Fantasy rundown: Week 5

Will Robinson recounts the spoils of his Week 5 fantasy victories for RideWithSilver.

Excuse me, let me have this.

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There we go. That was me enjoying my first awesome week of predictions. Let’s recap so I can further bask in the glory that was Week 5 fantasy guessing.

Eli – Despite throwing two interceptions in a terrible loss to Seattle, a poor quarterbacking performance was a still great fantasy day for Manning. His 24.3 fantasy point outing was the fifth-best fantasy quarterbacking performance of the week.

Whatchu talking ‘bout Willis? – Though he didn’t score a touchdown, Willis McGahee had 120+ yards and a two-point conversion. For no score recorded, 12th-best fantasy running back for Week 5 is a sweet deal.

A.J. Green – The rookie speedster had 90 yards and a touchdown for a solid 15 points and a top-15-fantasy wideout play for last week.

Brandon Pettigrew – The touchdown finally came for Pettigrew, which turned his 3.9-point evening into nearly 10 points. Good points for a waiver wire tight end a few weeks ago.

Josh Freeman/LeGarrette Blount – The Bucs were steamrolled by the 49ers, which equated to 6.5 points for Blount and an atrocious 5.68 points for Freeman. Both of these guys were colossally awful picks. I hope you stayed away.

Matt Forte – Forte did not score, but he had 151 yards. This was my only miss of the week. I fully believe in Matt Forte now (watch as he gets hurt or goes into a major slump after I write this).

Stevie J – Johnson was a non-factor against Philly, only getting 29 receiving yards.

Gronkowski – As was Rob Gronkowski, who had 3.1 points. All in all, once more, a very good week for yours truly. Hopefully I can make it two weeks in a row for Week 6.

Team of the Week Recap

Aaron Rodgers – 23.74

Wes Welker – 12.4

Hakeem Nicks – 12.5

Steve Smith – 13.9

Arian Foster – 18.4

Ryan Mathews – 13.2

Brandon Pettigrew – 9.9

Neil Rackers – 11

NYG D – 11

Total – 126.04

Pickups of the Week