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October

Podcast - September 30 - Navigating the Wire and Week 5 Matchups

9/30/14, Navigating the Wire and Week 5 Matchups

It’s hard to believe we’re already 25% complete with the fantasy football season. After such a long wait to get started, the weeks are flying by. This week’s show featured some leftover craft beers from the weekend, including the Revolution Oktoberfest and the 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat beer from Boulevard Brewing Co. We started off the show going over some surprises from Week 4, including the revelation that is Jerick McKinnon and whether or not Martellus Bennett is the real deal.

We also resumed our degenerate ways by making not one, but two bets. The first bet is for beers for next week’s show – I picked the Bengals over the Patriots and am giving Dave 3.5 points (the Vegas line opened with -2.5 for the Pats – I’m so generous!). We are also betting on the production of Trent Richardson (Jason) vs Ahmad Bradshaw (Dave). The stakes will be a steak! This bet is only valid if everyone is healthy going in to the game.

Finally, we broke down the waiver pickups that you need this week and previewed week 5. We fielded questions from the peanut gallery, and if you want us to answer your lineup questions on air, just ask in the chat room or give us a call during the show.

Make sure to join us next week, live at 9pm CST on blogtalk radio (blogtalkradio.com/drinkfive). Feel free to send us your questions and we'll answer them on the podcast! Ask us on our Facebook page, follow us on twitter (@drinkfive), or send us an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also grab the podcast on iTunes.

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04
October

pickfive: 5 Pickups for Week 5

Published in Fantasy Football / NFL

It's the end of another exciting week of football which means it's time to put your claims in for available free agents in your fantasy league to strengthen your team. I'll be going over who I think are the top five picks for you to target this week so don't miss out on them. Good luck!

Note: %owned is based on Yahoo! leagues at the time of publication.

5) Samaje Perine (CIN) - 3% owned – Joe Mixon’s status for week 5 is in doubt after spraining his ankle which would push Perine into a high volume game against the Packers for week 5. There shouldn’t be much competition with the only other RB on Cincinnati’s roster being rookie Chris Evans who has yet to record a carry this season.

4) Jamison Crowder (NYJ) - 20% owned – It was a strong season debut for Crowder catching 7 of 9 targets for 61 yards and a touchdown. He should continue to have opportunities to produce fantasy points on a Jets team likely to be playing from behind more often than not with a quarterback in Zach Wilson that has shown a tendency to target the slot.

3) Dalton Schultz (DAL) - 34% owned – Schultz has been putting up monster numbers the past couple of weeks catching 12 of 15 targets for 138 yards and 3 touchdowns over that span. Look for him to continue his streak against a Giants team giving up the 5th most fantasy points to opposing tight ends.

2) Latavius Murray (BAL) - 48% owned – Ty’son Williams was a surprise inactive in week 4 leaving Murray to be the top running back on the Ravens depth chart. He’s worth the add if available despite the risk of a further running back committee.

1) Damien Williams (CHI) - 9% owned – David Montgomery looks likely to miss some time with a knee injury opening up the opportunity for Damien Williams in a run-heavy offense. He should be picked up if needing running back help on your team in the upcoming weeks.

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