Daily Fantasy Football Picks Week 5 - ScoreStreak

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QB Touchdowns

Peyton Manning
A very interesting week to pick touchdowns. I'm finally admitting defeat when it comes to trying to get a 4 TD game out of Drew Brees, so I'm sliding one Peyton Manning Sr. into this spot. Here's the case: Genius Manning has had 2 weeks to prepare for a Cardinals team that is about league average against the pass and dominant against the run. With Montee Ball struggling, I think this is the week Peyton and company come out with a vintage 40 point performance where Demaryius Thomas is flexing his biceps while Peyton points to him determinedly.

Drew Brees
I just can't quit you, Drew. I swear, this is the very last time I'm listing Brees in a touchdown article if he doesn't come through for at least 3 against the Bucs. I actually typed in 4 other names before saying to myself, "Can I really recommend this guy over Drew Brees?" The answer, friend, is no. Brees heads back to the Super Dome to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who even in a win gave up a billion fantasy points to Ben Roethlisberger's significantly less potent passing attack. If it doesn't happen this week I'll finally concede. But man, it really looks like it's going to happen this week.

All purpose yards

Whew, here's a category we crushed last week, handing you Matt Forte and Demarco Murray. Let's take a look at this week's selections:

Le'Veon Bell
Bell has put up more than 100 all purpose yards every game this season, and that's including teams who actually field 11 players on defense. In week 5 he'll face the Jaguars, who have allowed the most passing yards and the 5th most rushing yards of any team this season. Bell has emerged has more than just a workhorse guy, averaging 5.3 yards per carry (flipping last year's 3.5 YPC), and I think he racks up huge yardage en route to an easy Steelers win.

Matt Forte
He's back! Both in this article, and in the real life sense as well. Forte is cut from the same cloth as this year's LeVeon Bell, who tortured the Panthers for 143 all purpose yards in his tilt against them. The Panthers, for all of their defensive reputation, have been just awful against the run this year, allowing the 5th most yards to opposing running games. Forte is back to seeing a huge volume of touches, and with his talent in that scheme, there's hardly a ceiling for what he can do.

Receptions

Antonio Brown
Brown is tied for the third most receptions in the league this year, and Roethlisberger's eyes seem positively glued to Brown's jersey given his lack of other receiving threats. As I mentioned in Bell's writeup, the Jags are the worst of the worst when it comes to defending the pass, and Brown might have you covered in the receptions category before the first half is over.

Jimmy Graham
One guy who hasn't suffered from Brees relative lack of fantasy production this year is Jimmy Graham, who is on pace for 128 receptions this year. He'll have his best match-up so far this year against Tampa Bay at home, and it's hard to imagine the guy with the 2nd most receptions in the league this year not being prominently featured.