Start / Sit2026 NFL Week 5

Start

• Jaylen Warren (RB, PIT) over Bucky Irving (RB, TB). Warren has thrived in Rico Dowdle's two-game absence, averaging 7.6 yards on 40 touches, while Irving has scored fewer points each week, lost snaps to Kenny Gainwell, and plays with undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels at QB on Thursday night.
• Emanuel Wilson (RB, SEA) over Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB, WAS). Wilson took 21 of 28 running back carries and 4 of 5 targets last week, Zach Charbonnet won't play in Week 5, and JCM has averaged 6.0 points over three weeks in a committee.
• C.J. Stroud (QB, HOU) over Jalen Hurts (QB, PHI). Stroud threw for 347 yards and two touchdowns in Week 4 and gets Tennessee, while Hurts faces a Jaguars defense allowing just 14.25 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks.

Sit

• Alvin Kamara (RB, NO). New Orleans is dead last in rushing grade, so his best case against Minnesota is a series of checkdowns.
• Kyler Murray (QB, MIN). He has one touchdown, two interceptions, 42 rushing yards and under 12 fantasy points in every outing.

Flex of the Week

Will Shipley (RB, PHI). Saquon Barkley is week-to-week and Tank Bigsby is on IR, leaving Shipley to lead the backfield against Jacksonville, and he is rostered in about 17 percent of leagues. Volume wins in PPR, and he will have it.