{"id":34064,"date":"2016-10-13T23:07:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T03:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=34064"},"modified":"2016-10-13T23:08:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T03:08:07","slug":"2016-nfl-fantasy-football-week-6-start-em-or-sit-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2016\/10\/13\/2016-nfl-fantasy-football-week-6-start-em-or-sit-em\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 NFL Fantasy Football Week 6: Start Em\u2019 or Sit Em"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"RzlcCX\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Welcome to the Week 6 of the 2016 NFL season!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"B6gfvl\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Every week, I will pick some players who I think will overachieve and underachieve based on <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/football\/story\/_\/page\/16ranksWeek5QB\/fantasy-football-week-5-quarterback-rankings\">ESPN\u2019s weekly rankings.<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\"> Please feel free to ask any lineup questions here or <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dvond\">on Twitter<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"YaOnPo\"><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/football\/story\/_\/page\/16ranksWeek6RB\/fantasy-football-week-6-running-back-rankings\">Last week, <\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">I went 10-2 with my Overachievers and 7-5 with the Underachievers. We are on a pretty good roll!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"8bCSxZ\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Overachievers<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 id=\"M5nkzH\"><span class=\"author-2986\">QBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"oXjrBh\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Kansas City Chiefs QB Alex Smith- QB 14: The Raiders are heaven for all quarterbacks. They are 2nd to last in points against QB\u2019s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"E3SsWF\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Buffalo Bills QB Tyrod Taylor- QB 17: Even though he does not throw for a ton of yards, he is a solid QB week in and week out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"fTFJwF\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Tennessee Titans QB Marcus Mariota- QB 20: The Browns are at the bottom of defenses and Mariota might be finally figuring it out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"Mhm2wF\"><span class=\"author-2986\">RBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"BrV5hZ\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Cincinnati Bengals RB Giovanni Bernard- RB 27: Jeremy Hill is banged up and this looks like a pass heavy game.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"5sV3Qw\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Kansas City Chiefs RB Spencer Ware- RB 32: I am not convinced Charles i 100% healthy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"Baup9i\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New York Jets RB Bilal Powell- RB 38: Have to wonder why he is ranked so low when in the last couple of weeks the snaps between him and Forte are almost even.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"ebBuH5\"><span class=\"author-2986\">WRs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"tS80O2\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Kansas City Chiefs WR Jeremy Maclin- WR 15: I love going against the Raiders pass defense, this is the week he breaks out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"VNnS88\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree- WR 20: All he does is score touchdowns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"3gDnin\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Arizona Cardinals WR John Brown- WR 29: The snap counts are very high and the Jets pass defense is among the worst.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"NQ8Vxe\"><span class=\"author-2986\">TEs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"qyuWiw\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Pittsburgh Steelers TE Jesse James- TE 17: In a high flying offense why not play against the Dolphins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"lok3Su\"><span class=\"author-2986\">K<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"fcr7aW\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Denver Broncos K Brandon McManus- K 14: Thursday night should be high scoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"RWhOai\"><span class=\"author-2986\">D\/ST<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"geD00I\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Detroit Lions D- D 15: It is the play against the Rams offense which usually works well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"YP992R\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Underachievers<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 id=\"PbQM6q\"><span class=\"author-2986\">QBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"DQ9Sx9\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton- QB 2: The running has stopped and I can see a very conservative game off the injury.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"7AOKuU\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers- QB 5: The offense is not running right and this ranking is more off his reputation than 2016 production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"4JkEZ2\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck- QB 8: They go on the road to Houston where the Texans always play well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"QH7Qm0\"><span class=\"author-2986\">RBs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"MqrOSG\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Denver Broncos RB CJ Anderson- RB 9: This could be moving into a job share based on his less than four yards per carry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"15w8Nx\"><span class=\"author-2986\">San Diego Chargers RB Melvin Gordon- RB 13: His touchdown rate is unsustainable and I expect Denver to step up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"7UJ9iM\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New Engalnd Patriots RB LeGarrette Blount- RB 16: This is now a throwing team with Brady back.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 id=\"L9x1yi\"><span class=\"author-2986\">WRs<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"EvGXH9\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones- WR 7: The big day two weeks ago was the season aberration with every other week at less than 10 targets plus he is banged up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"b6GTJ2\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Chicago Bears WR Alshon Jeffrey- WR 19: He continues to get less than eight targets a game and until I see different , I would wait to start him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"WliaOG\"><span class=\"author-2986\">New England Patriots WR Julian Edelman- WR 19: He is injured and Brady seemed to look in other places last week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"QdjRRl\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">TE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"L9NdeC\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz- TE 9: Carson Wentz did not seem to look his way much, I would wait until we see a connection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"4DUlKx\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">K<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"kz3S5C\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Dallas Cowboys K Dan Bailey- K 5: The Packers should be playing a low scoring game, I do not see many attempts for him this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"9qoqjy\"><strong class=\"author-2986\">D\/ST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"ndbUl4\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Kansas City Chiefs D- D 11: The Raiders offense is not a team I would start a defense against right now<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"7pqz0o\"><span class=\"author-2986\">Thank you for reading and <\/span><a class=\"author-2986\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dvond\">hit me up on Twitter<\/a><span class=\"author-2986\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Week 6 of the 2016 NFL season! Every week, I will pick some players who I think will overachieve and underachieve based on ESPN\u2019s weekly rankings. Please feel free to ask any lineup questions here or on Twitter. Last week, I went 10-2 with my Overachievers and 7-5 with the Underachievers. 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