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Week 5 – NFL Fantasy Football: Who’s Hot & Who’s Not!
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Week 6 in NFL Fantasy Football means we need to take a look at Week 5’s “Who’s Hot & Who’s Not” based on the consistency model.
Each week, Colby Conway shares his insights on player consistency in your season-long leagues! Find out who’s been (HOT) consistent and (NOT HOT) inconsistent in order to help you make waiver wire claims and start/sit decisions this year. Follow Colby on X @colbyrconway.
Week 5 of the NFL season is in the books, and fantasy managers are doing their best not to overreact to the first few weeks, both up and down. I strongly urge you not to get too high or too low this early in the season, because overreacting too early could sink your season. In this week’s edition of Who’s Hot and Who’s Not, we’ll dive into standout performances from Drake Maye and Malik Nabers and assess how much to worry about guys like Dalton Schultz and Brian Thomas Jr.
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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not – 10/3/26 – Week 6 NFL Fantasy Football
Who’s Hot!
Drake Maye, New England Patriots
After a rough start to the year, Maye has put up back-to-back clutch games with a 7:1 TD/INT ratio. He’s looked much better over the last two weeks and has been more involved on the ground. With a limited supporting cast, A.J. Brown should return soon, and we are seeing glimpses of 2025 Drake Maye. The Jets, Bears, and Dolphins over the next three weeks present a strong opportunity for Maye’s consistent streak to continue.
Malik Nabers, New York Giants
Per FantasyPoints Data, Nabers caught 19 passes in Week 5, marking the first time this season he reached double-digit targets in a game. Nabers should be getting at least 10 targets every week, no questions asked! I digress. The star receiver has put up 110+ yards in two straight games, and he now has a 27.1% target share and 2.10 yards per route run on the year, per FantasyPoints Data. The elite wide receiver should continue to rack up clutch games.
Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions
LaPorta continues to handle a strong route share, despite Week 5’s 75.8% mark being his lowest in a game this year. However, the Lions decimated the Cardinals, and he barely played in the fourth quarter. Through five weeks, LaPorta has a 17.3% target share, 1.88 yards per route run, and over 15 fantasy points (PPR) per game, per FantasyPoints Data. He’s your TE3 this year (TE5 in points per game), and this Detroit offense is conducive to fantasy success.
Who’s Not!
Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
Hurts fantasy points scored have dropped each game (24.7, 18.2, 13.6, 13.5, 13.0), and he’s scored fewer than 14 fantasy points in three straight games. The offensive line has been putrid, and injuries have hurt his skill players, but even so, his designed carry share is considerably down from years past, and he’s barely over six yards per attempt, per FantasyPoints Data. Completions are down, his turnover-worthy play rate is pushing five percent, and simply put, it hasn’t looked good.
Dalton Schultz, Houston Texans
The Texans haven’t been able to run the ball well this season, and it looks like they are committed to being a pass-first team moving forward. Also, Tank Dell could be returning soon, and they traded for Marvin Harrison Jr., so could Nick Caley revert to a ton of 11 personnel like he did last year? Well, he’s run 11 personnel over 60% of the time each of the last two weeks, after doing so just once through the first three weeks. This year, when Nico Collins is on the field, Schultz’s target share drops roughly four percentage points, and his route share drops nearly five percentage points, per FantasyPoints Data. Schultz has just eight catches for 69 yards over the last three weeks.
Brian Thomas Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars
Brian Thomas nearly had a touchdown in Week 5, but he couldn’t quite get his second foot down. He finished with zero catches for zero yards on three targets. Josh Cameron is slowly but surely getting more involved, and Thomas is just getting his cardio in on Sundays. Through five weeks, he has an 11.2% target share, 1.21 yards per route run, and 5.1 fantasy points per game, per FantasyPoints Data. He’s clearly an afterthought in this offense, and at this point, a trade might be what is best, because there aren’t many signs of him all of a sudden getting more involved.
Week 5 of the NFL Fantasy season is in the books, and now we’re on to Week 6! Check back next week for my weekly in-season series, “Who’s Hot & Who’s Not,” to see who’s flying under the radar! Until then, follow me on X, @ColbyRConway, for more football!
