Week 6 Rankings

So far my fantasy season has been pretty frustrating, but week 5 took the cake.  Thursday night I was looking at playing Andre Roberts because I was worried Lance Moore might be out Sunday, but I didn't know for sure.  I didn't want to miss out on a tasty matchup for Lance, so I waited.  Sure enough, I found out Friday that he'd be out against the Chargers.  Roberts didn't do much, but he got 4.2 fantasy points on my bench (which would've helped...stay tuned).  In hindsight, the logical choice would have been to upgrade Devery Henderson and fill him in, but I didn't do that.  I stuck with my rankings and the amount of targets guys have been getting thusfar, and I chose Greg Little (who ended up with zero catches).  That zero really hurt because my Chargers played well on Sunday night, and going into the 4th quarter of that game I only needed 4 points from Rivers, Mathews, and Gates (combined!).

Of course, that didn't happen.

Rivers threw a pick, but I was still OK.  I knew he'd get the ball back in a close game, and he did.  He marched down the field and I thought I had the game won with a 20-30 yard pass to Gates, but then that got called back (flag: offensive pass interference).  I'm in a league with fractional points and I was actually tied at 95.60, until Rivers fumbled on the last play and lost me two points.  So that was it.  Two points.  

I feel like I stuck to my guns and my rankings, but it just didn't quite work out.  Injuries are killing me right now, but I have to try to find some points out there somewhere.  So far, guys on my team who have been injured include: Mathews, Nicks, Forte, Gates, Moore...and now AP is dealing with an ankle injury and will probably be questionable this weekend.  

I feel like the Jets!

But enough complaining.  It's time to get down to business.  Thankfully my league is highly competitive, and while I'm sitting at a horrid 1-4, there are six teams tied for 2nd place at 3-2 (more or less depending on their total points).  A couple of wins and I'm right back in this thing!  It's a 13 game fantasy regular season, so we're more than 1/3 of the way through now.  It's time to put up or shut up.  Injuries and bye weeks are going to kill me the next couple of weeks, but they're going to be hurting other people too. I'm really feeling the pressure for the Ws now, and there's no time like the present to get one.  Hopefully I can have enough guys to make a team this week.  I guess I'll have to make that happen, based on the rankings below.  Enjoy!


QBs
1.Matt Ryan
2.Aaron Rodgers
3.Peyton Manning
4.Ben Roethlisberger
5.Tom Brady
6.Matthew Stafford
7.Eli Manning

8.RGIII 9.Joe Flacco 10.Andrew Luck 11.Michael Vick 12.Philip Rivers 13.Andy Dalton

14.Tony Romo 15.Ryan Fitzpatrick 16.Alex Smith 17.Kevin Kolb 18.Matt Schaub 19.Christian Ponder 20.Carson Palmer 21.Josh Freeman 22.Ryan Tannehill 23.Brandon Weeden 24.Sam Bradford A lot of the top quarterbacks are going up against tough defenses this week, so I'm going to shake things up a bit.  I missed on Andy Dalton last week, but I was definitely right in ranking Luck as highly as I did.  He was impressive against Green Bay, and we'll see how he does on the road this week against the Jets secondary (I think he'll keep rolling).  Peyton just barely edged out Eli in fantasy points in week six, so I would've lost that bet (though not by much...both had great games).  I have Peyton ranked very highly this week, as I think he'll show up big this time on MNF.  I'm dropping RGIII considerably this week, obviously due to the concussion.  If he does play, I think he could be a little shaken up, hesitant, or potentially not even finish the game as a precautionary measure.  If I were to update my rankings later on in the week, I'd probably drop him even further.  Big Ben is well into my top ten this week, as I think he'll light up the Titans on Thursday night.  I'd be surprised if he didn't have 300 yards and at least 2 TDs.

RBs

1.Arian Foster

2.Ray Rice 3.Jamaal Charles 4.Trent Richardson

5.Marshawn Lynch 6.LeSean McCoy 7.Darren McFadden 8.Ryan Mathews 9.Frank Gore 10.DeMarco Murray 11.Reggie Bush 12.Michael Turner 13.Alfred Morris 14.Adrian Peterson 15.Rashard Mendenhall 16.Benjarvis Green-Ellis 17.Doug Martin 18.Stevan Ridley 19.Mikel LeShoure 20.Willis McGahee 21.Donald Brown 22.Ahmad Bradshaw 23.CJ Spiller 24.Fred Jackson 25.Chris Johnson 26.Steven Jackson 27.LaRod Stephens-Howling 28.Alex Green 29.Kendall Hunter 30.Shonn Greene 31.Jacquizz Rodgers 32.Jackie Battle 33.James Starks 34.Daniel Thomas 35.LaGarrette Blount 36.Isaac Redman 37.Ben Tate 38.Danny Woodhead 39.Shaun Draughn 40.Toby Gerhart Jamaal Charles continues to impress, no matter what defense he goes up against.  Brady Quinn will be the starter this week, so I'm thinking the Chiefs will give Charles the rock just a little bit.  Tampa Bay has a good rush defense, but then again, so did Baltimore (and he did just fine against them). I kept the faith in Ryan Mathews, and he almost helped get me a win last week (and he would have if Norv had left him in the game at the end...why Ronnie Brown was in there in the 4th quarter I have NO idea!).  Mendenhall moves up the board this week, and new additions Alex Green and LaRod Stephens-Howling are also both additions to my actual fantasy team.  With Forte and Lance Moore on a bye (and Nicks and AP potentially not going Sunday), I might just end up playing both of them.  How sad is that?  We'll see just how sad it is because I think they both have a good opportunity to produce this week. One final note: Not that anyone really cares, but I have officially waived Mark Ingram.  RIP, homie. WRs

