Teams on a bye this week: Cardinals, Bills, Panthers, Bengals. This a great week for byes as there are no stellar QBs or TEs on byes, plus these teams are either average (really just Arizona) or terrible (the other 3 teams) so there are not too many great guys at WR or RB you should be without, either.
Probable fantasy starters on these teams: Larry Fitzgerald, Beanie Wells, Fred Jackson/C.J. Spiller, DeAngelo Williams, Steve Smith (still injured too,) Chad Ochocinco, Cedric Benson, Terrell Owens
This weeks Buffers:
Michael Bush, RB, Raiders - Darren McFadden will be in a backup role this week as his hammy is not 100%. Look for Bush to put up similar numbers as he did last week: 26 carries, 104 yards and 1 TD.
Mike Wallace, WR, Steelers - The matchup alone is a good one, as the Browns defense is in the bottom half of the league in most defensive categories (including points allowed and yards allowed per game.) But, there is another thing to remember - Ben Reothlisberger is back. Ben loves to throw the deep ball and with Santonio Holmes gone, Wallace is Pittsburgh's deep threat.
Brandon Tate, WR, Patriots - With Randy Moss gone, Tate becomes the only Patriot that can stretch the field. Defenses will key on stopping Wes Welker (now the Pats best WR) leaving Tate with favorable matchups. Plus Kyle Orton passed for 314 yards on the Ravens last week, so there should be plenty of balls going Tate's way.
Mashaun Lynch, RB, Seahawks - He's not going to put up Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson stats, but the Seahawks will want to get him involved - you need make the new guy feel comfortable/welcomed. With Deion Branch gone back to New England, the Seahawks have Mike Williams and Golden Tate as their best two receivers (really, John Carlson is their best receiver but he's a TE so he doesn't count.) If I'm Pete Carroll I feed the ball to Lynch at least 20-25 times this week.
Mike Tolbert, RB, Chargers - I know that Ryan Mathews is getting healthy again. I know that he has better physical skills than Tolbert. I also know that Tolbert will get all the carries at the goal line, and that they will split carries about 50-50. If you would start Mathews, what's stopping you from plugging in Tolbert?
Felix Jones, RB, Cowboys - This may look like a no-brainer after last week, but he's not even owned in 100% of leagues, and starts in less than 50% (both Yahoo! and ESPN.) We all know he has the big play capability, and Dallas finally remembered that running ball is a part of a good offensive game plan.
Danny Ammendola, WR, Rams - I wrote about Ammendola in my Week 5 Overachievers/Underperformers post, and in case you forgot (or didn't read it) Ammendola was targeted an amazing 19 times last week. Mark Clayton is out for the year, so Ammendola will be seeing plenty of balls. He might be on this list every week going forward.
Santonio Holmes, WR, Jets - He looked pretty good for not being with the team for the first four weeks of the season. Add one more week, plus going against Denver's poor pass defense (Champ Bailey can't cover everybody) I think Holmes has a good game.
Others Buffers: Jabbar Gaffney, WR, Broncos; Kenny Britt, WR, Titans; Louis Murphy, WR, Raiders; BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, Patriots; Davone Bess, WR, Dolphins (especially in PPR leagues); and Brandon Jackson, RB, Packers.
Lastly, for those with Aaron Rodgers, who likely won't play this week, Shaun Hill is a good fill-in. Also, if you lost Jermichael Finley to injury, Mercedes Lewis, Tony Moeaki, or John Carlson would be good substitutes for the rest of the season.
Check back later this week for Week 6 Studs to Sit, plus my game picks for this week.
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