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Week 5 Shore Thing Sleepers (2024)

by Ben Siebert

It’s the first football weekend in October! That means the leaves are falling, pumpkin spice items are here and the fall weather is starting to get into shape! In fantasy football terms, that means your roster might be falling apart due to bad decisions or injuries, and we need some sleepers to spice them up so you don’t fall in the standings! With it being Week 5, that also means the “Sounds of the Seasons” is the “Bye Week Blues.”

As always, I’ll recap last week’s “Shore Thing Sleepers.” It was about as even as it could get. First, the big hits were Brian Thomas Jr., who scored 12 points over projection, and Zach Charbonnet, who scored 2.2 over projection! Jaleel McLaughlin even chipped in by only going 0.3 under projection. Sadly, I didn’t ace them all, with Caleb Williams and Andrei Iosivas scoring within four points under projection. The one that stung yet somehow can explain the tight end position as a whole was Mike Gesicki. In case you didn’t know, his Week 4 performance brought us the stat line of one reception for negative nine yards, leaving us with 0.1 Points Per Reception (PPR) fantasy points. Therefore, it brought Week 4’s total to 2.6 points under projection.

The only way to go is up from here! So, let’s get into Week 5’s “Shore Thing Sleepers.”

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Fantasy Football Start/Sit Consideration: Week 5 Sleepers

Quarterback

Sam Darnold (Minnesota Vikings)

Before the season started, who had the lone undefeated team in the NFC being the Sam Darnold-led Minnesota Vikings? Not me, that’s for sure! Darnold has been lighting fantasy leagues on fire, as he is currently the QB4. This week, Darnold will be spreading his red-hot offense overseas to London!

His matchup in London is none other than the New York Jets. Yes, the same Jets that are allowing a league-low 8.9 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks this season.

Still, this is where you have to look at the numbers closely. The Jets have allowed no quarterback to score over seven fantasy points in the past two weeks. Those quarterbacks were Jacoby Brissett and Bo Nix. That is not exactly the scariest quarterback play. I will give them credit, though, as they held Brock Purdy and Will Levis to under 12.5 points, too.

I’m not afraid of this matchup at all for Darnold. He’s had three straight weeks of over 20 fantasy points and has thrown multiple touchdowns in every game this season. The USC product has also already faced two teams this season that are in the bottom 13 of fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. In those two games, he averaged 255.5 total yards, two touchdowns, an interception and 18.2 fantasy points. This is easy money.

Running Back

Antonio Gibson (New England Patriots)

Just as the seasons change, we might have a change at RB1 in New England. Antonio Gibson has outscored his counterpart Rhamondre Stevenson in the last two games, and it’s becoming more of a 50-50 split. Within those two weeks, Gibson has only six fewer touches than Stevenson.

So, it’s time to give the hot-handed Gibson a chance, especially against the Dolphins, who have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to the running back position. In the past three games, running backs have scored two touchdowns in every single game. After allowing a running back to score 25+ fantasy points against them in Weeks 2 and 3, they allowed Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears to score over 11.9 fantasy points last week on “Monday Night Football.” The 26-year-old has only provided a season-high of 11.3 fantasy points, but signs indicate we might see a new season-high on Sunday.

Samaje Perine (Kansas City Chiefs)

The Chiefs’ backfield is an interesting situation, to say the least, and Samaje Perine is currently in a mess of an RB room. Kareem Hunt recently got called up from the practice squad and had the most touches last week. That came after Carson Steele was presumably benched for fumbling. Clyde Edwards-Helaire (CEH) is also on Injured Reserve (IR) but has a chance of returning this week. Still, we don’t know if Edwards-Helaire will play this week or have a clue of how many snaps he will see. This is why I came full circle to Perine.

Perine has been putting up some decent numbers since Isiah Pacheco‘s been injured, with two straight games of seven fantasy points. Last week, he was the first Chiefs RB to score a touchdown since Week 1! I’d expect Edwards-Helaire to be rusty coming off of IR, if even active. This leads me to think that the Oklahoma standout will be the change-of-pace back and continue his seven-point streak.

Looking at the matchup, the Saints have allowed a running back to score over 9.9 fantasy points in the last three weeks. Within these last two games specifically, they’ve allowed three different running backs to score double-digit fantasy points, even when one running back has scored a touchdown. With Perine consistently scoring seven points and the Saints allowing double-digits recently, it is all adding up that maybe he can break out this week!

Wide Receiver

Jauan Jennings (San Francisco 49ers)

Jauan Jennings has a good track record of being on this list. The last time he was placed on here, he only went for 11 receptions for 175 yards and three touchdowns for 46.5 fantasy points. I know what you’re thinking, though. That game didn’t have Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel or George Kittle. In this game, they will have Samuel and Kittle back after having a game to get back into the groove of things. So wouldn’t he be buried in the depth chart?

That’s what I thought, too, but if you look back, Jennings was the most targeted 49er last week, too. In back-to-back games, he’s now had six or more targets, 88+ receiving yards and at least 11.8 fantasy points. This sets up Jennings for a perfect defense to stream him against, and it just happens to be against another divisional opponent. The Cardinals have allowed three wide receivers to see six or more targets in the past two games. The floor for those receivers is 14.5 points, but they averaged 6.6 receptions for 70.6 yards, 0.6 touchdowns and 17.7 fantasy points per game.

Also, San Francisco has scored at least 35 points in every game they’ve played Cardinal over the last two seasons. If they’re lighting up the scoreboard in real life, Jennings can light up your fantasy football scoreboard.

Keon Coleman (Buffalo Bills)

An AFC rookie wide receiver picked in the Top 33 facing the Houston Texans… Didn’t we see this last week? Yes, you did. This week, it’s Keon Coleman, after it was Thomas Jr. last week. Keep in mind that Khalil Shakir suffered an ankle injury last week and will potentially not play in this game on Sunday.

In addition to allowing the 11th-most fantasy points to WRs this season, the Texans have allowed two wide receivers to score a touchdown in three out of their four games. This has now happened in back-to-back games, and four wide receivers have scored at least 12.4 fantasy points in those games. Interestingly, despite scoring touchdowns, they aren’t getting the receiving yards, as they all have been held to 86 or fewer yards. That sets up perfectly for the Bills’ receiver room, as they’ve gone six straight games, including playoffs, with no receiver over 86 yards. If Shakir’s inactive, Coleman becomes a great bench player to plug into your lineup.

Tight End

Hunter Henry (New England Patriots)

Oh goodness gracious, we’ve come to the position that is causing everybody problems. This week, my sights are set on the wildly inconsistent Hunter Henry. He might’ve had eight receptions for 109 yards in Week 2, but in the other three games, he has combined for six receptions and 39 yards. So, why would I choose an inconsistent player who hasn’t shown up in all but one game this season?

Easy! Looking closer, you will see at least one consistent trend with Henry. This will be his fourth game against the Dolphins, at home, as a Patriot. In the three games before that, he has not scored under 6.1 fantasy points. The averages are even more enticing: 4.6 receptions for 45 yards, 0.3 touchdowns and 11.1 fantasy points.

If historical stats aren’t your cliché, then know the Dolphins have also allowed a tight end to score 7.3 or more fantasy points in two of their last three games.

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Thanks for reading this week’s “Shore Thing Sleepers”! If you’re looking for more fantasy content like this or need help with the last-minute fantasy football start/sit decisions for your roster, you can find me on Facebook at “Fantasy Sports Start or Sit’Em Questions” or on Twitter/X @FSSOSEQ

*Photo Credit: Mark Konezny – USA TODAY Sports*

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