Week 6

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It’s Week 6 and we’re rolling right along. Last week Clinton Portis and Brandon Jacobs showed why the NFC East is so dangerous with big days on the ground, Kyle Orton gave Bears fans something to cheer for in the passing game, and Deangelo Williams made a statement that he is not ready to give up his job just yet. Who will put up big points this week? Our Start & Sit rankers have some opinions on that. And here they are…

Our rating system is based on two sets of rankings. The first set is a value between 1-20, given based on a player’s Fantasy Value If Playing (FVIP). The second set is that player’s Playing Probability (PP). These two sets are thrown into a giant machine, twisted around a little, mixed up, sorted, resorted, then eventually darts are thrown at the results. If you require any further help, our start/sit forum is top notch. You will find quick replies to your questions there and many eager helpers!

Quarterbacks	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Tony Romo	DAL	at ARI	19.33	100%	19.33
Eli Manning	NYG	at CLE	18.67	100%	18.67
Drew Brees	NO	OAK	18.33	100%	18.33
Brett Favre	NYJ	CIN	18.00	100%	18.00
Jay Cutler	DEN	JAX	18.00	100%	18.00
Kurt Warner	ARI	DAL	17.33	100%	17.33
Jason Campbell	WAS	at STL	16.67	100%	16.67
Donovan McNabb	PHI	at SF	16.33	100%	16.33
Kyle Orton	CHI	at ATL	16.00	100%	16.00
Peyton Manning	IND	BAL	15.67	100%	15.67
Philip Rivers	SD	NE	15.67	100%	15.67
Aaron Rodgers	GB	at SEA	15.67	98%	15.35
Carson Palmer	CIN	at NYJ	15.33	100%	15.33
Jake Delhomme	CAR	at TB	15.00	100%	15.00
Matt Schaub	HOU	MIA	15.33	96%	14.72
Gus Frerotte	MIN	DET	14.67	100%	14.67
Chad Pennington	MIA	at HOU	14.67	100%	14.67
Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	GB	15.00	96%	14.40
Matt Cassel	NE	at SD	14.33	100%	14.33
David Garrard	JAX	at DEN	13.33	100%	13.33
J.T. O’Sullivan	SF	PHI	13.00	100%	13.00
JaMarcus Russell	OAK	at NO	13.00	100%	13.00
Matt Ryan	ATL	CHI	12.67	100%	12.67
Derek Anderson	CLE	NYG	13.33	93%	12.44
Joe Flacco	BAL	at IND	11.67	100%	11.67
Jon Kitna	DET	at MIN	13.33	82%	10.93
Brian Griese	TB	CAR	12.67	68%	8.61

Start: Jason Campbell (Rank: 16.67) – The Redskins play the Rams this week, who are third worst at stopping opposing quarterbacks in the fantasy realm – Those opposing quarterbacks are averaging 21.6 fantasy points against the win-less Rams. Campbell has looked good recently and should be in your lineup for this matchup.

Sit: Derek Anderson (Rank: 12.44) – The Derek Anderson from last year should be in your lineup every week. However, times have changed. The Browns’ offense has been poor so far and they may be without Kellen Winslow Jr. this week. The Giants are also very good against the pass, which doesn’t help Anderson’s case.

