scored over 20 fantasy points.
8:06Against the Vikings defense. And starters are now averaging 8.2 fantasy points per game.
8:11After Tyler Shuck. Who was the QB3 entering the week.
8:14Put up negative 0.2 fantasy points. Negative 0.2 fantasy points for Tyler Shuck.
8:19That means the Vikings have now allowed 2.3 points.
8:22Combined to Malik Willis and Tyler Shuck. Over the last two weeks.
8:26They continue to just harass quarterbacks. They've blitzed on 69% of their pass rushes this season.
8:32It is a nightmare matchup. They're on buy next week though.
8:36So thankfully there are no matchups against them. That we have to worry about in week 6.
8:42On the offense side of the ball. Aaron Jones' role with Jordan Mason on IR continues to be outrageous.
8:48Since week 2. Aaron Jones has 102 opportunities. That is the second most in the NFL.
8:54Buy and only Jameer Gibbs. Sounds like Jordan Mason is expected to return in week 7.
9:00After the Vikings week 6 buy. So you can pull a fast one on a league mate.
9:06And just sell Aaron Jones. I think that is a sharp sneaky move to make.
9:11Packers at Bears was bombs away for Jordan Love and Christian Watson.
9:15And Matthew Golden. Jordan Love goes 25 for 31.
9:18For 367 yards. And 2 touchdowns. He is just letting it fly.
9:22The Packers ranked 3rd in the NFL. And called pass rate.
9:26At 67%. Jordan Love has racked up 1,647 air yards through 5 weeks.
9:31That is the second most in the NFL. Marshawn Lloyd did punch it in on the ground twice.
9:37That was just on 10 carries for 31 yards.
9:40The Packers have no run game. And they are just leaning into the pass.
9:45And as a result. We are seeing massive breakout seasons from both Christian Watson.
9:50And Matthew Golden. Christian Watson puts up 6 for 143 in 2 touchdowns.
9:55Golden goes 6 for 123. Christian Watson. Is now the wide receiver 3.
9:59Overall on the season. And is just the perfect skill match.
10:03With Jordan Love. He trails only Jackson Smith and Jigbo.
10:07In downfield receiving yards. He has 389. He is tied for the league lead.
10:12With 4 downfield receiving touchdowns. As long as Christian Watson stays healthy.
10:16Knock on wood. He is well on his way.
10:19To a top 10 fantasy season. Matthew Golden is awesome too.
10:23He is thriving in this full time role. In his second season.
10:27He has played 83% of the Packers offensive snaps.
10:30That was just 43% as a rookie. The downfield opportunity has been incredible for him as well.
10:36648 air yards through 5 weeks. Is the second most in the NFL.
10:41And already 66 more than he had all of last year.
10:44Definitely a volatile role week to week for Matthew Golden.
10:48But one that has a very high ceiling. For the Bears.
10:52Tyson Badgent got benched. He was not effective. And overall.
10:55Just a very disappointing day. For Chicago. They averaged 3.6 yards per play.
11:00That's the fewest in a Ben Johnson Bears game.
11:03So the Bears that were in your fantasy lineup.
11:06That's kind of really why they all failed. DeAndre Swift only had 9 carries.
11:11Really quick on Colson Loveland too. Through 5 weeks.
11:14He now ranks 38th. Out of 45 tight ends.
11:17In yards per route. I want to keep believing that the breakout is coming.
11:22But week after week. It's just dud after dud after dud.
11:26You can't just keep hoping and praying. That he's going to come through.
11:31So unfortunately. Colson Loveland needs to be on your bench.
11:34Until we see some sign of life. Until something changes.
11:38Wild. Chaotic. Disastrous ending in Giants Commanders. To end in a tie.
11:42But aside from all that drama. This was the return of Jaden Daniels.
11:47After he missed weeks 3 and 4. With the elbow injury.
11:50Data point that I was really interested in tracking.
11:54Was how much Jaden Daniels was going to run.
11:57Coming back from this injury. We all know scrambling is a superpower.
12:01It can be such a boom to his fantasy production.
