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Cynthia Frelund's Week 5 fantasy projections

My projections are based on historical trends, personnel, matchups and probable game scripts. Yes, it could be considered overkill to use 10 full years of past actual data and comparables to forecast each week, but why wouldn't you want to at least try to be as accurate as possible? I know I can't find a reason not to:

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Cynthia Frelund

NFL Network Analytics Expert

302 yards, 3 TD (24.08)

1 / 15

Ben Roethlisberger

302 yards, 3 TD (24.08)

Ryan Kang/NFL/Ryan Kang

297 yards, 3 TD (23.88)

2 / 15

Drew Brees

297 yards, 3 TD (23.88)

Perry Knotts/NFL/Perry Knotts Photography

245 yards, 2 TD, 41 rush yards (21.9)

3 / 15

Cam Newton

245 yards, 2 TD, 41 rush yards (21.9)

Bob Leverone/Associated Press/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

292 yards, 3 TD, INT (21.68)

4 / 15

Matt Ryan

292 yards, 3 TD, INT (21.68)

David Goldman/Associated Press/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

281 yards, 2 TD (19.24)

5 / 15

Tom Brady

281 yards, 2 TD (19.24)

Logan Bowles/NFL/A2018

7 rec, 97 yards, TD (22.7)

6 / 15

Antonio Brown

7 rec, 97 yards, TD (22.7)

Ryan Kang/NFL/Ryan Kang

6 rec, 89 yards, TD (20.9)

7 / 15

Michael Thomas

6 rec, 89 yards, TD (20.9)

Butch Dill/Associated Press/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

6 rec, 87 yards, TD (20.7)

8 / 15

DeAndre Hopkins

6 rec, 87 yards, TD (20.7)

Aaron Doster/NFL

6 rec, 71 yards, TD (19.1)

9 / 15

A.J. Green

6 rec, 71 yards, TD (19.1)

Logan Bowles/NFL/A2018

6 rec, 70 yards, TD (19.0)

10 / 15

Odell Beckham Jr.

6 rec, 70 yards, TD (19.0)

Bill Kostroun/Associated Press

124 scrimmage yards, TD, 6 rec (24.4)

11 / 15

Todd Gurley

124 scrimmage yards, TD, 6 rec (24.4)

Ryan Kang/NFL/2018 Ryan Kang

109 scrimmage yards, TD, 6 rec (22.9)

12 / 15

Alvin Kamara

109 scrimmage yards, TD, 6 rec (22.9)

Butch Dill/Associated Press/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

105 scrimmage yards, TD, 3 rec (19.5)

13 / 15

Ezekiel Elliott

105 scrimmage yards, TD, 3 rec (19.5)

Ric Tapia/NFL/Ric Tapia

84 scrimmage yards, TD, 5 rec (19.4)

14 / 15

Christian McCaffrey

84 scrimmage yards, TD, 5 rec (19.4)

Bob Leverone/Associated Press/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

80 scrimmage yards, TD, 5 rec (19.0)

15 / 15

David Johnson

80 scrimmage yards, TD, 5 rec (19.0)

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