Running Backs	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Adrian Peterson	MIN	DET	20.00	100%	20.00
Clinton Portis	WAS	at STL	20.00	100%	20.00
Matt Forte	CHI	at ATL	18.67	100%	18.67
Brandon Jacobs	NYG	at CLE	18.33	100%	18.33
Ronnie Brown	MIA	at HOU	18.00	100%	18.00
Marion Barber	DAL	at ARI	17.67	100%	17.67
Frank Gore	SF	PHI	17.33	100%	17.33
Reggie Bush	NO	OAK	16.67	100%	16.67
Steve Slaton	HOU	MIA	16.33	100%	16.33
LaDainian Tomlinson	SD	NE	16.00	100%	16.00
Steven Jackson	STL	WAS	15.67	100%	15.67
Thomas Jones	NYJ	CIN	15.33	100%	15.33
Maurice Jones-Drew	JAX	at DEN	15.00	100%	15.00
Joseph Addai	IND	BAL	15.00	100%	15.00
Earnest Graham	TB	CAR	14.33	100%	14.33
Michael Turner	ATL	CHI	14.00	100%	14.00
Ryan Grant	GB	at SEA	14.00	100%	14.00
Darren McFadden	OAK	at NO	13.67	100%	13.67
LeRon McClain	BAL	at IND	13.33	100%	13.33
Jonathan Stewart	CAR	at TB	13.33	100%	13.33
Julius Jones	SEA	GB	13.00	100%	13.00
Fred Taylor	JAX	at DEN	13.00	100%	13.00
Jamal Lewis	CLE	NYG	12.00	100%	12.00
Willis McGahee	BAL	at IND	14.00	83%	11.67
Edgerrin James	ARI	DAL	11.67	100%	11.67
DeAngelo Williams	CAR	at TB	11.00	100%	11.00
Michael Pittman	DEN	JAX	10.67	100%	10.67
Felix Jones	DAL	at ARI	10.67	100%	10.67
Kevin Faulk	NE	at SD	10.67	100%	10.67
Tim Hightower	ARI	DAL	10.33	100%	10.33
Chris Perry	CIN	at NYJ	9.67	100%	9.67
Brian Westbrook	PHI	at SF	17.00	57%	9.63
Justin Fargas	OAK	at NO	12.00	80%	9.60
Correll Buckhalter	PHI	at SF	13.00	73%	9.53
Michael Bush	OAK	at NO	9.33	100%	9.33
Sammy Morris	NE	at SD	9.00	100%	9.00
Deuce McAllister	NO	OAK	9.00	100%	9.00
Darren Sproles	SD	NE	8.67	100%	8.67
Rudi Johnson	DET	at MIN	8.67	100%	8.67
Warrick Dunn	TB	CAR	8.67	100%	8.67
Brandon Jackson	GB	at SEA	8.33	100%	8.33
Ricky Williams	MIA	at HOU	8.00	100%	8.00
Chester Taylor	MIN	DET	8.00	100%	8.00
Cedrick Benson	CIN	at NYJ	7.33	100%	7.33
Jerious Norwood	ATL	CHI	7.00	100%	7.00
Ray Rice	BAL	at IND	6.67	100%	6.67
Selvin Young	DEN	JAX	6.67	100%	6.67
Kevin Smith	DET	at MIN	6.67	100%	6.67
Laurence Maroney	NE	at SD	6.33	100%	6.33
Leon Washington	NYJ	CIN	6.33	100%	6.33
Andre Hall	DEN	JAX	5.67	100%	5.67
Ahman Green	HOU	MIA	5.67	100%	5.67
Chris Taylor	HOU	MIA	2.67	100%	2.67

Start: Adrian Peterson (Rank: 20.00) – Just kidding. Never sit him. You know that.

Start: Maurice Jones-Drew (Rank: 15.00) – He has been a little hit or miss this year, which looks like an issue he has at the beginning of each season. Last year he only had 1 touchdown and totaled 30-60 yards in three of the first four weeks. Denver hasn’t been allowing a lot of points to runningbacks this year (other than LJ, of course), so look for MJD to get back on track.

Sit: Jamal Lewis (Rank: 12.00) – Although Lewis scored last week and had his best game of the season, he hasn’t been able to total 100 yards even once in 2008. With a game against the undefeated Giants Monday night, don’t expect him to break the century mark this week either.

