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PRO Trashman’s Week 5 Flex Rankings: RB, WR, TE

Trashman HeaderOften times, there is nothing tougher (or more important) than deciding who your weekly flex-plays are. It can be a mind-numbing experience having to make cross-positional projections.

This season, our RosterWatch PRO community will have personal and exclusive access to our very own disgusting Trashman, who has carefully curated his personal weekly flex rankings in order to help you in gaining input about your roster decisions. Please refer to the Rankings tab for our staff positional rankings.

(Based on .5 PPR scoring).

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22 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By Incognito

    Have a flex Q — Plan to start – Chase, Lambe and Sutton along with Cook and J WIlliams

    choices for Flex – D Harris, M Gordon, D SIngletary, DK metcalf and Ayiuk

    Leaning towards Damien – What do you think? thanks

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      Answered in another column

      1. ↓ Post By Incognito

        Thanks. Thought RW might have missed the comment.

  2. ↓ Post By james

    Hello- I love your DK and FD cheatsheets! Great guides. Hoping you can help with a potential trade. 10 team 1/2pt ppr. Tied 1st place currently 3-1. Team wanting to trade is in 10th place 1-3.

    I start Hurts but picked up Goff off waivers last week just because i had a spot to stash him for my bye or an injury and other available QB’s were quite a drop-off..

    Someone with Carr and Cousins want to trade me for Goff. He has Mixon, Kamara, James Robinson, CEH, D. Harris. Said he would do Kamara or Robinson straight up as he says he would immediately start Goff and also likes him because he has A. St. Brown. Had a feeling i could maybe pry mixon away but might have to throw in an additional player for him.

    I have D. Cooks and D. Henry in my backfield, with D. Pearce, Pollard, Mattison, Pacheco as a back-ups. Decent receivers with Pittman, Waddle, Kirk, and D. Hopkins coming back soon. Goddert and D. Schultz.

    Who do you think i should target? as much as i like having a quality back up QB, i think if i can get another good RB i should do it. And he’s more motivated than i am so i could be able to take advantage of the situation.

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      I’d get Kamara if you still can. He’s got top 5 upside when he’s healthy.

  3. ↓ Post By Hskrprd

    2 WR 1FLEX
    Pittman, Cooks, Olave, Samuel
    Connor, Wilson jr, Mostert, Gallup

    Thank you in advance

    1. ↓ Post By Alan Seslowsky

      if you didnt play Pittman we would go with Olave, and assuming that is Deebo Samuel? if it is Curtis then pivot to Cooks

      Flex in James Conner. Wilson is a nice floor play too

  4. ↓ Post By AbnerLofton

    .5 ppr

    Drop kadarius for WanDale?

    1. ↓ Post By Alan Seslowsky

      Toney not playing this week, that is perfectly fine

  5. ↓ Post By checkdark35

    Send my C Samuel
    Send my B Cooks
    Receive his Zeke

    10-team, .5PPR keeper, 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1Flex

    Current WRs: Tyreek Hill, Waddle, Olave, London, G Wilson
    Current RBs: Taylor, B Hall, Jamaal Williams, Swift, Mostert, B Rob (IR)

    His WRs: Diggs, Aiyuk, Amon-Ra, M Thomas
    His RBs: Pierce, J Wilson, Herbert, Mattison, Zeke, Pollard, Pacheco, Mitchell (IR)

    I would prefer 2-1 to clear a spot and consolidate. Neither Cooks or Samuel feel like must-starts on any given week, so they feel expendable given I’ll have Olave, London and Wilson to consider in the flex or WR2.

    I also don’t need Zeke, but he’s a name-brand piece that I could potentially flip later on a sell-high.

    The current offer is Samuel + Cooks for his Zeke + Aiyuk, but I’m not keen for a 2-2 swap.

    1. ↓ Post By Alan Seslowsky

      If you need a startable RB that is fine, but you are surrendering the upside on this trade.

  6. ↓ Post By sdf@girvinlaw.com

    George pickens is on the wire but I already have Dionte Johnson. Should I keep Wan dale robinson of the giants , who they desperately need or just grab Pickens?

