There are many tough decisions, but not many are tougher than whether you should start or fade a player for DFS (Daily Fantasy Sports). This article will make these decisions easier than harder. Read up and enjoy three fantasy football stats to know about for each NFL Week 5 game!

Fantasy Football Stats For Every NFL Week 6 Matchup

Washington Commanders vs Chicago Bears

The Commanders are the only team this season to allow double-digit passing touchdowns and holding QBs to under 100 completions. The Bears are the only team this season to not have over 100 passing attempts.

Darnell Mooney has gone back-to-back games with 50 or more receiving yards with only five targets. The Commanders have allowed nine WRs to have five or more targets in a game, with seven of them having 50 or more yards.

The Bears have allowed an 18+ point RB in four straight games and have allowed the second-most rushing yards in the past four games.

San Francisco 49ers vs Atlanta Falcons

Ever since Jeff Wilson Jr became the starter, he has gone over 100 total yards in three of his four starts. Jeff Wilson is also on a two-game touchdown streak. Bad news for the Falcons, as they’ve allowed a RB to have 100 total yards and score a touchdown in back-to-back games.

In the past four games against the NFC West, the Falcons have allowed a WR to score a touchdown without going over 96 receiving yards. Deebo Samuel is on a current two-game touchdown streak, with his last game not going over 96 receiving yards.

The 49ers are one of three teams to have seen multiple missed field goals and multiple missed extra points this season. Younghoe Koo has been perfect in two of five games this season.

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New England Patriots vs Cleveland Browns

The Browns are tied for allowing the most total touchdowns to running backs this season with eight, and tied for the most in the last three weeks with six. Even though Rhamondre Stevenson has only scored one touchdown this season, Damien Harris will be out for a couple of weeks with a hamstring.

The Browns have not allowed a tight end to have over 66 receiving yards or score a touchdown in eight straight games

The Browns are one of five teams in the last three weeks to not allow a WR to score a touchdown. Currently, the Patriots are on a two-game streak of having a WR score a touchdown.

New York Jets vs Green Bay Packers

The Jets have allowed the fifth-least receiving yards to WRs this season. Although, they are the only team this season to allow less than 775 receiving yards to WRs this season, but allow six or more touchdowns. In the last 2 games, the Packers WR1 for that game did not score a touchdown.

The Packers are the only team this season to have allowed under 1,000 passing yards. Since Zach Wilson has come back from injury, the Jets have the 19th most passing yards in the past two weeks.

Breece Hall has finished RB15 or higher in his past four games in PPR scoring. In the past two games, the Packers have allowed an RB16 or higher in PPR scoring.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Indianapolis Colts

Travis Etienne has outscored James Robinson in the last two games 17.6 to 8.8. Meanwhile, the Colts have allowed an RB to score 11+ points in PPR Leagues in all games this season.

Alec Pierce has finished WR30 or higher in the past two weeks with over 80 receiving yards in both games. The Jaguars have allowed a 95-yard receiver or higher in two of the past three games.

The Colts have allowed a TE15 or higher in PPR scoring in all games this season, and they have allowed four TEs to score 11 or more points. Evan Engram is one of those four, as he went for 11.6 PPR points against the Colts in Week 2.

Minnesota Vikings vs Miami Dolphins

Justin Jefferson has gone over 140 receiving yards in three games this season. The Dolphins are on an 11-game streak of not allowing a 140-yard WR. Although, the Dolphins have allowed two 100-yard WRs this season.

In the last three games against AFC opponents, the Vikings have allowed an RB to score a receiving TD. The Dolphins are one of 20 teams to have an RB score a receiving TD this season, with Chase Edmonds being the lone one in Week 4.

The Vikings have not allowed a QB to throw for multiple touchdowns in six straight games. The last Dolphin QB not named Tua Tagovailoa to throw for multiple touchdowns was Jacoby Brissett in Week 5 of last season.

Cincinnati Bengals vs New Orleans Saints

In the last six games against NFC opponents, the Bengals have allowed four RBs to score over 17 fantasy points in PPR leagues.

Joe Burrow has thrown for the tenth-most passing yards in the last three games, and is tied for the fourth-most passing touchdowns with six in that same three-week span. Meanwhile, the Saints have allowed the seventh-most passing yards in the past two games and tied for the fifth-most passing touchdowns in that same two-week span.

Hayden Hurst is on a current two-game touchdown streak, but the Saints are one of ten teams to not allow a TE touchdown this season. In fact, the last time the Saints allowed a TE to score was in Week 12 of the 2021 season.

