Daily Fantasy Football Picks – FanDuel & DraftKings Week 5 10/9/16

Daily Fantasy Football Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - Week 5 10/9/16 Happy Week 5, everyone! Week 4 wound up being a weird one. Just 5 300 yard passers, a couple of unexpected 15+ target guys, a few key (and bizarre) injuries, and an extremely bizarre running back situation. Things turned out pretty well in DFSR land, but it was definitely a week where we needed to spread out exposure over all slates to avoid a few notable duds (Hi, Cam.). Either way, we've geared all the way back up for week 5, and we're ready to provide the picks you need to win fortune, fame, and fantastic looking significant others. Or maybe we're just sharing our opinions on fantasy football. Either way, it's bound to be a good time. In case you didn’t notice, we just released our brand new NFL DFS suite of tools including full projections, optimal NFL lineups and our Player Lab, which includes filters to help you create NFL lineups for FanDuel and DraftKings for any format. It’s a set of tools well beyond anything we’ve ever had, and something we feel will help our users *ahem* tackle the NFL season. If you want to see the numbers behind our projections, create linueps with a single click, or research as deeply as your heart desires, click the button below to test out yourself. MAKE LINEUPS NOW! QUARTERBACKS Tom Brady FD 8700 DK 7500 Opponent CLE Proj Points FD - 20.98 DK - 21.8 I have to admit, it feels weird putting Tom Terrific on this list. It fundamentally goes against everything we normally preach, primarily because we haven't seen Brady throw a single pass this season, and he's pretty darned old. With Brady, though, the #narrativestreet is too strong to ignore. Brady missed the first four games of the season due to suspension, not injury, and the Pats are coming off a humiliating game where they got shut out by the Bills. They've been slowly ramping up Gronkowski, and have been mostly relying on LeGarrette Blount to rumble their way to a solid 3-1 record. So what to make of Brady for this week? Well, you aren't exactly getting Brady cheaply here. Paying these prices means you believe he'll be back to his old self, and taking him against a very slow Cleveland team means you think that the #narrativestreet will overcome possible game script issues. And you know what? I think it might be worth it. The national hype over Brady's return will be so strong here that Brady will be hugely owned in all formats, and I can't really disagree with what people are projecting him for here. I think we see...