We’re back again this week, rounding up the latest fantasy football advice and tips for those in playing ESPN leagues.
ESPN Fantasy Football Week 5 Cheat Sheet
Each week, ESPN posts the most added and the most dropped players in it’s fantasy football leagues, as well as weekly rankings. To get you quickly caught up on the hottest waiver wire players, here are this week’s most added players in ESPN leagues:
- #1 Washington Redskins RB Ryan Torain;
- #2 San Diego Chargers defense;
- #3 Atlanta Falcons K Matt Bryant;
- #4 New Orleans Saints WR Lance Moore; and,
- #5 Denver Broncos WR Brandon Lloyd.
Most of these guys' stories are pretty straightforward. Ryan Torain takes over full time now that Clinton Portis is out 4-6 weeks with a groin injury.
The Chargers play the Oakland Raiders this weekend. Any defense playing Oakland should potentially start each week. Matt Bryant has been putting up good numbers all season long. Lance Moore may not be a #1 WR for very long but he's hot right now. He's getting a lot of looks from Drew Brees.
Finally, Brandon Lloyd is getting picked up this week because Kyle Orton has been looking to him more and more. Plus, the Broncos play the Baltimore Ravens this weekend, which means Denver's other playmakers make get shut down.
And here is the list of the most dropped fantasy football players this week:
- #1 Seattle Seahawks defense;
- #2 Green Bay Packers RB Brandon Jackson;
- #3 Washington Redskins RB Clinton Portis;
- #4 New Orleans Saints K Garrett Hartley; and,
- #5 Miami Dolphins defense.
Don't start the Seahawks D because they're on a bye week. John Kuhn is getting more carries in Green Bay, which means the initial interest in Jackson when Ryan Grant went down has waned.
As we mentioned before, Clinton Portis is out 4-6 weeks with a groin injury.
Old man John Carney is getting the starting duties this week at kicker for the Saints so forget Garrett Hartley. And finally, like the Seahawks, the Dolphins are on a bye this week so don't start their D.
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