Wide Receivers	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Terrell Owens	DAL	at ARI	19.33	100%	19.33
Plaxico Burress	NYG	at CLE	19.00	100%	19.00
Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	DAL	19.00	100%	19.00
Brandon Marshall	DEN	JAX	18.67	100%	18.67
Greg Jennings	GB	at SEA	18.00	100%	18.00
Reggie Wayne	IND	BAL	17.67	100%	17.67
Santana Moss	WAS	at STL	17.33	100%	17.33
T.J. Houshmandzadeh	CIN	at NYJ	17.33	100%	17.33
Jerricho Cotchery	NYJ	CIN	17.33	100%	17.33
Randy Moss	NE	at SD	17.00	100%	17.00
Andre Johnson	HOU	MIA	17.00	100%	17.00
Steve Smith	CAR	at TB	16.67	100%	16.67
Roddy White	ATL	CHI	16.67	100%	16.67
Calvin Johnson	DET	at MIN	16.00	100%	16.00
Braylon Edwards	CLE	NYG	16.00	100%	16.00
Laveranues Coles	NYJ	CIN	15.33	100%	15.33
DeSean Jackson	PHI	at SF	15.00	100%	15.00
Torry Holt	STL	WAS	15.00	100%	15.00
Roy Williams	DET	at MIN	14.67	100%	14.67
Amani Toomer	NYG	at CLE	14.33	100%	14.33
Eddie Royal	DEN	JAX	14.33	100%	14.33
Wes Welker	NE	at SD	14.00	100%	14.00
Matt Jones	JAX	at DEN	14.00	100%	14.00
Bernard Berrian	MIN	DET	14.00	100%	14.00
Bobby Engram	SEA	GB	14.00	100%	14.00
Steve Breaston	ARI	DAL	14.00	97%	13.53
Isaac Bruce	SF	PHI	13.33	100%	13.33
Muhsin Muhammad	CAR	at TB	13.33	100%	13.33
Marvin Harrison	IND	BAL	13.00	100%	13.00
Devin Hester	CHI	at ATL	12.67	100%	12.67
Lance Moore	NO	OAK	12.67	100%	12.67
Antwaan Randle El	WAS	at STL	12.67	100%	12.67
Vincent Jackson	SD	NE	12.33	100%	12.33
Robert Meachem	NO	OAK	12.00	100%	12.00
Chad Ocho Cinco	CIN	at NYJ	11.67	100%	11.67
Chansi Stuckey	NYJ	CIN	11.67	100%	11.67
Donald Driver	GB	at SEA	11.33	100%	11.33
Patrick Crayton	DAL	at ARI	11.33	100%	11.33
Chris Chambers	SD	NE	15.00	73%	11.00
Antonio Bryant	TB	CAR	10.67	100%	10.67
Kevin Walter	HOU	MIA	10.67	100%	10.67
Derrick Mason	BAL	at IND	10.67	100%	10.67
Brandon Stokley	DEN	JAX	9.33	100%	9.33
Chris Henry	CIN	at NYJ	9.33	100%	9.33
Ted Ginn Jr.	MIA	at HOU	9.00	100%	9.00
Ronald Curry	OAK	at NO	9.00	100%	9.00
Anthony Gonzalez	IND	BAL	10.00	87%	8.67
Bryant Johnson	SF	PHI	8.00	100%	8.00
Javon Walker	OAK	at NO	8.00	100%	8.00
Hank Baskett	PHI	at SF	7.33	100%	7.33
Sinorice Moss	NYG	at CLE	7.00	100%	7.00
Jabar Gaffney	NE	at SD	6.67	100%	6.67
Dominek Hixon	NYG	at CLE	8.00	83%	6.67
David Patten	NO	OAK	8.00	73%	5.87
Reggie Williams	JAX	at DEN	5.67	100%	5.67
Sidney Rice	MIN	DET	9.00	60%	5.40
Mark Clayton	BAL	at IND	4.33	100%	4.33
D.J. Hackett	CAR	at TB	4.33	100%	4.33
Michael Jenkins	ATL	CHI	4.00	100%	4.00
Anquan Boldin	ARI	DAL	17.33	17%	2.89
Joey Galloway	TB	CAR	10.33	27%	2.76
Deion Branch	SEA	GB	8.00	20%	1.60

Start: Jerricho Cotchery (Rank: 17.33) – Coles is hurt, again, but he’ll play. It seems as though he always plays when listed as questionable. However, Cotchery might benefit from a few more targets. The Bengals allow plenty of yards and Favre loves to sling it. Jerricho should post WR1 numbers this week.

