Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Tera Roberts look ahead to Week 5 of the season and pick a pair of players who can lift fantasy managers to victory. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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And for week five, our key to winning as it always is is picking the guys that are gonna truly make the difference in your flex spot.
So Tara give me one player that fantasy managers could potentially be debating putting in that final starting spot.
But you’re saying, hey, it’s time.
Let’s take a shot on this player.
They’re gonna help you come out with a big win this week.
Oh, I’m so ready to talk about Brian Thomas.
I’m so excited.
We started off with those first three weeks where he was showing promise, but last week finally arrived breakout performance and I expect it to continue this week trending up against the Indianapolis defense which has struggled to stop literally anyone again coming off this best performance for Thomas last week, six receptions, nine targets, 86 yards a touchdown.
It was beautiful.
It was dominating.
It was the perfect performance that we want to see him continue and carry on to this week.
I think this is where we’re going to finally see Trevor Lawrence break that 300 yard threshold and we’ll get 100 yard performance from Brian Thomas with a touchdown and give him that wide receiver one week.
I love it.
I’m actually gonna stick in that same game and talk about Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman, who in the first few weeks of the season, really rocky start.
He comes off his best week of the season last week and I know people are thinking, hey, is it a fluke because Joe Flacco was back there?
Right.
Well, honestly, I don’t care if it’s Anthony Richardson or Joe Flacco in this game.
I am starting Michael Pittman.
I it looks like they’re not gonna have Jonathan Taylor.
So more of the burden is gonna be placed on the aerial attack.
And again, even if it’s Richardson under center, let’s not forget that Michael Pittman had two catches for 60 yards before Richardson left the game.
I feel like Pittman’s a guy who’s gonna get most of the volume and is somebody that can give you a steady performance with maybe even a high ceiling regardless of which quarterback is back there.
He is somebody I’m trying to get into my lineups.
I do like Michael Pittman here this week.