2023 Week 5

Who the Experts Like

2023 Week 5Final Edition

The top names mentioned by experts this week

Jaleel McLaughlin (Den RB) $11 Avg

8 of 9 experts

Michael Wilson (Ari WR) $8 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Tyler Boyd (Cin WR) $6 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Jameson Williams (Det WR) $10 Avg

7 of 9 experts

Sam Howell (Was QB) $4 Avg

6 of 9 experts

Highest Bids of the Week

2023 Week 5Final Edition

At Each Position

Highest RB

Gus Edwards (Bal RB) $11 Avg

Highest WR

Romeo Doubs (GB WR) $16 Avg

Highest QB

C.J. Stroud (Hou QB) $6 Avg

Highest TE

Cole Kmet (Chi TE) $10 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
2023 Week 5 Waiver Wire Running BacksFinal EditionRB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsPro Football NetworkRoto BallerSIThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Jaleel McLaughlinDen8$11$12—$15$8–$10$13$4–$6$6$12$14$16
Chuba HubbardCar4$6$7—$5–$10$6–$8$3–$5$6
Keaton MitchellBal4$3$4—$1$2–$4$5$4
Tyjae SpearsTen3$4N/A—$3–$5$3$6
Gus EdwardsBal2$11N/A—$7$15
Zach CharbonnetSea2$8N/A—$10–$15$3
Justice HillBal2$4N/A—$1$7
Latavius MurrayBuf2$3N/A—$1$3–$5
Samaje PerineDen1$10N/A—$10
Kenneth GainwellPhi1$7N/A—$7
Jaylen WarrenPit1$5N/A—$5
Jeff Wilson Jr.Mia1$4N/A—$3–$5
Deuce VaughnDal1$1N/A—$1
Ronnie RiversLAR1$1N/A—$1
2023 Week 5 Waiver Wire Wide ReceiversFinal EditionWR
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsPro Football NetworkRoto BallerSIThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Jameson WilliamsDet7$10$10—$5–$10$5–$8$8$8–$12$16$15$5
Michael WilsonAri7$8$8—$5–$10$5–$8$8–$15$5–$7$6$10$9
Tyler BoydCin7$6$6—$5$5–$8$5–$7$5$8$5$8
Marvin Mims Jr.Den5$5$5—$5$5–$8$5–$7$5$3
Romeo DoubsGB2$16N/A—$11$20
Joshua PalmerLAC2$13N/A—$16$10
Josh ReynoldsDet2$6N/A—$7$4
Wan'Dale RobinsonNYG2$4N/A—$5$3
Terrace Marshall Jr.Car2$3N/A—$1$5
Michael GallupDal2$2N/A—$1$3
Trey PalmerTB2$2N/A—$1$1–$3
Rashee RiceKC1$5N/A—$5
Jayden ReedGB1$3N/A—$3
Deven ThompkinsTB1$2N/A—$1–$3
Curtis SamuelWas1$1N/A—$1
Darnell MooneyChi1$1N/A—$1
Josh DownsInd1$1N/A—$1
Trenton IrwinCin1$1N/A—$1
2023 Week 5 Waiver Wire QuarterbacksFinal EditionQB
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsPro Football NetworkRoto BallerSIThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Sam HowellWas6$4$3—$5$1–$2$10$1–$3$2$3
C.J. StroudHou4$6$6—$2–$3$2–$5$7$9
Matthew StaffordLAR2$3N/A—$2–$3$3
Joshua DobbsCle1$2N/A—$1–$3
Zach WilsonNYJ1$1N/A—$1
2023 Week 5 Waiver Wire Tight EndsFinal EditionTE
PlayerTeamExpert CountAvgTrimmed MeanCommunityCBS SportsFantasy AlarmFantasy ProsPro Football NetworkRoto BallerSIThe Huddlethe ScoreYahoo Sports
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Logan ThomasWas5$2$2—$1$1$1–$3$3$2
Jake FergusonDal3$6N/A—$10–$15$1$5
Zach ErtzAri2$6N/A—$5–$10$2–$4
Jonnu SmithAtl2$2N/A—$1$2
Cole KmetChi1$10N/A—$10
Luke MusgraveGB1$3N/A—$3
Gerald EverettLAC1$2N/A—$1–$3
Tyler ConklinNYJ1$1N/A—$1