Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Week 5: Flex, PPR Advice for Fringe Fantasy Football Stars

The first month of the 2016 fantasy football season is in the books. For many of you, this means you’re about a third of the way through your regular season.

If you’ve managed to get off to a strong start, then it’s time to keep the foot on the proverbial pedal and keep racking up wins. If you haven’t been so lucky, well, now is the time to turn things around. Either way, Week 5 is shaping up to be an important slate of fantasy action.

With four teams—the Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks—on bye, you may be faced with some tough roster decisions this week.

Of course, these tough decisions shouldn’t involve potential matchup-proof options like Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, A.J. Green and Le’Veon Bell. If you’re questioning whether you should play high-caliber players like these, maybe you deserve to be struggling. Sure, these guys can have bad games, but they are few and far between.

Just imagine if you had benched Jones because you were worried about him playing the Carolina Panthers defense.

ICYMI: 12 catches. 300 yards.Every catch from @juliojones_11’s epic night. #CARvsATL https://t.co/dB9Zxn1TkY

— NFL Now (@NFLNow) October 3, 2016

Hopefully, your agonizing decisions involve fringe fantasy stars—you know, those guys who can produce big numbers one week and then leave you hanging the next. We’re going to examine some of these fringe starters and help determine which are most likely to boom and which are most likely to bust in Week 5.

We’ll be focusing on players who can fill your flex position, and we’ll also take a look at some players with added value in points-per-reception (PPR) formats.

    

Start ‘Em: Jordan Howard, RB, Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears were expected to lean on Jeremy Langford in the ground game this season given the fact that longtime star Matt Forte is now a member of the New York Jets. The Bears did for a while, but injury opened up the door for rookie Jordan Howard in Week 4.

Howard got the start against the rival Detroit Lions, and he performed beautifully. The Indiana product played with a sense of physicality and finished with 111 yards rushing and three receptions for 21 more yards.

Bears head coach John Fox made it clear that Howard would be a big piece of the running game moving forward:

Bears HC John Fox on rookie RB Jordan Howard: “He’s outstanding, and we’ll ride him pretty good moving forward.”

— Rich Campbell (@Rich_Campbell) October 2, 2016

If you had the foresight to pick up Howard earlier in the season—or were lucky enough to land him on waivers—don’t worry about his Week 4 performance being a fluke. Howard is the Bears back to own now, and he is facing a terrific matchup in Week 5.

Howard and the Bears will visit the Indianapolis Colts, who are rated dead last in run defense by Pro Football Focus.

    

Sit ‘Em: Matt Jones, RB, Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones entered Week 4 with only one 100-yard rushing performance on his resume. He …

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