Sit: Derrick Mason (Rank: 10.67) – He’s been Flacco’s main target the first four weeks of the season. He plays the Colts this week, who allow so many yards on the ground that either they are very good against the pass, or no one tries to pass on them. Flacco won’t throw much and therefore not much should be expected of Mason.

Tight Ends	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Jason Witten	DAL	at ARI	20.00	100%	20.00
Chris Cooley	WAS	at STL	19.00	100%	19.00
Antonio Gates	SD	NE	16.67	100%	16.67
Kellen Winslow	CLE	NYG	16.00	100%	16.00
Owen Daniels	HOU	MIA	15.33	100%	15.33
Dallas Clark	IND	BAL	15.00	100%	15.00
Greg Olsen	CHI	at ATL	13.67	100%	13.67
Anthony Fasano	MIA	at HOU	13.67	100%	13.67
Kevin Boss	NYG	at CLE	12.33	100%	12.33
Zach Miller	OAK	at NO	12.00	100%	12.00
John Carlson	SEA	GB	11.33	100%	11.33
Dustin Keller	NYJ	CIN	11.33	100%	11.33
Donald Lee	GB	at SEA	10.00	100%	10.00
L.J. Smith	PHI	at SF	10.33	97%	9.99
Ben Watson	NE	at SD	8.67	100%	8.67
Todd Heap	BAL	at IND	8.33	100%	8.33
Visanthe Shiancoe	MIN	DET	8.00	100%	8.00
Tony Scheffler	DEN	JAX	15.00	50%	7.50
Desmond Clark	CHI	at ATL	7.33	100%	7.33
Alex Smith	TB	CAR	6.00	100%	6.00
Dante Rosario	CAR	at TB	6.00	100%	6.00
Vernon Davis	SF	PHI	5.67	100%	5.67
Marcedes Lewis	JAX	at DEN	4.00	100%	4.00
Jeremy Shockey	NO	OAK	12.33	17%	2.06

Start: Anthony Fasano (Rank: 13.67) – He was expected to do big things last week against a San Diego defense that had allowed five touchdowns to tight ends in the first four weeks – he had three grabs for 47 yards (which isn’t horrible). This week Fasano gets the Texans who aren’t much better at stopping tight ends, who allow eight fantasy points per game to them. Fasano will get plenty of looks and should fair well this week.

Sit: Kellen Winslow (Rank: 16.00) – We have him ranked fairly high this week, but that was before he was hospitalized. Since his game is on Monday night, you should probably look for a safer option.

Kickers	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Matt Prater	DEN	JAX	20.00	100%	20.00
Ryan Longwell	MIN	DET	19.00	100%	19.00
Josh Scobee	JAX	at DEN	19.00	100%	19.00
Nick Folk	DAL	at ARI	18.67	100%	18.67
Adam Vinatieri	IND	BAL	17.00	100%	17.00
Nate Kaeding	SD	NE	17.00	100%	17.00
Mason Crosby	GB	at SEA	16.67	100%	16.67
Neil Rackers	ARI	DAL	16.33	100%	16.33
Shaun Suisham	WAS	at STL	16.33	100%	16.33
Matt Bryant	TB	CAR	15.67	100%	15.67
Shayne Graham	CIN	at NYJ	15.67	100%	15.67
John Kasay	CAR	at TB	15.33	100%	15.33
David Akers	PHI	at SF	15.33	100%	15.33
Robbie Gould	CHI	at ATL	15.00	100%	15.00
Stephen Gostkowski	NE	at SD	14.33	100%	14.33
Phil Dawson	CLE	NYG	13.67	100%	13.67
Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	at NO	13.67	100%	13.67
Joe Nedney	SF	PHI	13.33	100%	13.33
Kris Brown	HOU	MIA	13.00	100%	13.00
Olindo Mare	SEA	GB	12.67	100%	12.67
Dan Carpenter	MIA	at HOU	12.67	100%	12.67
Jason Elam	ATL	CHI	12.33	100%	12.33
Martin Gramatica	NO	OAK	11.67	100%	11.67
Matt Stover	BAL	at IND	11.00	100%	11.00
Josh Brown	STL	WAS	9.67	100%	9.67
Jason Hanson	DET	at MIN	9.33	100%	9.33
Lawrence Tynes	NYG	at CLE	16.67	50%	8.33

