Fantasy Football Week 5: 5 Biggest Takeaways
By Dan Thomas
4. Bench Players Playing Against the Vikings
Right now the Minnesota Vikings remain the last undefeated team in the NFL. The main reason for that is due to the play of their elite defense. On Sunday they absolutely shut down the Houston Texans, who were 3-1 coming into the game. Their starting running back, Lamar Miller, only had 20 rushing yards. Their rookie standout wide receiver, Will Fuller, finished with one reception for, four yards. Quarterback Brock Osweiler only managed 184 passing yards. All of these numbers were season-low for all three of these players.
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This was a week after they held Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a career-low 23 receiving yards. The week before that the Vikings defense forced last year’s MVP, Cam Newton, to throw three interceptions and Kelvin Benjamin didn’t have a single catch in that game.
On the Texans last drive of the game, DeAndre Hopkins bailed out owners when he was able to catch a garbage-time touchdown pass with 3:49 left in the game. Before that drive he only had 3 receptions and 42 receiving yards on the day.
Owners that have players playing against the Vikings elite defense, especially quarterbacks, might want to find a plan B for that week. This defense is 100 percent legit and suffocating for fantasy value. Chances are trying them won’t work in your favor if you don’t.