# Fantasy Football - Week 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854 "2008-09-30T14:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/21 "2008-10-06T18:24:13Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Do you mean Eddie Royal? No, Robert Royal, TE for the Bills ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/22 "2008-10-06T19:24:34Z")
Oh yeah… ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/23 "2008-10-07T17:27:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I really, _really_ hope you listened, **Taber**. 😉 Ended up going with Brandon Jacobs and Steve Slaton, who I picked up after asking the question, result was pretty good. My opponant’s entire team only outscored my RBs by 11. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/24 "2008-10-07T17:52:47Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > Ended up going with Brandon Jacobs and Steve Slaton, who I picked up after asking the question, result was pretty good. My opponant’s entire team only outscored my RBs by 11. I sat Portis for Slaton and they ended up with _exactly the same score_. I kept Turner in too and he scored three fewer points, which I was okay with. Portis is going to be a beast through the next three weeks- St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. Pick up the Redskins’ D immediately if they’re available. It’s going to be a point-a-palooza. ETA: How the heck was Slaton still on waivers after the last two weeks?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/25 "2008-10-07T18:11:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I sat Portis for Slaton and they ended up with _exactly the same score_. I kept Turner in too and he scored three fewer points, which I was okay with. > > Portis is going to be a beast through the next three weeks- St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. > > Pick up the Redskins’ D immediately if they’re available. It’s going to be a point-a-palooza. > > ETA: How the heck was Slaton still on waivers after the last two weeks?!?!? Got the Redskins’ D in one league. It’s taken in the other, but I have Phillidelphia, which should do alright. ETA: I don’t know. I suspect it is because Yahoo still has players sorted by pre draft rankings, so he was kind of buried in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854/26 "2008-10-07T18:18:21Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > ETA: I don’t know. I suspect it is because Yahoo still has players sorted by pre draft rankings, so he was kind of buried in the back. The rest of your league should be ashamed of itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-5/465854.md?page=1)