Welcome to Week 5 of the fantasy football season. This is the week that begins with teams on a bye. The teams on a bye are the Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh ...

Ashton Jeanty became the highest running back selected in an NFL Draft since Saquon Barkley in 2018 when the Raiders selected the running back from Boise State No. 6 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Welcome to the Week 5 fantasy cheat sheet, a one-stop shop for The Athletic’s game previews, injury and weather updates, and expert analysis. Bookmark this page and check back for updates. Player ...

Week 5 of the NFL season started with another wacky "Thursday Night Football" game in which the San Francisco 49ers prevailed 26-23 in overtime over the Los Angeles Rams, led by a gutsy San Francisco ...

Week 4 ended with a whimper with two dog Monday night games. Will Week 5 be a little stronger all the way through? We’ll see starting Thursday night, with another NFC West showdown, this time between ...

After a week where our fantasy football teams suffered a ton of hits, Week 4 said, “Hold my beer.” Lamar Jackson, Trey Benson, Bucky Irving, Ricky Pearsall, Tyreek Hill, and Malik Nabers are all ...

What initially appeared to be an unspectacular Week 5 of the NFL season turned out to provide a slew of exciting finishes. The Denver Broncos erased a 14-point deficit to upset the Philadelphia Eagles ...

Though they’re ultimately two different lenses, sports betting can provide some smart intel for fantasy football and how players are expected to perform — after all, sportsbooks do an incredible ...

The two top teams selected in Circa Survivor contests lost their Week 5 NFL games Sunday, and a third upset among the five most popular teams picked resulted in a culling of nearly 60% of the 12,400 ...

The first week of byes has arrived for fantasy football managers. That, coupled with injuries to a handful of high-end fantasy quarterbacks, has thinned the ranks of available quarterbacks for Week 5.