Welcome to Week 5 of The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview, by Rich Hribar.

We are already into October and nearly a third of the fantasy regular season has blown by. Hopefully, you are sitting in a good place through four weeks. Week 5 is our last full week before the bye weeks begin, so be prepared in advance for rosters to potentially need anyone moving forward into the middle of the season.  

We are now fleshing out a real sample of what we have on a team basis. As always, the more information we acquire, the more robust our evidence-based approach can be. 

This article will be updated throughout the week to reflect major news or injury implications. I encourage that you use the game by game tables and data points here in conjunction with the player rankings that will be available every week this season each Wednesday and enjoy the games.

Click the matchups below for the individual game previews.

Week 5 Matchups

LAR at SEA: Thursday, Oct 7 – 8:20pm ET
NYJ at ATL: Sunday, Oct 10 – 9:30am ET
TEN at JAX: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
NO at WFT: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
NE at HOU: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
DET at MIN: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
MIA at TB: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
GB at CIN: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
PHI at CAR: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET (unlocked)
DEN at PIT: Sunday, Oct 10 – 1pm ET
CLE at LAC: Sunday, Oct 10 – 4:05pm ET
CHI at LVR: Sunday, Oct 10 – 4:05pm ET
NYG at DAL: Sunday, Oct 10 – 4:25pm ET
SF at ARI: Sunday, Oct 10 – 4:25pm ET
BUF at KC: Sunday, Oct 10 – 8:20pm ET (unlocked)
IND at BAL: Monday, Oct 11 – 8:15pm ET