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Thursday Fantasy Flier, Week 5: Davante Adams

Welp, this week's Thursday tilt isn't looking quite as exciting as we'd originally hoped.

For one thing, Minnesota quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is highly questionable as of this writing, still dealing with an ankle malfunction. If Christian Ponder leads the Vikings offense, everyone suffers.

Also, the weather forecast for Green Bay is full of ugliness: rain showers, thunderstorms, 100 percent chance of precipitation, slight chance of monsoon, etc. So that's not great.

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The best of the fringy fantasy options tied to TNF this week are the Minnesota running backs, Matt Asiata and Jerick McKinnon. Green Bay's defense ranks dead-last against the run this season, allowing 176.0 rushing yards per game and 4.6 per carry. Matt Forte and Kadeem Carey hammered the Pack in Week 4, combining for a whopping 243 scrimmage yards (194 of them on the ground, often between the tackles).

I'm plenty bullish on both Asiata and McKinnon this week, ranking them as top-25 RBs. Neither qualifies as a true "flier" for our purposes here, however, based on their ownership percentages in Yahoo leagues (78 for Asiata, 45 for McKinnon).

Thus, we look to the Packers' passing game...

WR Davante Adams (5 percent owned, 1 percent started) – With Jarrett Boykin a no-go for Week 5 due to injury, Adams should continue to see the field in three-receiver sets — and Green Bay, as you know, rolls with three receivers regularly. Just scanning the box-score, it may appear that Adams suffered through a quiet afternoon at Chicago in Week 4 (2-18-0), but it's worth noting that the rookie had a touchdown reception wiped out by penalty.

Adams has good size (6-foot-1), excellent hands and tremendous leaping ability (39.5-inch vert), and he was hugely productive as a collegiate player at Fresno State. Last year, he basically averaged 10 catches, 132 yards and two TDs per game. The breakout performance from Adams is coming soon — possibly this week, if the Vikes are determined to eliminate either Jordy or Cobb.

Adams is definitely worth a roster spot in 12-team leagues, even if you don't need to deploy him tonight.