Week 5 Fantasy Rankings Espn (2024)

FAQs

Who to pick up in fantasy Week 5? ›

Fantasy football free agent pickups: Week 5 Jaleel McLaughlin, Sam Howell - ESPN.

Our analysts update their rankings throughout the preseason, valuing players as if drafting today.

Round 1, Picks 1-3: Draft a wide receiver or Christian McCaffrey. Anyone with the first overall pick should take McCaffrey with little hesitation. The Niners back scored over 100 more PPR points than any other running back last season and has the perfect combination of talent, opportunity and situation.

Position eligibility is determined based upon a minimum of 20 games, otherwise any position the player played at least 25% of the time, in 2023. "Pos. Rank" is the player's ranking at his ESPN primary position. "10$" are dollar values for ESPN's standard 10-team points leagues.

Round 1, Picks 1-12: Draft a wide receiver

No quarterback or tight end is worth a first-round pick this year. Bijan Robinson and Breece Hall are both worthy of being selected in the first round, but both also have slightly higher ADPs than they should, given the talent at wide receiver.

Fantasy football Week 6 pickups: K.J. Osborn, Matthew Stafford among top options.

You should come out of the first two rounds with two RBs and two WRs, and then take a third WR in the fifth round if three starters are required. Don't wait until after the sixth round to draft a starting TE, as that position is thinner than any other.

Perfect 2024 fantasy football draft strategy, round by round for 10-team leagues: Pick No. 2. CeeDee Lamb is a top-two option: Lamb has improved every season of his career. And if anything, he could see more targets this season while other elite wide receivers come with more uncertainties.

Who to pick at 3 in fantasy? ›

Perfect 2024 fantasy football draft strategy, round by round for 10-team leagues: Pick No. 3. Tyreek Hill is the likely third-best option: Last season, the Dolphins wide receiver produced some of the most impressive per-play numbers of the PFF era.

In recent years, you couldn't go wrong keeping players like Christian McCaffrey, Patrick Mahomes, CeeDee Lamb, and Travis Kelce. As we head into 2024, some of the top fantasy players are guys like Tyreek Hill, CeeDee Lamb, Josh Allen, and Bijan Robinson.

Best ball is a version of fantasy football where all you need to do is draft a team and then watch the season play out. Your top-scoring lineup will be selected automatically each week.

RB1, RB2: In a 10-team league, an RB1 is a running back who ranks as a top-10 option, while an RB2 is ranked from 11-20 at the position. RBBC (running back by committee): A backfield where two or more running backs share the workload, rather than when there is a featured back, who garners the majority of the workload.

Offensive Player Utility (OP): If this utility slot is selected, team managers have the option to start any offensive roster slot.

For example, QB is the highest-scoring position in most leagues. But elite RBs and WRs typically get drafted first because you need more starters at those positions and their scoring drops off more sharply. That's why the best way to draft is generally to prioritize RBs and WRs while waiting on QBs and TEs.