1.AJ Green 2.Percy Harvin 3.Calvin Johnson 4.Roddie White 5.Larry Fitzgerald 6.Julio Jones 7.Andre Johnson 8.Reggie Wayne 9.Victor Cruz 10.Mike Wallace 11.Demaryius Thomas 12.Wes Welker 13.Antonio Brown 14.Torrey Smith 15.DeShaun Jackson 16.Miles Austin 17.Steve Johnson 18.Jordy Nelson 19.Brandon Lloyd 20.Vincent Jackson 21.Malcom Floyd 22.Dwayne Bowe 23.Eric Decker 24.James Jones 25.Dez Bryant 26.Brian Hartline 27.Pierre Garcon 28.Denarius Moore 29.Jeremy Maclin 30.Michael Crabtree 31.Andre Roberts 32.Anquan Boldin 33.Andrew Hawkins 34.Mike Williams 35.Nate Burleson 36.Reuben Randle 37.Leonard Hankerson 38.Davone Bess 39.Titus Young 40.Nate Washington 41.Domenik Hixon 42.Darius Heyward-Bey So Kenny Britt finally played last week, but he was clearly hobbled with an injury.  I'm going to stop doubling down on him though because (regardless of what my grandmother thinks) I am not a doctor.  Brandon Lloyd is going up and down like Oprah's BMI, and this week he's back down.  That being said you should probably start him because he'll probably be a top ten guy this week.  Whatever.  I'm kind of done talking about him too.  I picked Luck to have a big week against Green Bay, so I ranked Reggie Wayne way up there.  This week he breaks into the top 10.  Dwayne Bowe is dropping because he has Quinn throwing him the ball now (*sigh*).  I probably should have James Jones higher, but I just don't trust that guy two weeks in a row.  If you want to trust him, be my guest.  If Greg Jennings makes it back though, consider Jones off my rankings. TEs

1.Tony Gonzalez

2.Rob Gronkowski 3.Vernon Davis 4.Jason Witten 5.Antonio Gates 6.Kyle Rudolph 7.Owen Daniels 8.Fred Davis 9.Aaron Hernandez 10.Brandon Pettigrew 11.Brent Celek 12.Dennis Pitta 13.Martellus Bennett 14.Heath Miller 15.Jared Cook 16.Jermaine Gresham 17.Scott Chandler 18.Jacob Tamme I dropped Bennett down a bit last week, and he didn't do much.  I'm still concerned about his consistency, so I'm going to keep him outside of the top ten for now.  He and Dennis Pitta are kind of the same person to me right now, so they're ranked right next to each other.  I can't believe it, but Tony Gonzalez has earned the top spot.  I must say that I was dead wrong about him this year.  I thought the guy had to run out of gas at some point, and although he will, it doesn't look like it's this year.  Matt Ryan should torch Oakland, and I think there will be plenty of yards and touchdowns to go around in Atlanta.  I'm keeping Gates in my top ten even though he continues to suck.  I mean, he doesn't suck.  He's getting a lot of targets, but he's dropping touchdowns and getting offensive pass interference calls.  So that stuff sucks.  We'll see if he can turn it around and keep up with old man Gonzo.  Also, as of this writing, Finley looks questionable to play against the Texans, so I've removed him from the list and added Aaron Hernandez around where he would be (assuming Hernandez is back this week).

DEF 1.Ravens

2.49ers 3.Cardinals 4.Dolphins 5.Falcons 6.Rams 7.Steelers 8.Texans 9.Seahawks 10.Vikings 11.Bucs

12.Bengals 13.Patriots 14.Redskins The Texans looked solid once again, but they lost Cushing to a season-ending ACL injury, and Green Bay is coming to town this week.  I think the Packers will play strong and bounce back after last week's loss in Indy, so I don't see Houston's defense being at the very top this week.  I sure hope the Ravens are the top defense because that would mean Romo might have another horrible game like he had two weeks ago.  I would enjoy that a great deal.  The Dolphins are looking good on defense, and they'll be playing at home against the Rams.  That's a pretty good matchup and another game the Fins can win.  That being said, I also have the Rams D ranked pretty highly, so we'll see if that ends up being a 13-10 game like I think it will. Only three days until my wedding, so this will be the last you hear from me for a while.  I might update my rankings from a beach in Maui, but I doubt it.  Hopefully my writing and rankings don't suck after I get a ring on this finger! Cheers, Bart