Blinders Projects NFL Week 5
He’s not going to give all of his secrets away, but this week Blinders was kind enough to share his NFL Week 5 projections for Running Back and Wide Receiver for the RotoGrinders community! Blinders has been improving his projections for multiple seasons now, and they have proved valuable to Blinders, as evidenced by his 71-10 start using them in 2010. Blinders prefers to wait until Week 5 to begin participating in Daily Fantasy NFL, and discusses this topic in his Early Season Fantasy NFL Strategy piece on RotoGrinders from 2010. A big shout out goes to Blinders for allowing us to share these with the RG Community for Week 5! Check out the projections below for RB and WR. Keep in mind all points are calculated using the Fantasy Sports Live scoring system. Oh! and when you see Calvin Johnson massive projection, don’t worry…Blinders clarified and defended Megatron’s potential in week 5 for us already, telling us:
“Calvin Johnson and his projection looks like a huge outlier, but even though he has put up huge numbers this year, he has done it against tough defenses, and is facing a very easy match-up. 3 or 4 TDs is actually possible.”
Running Backs
| Name | FSL Projection |
|---|---|
| LeSean McCoy | 30.3 |
| Beanie Wells | 21.2 |
| Arian Foster | 18.1 |
| Jahvid Best | 17.5 |
| Matt Forte | 16.9 |
| Derrick Ward | 16.3 |
| Frank Gore | 16.2 |
| Adrian Peterson | 15.8 |
| Darren McFadden | 15.5 |
| Maurice Jones-Drew | 15.2 |
| Fred Jackson | 15.2 |
| Michael Turner | 14.3 |
| Darren Sproles | 13.7 |
| Willis McGahee | 13.5 |
| Ryan Mathews | 13.3 |
| Ben Tate | 13.2 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 9.9 |
| Joseph Addai | 9.9 |
| Mike Tolbert | 9.6 |
| Marshawn Lynch | 9.5 |
| Cedric Benson | 9.5 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 9.2 |
| LeGarrette Blount | 8.8 |
| James Starks | 8.4 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 8.0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 8.0 |
| Brandon Jacobs | 7.4 |
| Chris Johnson | 7.0 |
| Michael Bush | 6.8 |
| Kendall Hunter | 6.7 |
| Ryan Grant | 6.6 |
| Jamaal Charles | 6.2 |
| Keiland Williams | 6.1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6.0 |
| Mark Ingram | 6.0 |
| Isaac Redman | 5.6 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 5.3 |
| Dexter McCluster | 5.1 |
| Stevan Ridley | 4.9 |
| Earnest Graham | 4.6 |
| Marion Barber | 4.5 |
| Javon Ringer | 3.8 |
| Danny Woodhead | 3.8 |
| Knowshon Moreno | 3.5 |
Wide Receivers
| Name | FSL Projection |
|---|---|
| Calvin Johnson | 43.37 |
| Eric Decker | 26.16 |
| Wes Welker | 15.89 |
| Pierre Garcon | 15.72 |
| Kenny Britt | 14.59 |
| Mike Wallace | 14.16 |
| Sidney Rice | 14.09 |
| Andre Johnson | 14.05 |
| Brandon Lloyd | 13.47 |
| Robert Meachem | 13.17 |
| Hakeem Nicks | 13.05 |
| Steve Smith | 12.88 |
| Devery Henderson | 12.72 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 12.41 |
| Stevie Johnson | 12.01 |
| Reggie Wayne | 11.59 |
| Roddy White | 11.56 |
| Julio Jones | 11.07 |
| Jeremy Maclin | 11.04 |
| Greg Jennings | 10.86 |
| Nate Washington | 10.09 |
| Victor Cruz | 9.48 |
| DeSean Jackson | 9.45 |
| Jordy Nelson | 9.43 |
| Mike Thomas | 9.14 |
| Lance Moore | 8.91 |
| A.J. Green | 8.32 |
| David Nelson | 7.91 |
| Vincent Jackson | 7.75 |
| Titus Young | 7.59 |
| Nate Burleson | 7.59 |
| Doug Baldwin | 7.20 |
| Early Doucet | 7.12 |
| Dwayne Bowe | 6.90 |
| Denarius Moore | 6.85 |
| Matt Willis | 6.35 |
| Michael Jenkins | 6.27 |
| Domenik Hixon | 5.82 |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | 5.81 |
| Josh Morgan | 5.55 |
| Preston Parker | 5.49 |
| Kyle Williams | 5.46 |
| Kevin Walter | 5.38 |
| Donald Jones | 5.19 |
| Deion Branch | 5.10 |
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About the Projector: After much research and preparation, Blinders turned his vision and passion for fantasy sports into the first Daily Fantasy sports site with Salary Cap based games in June of 2007: FantasySportsLive. He is a longtime online poker player and blogger, and the only daily fantasy grinder who was willing to take on Buffalo66 in his multi-sport fantasy challenge. Last NFL Season Blinders went 71-10 on FanDuel alone.