Slayton never had a real chance to suit up for the Giants on Thursday night after he was seen with a pronounced limp in the locker room following New York’s Week 5 loss against the Saints. ESPN’s Jordan Raanan said Lil’Jordan Humphrey will likely take Slayton’s spot in the Giants offense on Thursday. Slayton had seen 14 targets over the past three games as the team’s primary downfield threat.

There’s almost no chance Jackson will suit up this week against LA with the Ravens’ bye week looming in Week 7. The plan could be for Jackson to get to full health — or something close to it — and try to run the table to sneak into the postseason after a catastrophic start to the season. The Ravens are a non-competitive team with Cooper Rush under center, as they showed in their humiliating Week 5 blowout loss to the Texans. Rush, a career journeyman check-down artist, threw for 179 scoreless yards along with three interceptions against Houston. He’ll have no chance against a stout Rams defense in Week 6.

Wolfe said Jaguars coaches and players felt the listless offense was “unlocked” during Monday night’s win over the Chiefs. Trevor Lawrence finally connected with Hunter, the second overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, on a deep ball into double coverage — one of the highlights of the game and Hunter’s first big play in the league. Hunter, coming into Week 5 against KC, had averaged 7.2 air yards per target. Against the Chiefs he averaged 15.5 air yards per target. More deep looks for Hunter would give him some kind of weekly ceiling in fantasy. For now, he’s a borderline flex in 12-team formats.

It’s a bold strategy. Let’s see it it works. The Bengals on Tuesday acquired Flacco and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick from the Browns in exchange for a 2026 fifth round draft pick. The Bengals are apparently pulling the plug on Jake Browning after three of the worst quarterback performances in recent memory. They’re replacing Browning — whose chance of landing a starting job in the NFL surely vanished over the past month — with Flacco, the NFL’s worst starting QB this season. Flacco in four games with the Browns ranked dead last in adjusted yards per attempt (3.6), second to last in touchdown rate (1.2 percent), and second to last in completion rate (58 percent). Rapoport said the hope is Flacco can keep the Bengals afloat until Burrow is ready to return to the field. It’s a long shot, at best.

The Ravens have kicked their feet on extending Oweh — this is his fifth-year option season — and ultimately weren’t going to be able to pay everybody. The Chargers needed help at EDGE following Khalil Mack’s injury and Oweh is a decent in-season add without much of a price. Still just 26, Oweh raises the floor of Los Angeles’ defense. The rest of the cost is Gilman, a decent starter over the course of his career who can give the Ravens somebody to let Kyle Hamilton freelance when Hamilton is healthy again. It’s an interesting challenge trade for both sides. Gilman is also in the final year of his contract.

Flacco may help steady fantasy values for Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, but it’s not like the Bengals have a significantly better offensive line than the Browns. They may, in fact, have a worse running game. Flacco jumps in to the superflex QB2 consideration zone while Chase and Higgins don’t take an appreciable step forward, but perhaps grab a little extra floor. This is a patch job for the Bengals, who simply couldn’t keep giving snaps to Jake Browning after his disastrous showings and lack of confidence the last few weeks. Browning is a drop in all leagues.

Hunter continued to play both ways against the Chiefs, notably matching up with Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce on multiple occasions on the defensive side of the ball. He made a ridiculous 44-yard catch in the second half after briefly exiting with injury in which he elevated enough to rest on the shoulder of a defender before coming down with the ball, something head coach Liam Coen hinted at this week with talks of getting the electric rookie involved more down the field. Volume has not yet erupted in an offense built behind the run, but Hunter could continue his surge in production against the Seahawks in Week 6.

Thomas has yet to rekindle the late-season magic from his rookie year with Trevor Lawrence under center, but the two had a deep connection down the sideline for a 33-yard gain on their final drive to put the team in position for the win. Fantasy managers continue to be left hanging after sinking a top-15 pick into the second-year receiver, something we are all holding out hope will improve as the season progresses. The modest six targets led the team on a night Lawrence attempted only 25 passes as their time of possession was dwarfed by the Chiefs, with their defense once again bailing them out as they improve to 4-1 in a tie atop the AFC South with the Colts. Thomas gets another difficult matchup with the Seahawks in Week 6.

Etienne’s modest volume was a function of the game environment after the Jaguars feel behind 14-0 early. He handily led the backfield again while seeing 15 touches to the five of rookie Bayshul Tuten, but was out-gained by quarterback Trevor Lawrence on the ground. Either way, Etienne remains the lead back in one of the more dynamic run offenses in the league and should return better counting stats moving forward. The 4-1 Jaguars travel to Seattle for another difficult test in Week 6.

This one was not pretty, but Lawrence found a way to get the job done when it mattered most. The Jaguars fell into an early 14-0 hole as their offense struggled to move the football before tying the game up in the third quarter. A 99-yard pick-six from Devin Lloyd gave the team their first lead of the game on Kansas City’s next possession. As they normally do, the Chiefs buckled down in crunch time to retake the lead with under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter before Lawrence led the team down the field to be in position to retake the lead again. That final drive was a microcosm of Lawrence’s season as he made two perfect throws and committed two costly mistakes, including his second delay of game penalty of the game. A pass interference penalty in the end zone gave the Jaguars the ball on the one with no timeouts and just over 30 seconds remaining. Lawrence had his foot stepped on by the right guard on the next play but managed to stumble to his feet and carry it in for the go-ahead score without being touched. Lawrence has yet to live up to the hype in his first season with Liam Coen, but the two rushing scores at least give fantasy managers hope as we near the halfway point in the season. Up next is another difficult test against the 3-2 Seahawks in Week 6.