2016 Fantasy Football Week 6 Rankings

Last weekend was a crazy one for the Wheeler family, which grew by one on Friday night.  That's right.  This little confused fan in the picture is Riley, and she came into the world just in time for the week's Jeopardy finale.  Of course my wife and I were a little busy to see who Alex Trebek ridiculed during final jeopardy, but by Sunday we actually caught most of the Ravens-Redskins game.  I like to think that our daughter's allegiance was determined on Sunday when the Redskins squeaked out the victory, but time will tell who she roots for.  Right now she mostly just sleeps.

I hope to still have some time for my rankings in the weeks to come.  I mean, if I can do them this week then I should be able to do them every week, right?  With the significant lack of time this week, I'm going to skip my position picks versus the ESPN experts. I'll still do a quick recap of my Week 5 picks, even though most of them were terrible.

To the rankings!

BYE: Minnesota & Tampa Bay

QBs 1.Tom Brady  2.Ben Roethlisberger    3.Cam Newton   4.Russell Wilson  5.Drew Brees   6.Aaron Rodgers   7.Derek Carr  8.Carson Palmer 9.Andrew Luck 10.Matthew Stafford   11.Blake Bortles 12.Carson Wentz 13.Dak Prescott    14.Matt Ryan       15.Brian Hoyer  16.Alex Smith   17.Tyrod Taylor     18.Andy Dalton  19.Kirk Cousins  20.Marcus Mariota   In Week 5 I was high on Dak Prescott (ESPN #18, ME #12) and down on Andy Dalton (ESPN #7 ME #17).  Coincidentally, these two QBs faced each other on Sunday, and I actually saw bits and pieces of this game since it was televised and I still was working on a decent night's sleep!  Dak continued to play well, but he wasn't a top-12 fantasy QB.  He did finish in the top-15 though, so he did better than the experts thought.  As for the other QB in this game, Garbage Time Andy struck again!  The only other time I was down on Dalton this year, he did the same damn thing.  My pick was looking really good as the Cowboys had a 28-0 lead going into the 4th quarter.  But then Dalton threw 2 TDs to Brandon LaFell of all people, one of which was with only a couple of minutes left in the game.  He actually finished right about where the ESPN guys ranked him, so I'll give them credit on this one (even though I still say it was kind of lucky, but whatever). RBs 1.Le'Veon Bell  2.David Johnson  3.DeMarco Murray  4.LeSean McCoy  5.Ezekiel Elliott  6.Todd Gurley    7.Melvin Gordon  8.Jordan Howard  9.Mark Ingram 10.C.J. Anderson 11.Carlos Hyde  12.Lamar Miller   13.Christine Michael 14.Devonta Freeman  15.Isaiah Crowell     16.Frank Gore   17.Terrance West  18.Jamaal Charles   19.Eddie Lacy   20.LeGarrette Blount   21.Jonathan Stewart   22.Ryan Mathews 23.Matt Forte   24.Tevin Coleman     25.TJ Yeldon  26.Theo Riddick 27.Giovani Bernard   28.Matt Jones  29.James White 30.Jeremy Hill   31.Jalen Richard   32.Jay Ajayi    33.Rashad Jennings  34.Chris Ivory  35.Spencer Ware 36.DeAndre Washington    37.Bilal Powell  38.Darren Sproles  39.Bobby Rainey    40.Duke Johnson  41.Devontae Booker    42.Fozzy Whittaker   43.Kenneth Dixon     44.Derrick Henry   45.Chris Thompson   46.Justin Forsett  47.Orleans Darkwa 48.C.J. Spiller  49.Andre Ellington  50.Cameron Artis-Payne  I had to dig deep into my rankings to find a RB I was high/low on versus the ESPN experts for the second week in a row: Chris Thompson (ESPN #52, ME #40) & Derrick Henry (ESPN #38, ME #47).  I was right on Thompson but off with Henry, as both guys were actually top-40 fantasy RBs in Week 5. WRs 1.Antonio Brown  2.Allen Robinson    3.Jordy Nelson  4.DeAndre Hopkins   5.A.J. Green    6.TY Hilton  7.Odell Beckham, Jr.     8.Julio Jones  9.Kelvin Benjamin  10.Brandon Marshall  11.Larry Fitzgerald  12.Marvin Jones Jr.  13.DeMaryius Thomas  14.Brandin Cooks  15.Michael Crabtree  16.Doug Baldwin  17.Amari Cooper  18.Jarvis Landry  19.Jeremy Maclin  20.Emmanuel Sanders   21.Julian Edelman    22.Alshon Jeffery  23.Jordan Matthews  24.Sammie Coates  25.Terrelle Pryor    26.Will Fuller  27.Randall Cobb  28.Willie Snead 29.John Brown  30.Cameron Meredith   31.Travis Benjamin  32.Quincy Enunwa   33.Sterling Shepard   34.Tyrell Williams  35.DeSean Jackson  36.Allen Hurns     37.Cole Beasley   38.Robert Woods 39.DeVante Parker  40.Michael Floyd    41.Chris Hogan   42.Michael Thomas   43.Tavon Austin  44.Eddie Royal  45.Kamar Aiken  46.Terrance Williams  47.Jeremy Kerley   48.Golden Tate  49.Jamison Crowder 50.Davante Adams  I was high on Kenny Stills (ESPN NOT RANKED, ME #43) who got no respect from the ESPN guys.  He had been a top-25 WR in his last 3 games, but he had a big fat goose egg against the Titans.  I was definitely way off there.  As for Larry Fitzgerald (ESPN #21, ME #30), I was right in saying he'd only get about 70 yards without Carson Palmer throwing to him (he ended up with 81).  But what I didn't count on was Drew Stanton hitting him for 2 scores, landing him as a top-5 play.  He's back into my top-12 this week, and Stills is out of my top-50.   TEs 1.Rob Gronkowski  2.Greg Olsen  3.Delanie Walker  4.Jimmy Graham 5.Travis Kelce 6.Zach Miller  7.Martellus Bennett   8.Julius Thomas  9.Coby Fleener 10.Dennis Pitta 11.Zach Ertz  12.Gary Barnidge   13.Jason Witten   14.Antonio Gates  15.Jesse James 16.Richard Rodgers 17.Dwayne Allen  18.Hunter Henry  19.Jacob Tamme   20.Charles Clay    Last week I was high on Richard Rodgers (ESPN #20, ME #12) and down on Hunter Henry (ESPN #7, ME #13), which also proved to be bad picks.  Henry had a 59 yard play and a 1 yard touchdown, which made him a top-5 fantasy TE in Week 5.  Richard Rodgers was targeted in the endzone a couple of times against the G-Men, but he only caught one of his five targets and was not a good play on Sunday night. I'm not liking the tight end position this week for my fantasy matchup.  Jordan Reed is dealing with a concussion, so he'll likely be a no-go against Philly this week (the Eagles give up the fewest points to the TE position anyway).  And I'm facing Gronk, who has yet to go off yet this year (which means he's due).  Bennett had the big game last week, and I'm afraid the party boy is going to drop a big number in Week 6. DEF 1.Cardinals 2.Bills   3.Broncos  4.Patriots  5.Seahawks   6.Titans  7.Eagles  8.Steelers 9.Texans   10.Packers    11.Rams  12.Ravens  13.Panthers 14.Lions 15.Raiders Last week my defense rankings didn't differ very much from ESPN's, so I didn't have picks at this position.  Hopefully I'll get back to the comparisons next week, but I'll at least try to keep up with the rankings. Until then, good luck to everyone in Week 6!   (Except you, David...) Cheers, Bart