Start: Josh Scobee (Rank: 19.00) – Scobee has only missed one field goal all year, and it’s not because he lacks the leg strength (4/4 on 40+ yards, two of those were from 50+). If he gets the chances, he should nail them. Denver will be favored in this game, but it will not be because of their defense. Jacksonville should have opportunities for points in this game, and that means points for Scobee.

Sit: Jason Hanson (Rank: 9.33) – Hanson is generally a very reliable kicker. But you cannot reliably score points if you don’t get on the field to kick field goals. The Lions just are not giving Hanson that chance right now. Even though Hanson has not missed a kick this year, he has only been able to make 5 field goals. That’s not the kind of production you want on your fantasy team.

Defense	Team	Opp.	FVIH	PP	Value
Philadelphia Eagles	PHI	at SF	17.33	100%	17.33
Minnesota Vikings	MIN	DET	17.00	100%	17.00
Chicago Bears	CHI	at ATL	16.67	100%	16.67
New York Giants	NYG	at CLE	16.67	100%	16.67
Washington Redskins	WAS	at STL	16.33	100%	16.33
Green Bay Packers	GB	at SEA	15.67	100%	15.67
Carolina Panthers	CAR	at TB	14.67	100%	14.67
San Diego Chargers	SD	NE	14.33	100%	14.33
Baltimore Ravens	BAL	at IND	14.33	100%	14.33
New England Patriots	NE	at SD	13.00	100%	13.00
Indianapolis Colts	IND	BAL	12.67	100%	12.67
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	CAR	12.33	100%	12.33
Dallas Cowboys	DAL	at ARI	12.00	100%	12.00
Jacksonville Jaguars	JAX	at DEN	11.00	100%	11.00
Seattle Seahawks	SEA	GB	10.67	100%	10.67
Denver Broncos	DEN	JAX	9.33	100%	9.33
New York Jets	NYJ	CIN	8.33	100%	8.33
Arizona Cardinals	ARI	DAL	8.00	100%	8.00
New Orleans Saints	NO	OAK	6.67	100%	6.67
Miami Dolphins	MIA	at HOU	6.67	100%	6.67
San Francisco 49ers	SF	PHI	5.67	100%	5.67
Oakland Raiders	OAK	at NO	5.67	100%	5.67
Atlanta Falcons	ATL	CHI	5.00	100%	5.00
Houston Texans	HOU	MIA	5.00	100%	5.00
Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	at NYJ	4.33	100%	4.33
Detroit Lions	DET	at MIN	3.33	100%	3.33
Cleveland Browns	CLE	NYG	3.33	100%	3.33
St. Louis Rams	STL	WAS	2.00	100%	2.00

Start: Washington Redskins (Rank: 16.33) – The Redskins’ defense has not put up the league’s biggest numbers this season, but they have also played some of the league’s strongest offenses. The schedule gets much easier this week, as the hapless Rams visit the nation’s capital. With defensive end Jason Taylor and cornerback Shawn Springs back in the starting lineup, the Skins’ D should be able to shut down the St. Louis offense.

Sit: Dallas Cowboys (Rank: 12.00) – Once considered one of the NFL’s best defenses, the Cowboys D has fallen off a bit in recent weeks.They are not getting pressure on the quarterback like you would expect, and the secondary has looked suspect at best. The Cardinals have a hifgh powered passing offense, complemented well by veteran runningback Edgerrin James, and rookie runningback Tim Hightower. The Dallas D is still worth starting in the right matchup because of their big play potential, but I would not recommend the Cowboys against this explosive Cardinal offense.

Many thanks to the people who helped put this together: treat24, Dan Lambskin, WaCougMBS, utility-hook, and Amuk who helped with the rankings!

 

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