Oct. 4 (UPI) — Jordan Love and Joe Burrow are among my four must-start fantasy football quarterbacks for Week 5.
My Week 5 running back and wide receiver rankings and waiver-wire additions articles remain available for your preparation. My positional rankings will continue to be updated for developments, including injuries.
Josh Allen leads my Top 20 quarterback rankings, which are listed below. Justin Fields and Zach Wilson join Love and Burrow as my must-start options. Several streaming options also can be found within my rankings.
Quarterbacks from the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers should be benched or dropped, as those teams have Week 5 byes.
Each of my must-start options land inside the Top 14 of my quarterback rankings.Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is among the top fantasy football options so far this season. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI
Jordan Love
Love continues to be one of the top quarterbacks in fantasy football. The Green Bay Packers passer logged at least two total scores in each of his first four games. He eclipsed 240 passing yards in three of his four starts.
This week, the Packers will take on the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders allowed the eighth-most fantasy points and tied for allowing the second-most touchdowns to quarterbacks so far this season.
Love is my No. 5 play for Week 5. I expect at least 250 passing yards and three scores from him.Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (R) threw for 335 yards and four scores in Week 4. File Photo by Jon Robichaud/UPI
Justin Fields
Fields is the No. 7 player in my Week 5 quarterback rankings. The Chicago Bears quarterback got off to a slow start, but roared back with 355 passing yards and four touchdown tosses in Week 4 against the Denver Broncos.
Fields, the No. 2 fantasy football quarterback last week, should again provide a Top 10 performance against the Washington Commanders. The Commanders allowed 319 passing yards and two scores to Jalen Hurts in Week 4.
They also surrendered 218 passing yards, 46 rushing yards and two scores to Josh Allen in Week 3 and 308 yards and three scores to Russell Wilson in Week 2.
Fields should total at least two touchdowns, 200 passing yards and run for 75 yards in this matchup.I expect a Top 12 fantasy football performance from Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in Week 4. File Photo by Kyle Rivas/UPI
Joe Burrow
Burrow ranks outside the Top 30 fantasy football quarterbacks in points through four weeks. He failed to throw a touchdown pass in three of four games. Burrow totaled fewer than 200 passing yards in two of those starts.
Burrow, my No. 12 play, should rebound this week against the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals allowed the eighth-most fantasy points and tied for allowing the second-most touchdowns to quarterbacks through four weeks.
The Cardinals surrendered 283 yards and two scores in Week 4 to Brock Purdy. They also allowed 249 yards in Week 3 to Dak Prescott, 321 passing yards and three total scores in Week 2 to Daniel Jones and 202 yards and two total scores in Week 1 to Sam Howell.
Look for Burrow to total at least 250 passing yards and two scores in this matchup. He should provide his stock owners with his best performance so far this season.Quarterback Zach Wilson and the New York Jets will face the Denver Broncos on Sunday in Denver. File Photo by Amanda Sabga/UPI
Zach Wilson
Wilson is my No. 13 play and can be plugged in as a streamer if your starter is on bye or has a bad Week 5 matchup.
The New York Jets quarterback did not eclipse 170 passing yards or score more than once in any of his first three games this season. He rebounded with a 245-yard, two-score performance in Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
This week, the Jets will face a generous Denver Broncos defense. The Broncos surrendered the most fantasy points and passing scores and the third-most passing yards through four weeks. Opposing quarterbacks averaged more than 302 yards and three touchdown passes per game over that span, when they faced Jimmy Garoppolo, Sam Howell, Tua Tagovailoa and Fields.
Wilson isn’t an every week starter, but can provide low-end QB1 production this week, with four quarterbacks on bye and others struggling.
Week 5 fantasy football quarterback rankings
1. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills vs. JAX
2. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens at PIT
3. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs at MIN
4. Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins vs. NYG
5. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers at LV
6. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles at LAR
7. Justin Fields, Chicago Bears at WAS
8. Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings vs. KC
9. Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts vs. TEN
10. Russell Wilson, Denver Broncos vs. NYJ
11. Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers vs. DAL
12. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals at ARI
13. Zach Wilson, New York Jets at DEN
14. Sam Howell, Washington Commanders vs. CHI
15. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams vs. PHI
16. C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans at ATL
17. Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars at BUF
18. Jimmy Garoppolo, Las Vegas Raiders vs. GB
19. Joshua Dobbs, Arizona Cardinals vs. CIN
20. Daniel Jones, New York Giants at MIA
