Week 5 Fantasy Football Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em

Justin Fields, New York Jets (vs. DAL) [DraftKings DFS Value: $5,600]

Fields is quietly seventh in fantasy points per game among quarterbacks, thanks mostly to the yardage he picks up on the ground. The Dallas defense is making every opposing quarterback look like Dan Marino this year—no team is allowing more fantasy points to the quarterback position.

C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (at BAL) [DraftKings DFS Value: $5,200]

Stroud still hasn’t thrown for even 250 yards in a game this season, but he did throw multiple touchdown passes last week for the first time this season. Now Stroud and the Texans face an injury-ravaged Ravens defense that couldn’t stop anyone when it was at full strength.

Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (vs. DEN) [DraftKings DFS Value: $6,800]

For most managers, sitting Hurts isn’t a realistic option. And despite Philly’s offensive struggles, he’s fifth in fantasy points among quarterbacks. But this has the makings of an “off” night for Hurts—the Denver defense is dead last in the league in fantasy points given up to quarterbacks this season.

Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at SEA) [DraftKings DFS Value: $6,300]

Mayfield has been OK this year—he’s ninth among quarterbacks in points after four weeks. But he’s dealing with a pass-catching corps that has been walloped by injuries, and this week the Buccaneers travel west to face a Seahawks defense that has given up the seventh-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks in 2025.

Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers (vs. MIA) [DraftKings DFS Value: $4,700]

Outside one big performance in garbage time against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 2, Young has essentially been invisible statistically this season. But the Panthers rolled the Atlanta Falcons in their last home game, and no team in the AFC has surrendered more fantasy points to quarterbacks than the Dolphins.

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