Hopefully you didn’t start Kenneth Gainwell, Mike Evans, or Chris Godwin last night but if you did, hopefully you can get some help correcting those decisions here.
The Falcons, Saints, Jets, and Niners are on bye this week making tight end just that much thinner. But it does remove four potential sabotage starts at QB. By the way, since this is a site dedicated to superflex leagues I do a QB deep dive every week. You can find that here.
Running Back Sit/Start Week 6
There isn’t a ton of value in telling you to start Derek Henry, Dalvin Cook or CMC if they play. I’ll try and focus on riskier plays most players would be straddling the fence on.
Start These Guys
Zack Moss vs the Titans: Still splitting time with Singletary but doing a lot more with his touches. The Titans Defense is terrible all around and I expect the Bills to have a field day. They will likely jump out to a big lead early.
Alex Collins vs the Steelers: Carson’s neck issue is not going away and he’s not practicing, so Collins should get about 16 carries and turn that into about 75 yards a score.
Kareem Hunt vs the Cardinals: The Cards rank 31st in allowed yards per carry and Chubb hasn’t practice all week. Great start this week and a really solid DFS play ($6200 on DK).
Joe Mixon vs the Lions: Mixon is back at practice Friday after a rest day on Thursday, fire him up for what should be a positive game script.
DeAndre Swift vs the Bengals: Swift will benefit from an increase in targets once the Lions fall behind. I think 15-65 rushing and 9-78-1 receiving is achievable.
Sit These Guys
Josh Jacobs vs the Broncos: Averaging career lows in yards per attempt, I expect Jacobs to flounder against Denver’s 5th-ranked rushing defense.
Tony Pollard vs the Patriots: Zeke has been limited all week, but he’s going to play and the Pats are better against the run than people think. Sit Pollard this week.
Chase Edmonds/James Conner vs the Browns: The Browns are third in the league in yards per attempt allowed and give up the 7th fewest points to opposing running backs. Avoid like the plague.
Myles Gaskin vs the Jaguars: Tua is likely to start and when Tua was starting Myles was doing practically nothing. All his value last week came from receptions, give it a week to see how things shake out with Tua under center.
Wide Receiver Sit/Start Week 6
Start These Guys
Stefon Diggs vs the Titans: Monday night game, terrible pass defense, and it’s just waiting to happen for Diggs. I wrongly predicted a breakout game last week, but this is the week.
Robert Woods vs the Giants: Woods finally broke out last week and turned into Stafford’s security blanket. I think that will continue, but it might not come at Kupp’s expense.
Kadarius Toney vs the Rams: The Rams defense has not looked good, and I think Toney will tear them apart on underneath routes. Daniel Jones is going to play, which has to improve his outlook a little from Mike Glennon, though he seems QB proof.
Chase Claypool vs the Seahawks: The Hawks are giving up the second-most points to wide receivers in the league. Ben’s arm may be shot but he has enough juice to get Claypool involved, especially now that Juju is on the shelf for the year.
Jarvis Landry vs the Cardinals*: If activated by 4 pm Saturday, Landry is in a great spot against the leaky Cardinals. I just don’t get the impression OBJ gives a crap anymore, so that leaves a vacuum.
Sit These Guys
Courtland Sutton vs the Raiders: I keep wanting the Raiders to be bad at things and they keep surprising me. Stupid data. The Raiders are third in the league in passing yards allowed and give up the 4th fewest points to wide receivers. Go figure.
Tee Higgins vs the Lions: The Bengals won’t need him in this one, 55 scoreless yards.
Micheal Pittman vs the Texans: In another surprise, the Texans are currently giving up the third fewest points to wide receivers. Wentz doesn’t have another 400-yard game in him all season and Pittman’s TD was a terrible throw that required him grabbing the throw over a defender’s helmet.
Adam Thielen vs the Panthers: Panthers are good against the pass, and will be chasing Cousins around the pocket all day. Thielen will only be good for about 60 scoreless yards.
Tight End Sit/Start Week 6
Start These Guys
Mark Andrews vs the Chargers: As good as the Chargers have been at shutting down opposing QBs, somehow they are allowing the most fantasy points to tight ends. Start Mandrews with confidence, just don’t expect the league-destroying numbers he put up last week.
Mo Allie Cox vs the Texans: Cox is still seeing fewer snaps than Doyle for some reason, but he caught 3-4 targets for 50 yards, and the Texans are giving up the second-most points to tight ends.
Noah Fant vs the Raiders: Finally, proof that the Raiders actually suck: they give up the fifth-most points to tight ends, and Fant is seeing a 97% snap share. Unfortunately he isn’t getting targets, but given that the Raiders are good at taking away wide receivers, he’s a good bet to see increased targets and receptions.
Dawson Knox vs the Titans: The Titans do very few things well on defense, or offense for that matter…let’s face it it’s basically Derrick Henry and nothing else. But they are allowing the 5th fewest points to tight ends this year. Problem with that nugget is they have played the Cardinals, Seahawks, Colts, Jets, and Jaguars.
Sit These Guys
TJ Hockenson vs the Bengals: The Bengals are giving up the 7th fewest points to tight ends, and Hockenson is injured and hasn’t had a good day since week 2. This won’t be the week to get back on track.
David Njoku vs the Cardinals: Don’t chase the points. The Cardinals are tough on tight ends, allowing the second-fewest points to the position, which isn’t totally meaningless since that includes Tyler Higbee, and, well, little else. Does Ross Dwelly count? Anyway, chasing that performance is the road to hell in fantasy. Lighting won’t strike twice.
Streaming DSTs for Week 6
Bengals vs Lions: Worked for Minnesota last week, could work again.
Bears vs Packers: I feel insane writing this, especially as a lifelong Bears fan who has watched game after game of the Packers just brutalizing the Bears, especially with Rodgers at the helm. But I have a weird feeling that things change this week. I don’t know why, but I think the Bears pull together a great performance, harass Rodgers, and double the shit out of Adams.