As Week 5 gets set to kick off tomorrow night with the Rams and Seahawks, our cutting-edge analytics have generated full projections for every player in fantasy football. Managers know that the lineup decisions they make mid-week can determine matchup outcomes when the final whistle sounds on Monday night. Having a clear picture of the projection landscape for each position helps inform us which studs are set to produce and which sleepers have optimal value over more familiar names. You don’t want to finalize any of your Week 5 lineups without cross-examining our projections with your roster’s anatomy.
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Today, we’re highlighting our exclusive Projections feature for some of the top-projected running backs for Week 5 of football. Here you’ll find a few RB1 candidates with favorable matchups lying ahead this week. In addition to projecting strong yardage outputs from these backs, our analytics envision each RB having a great shot to register at least one touchdown. Check out a sampling of our RB projections for Week 5:
Week 5 RB Projections, Yahoo Standard Scoring
Derrick Henry (TEN) vs. JAX
128 Proj. Rushing Yards | 54 Proj. Receiving Yards | 27.3 Proj. Fantasy Pts
Darrell Henderson (LAR) vs. SEA
76 Proj. Rushing Yards | 28 Proj. Receiving Yards | 17.8 Proj. Fantasy Pts
Ezekiel Elliott (DAL) vs. NYG
93 Proj. Rushing Yards | 11 Proj. Receiving Yards | 17.4 Proj. Fantasy Pts
Joe Mixon (CIN) vs. GB
103 Proj. Rushing Yards | 6 Proj. Receiving Yards | 17.1 Proj. Fantasy Pts
Nick Chubb (CLE) vs. LAC
88 Proj. Rushing Yards | 20 Proj. Receiving Yards | 16.1 Proj. Fantasy Pts
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