12:04It is the reason he has been banged up.
12:08So much over the last two years. So coming into this game.
12:12I assumed he would run less. Kind of only made sense.
12:16And then he records 7 scramble rush attempts. For a career high 103 scramble rush yards.
12:21And 2 touchdowns. Jaden Daniels has played in just 3 games this season.
12:26He leads all quarterbacks. In scramble rush fantasy points.
12:29By 9. His willingness to still scramble. After suffering all these injuries.
12:33Is massive for his fantasy value going forward. Certainly risky.
12:37And a little scary. You kind of hold your breath.
12:40Kind of look away every time he takes off to run.
12:44But that's just the game. That Jaden Daniels is going to play.
12:48For the Giants. Jameis Winston was awful in week 2.
12:52Against the Rams when he came in for Jackson Dart.
12:55He was not good in week 3. Either against the Titans in a bad weather game.
13:01He's kind of figured it out over the last two weeks.
13:05Yes against weak opponents in the Cardinals. And the Commanders.
13:08But still. 18 fantasy points in week 4. And then 25.7 here.
13:13Against the Commanders. And when Jameis Winston is playing good football.
13:16It is incredible for his pass catchers. Very obviously.
13:20Malik Neighbors. And Isaiah Likely. Over the last two weeks.
13:23Neighbors has 27 targets. Likely has 25. And the next closest giant.
13:27Is Darnell Mooney with 9. It is incredibly consolidated to those two.
13:31And the big reason why. Malik Neighbors. Is fantasy's wide receiver 1.
13:36Since week 4. And Isaiah Likely. Is also fantasy's tight end 1.
13:40Over that span. The Giants get the Saints. Next week.
13:43In week 6. I think that should be another shootout.
13:47And if Jameis Winston is still on your waiver wire.
13:50Pick him up. Play him in a shootout against the Saints.
13:54Lions or Cardinals was the highest scoring game of the week.
13:58As expected. And look. You don't really need me to tell you how good Jameer Gibbs is.
14:04He is the most sure thing in fantasy right now.
14:08He is responsible for both of the two highest scoring fantasy outputs.
14:12By running backs in single games this season. One of them coming against the Cardinals.
14:17Here in week 5. 37.7 fantasy points. He has scored over 30 points.
14:22In 3 of his 5 games. There was a fantasy source out there over the weekend.
14:27That advised to sell Jameer Gibbs. Please do not do that.
14:31He can single handedly carry you to your fantasy playoffs.
14:35And a fantasy championship. I think one of the most necessary breakdowns to dive into here.
14:40Is what we saw from the Cardinals past catchers.
14:43With Marvin Harrison Jr. inactive. And now him traded to Houston.
14:47As expected. Michael Wilson led all Cardinals wide receivers in routes with 44.
14:52Kind of had a quiet box score. Though just 7 targets.
14:564 receptions. 30 yards. Bigger days ahead for him.
14:59But the next man up was Kendrick Bourne. With 32 routes.
15:03He saw 8 targets. Caught 5 for 70 yards.
15:06Kendrick Bourne is a priority waiver wire ad. If he's still available in your league.
15:11The Cardinals are very clearly a team that's going to be playing from behind.
15:16A lot. Especially with the upcoming schedule. Rams. Broncos.
15:19Cowboys. Seahawks. Rams again. Chiefs. Some tough matchups in there.
15:23Obviously. But all games where pass play volume should continue to be way up.
15:28For Arizona. I would feel comfortable with Bourne in my flex spot.
15:32Moving forward. A couple of takeaways from Colts Steelers.
15:35Number 1. Jalen Warren now has 490 scrimmage yards since week 3.
15:39That's with Rico Dottle out. That is more than B.
15:43John Robinson in 2nd. That is more than Jameer Gibbs in 3rd.
15:47Jalen Warren has fantasy's RB3 over that span. Sounds like Rico Dottle has been close to playing each of the last two weeks.
15:55I think he plays this week against Tampa Bay.
15:58But I think it makes Jalen Warren a buy if someone thinks they're being savvy by selling Jalen Warren before Rico comes back.
