Fantasy Football Week 5: Eric Decker and the 3 Players Gaining Stock

With the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens kicking off the unusual 2011 bye-week schedule, you know what that means for fantasy owners. 

Time to scour the waiver wire or start those guys who are trending upward.

Finding the underrated guys with raising fantasy stocks has never been so imperative. 

Eric Decker isn't as available as he was coming into Week 4, but the Denver Broncos wideout is one of three more unknown players that I really like as the season progresses. 

Eric Decker

This guy has as many targets as Andre Johnson: 37. 

He has supplanted Brandon Lloyd as the No. 1 receiver in Denver, and although the Broncos are losing, their offense can occasionally get hot. 

He has four touchdowns and has shown the ability to stretch the field. 

As long as Kyle Orton is the Broncos quarterback, Decker's stock should continue to skyrocket. 

Jimmy Graham

Not exactly a guy you can find on the waiver wire today, but a player who's emerging as one of the best tight ends in the game. 

Even with Marques Colston in the lineup last week, Graham looked like Drew Brees' favorite target. 

He caught 10 passes for 132 yards and a touchdown. 

The Saints offense is as explosive as any team's in the league, and Graham gives them the added seam route threat that essentially makes them impossible to stop. 

He'll only get better from here. 

Stevan Ridley

The Patriots will never be a run-first team. 

Why would they?

Tom Brady is on pace to throw for over 6,000 yards, and Wes Welker already has 616 yards receiving.

But Stevan Ridley could be the back Bill Belichick features for the rest of the season after his 10-carry, 97-yard performance against the Raiders that included a score. 

He's a bruising back at 5'11'', 225, and he possesses more lateral quickness than you'd think. 

They still like Danny Woodhead and BenJarvus Green-Ellis, but for me, Ridley's stock is rising.