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10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets Heading Into Week 5
Blake Bortles might be tough to rely on every week, but he's in a money spot against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 5.

Blake Bortles, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Yahoo Ownership: 33%

Trusting Blake Bortles can be maddening at times, as we've seen wildly inconsistent results from week to week, with his fantasy scores over the first four games reading 13.2, 32.5, 8.9, and 24.3.

But Week 5 ought to be one of those spike weeks because he draws the perfect storm that is Kansas City, who are both poor on defense -- 31st against the pass according to numberFire -- and lights out on offense behind wunderkind Patrick Mahomes. Even with a strong Jacksonville Jaguars defense, one figures we should see a high-scoring game script that forces Bortles to air it out.

Despite the inconsistency, Bortles has thrown for 300-plus yards with multiple touchdowns in both his ceiling games, and he always adds extra points with his legs, averaging 33 rushing yards per game thus far. Given the matchup, Bortles should be one of the top quarterback streamers this week.

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