16:06Rico's definitely going to chip into the workload a little bit.
16:10But after how good Jalen Warren has been. I think that would be like malpractice to go back to the 58% Warren,
16:1842% Rico split that it was in weeks 1 and 2.
16:22The Steelers placed Michael Pittman on IR ahead of week 5.
16:25So Roman Wilson was a very popular waiver wire ad and streaming option against the Colts.
16:31And then of course in the most fantasy football fashion ever.
16:35He goes out and runs 12 routes. Doesn't record a single reception.
16:39Hurts his finger and is now expected to miss a couple weeks after giving you a goose egg in your lineup in week 5.
16:48This opened the door for Steelers rookie second round pick Jeremy Bernard who kind of had a mini breakout game.
16:55He tied DK Metcalf with the team high 28 routes.
16:58He saw 9 targets. Caught 6 of those for 80 yards.
17:02He is a priority waiver wire ad ahead of week 6.
17:06In New England the Patriots absolutely throttle the Raiders 45-17.
17:09And would you look at this. Drake May the first 3 weeks of the season.
17:15Fantasy QB 34. Drake May in week 4. Overall QB 1.
17:18Drake May in week 5 this week. Overall QB 1.
17:22Again that is back to back number 1 overall weeks.
17:25Just like everyone predicted as the sky was falling.
17:29In New England the first 3 weeks of the season.
17:32Going to dive deeper into his numbers here in a minute and you'll hear why.
17:37Where this guy really is falling is the Raiders rushing offense.
17:41Ashton Gentey has another dud on the ground. Wasn't even sure if he was going to play in this game because of
17:49both an ankle and a foot injury. He carries 10 times for 27 yards.
17:54And now through 5 weeks the Raiders rushing as a team.
17:58Ranks dead last in yards per carry. Dead last in yards before contact per carry.
18:03Dead last in rushes resulting in a first down.
18:06Third worst in explosive rush rate. Third worst in rushing success rate.
18:10I could keep going but I'll save everyone there.
18:14I'll stop there. It has been a disaster for the Las Vegas Raiders on the ground.
18:19Gentey has been productive as a pass catcher though.
18:22And is really the only reason why you shouldn't bench him moving forward.
18:27He ranks 3rd in running back receptions. 3rd in running back receiving yards.
18:31That has resulted in the 2nd most receiving fantasy points among running backs so far this season behind only Jameer Gibbs.
18:39I don't know if the rushing production will turn around.
18:42He also doesn't even have a single rushing touchdown this season.
18:46He hasn't scored since week 1 which was 2 receiving touchdowns.
18:50At least the receiving production is keeping him afloat.
18:53Alright we end every episode with my one biggest move to make.
18:57I said I was going to dig more into the numbers behind what Drake May is doing on the field right now.
19:05Because my biggest move to make ahead of week 6 is by AJ Brown.
19:10AJ Brown has been on IR since after week 1.
19:14But reportedly Patriots believe he will be ready to go in week 6 against the Jets.
19:19And why I'm so bullish and would be so aggressive on acquiring AJ Brown is because of the tendencies of Drake May right now.
19:28Drake May ranks 4th in the NFL in air yards per attempt.
19:32He's thrown downfield at the 6th highest rate. He's thrown deep at the 4th highest rate.
19:37And this is with Romeo Dobbs and DeMario Douglas leading the team in routes run.
19:43New England traded for AJ Brown for him to be the elite downfield connection with Drake May.
19:49Since AJ Brown entered the NFL in 2019 to 2025, the only players with more downfield receptions and receiving yards than AJ
19:56Brown are Justin Jefferson, Tyree Kill, Mike Evans, and DePonte Adams.
20:00This is a top 5 downfield receiving threat about to pair up with a quarterback who is aggressively pushing the ball downfield.
20:08So get ahead of the news. Go get yourself some AJ Brown.
20:12All right. That's going to do it for this week 5 edition of the show.
20:17We'll be back every single Monday throughout the season sifting through each week's data.
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