D/ST rankings for Week 5 fantasy football

Covid-19 update

There are a few games that are in question due to positive Covid-19 tests, although one is more in doubt than others. The Bills-Titans contest is in jeopardy due to additional Titans positives, and Tennessee won’t be re-opening their facility until Friday at the very earliest. The Patriots-Broncos game is in question following Stephon Gilmore’s positive test. They could re-open by Friday as well after no new positives on Thursday morning. Raiders-Chiefs is in a similar boat after Las Vegas had a positive test. For Patriots-Broncos and Raiders-Chiefs, we won’t know for sure until Saturday or Sunday because of the incubation of the virus.

Week 4 was a good time to target backup and weak quarterbacks with your D/STs. Of course, every week is a good time to do that, but this week there was a lot of success. The Chiefs led the way, as they took on the combo of Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham, while the Eagles came in second after taking on the Nick Mullens/C.J. Beathard pair. The Rams put up the third-most fantasy points as they manhandled the Ginats offensive line and Daniel Jones. The Colts then took down Nick Foles and the Jets pick-sixed Brett Rypien. This has been your weekly reminder to not draft a D/ST early.

Bye weeks

The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions won’t be available this week.

Streaming option

Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals haven’t been great, especially after giving up 31 points to the Panthers last week, but before that, they had 11 sacks through their first two games and this week they get a Jets offensive line that’s hurting and will be protecting a statue of Joe Flacco.