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Football > 2012 > Week 5 > Rankings

Week #5 Who to Start Rankings / Projections

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Fantasy football projections are based on the following scoring system:
  • Pass Yards: 25/1pt
  • Pass TD: 4pts
  • Pass INT: -1pt
  • Rush/Rec Yards: 10/1pt
  • Rush/Rec TD: 6pts
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The following teams are on a bye this week:
Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington
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Rank Player NFL
Team
Opp. Injury
Status
Average Points
& Fantasy
Consistency
Head to
Head
Stats?
Fantasy
Pts
1Arian Foster HOU@NYJ Prob - Illness 16.6 / A Yes 19.6
2Ray Rice BAL@KC   13.9 / A Yes 18.0
3Adrian Peterson MINTEN   19.3 / A Yes 16.7
4Marshawn Lynch SEA@CAR   15.7 / A Yes 15.3
5LeSean McCoy PHI@PIT   12.6 / A Yes 14.5
6Maurice Jones-Drew JAXCHI IR 10.3 / C Yes 14.4
7Reggie Bush DET@CIN   11.0 / C Yes 14.2
8Jamaal Charles KCBAL   13.2 / C Yes 13.9
9Ryan Mathews Profiled this Week SD@NO IR 8.5 / A Yes 13.7
10Alfred Morris WASATL   15.4 / A Yes 13.2
11Trent Richardson CLE@NYG Prob - Ankle 13.6 / A Yes 13.0
12Stevan Ridley Profiled this Week NEDEN Prob - Head 12.8 / A Yes 13.0
13Frank Gore SFBUF   12.4 / A Yes 12.7
14Matt Forte CHI@JAX   12.0 / A Yes 12.2
15Chris Johnson TEN@MIN   11.4 / B Yes 12.1
16Willis McGahee News DEN@NE IR 11.9 / A Yes 11.8
17Steven Jackson Profiled this Week ATLARI   10.0 / A Yes 11.7
18Darren Sproles NOSD   10.7 / A Yes 10.4
19C.J. Spiller BUF@SF   13.6 / A Yes 9.7
20Ryan Williams Profiled this Week ARI@STL IR 4.2 / B Yes 9.6
21DeAngelo Williams CARSEA   8.4 / C Yes 9.5
22BenJarvus Green-Ellis Profiled this Week CINMIA   10.4 / A Yes 9.0
23Jonathan Stewart CARSEA Prob - Ankle 6.8 / A Yes 8.9
24Fred Jackson BUF@SF IR 8.9 / C Yes 8.7
25Shonn Greene Profiled this Week TENHOU   10.6 / C Yes 8.7
26Donald Brown INDGB IR 5.7 / A Yes 8.6
27Michael Bush CHI@JAX IR 6.1 / C Yes 7.4
28Pierre Thomas NOSD IR 6.3 / B Yes 7.3
29Mark Ingram NOSD   5.8 / C Yes 6.8
30Rashard Mendenhall Profiled this Week ARIPHI   5.1 / C Yes 6.4
31Mike Tolbert CARSEA   5.4 / C Yes 5.8
32Bilal Powell NYJHOU   5.8 / C Yes 5.7
33Rashad Jennings OAKCHI IR 5.3 / C Yes 5.2
34Andre Brown Profiled this Week NYGCLE IR 9.5 / C Yes 5.1
35Brandon Bolden Profiled this Week NEDEN   5.1 / D Yes 5.0
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