Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Keon Coleman, Will Shipley, Mike Gesicki ~ Sports 2X

Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Keon Coleman, Will Shipley, Mike Gesicki

Start em or sit em? Fantasy football start or sit decisions can be excruciating. While it feels great to make the right call and cruise to fantasy glory, it hurts just as much when you have someone erupt while on your bench. You can use our Who Should I Start? tool to gauge advice from fantasy football experts as you make your lineup decisions. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings and analysis.

Let’s dive into our start/sit lineup advice and outlook for a few of the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups of the week.

Fantasy Football Start’em, Sit’em Lineup Advice: Keon Coleman, Will Shipley, Mike Gesicki

Here’s Pat Fitzmaurice’s fantasy football Week 5 outlook for a few players to help with lineup decisions.

Will Shipley (RB – PHI)

The Eagles have an injury crisis at the RB position, leaving Will Shipley as the improbable waiver darling of Week 5.

Saquon Barkley left the Eagles’ Week 4 game against the Rams with a hamstring injury early on. His primary backup, Tank Bigsby, sustained a core muscle injury later in the game that will require surgery. That left Shipley as the last man standing.

Shipley played 29 snaps on Sunday and had 6-23-0 rushing. He had only one target and didn’t catch it, but Shipley ran 15 routes on Sunday.

A fourth-round pick out of Clemson in 2024, Shipley showed off dual run-catch ability in college. As a sophomore, he had 1,424 scrimmage yards and 15 touchdowns in 14 games. He’s a terrific athlete who also starred in track and lacrosse in high school.

Bigsby is going on injured reserve and will be out at least a month. We’re still awaiting further information on Barkley’s injury, but it seems unlikely he’ll play this week. There’s a good chance Shipley will be the Eagles’ lead back this weekend when they visit the Jaguars.

Jacksonville has a stout run defense, but Shipley’s pass-catching ability gives him multiple paths to fantasy value.

Keon Coleman (WR – BUF)

Davante Adams had fewer than 500 receiving yards in each of his first two NFL seasons and was drop-prone during that early phase of his career. Adams reached the 13,000-yard milestone on Sunday and is a good bet for eventual Hall of Fame induction.

Adams’ story is a reminder that players can be redeemed after rough starts to their careers. Keon Coleman, the 33rd overall pick of the 2024 draft, was a disappointment over his first two seasons. His performances were uneven, and the exceptional contested-catch skills he showed off in college weren’t translating to the NFL.

But Coleman reminded us on Sunday that he still has an appealing skill set. He had the third 100-yard game of his career, putting up 6-116-1 on seven targets in a loss to the Patriots. Coleman had a 34-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter and had some other impressive grabs.

Bills WR DJ Moore reinjured his shoulder on Sunday and could miss several weeks. Buffalo doesn’t have any other impactful outside receivers, so Coleman could play a substantial role in the weeks to come. Coleman led the Bills’ receivers in snaps on Sunday and was second to Khalil Shakir in routes.

Mike Gesicki (TE – CIN)

Mike Gesicki doesn’t play full snaps for the Bengals — his 61.8% snap share in Week 4 was his largest of the season — but Gesicki already has three touchdowns. He has 11-155-3 on 15 targets.

Gesicki has a good matchup against the Dolphins this week, and he could play a bigger-than-usual role if one or both of the Bengals’ top two receivers can’t go this week. Ja’Marr Chase was wrenched down by the facemask after a catch Sunday against the Jaguars and sustained a concussion. Tee Higgins left with an adductor injury.

Miami’s young defense has been battered by tight ends. The Dolphins have given up 29-333-2 to tight ends and yielded 13-119-0 to the Vikings’ T.J. Hockenson on Sunday.

Gesicki is a very reasonable streaming option for Week 5.

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Wednesday, 7 October 2026