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NFL Week 5 fantasy football winners and losers, injuries, grades

The Ravens couldn't slow down Ja'Marr Chase on Sunday. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Week 5 of the 2024 fantasy football season featured big surprises. Who were the big winners and losers? Which players received "A" and "F" grades?

Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft offer their analysis, and Seth Walder provides his grades. We also asked NFL Nation reporters to answer questions about what happened in the Thursday, Saturday and Sunday games.

Jump to a topic:
Ranking winners | Ranking losers
Who got an A | Who got an F
Biggest injuries and what's next

Top questions from Week 5

Ranking fantasy winners of Week 5

1. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals

Remember all that worry about his preseason contract squabble, and his resulting quiet first two weeks? Yeah, we don't either. Chase broke off 41- and 70-yard touchdown receptions en route to a 41.3 PPR fantasy point total, tops among all players from the 1 p.m. ET games. He now has 88.6 points in the past three weeks combined. He joined Isaac Bruce (5) and Lance Alworth (4) as the only players with four games of 190-plus receiving yards before turning 25 years old, and Bruce (4), Alworth (3) and Jerry Rice (3) as the only wide receivers with at least three games of 40-plus PPR fantasy points before said birthday. Yeah, Chase is back in form as one of the game's very best receivers. -- Cockcroft