Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 5 Fantasy

I will be with you every step of the way with recommendations on who to start and who to sit for every Monday Night Football matchup. With out further ado, let’s make the moves required to wrap up your Week 5 victory.

Quarterback

Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 5 Fantasy

Carson Wentz – Indianapolis Colts

Carson Wentz is hobbling along this season for Indianapolis, literally. Wentz continues to start for Indy despite injuries to both his ankles. After four weeks of action, Carson Wentz sits at QB29 averaging 15.7 points a week. The Ravens are top-10 defense vs the QB position this season. Sit Carson Wentz.

Lamar Jackson – Baltimore Ravens

Despite a mess of a backfield and a laundry list of WRs on IR to open the season, Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson enters Week 5 as QB9 averaging 23 points per game. Indianapolis has allowed 21.4 points per game to the opposing QB, but it doesn’t matter you are starting Lamar Jackson every week regardless of the situation.

Running Back

Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 5 Fantasy

Jonathan Taylor / Nyheim Hines / Marlon Mack – Indianapolis Colts

Jonathan Taylor as not starting the 2021 season, the way he ended the 2020 season. Taylor was a beast to close out last season and hadn’t done much of anything until going over 100 yards and scoring his first TD of the season last week. Hard to sit JT this week or any week, so don’t. Get him in your lineup.

Nyheim Hines is a flex play this week. If the Colts are to trail, which I believe they will, then the negative game script benefits Hines. If you need a flex he’s a viable option. Marlon Mack barring injury and a time machine, has no fantasy relevance and he should have been dropped weeks ago.

Latavius Murray / Ty’Son Williams, Le’Veon Bell/ Devonte Freeman – Baltimore Ravens

Latavius Murray is the lead back for the Ravens, I guess? Suggesting starts and sits here is a little challenging, mainly because none of the backs are anything special, and I am not sure who will be active. Indy has been solid this season allowing a total of 18.2 points, (6th best) to opposing RBs.

If Latavius and Williams are active they are a flex play type start. Bell is a sit and drop Freeman.

Wide Receiver

Start or Sit These Players on Monday Night to Win Week 5 Fantasy

Michael Pittman / Zach Pascal / Parris Campbell – Indianapolis Colts

With Wentz banged up and Jonathan Taylor struggling, you would think that the WRT crew has stepped up to carry this team. Well, its a nice theory. Pittman leads the way at WR32, followed closely by Pascal as WR32. If I have to pick one it would be Pittman, as Pascal is a little TD dependent for me. Both are a flex paly and Campbell has no business being on your roster let alone your starting lineup.

Marquise Brown /Sammy Watkins – Baltimore Ravens

Let’s keep this simple. Start Marquise Brown, and sit Sammy Watkins. Brown has been the WR we all were hoping he would be when he was selected in the first round of the 2019 draft. Brown is sitting at WR13 entering the week and looks to be the only viable WR for Jackson. Watkins is healthy thru 4 weeks, and that’s about it. He’s WR49 and a desperation flex.