Week 5 Fantasy Football Injuries: Uncertainty rules for Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and many others on Thursday

Fantasy managers will have to pay close attention this week because there are an inordinate number of unknowns on Thursday

This is our fifth week of running through the injuries and I'm not sure we've ever had quite so many significant question marks on Thursday afternoon. I always like to make the point that if you have guys that are real question marks, you need to do a thorough check of your lineups before the Thursday night game. While George Pickens, CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott, and Javonte Williams are all must-starts, Fantasy managers may have some very tough decisions when it comes to Bucky Irving and Emeka Egbuka vs. injured players that we like more than them. If it is a truly 50/50 question of whether that star will play, I always like to look at my backup play.

In other words, if you have Ja'Marr Chase and Emeka Egbuka, who is the guy you would play if you sit Egbuka and roll the dice and Chase is ruled out? If the difference between Chase and Egbuka is greater than the difference between Egbuka and your backup plan, then wait it out. We may have this one backward. Because the Bengals said Higgins was day-to-day, we have him in our rankings and we have Chase out because we don't rank players in the concussion protocol. Chase's return to limited on Thursday is a positive sign, but no guarantee he'll complete