2021 Week 5

Who the Experts Like

2021 Week 5Final Edition

The top names mentioned by experts this week

Damien Williams (Atl RB) $22 Avg

11 of 11 experts

Trey Lance (SF QB) $8 Avg

9 of 11 experts

Kenneth Gainwell (Phi RB) $9 Avg

8 of 11 experts

Samaje Perine (Cin RB) $11 Avg

8 of 11 experts

Curtis Samuel (Was WR) $9 Avg

7 of 11 experts

Highest Bids of the Week

2021 Week 5Final Edition

At Each Position

Highest RB

Cordarrelle Patterson (Atl WR,RB) $25 Avg

Highest WR

Cordarrelle Patterson (Atl WR,RB) $25 Avg

Highest QB

Trey Lance (SF QB) $8 Avg

Highest TE

Dawson Knox (Buf TE) $8 Avg

Everything the experts said this week

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Column Definitions
  • Expert Count: How many experts mention a player
  • Avg: Average of all expert suggested bids
  • Trimmed Mean: Avg minus the largest and smallest suggested bids (minimum count of 4 bids)
  • Community: Average of what signed-in visitors say they would bid, with the number of votes in brackets
  • Highest and Lowest: On each row, the expert who bid the most is marked $40 and the one who bid the least $5; a range counts as its middle
2021 Week 5 Waiver Wire Running BacksFinal EditionRB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantrax HQFull 10 YardsNBC Sports EdgeQB ListRoto BallerSGPNThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Damien WilliamsAtl11$22$21—$7$17$3–$6$10$20–$25$50$15–$25$null$23–$25$39$21
Samaje PerineCin8$11$11—$5$5$15–$20$15$10–$15$null$19–$20$9
Kenneth GainwellPhi8$9$9—$10$8$4–$7$10$8–$10$6–$10$7$12
Alex CollinsSea6$6$6—$6–$9$2–$4$5–$8$1$null$4
Latavius MurrayBal4$17$17—$6–$9$6–$8$20–$30$26
Brandon BoldenLV4$3$3—$4–$5$4–$7$1$null
Khalil HerbertChi3$5N/A—$2–$3$1$11
Jeremy McNicholsPit3$3N/A—$1$null$1–$2
Cordarrelle PattersonAtl2$25N/A—$10–$15$36–$38
J.D. McKissicWas2$13N/A—$5–$8$15–$20
Michael CarterNYJ2$11N/A—$10$10–$12
Darrel WilliamsAri2$2N/A—$3$1
Marlon MackHou1$7N/A—$5–$8
Malcolm BrownNO1$6N/A—$4–$7
Ty MontgomeryNE1$3N/A—$2–$4
Chris EvansCin1$1N/A—$1
2021 Week 5 Waiver Wire Wide ReceiversFinal EditionWR
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantrax HQFull 10 YardsNBC Sports EdgeQB ListRoto BallerSGPNThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Curtis SamuelWas7$9$8—$10$4$4–$6$8–$10$3–$5$null$12
Darnell MooneyChi6$9$9—$10–$12$9$6–$9$8–$10$9$7
A.J. GreenAri6$8$7—$6–$7$3$7–$10$4–$6$15$6–$8
Randall CobbGB6$6$6—$2–$4$8–$10$7$6–$8$null$4–$5
Kadarius ToneyNYG6$4$3—$5$3$3–$5$1$null$1
Jamison CrowderBuf5$8$6—$4$16$3–$5$6–$7$7
Van JeffersonLAR5$5$5—$4–$7$4–$6$3–$5$null$1–$2
Hunter RenfrowLV4$4$4—$4$2–$4$5–$8$2–$3
DeVante ParkerNE3$6N/A—$4$3–$5$9
Kalif RaymondDet3$3N/A—$1–$3$1$4–$5
Cordarrelle PattersonAtl2$25N/A—$10–$15$36–$38
Josh GordonKC2$5N/A—$4–$7$2–$3
Josh ReynoldsDet2$4N/A—$null$5–$6
Laviska Shenault Jr.Jax1$12N/A—$10–$13
Emmanuel SandersBuf1$11N/A—$10–$12
Tim PatrickDen1$9N/A—$7–$10
Marquez CallawayNO1$7N/A—$5–$8
Cedrick Wilson Jr.Mia1$4N/A—$3–$5
Freddie SwainSea1$4N/A—$3–$5
Rashod BatemanBal1$4N/A—$4
Quez WatkinsPhi1$3N/A—$2–$4
Sammy WatkinsGB1$3N/A—$2–$4
Ty MontgomeryNE1$3N/A—$2–$4
James WashingtonDal1$2N/A—$2
Kendrick BourneNE1$2N/A—$2
2021 Week 5 Waiver Wire QuarterbacksFinal EditionQB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantrax HQFull 10 YardsNBC Sports EdgeQB ListRoto BallerSGPNThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Trey LanceSF9$8$8—$3–$4$12$3–$5$18–$20$1$null$9–$10$5$9
Daniel JonesNYG5$5$4—$6–$8$3$8–$10$1–$2$2–$3
Sam DarnoldCar4$5$5—$8$4–$6$2–$3$5
Taylor HeinickeWas3$4N/A—$7–$10$1–$2$1
Zach WilsonNYJ2$2N/A—$2–$4$1
Justin FieldsChi1$4N/A—$3–$5
Trevor LawrenceJax1$4N/A—$3–$5
Mac JonesNE1$2N/A—$1–$3
Matt RyanInd1$2N/A—$2
Jacoby BrissettCle1$1N/A—$1
2021 Week 5 Waiver Wire Tight EndsFinal EditionTE
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsFantrax HQFull 10 YardsNBC Sports EdgeQB ListRoto BallerSGPNThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Dawson KnoxBuf7$8$8—$7$5$9–$12$8–$10$10$1–$2$15
Dalton SchultzDal6$5$5—$5–$6$4–$7$8–$10$5$3–$5$1
Maxx WilliamsAri4$2$2—$3–$5$1–$3$1$null
C.J. UzomahNYJ3$2N/A—$2–$4$1$1–$2
Zach ErtzAri2$3N/A—$2–$4$1–$2
Cameron BrateTB2$2N/A—$1$1–$2
Mo Alie-CoxInd2$2N/A—$2$1–$2
Ricky Seals-JonesNYG2$1N/A—$1$1
Austin HooperTen1$4N/A—$3–$5
Cole KmetChi1$4N/A—$3–$5
Tyler ConklinNYJ1$4N/A—$3–$5
Blake JarwinDal1$3N/A—$2–$4
Evan EngramJax1$3N/A—$2–$4
Hunter HenryNE1$3N/A—$2–$4
Dan ArnoldJax1$1N/A—$1