    1. ↓ Post By Alan Seslowsky

      You can safely drop Wandale for GP. Snap call

  7. ↓ Post By Ron Rich

    0.5ppr: Should I drop Tyler Allgeier to pick up Rashaad White? I do own Cordarrelle Patterson, and don’t own Fournette. My other RBs are Jonathan Taylor, Nyheim Hines, Breece Hall, Michael Carter and Brian Robinson.
    After last night’s TNF I feel like I can part ways with Hines after this week. I wish I could watch Tyler Allgeier play this week before dropping him, but I know Rashaad White could be a “League-Winner” if Fournette went down

  8. ↓ Post By bjosenhans

    Should i trade Zeke, Cooks, Cousins for Swift and Zach Wilson?

    my team is:

    QB: Lawrence, Cousins
    RB: Ekeler, Zeke, C Edmonds, R White, I Pacheco, Brian Robinson (in IR spot)
    WR: AJ Brown, Hollywood, C Kirk, C Samuel, Cooks, Mack Hollins, Elijah Moore, WanDale (in IR Spot)

    we play 2rb 2wr and 2flex, so i feel like i can try to cash in on 3 guys im not even starting to get swift but im worried he is going to just be injured. not much more time i can sell zeke with the idea he will be better with dak (which could also be true, idk) what do you think? i feel like if im trying to win a 12 man league i need a better RB2 than zeke the rest of the season and im 1-3 right now

  9. ↓ Post By sdboor

    10 team PPR 3-1 , Play 1QB 3WR 2RB 1Flex 1TE No IR spots
    Me:
    Russ Wilson
    WR: Kupp, Marq Brown (Az), DLondon, Bateman, Garrett Wilson, GPickens
    RB: DSwift, Fournette, JWilliams (DET) BHall, Montgomery
    TE: Pitts

    Wilson is Stinking up the field in 4/5 games
    Pitts Out – I think I wish to stick with Pitts and wait
    8 /10 teams make play-offs – with the players in my leagu, 95% chance I will be in play-offs
    So I want to build a championship team

    QB QUESTION I can’t drop Wilson until Tuesday night
    Available QBs Free agents right now: DPrescott DWatson Goff TLaurence KPickett Garapolo
    – Wait until waivers and pick one of these up Tuesday night and drop Wilson?
    – Make space on my bench and grab Prescott or Watson and stream until one of them comes back? Who would I drop?
    – Stay with Stinky Wilson

    TE QUESTION: Stick with Pitts and take a 0 this week, or drop Pitts ( another team will take him on Waiver) and pick up one of available free agents:
    THigbee TConklin Logan Thomas RTonyan HHurst E Engram Disssley T Hill CBrate

    WAIVER QUESTION Available on waiver for tonight (should I pick up 1 or 2 of any of these – and drop Either GWilson or EMoore?)
    RB: MBoone RachWhite BrianRobinson TylerAllgeier
    WR: DMooney GPickens MGallup JReynolds

    QB QUESTION: I have Russ Wilson Do I keep him alone , pick up a QB2 or Drop Wilson for one of the below
    Available on Waiver (again we have no IR spot and would have to drop someone):
    Goff Prescott KPickett Garoppolo Mariotta Carr Tannehill Wentz TLaurence

    1. ↓ Post By sdboor

      Sorry, Please Only address 1st QB QUESTION and TE Question
      Not Waiver question and additional 2nd QB question at the bottom
      Thank you

  10. ↓ Post By danwinkley17@yahoo.com

    Not a great showing from Pittman, need 2 out of Hall, Rhamondre, Gabe Davis.
    Thanks!

  11. ↓ Post By Tslate

    Standard league need 1 RB and a flex out of Akers, Khalil Herbert, Allgeier and Devonta Smith

  12. ↓ Post By Longlooper

    PPR…
    I Mackenzie
    E Moore
    Z Jones
    Thanks

  13. ↓ Post By pepster68

    Thanks for your help. Getting on a flight at 12:33. Who would you start in Flex, PPR, Khalil Herbert or Josh Reynolds?

  14. ↓ Post By s.cavagnaro@sbcglobal.net

    Mahomes or Hurts?

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