Fantasy Football: Key utilization stats to know from Week 5

Recapping the most important fantasy football player utilization data from Week 5 play.

All teams during the 2024 National Football League regular season have logged either four or five games to date, and we now have enough of a sample size to either cut bait on fantasy football players not meeting drafting expectations.

Draft charts are changing all of the time, and sometimes it’s a move at another position that trickles down and effects other areas of an offense.

The good news is for the second straight time in Week 5, the injury bug was pretty kind after a brutal first three weekends. Changes won’t result from injuries, and that’s a good thing. And, we’re starting to see some guys start to get over nagging injuries, or get up to speed after shaking off rust from off-field issues in training camp and the preseason.

In other words, it seems like we’re getting some normalcy after a wild ride in the first month.

Fantasy Football: Top utilization stats to know from Week 5

What did we learn from Week 5 player utilization?

Fantasy football is driven by data, and reviewing key utilization statistics from Week 5 will help us evaluate what might be ahead in the foreseeable future. Now that more than a month is in the rearview, we’re able to get a better sense for any developing trends.

While some big-time utilizations jump off the stats sheet when it comes to familiar faces, like Ja’Marr Chase‘s 19 targets, Travis Etienne‘s 31 plays, Joe Mixon‘s 29, and Breece Hall‘s number getting dialed 25 times in the first game following his workload restriction being lifted, we’ll focus more on scenarios that could change fantasy value.