NFL Week 5 Fantasy Football Recap: Arizona Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Eagles

• Marquise Brown: 8 receptions, 78 yards, 1 touchdown

• Dallas Goedert: 8 receptions, 95 yards

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Monitor the health of the Cardinals’ running backs: James Conner left the game with a ribs injury and didn’t play in the second half, while backup Darrel Williams suffered a knee injury.

- Conner played 24-of-38 snaps in the first half, dominating the rushing attempts while splitting passing opportunities.
- Eno Benjamin played eight snaps in the first half to six for Williams.
- Benjamin started the second half, with Williams playing only one snap in the half. He took every other snap in the half.
- Benjamin is worth a waiver wire addition in case either of the injuries is serious. He would be a fantasy starter next week if both players miss the game.

The return of A.J. Green: The Cardinals were the healthiest they’ve been at wide receiver all season, which meant Greg Dortch barely played.

- Rondale Moore still played more offensive snaps than Green in 12 personnel, with an eight-to-five lead.
- Moore returned to his usual role of slot receiver, while Green played the majority of snaps in 11 personnel out wide.
- When Green needed a break, it was Andre Baccellia taking his spot out wide, rather than Moore going out wide and Dortch playing in the slot like last week.
- Dortch can be safely dropped in all formats. This was also a good sign that Moore will remain third on the depth chart even when DeAndre Hopkins returns, and playing all the time in 11 personnel.
- Moore caught seven passes for 68 yards and ran the ball twice. He is a waiver wire target.
- Arizona cut backup tight end Maxx Williams this past week, which led to fewer two-tight end sets. This is also good news for Moore.

Buy low on A.J. Brown: Brown was held to three catches for 32 yards, his worst performance for the Eagles to date.

- He had caught at least five passes for at least 65 yards in every other game this season. He’s also seen at least six targets in every game.
- Philadelphia only gets its best players involved in the offense. Just five players were targeted in this game.
- Arizona had been one of the best teams at preventing fantasy points to wide receivers.
- The Eagles have the easiest schedule for wide receivers and one of the easiest schedules in general for the rest of the season.

Table Notes

Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.
Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.
Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.