{"id":44429,"date":"2011-10-10T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=44429"},"modified":"2011-10-10T09:55:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:55:35","slug":"wk5-ff-studs-duds-101011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/fantasy-football\/wk5-ff-studs-duds-101011\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 NFL Fantasy Football Studs + Duds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 5 Studs and Duds<\/h2>\n<p>Each week, the CappersPicks.com fantasy football guru Dave B brings you players you need to be paying attention to &#8211; Remember \u2013 fantasy football championships are often won by those who live eat and breath\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/fantasy-football\/\"><strong>fantasy football<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our\u00a0<strong>waiver wire column<\/strong>, cheatsheets, a\u00a0<strong>who\u2019s hot, and who\u2019s not<\/strong>\u00a0report plus more in our fantasy football guide. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.draftstreet.com\/l\/registrationd.aspx?aid=639\" rel=\"nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR DAILY FANTASY SPORTS LEAGUES! &#8211; WIN $$ TODAY AT DRAFTSTREET.COM!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Another week of Fantasy Football is almost in the books \u2013 there certainly was a fair share of Stud performances. Unfortunately, there were some legitimate Duds as well. <\/p>\n<p>Below is Dave B\u2019s Week 5 version of Studs and Duds. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3>Studs of the Week:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ben Roethlisberger \u2013 Pittsburgh Steelers \u2013<\/strong> Ben was supposed to be banged up \u2013 extremely limited with a sprained foot. He went for 228 yards passing and five touchdowns on Sunday despite. Ben is definitely Stud of the Week!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adrian Peterson \u2013 Minnesota Vikings<\/strong> \u2013 I played against AP in my Fantasy league this week. The dude had three touchdowns in the first quarter! He had 29 bruising carries for 122 yards on Sunday making him Stud of the Week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Studs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QBs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drew Brees \u2013 New Orleans Saints \u2013<\/strong> Brees was a monster on Sunday. When the team needed him to deliver he did. Brees completed 32 of 45 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns in another Stud performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Rodgers \u2013 Green Bay Packers \u2013<\/strong> Rodgers started slow but when he put the foot on the pedal he became a Stud. 396 yards passing and two touchdowns on Sunday night make Rogers a Stud&#8230; again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Cassel \u2013 Kansas City Chiefs \u2013<\/strong> Ya \u2013 for real! Against Indianapolis Cassel threw for four touchdowns on 21 of 29 passing. Don\u2019t expect to see him here again but on Sunday, Cassel was Sunday\u2019s most improbable Stud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mention:<\/strong> Michael Vick, Cam Newton, Eli Manning<\/p>\n<p><strong>RBs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arian Foster \u2013 Houston Texans \u2013<\/strong> Foster is insane \u2013 a Fantasy machine! He ran for a respectable 68 yards but added another 116 receiving yards on 5 catches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred Jackson \u2013 Buffalo Bills \u2013<\/strong> This week he ran for 111 yards and a touchdown while adding a very nice 85 yards receiving on 6 catches. Jackson has been a Stud all season \u2013 love the guy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Gore \u2013 San Francisco 49ers \u2013<\/strong> How about the 49ers! Gore had 125 yards rushing on Sunday with a touchdown and added another 18 yards receiving. The Niners are making it look easy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dwayne Bowe \u2013 Kansas City Chiefs \u2013<\/strong> Amazing game for Bowe in Week 5. He had 7 catches, 128 yards and two touchdowns against the Colts. Stud performance!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pierre Garcon \u2013 Indianapolis Colts \u2013<\/strong> Garcon has been out of his mind in the last two weeks. On Sunday he followed up a great Week 4 with a five catch, 125 yard, two touchdown effort in Week 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Cruz \u2013 New York Giants \u2013<\/strong> Cruz has become an every week start in Fantasy! He has been amazing in the last three weeks. On Sunday, in a loss, Cruz had 161 yards receiving on eight catches and a touchdown \u2013 Stud!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honourable Mention:<\/strong> Jimmy Graham \u2013 New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n<h3>Duds of the Week:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Josh Freeman \u2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers \u2013<\/strong> What is going on with the Bucs? Yuk! On Sunday, Freeman had just 187 yards, ZERO <strong>touchdowns and two interceptions in a brutal loss to the 49ers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon Lloyd \u2013 Denver Broncos \u2013<\/strong> 1 catch for 20 yards? Dud!  [ad-8469823]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Duds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QBs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Orton \u2013 Denver Broncos \u2013<\/strong> On the Dud list because he officially played himself out of a job. It\u2019s Tebow time Denver. Orton was 6 of 13 for 34 yards and an interception before departing. See ya late Kyle!  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Ryan \u2013 Atlanta Falcons \u2013<\/strong> Ugly game for the Falcons on Sunday night. Ryan was stuck in the mud after the first quarter. He ended up with 167 yards passing, one touchdown and two interceptions against the vulnerable defense of Packers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donovan McNabb \u2013 Minnesota Vikings \u2013<\/strong> Ya \u2013 there were not a whole lot of Dud performances from QBs this week. It\u2019s getting kind of fun to kick Donovan when he is down however!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RBs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LeGarrette Blount \u2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers \u2013<\/strong> Blount left with an injury but he wasn\u2019t doing much before he left. Blount had 10 carries for just 34 yards in a game that everyone though that he would explode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cedric Benson \u2013 Cincinnati Bengals \u2013<\/strong> Benson got his touches \u2013 24 but he didn\u2019t do anything with them. He gained just 53 yards in a Dud performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darren McFadden \u2013 Oakland Raiders \u2013<\/strong> McFadden had his worst game of the year on Sunday. This automatic start generated just 51 yards on the ground while adding 17 receiving yards \u2013 Dud!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dishonourable Mention:<\/strong> Ahmad Bradshaw, Chris Johnson<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacoby Jones \u2013 Houston Texans \u2013<\/strong> Jones was supposed to step in and dominate in place of Andre Johnson. I hope you weren\u2019t the one that was burned by his one catch for 19 yards on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Decker \u2013 Denver Broncos \u2013<\/strong> Decker killed my Fantasy team a few weeks back. This week he finished with minus four yards receiving on two catches. I can\u2019t remember any WR with a stat line like that!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincent Jackson \u2013 San Diego Chargers \u2013<\/strong> Total letdown! Three catches for 34 yards didn\u2019t help me out this week at all!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dishonorable Mention:<\/strong> Sidney Rice, Mike Williams (TB), Stevie Johnson  <\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/internet-sportsbooks\/\">WAGER AT OUR BEST FOOTBALL BETTING SPORTSBOOKS FOR ALL THE NFL SEASON GAMES \u2013 REVIEWS OF ALL 2011 SPORTSBOOKS TAKING CREDIT CARD DEPOSITS (click here)<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick look back at week 5 fantasy football STUDS and Duds\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[299,2349,66494,1540,1538,2348,1539,18370,1537,1536,2346,1535,2347,2364,18369],"class_list":["post-44429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy-football","tag-cheatsheets","tag-fantasy-duds","tag-fantasy-football","tag-fantasy-football-news","tag-fantasy-stats","tag-fantasy-studs","tag-player-point-totals","tag-player-statistics","tag-projections","tag-start-bench-list","tag-studs-duds","tag-studs-and-duds","tag-studsduds","tag-week-5","tag-week-5-fantasy-stats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44429"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44438,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44429\/revisions\/44438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}