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Fantasy Football Week 5: Rankings and Matchup Analysis

Is Devonta Freeman the next Arian Foster or Jahvid Best? Our money is on somewhere in between.

Freeman has scored more standard fantasy football points in his first two N.F.L. starts than anyone in history (69), more than Foster and Best, who are also on that list, and in Points Per Reception leagues, he is easily the best with 104 points through four games.

It is always fun to crown someone the next big fantasy football star, as many did with Best in 2010. After scoring 55 fantasy points in his first two starts, Best was the 38th best fantasy running back the rest of the season, averaging 6.