Fantasy Football Waiver Wire and Rest of Season Rankings- Week 5

Kev Wheeler
Sep 29
2 min read

Updated: Sep 30

Your fantasy football season is in make or break territory. The waiver offerings have been slim pickings so far this season, but it is looking up this week. It's sad to say, but injuries do make the waiver wire more interesting. We are not injury vultures, we wish those that are injured the best of luck, we are just playing a game and are looking to optimize our chances of winning.

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Players We Can Drop

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Injuries

Malik Nabers (knee) has been placed on IR by the Giants, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports.

When asked if Bucky Irving was among the injured players he was concerned about, Todd Bowles said, “Yeah, he’s one of them." He is reportedly getting an MRI today.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh on QB Lamar Jackson and his hamstring injury: "The way I know Lamar, if he could've gone in the game, he would've been in the game. That's how Lamar is." That does open the door to Jackson missing next Sunday vs. the Texans.

Jauan Jennings (ankle/ribs) was listed as a non-participant on Monday's practice estimate, Cam Inman of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Ricky Pearsall (knee) was listed as a non-participant on Monday's estimated practice report, Cam Inman of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Chargers LT Joe Alt, who was carted off, had X-Rays that were negative, source says. The diagnosis is a high-ankle sprain, an MRI confirmed.

Schottenheimer: CeeDee Lamb (ankle) "trending in the right direction"; currently no plans to place him on IR.

Cedric Tillman is likely to miss several weeks with a hamstring injury.

Terry McLaurin: Commanders coach Dan Quinn said Monday that McLaurin (quadriceps) is among injured players who are "are trending in the right direction," JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington reports.

Miles Sanders: Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Monday that Sanders (ankle) is trending toward being able to play Sunday against the Jets, Joe Hoyt of The Dallas Morning News reports.

RB James Conner (foot) was placed on injured reserve.

Running back Najee Harris went down with an Achilles injury and is likely out for the season.

WR Mike Evans is expected to miss multiple games after injuring his hamstring during Tampa Bay's Week 3 win over the Jets, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported.

More Updates on Wednesday!!!

Rest of Season Rankings

There aren't many places we can get full rankings that have the rest of the season in mind, let alone rankings as accurate as ours. These Rest of Season Fantasy Football rankings have been among the most accurate over the past five seasons.