In the immortal words of Ron Burgundy, “Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast.” Through four weeks of the season Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins had yet to exceed 250 yards passing, and only had one game with multiple scores. His 41.5 points in week 5 now represent 41.3% of his yearly total, and were enough to vault him to just outside the QB1 tier (QB13).
In doing so he fully unlocked Drake London, continued his rapport with Darnell Mooney, and even brought Kyle Pitts back from the dead. Even Ray-Ray McLoud continued his upward trajectory.
Obviously these types of explosions won’t happen on a weekly basis, but Thursday Night Football served as a proper reminder of just who Cousins can be, as well as just how loaded the Falcons offense is. Rational minds may differ, but I’d be looking to get in on some of these players in short order.
Disclaimer time! Now that real, live football is upon us, I need to clarify the overarching rationale behind my advice. As you’re well aware by the fact you’ve come to a website entitled dynastyleaguefootball.com, we’re still taking a long view into account in addition to each player’s weekly (and year-to-date) output. Therefore and for example, when I say a player is a “buy high,” it’s not solely due to the week he just had. Instead, guidance will also take into account his current stature in tools such as DLF’s ADP and rankings, in addition to how he performed.
Much as in previous iterations of this weekly series, I will list one player apiece who I’ve bucketed into the following categories:
- Buy low
- Buy high
- Sell low / Drop
- Sell high
- Add (Big Bucks)
- Add (Pennies)
One last note, as I’m referencing DLF ADP and rankings, advice herein is for a 12-team, non-superflex setting with full PPR scoring. Divergent league settings (both for starting positions and scoring) hopefully shouldn’t render this advice as not actionable, but it’s an important disclaimer nonetheless.
With that preamble in hand, here are the tactical transactions you should consider before week six:
Week 5 Line: 42 for 58, 509-4-1 (0 carries)
I’m not going to bury the lede here, as sometimes the obvious answers are, well, obvious. In the “micro” day trading sector of fantasy football, it’s inarguable that Cousins’ price tag jumped after his immolation of Tampa Bay. But this means it’s entirely possible there are those looking to use this as a springboard to offload the veteran, perhaps not believing a full turnaround has been achieved.