Baltimore Ravens vs New York Giants

Saquon Barkley is averaging 20.1 points in PPR scoring in the past three games. The highest an RB has scored against the Ravens this season in PPR scoring was exactly 20.1, three weeks ago.

The Giants are one of two teams to not have a passing touchdown in the past three weeks. Meanwhile, in four games this season, the Ravens have allowed one or zero passing touchdowns.

The Giants are on an eight-game streak of not having a TE go over 50 receiving yards. Mark Andrews has gone over 50 receiving yards in four games this season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Pittsburgh Steelers

The Buccaneers have not allowed an RB to have over 95 total yards in a game, but in the last two weeks, they have allowed three total touchdowns to RBs. Najee Harris has not gone over 95 total yards in a game, and has scored two total touchdowns this season.

The Steelers have allowed an RB to score a touchdown in four straight games. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers are on a two-game streak of having one of their running backs score a touchdown.

The Steelers have allowed five different WRs to go over 100 receiving yards, and all of them have scored a touchdown. Mike Evans is the only Buccaneers WR this season to have a 100-yard game.

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Carolina Panthers vs Los Angeles Rams

The Rams have allowed an RB to have 74 or more rushing yards and score a touchdown in the past two games. The last six weeks Christian McCaffrey scored, he did not rush over 74 yards in the game.

The last time Darrell Henderson or Cam Akers had 75 or more total yards in a game was in Week 8 of last season. This might be their get-right game, as the Panthers have allowed a 73 or more total yard back in all games this season.

PJ Walker’s first start of the season is going to be a rough one. In the last four games, the Rams have not allowed a QB to finish in the top 17 for the week. In fact, Baker Mayfield (who is out for this game) did not finish QB20 or higher in the past four games.

Arizona Cardinals vs Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks have allowed a tight end to score more than 11 points in the past three games in PPR scoring (with or without Taysom Hill). Meanwhile, Zach Ertz has scored more than 9.4 points in PPR scoring in all games this season. Also, Zach Ertz is on a three-game streak of having more than 80 receiving yards against the Seahawks.

Geno Smith has finished QB10 or higher in three straight games, and the Cardinals who are allowing the eighth-most points to QBs this season, have allowed two QBs to finish in the top five, with one of them being last week.

The Seahawks have gone back-to-back games with an RB going over 88 rushing yards and a touchdown. The last time the Cardinals let an RB have more than 88 rushing yards was in Week 18 of last season, which happened to be the Seahawks.

Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Josh Allen has not finished QB5 or lower in any game this season. The Chiefs have allowed three QBs this season to finish QB10 or higher. Also, last season, the QB who scored the most points in fantasy against the Chiefs was Josh Allen.

The Bills are on a nine-game streak of regular season games where the quarterback does not throw multiple touchdowns. Patrick Mahomes has only one game this season, where he has not thrown multiple touchdowns. In four career games against the Bills, Mahomes has thrown multiple touchdowns in all of them.

The Chiefs are on a two-game streak of allowing a 100-yard receiver to score two touchdowns in a game. Which is concerning, as the Bills WR group leads the league in WR receiving yards with 1,233 yards and is ahead of second by 170 yards and leads the league in WR touchdowns with 12, ahead of second by five touchdowns.

Dallas Cowboys vs Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Hurts has not thrown for under 200 yards in any game this season. While the Cowboys have held a quarterback to under 200 passing yards in three of the five games this season.

Ezekiel Elliott has gone over 90 total yards in his past three games against the Eagles. The Eagles have only allowed an RB over 90 total yards once this season and that was in Week 1.

Since Week 3 of the 2020 season, Dalton Schultz is the only tight end to have scored two touchdowns against the Eagles, and he did it in both games last season against the Eagles.

Denver Broncos vs Los Angeles Chargers

Austin Ekeler is on a two-game streak of having over 100 total yards and scoring multiple touchdowns. When Ekeler faced the Broncos last season, he also had 95 total yards and one touchdown in both games. Also, the Broncos have allowed an RB to have 90 total yards and to score 13 or more points in PPR leagues in their last three games.

The Chargers have allowed a quarterback to throw for multiple touchdowns in four of their five games this season. Russell Wilson has only done that once this season.

The Chargers are on a three-game streak of allowing a running back to have over 100 rushing yards and score a touchdown. In the last five games against the Chargers, there has not been a Broncos RB to go over 100 rushing yards and score a touchdown.

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