The rest-of-season (ROS) fantasy football rankings provide a comprehensive overview of projected player performances for the season’s remaining games; they are here to help … but they are also not the Ten Commandments.

They should serve as a North Star that guides you toward making informed decisions regarding trades, waiver wire transactions, and starting lineups. 

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With that in mind, I’m going to take a look at some of the biggest movers in the ROS ranks going into Week 5. Some we’ll be targeting as nice buy-low options or “players to trust”; players who the consensus is likely too low on, given the poor start or usage to begin the season. 

But this just isn’t going to be a plain old “bullish takes only” article either. I’ll also recommend a couple of names that I think the consensus is too high on, and that I’d look to sell high on as well—aka, players to distrust. 

The Week 5 rest-of-season rankings highlights are below.

Week 5 ROS Rankings | Players to Trust

Drake London | ROS Rank: WR6

London exploded for eight receptions, 110 yards and a TD vs the Commanders, and, more importantly, flashed with a season high 38% target share (via the Utilization Report). The Falcons had been trying to work the ball around more in the first three weeks, but gave up on that strategy after a poor Week 3 showing and simply decided to shower London with targets vs the Commanders—much as they had in the final two games of 2024-25, when London averaged 8.5 receptions and 146 yards.

With Darnell Mooney now injured (hamstring) and the Falcons coming off their best game of the season, there is zero reason for Atlanta to move away from keeping this offense focused around feeding London and RB Bijan Robinson. He’s up to WR6 in consensus Week 5 ROS rankings, but with Ja’Marr Chase having QB issues and Jaxon Smith-Njigba operating in a conservative offense, a top-five finish for London in both our ranks and overall WR fantasy points now looks within reach.

Quinshon Judkins | ROS Rank: RB20

Judkins has dominated the usage in Cleveland since getting inserted into the lineup late in Week 2. He’s taken 87% of the designed carries over the last two games and, overall, has taken 39 out of a potential 52 touches doled out to the Cleveland RBs since Week 3—a 75% usage rate. 

Just to give an example of how big a workload Judkins is getting, since Week 3, Christian McCaffrey (who leads the league in touches) has handled 50 out of a potential 61 opportunities doled out to the 49ers RBs over that span, an 81% usage rate. Judkins trails McCaffrey in usage by just 6% over that span. 

It would be one thing if Judkins wasn’t doing anything with his touches, but he’s now scored in two straight games, averaged 5.2 yards per carry vs the Packers, and went for 33 yards receiving on 4 receptions vs the Lions. He’s up to RB23 in PPR scoring on the season and RB20 in our ranks, but certainly has room to go much higher in both regards and should be viewed as a true RB1 for the near future.

Other players to trust: Matthew Stafford (QB21), Deebo Samuel (WR22)

Sell-High Players In The Rest-of-Season Rankings

Alvin Kamara | ROS Rank: RB21

Despite a lessening receiving role and lack of red zone opportunities, the one positive with Kamara prior to Week 4 was his lack of competition for touches. Now, after Kendre Miller blasted the Bills for 65 yards and a TD (11 carries) in Week 4, it looks like the veteran may also be headed for a timeshare on an offense that has scored just 16.5 points per game to date. 

He’s still in our consensus top-25 ROS ranks going into Week 5, but sits just RB26 in full-PPR scoring on the season. With a much murkier path to outperforming his rank, Kamara now looks like a player you may want to cut bait on before Miller posts another decent game and pushes Kamara into an even lesser role. If anyone out there still views him as a true RB1, now would be the time to move him.

Stefon Diggs | ROS Rank: WR40

Diggs is coming off his best game of the season, a 101-yard outing vs the Panthers where he caught six of his seven targets. You wouldn’t be out of your mind to hold onto Diggs and see what transpires, but just know that this sort of performance has been an anomaly in what had been a very tepid fantasy season before Week 4. 

Even with the big effort, Diggs is still just WR37 in PPR fantasy points per game, and yet to find the end zone despite the Patriots scoring over 30 points twice already this year. Whatever the case, there is a real chance that this Week 4 breakout by Diggs against one of the league's worst teams is as good as it gets, and his lines going forward against better teams will mirror more of what he posted in Weeks 1-3. 

At WR40 in consensus ranks, if someone out there was valuing him more as a true WR2, he’d be someone I would be OK extracting some value from in a trade sooner than later.

Kyren Williams | ROS rank: RB16

I’m not anti-Williams so much as I’m pro-Blake Corum. Corum has outproduced Williams thus far, averaging 5.2 YPC to date (vs 4.5 YPC for Williams) and has taken 5, 8, and 9 carries over the Rams last three games. 

I’m not sure if we’ll see a full Corum takeover soon or not, but just know that this Rams backfield is now getting very close to a full-on timeshare and potentially a “hot hand” approach. If someone were out there offering RB1/2 value for Williams in a trade, I’d be listening.

Buy-Low Players In The Rest-of-Season Rankings

Ladd McConkey | ROS Rank: WR26

It’s been opposite world in Chargers-land so far in 2025. Quentin Johnston is sitting as WR4 on the season in PPR scoring and acting as the de facto number one receiver, while 33-year-old Keenan Allen is also a WR1 and sits as WR9 in PPR scoring. Then you have the 2024-25 WR12 in PPR scoring, McConkey, who is sitting down at WR51 for the season and acting as the (very) disappointing WR3 in this ménage à trois. 

It’s hard to say when this situation will shift and McConkey goes back to being a preferred target, or at least gets on equal footing with Allen or Johnston, but given that the Chargers continue to lead the league in PROE (passing rate over expected), you have to believe it will happen at some point. On talent alone, he’s a great buy-low candidate and someone I expect will still be able to outperform his current WR26 rank, despite the slow start.

Tucker Kraft | ROS Rank: TE4

If anyone out there is mad at Kraft for getting tackled on the one-yard line twice last week, this would be a great time to take advantage of someone else’s emotional response to standard TD variance. To date, Kraft is TE5 in PPR scoring and on a team devoid of a true number one WR.

Given how weak TE is this year and the likelihood of names like Hunter Henry and Jake Ferguson falling back to earth at some point, Kraft sets up as a solid buy-low target off people who don’t realize how close he is to being a top-three TE on the season already.

Jameson Williams | ROS Rank: WR26

Williams is another receiver out there you could potentially target this week in trades if you were a Tyreek Hill or Malik Nabers owner (or both!). He’s had a couple of disappointing games in a row now, but came extremely close to a big day vs the Browns with a tipped ball in the end zone that negated a TD and 210 air yards on the day (league high).

Williams is always going to be a little boom or bust, but usage-wise, he’s been fine (eight targets vs Cleveland) and remains attached to one of the most aggressive head coaches and OC’s in the league. Better days are ahead for him, so if you can buy cheaply, you could be rewarded with a player who gives you top-20 WR scoring the rest of the way.

Other potential buy-low candidates: RJ Harvey, Jacory Croskey-Merritt

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