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10 Fantasy Football Sleepers for Week 5

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LeGarrette Blount, RB, New England Patriots

LeGarrette Blount spurned many Dion Lewis fans back in Week 3, and there's reason he might do it again in Week 5. The Patriots are nine-point favorites over the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas. That suggests a positive game script for the Patriots. Or in other words: "A LeGarrette Blount Week."

Dallas ranks 22nd in Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play, so they're beatable on the ground, but the bigger thing to keep in mind is that the Patriots are coming off of a bye week.

To spell that out, Bill Belichick and company have had an extra week to figure out how to stop Brandon Weeden. This game could be out of hand early, and that means that Blount should be seeing touches down the stretch and near the goal line (the Patriots have the highest team total on the weekend at 29.75 points).