Studs to Sit - Week 6

Now is the time for making bold decisions. Especially if you sitting at 1-4 or 2-3. Look, the midpoint of the fantasy season is approaching (most leagues playoffs start either week 14 or 15) and now it officially time to evaluate your draft. You can't be the guy waiting for Beanie Wells to finally get going (which he will) or hoping Johnny Know will become a top 10 receivers (doubtful) or even thinking that Joe Flacco really is the sleeper we all thought would be. Hey, anything can happen the rest of the season, but if wait out on players that are not performing now it won't matter how well your guys play in weeks 11, 12, and 13 because you'll already be out of playoff contention. It's time to plug in some guys that are producing right now (see some the Overachievers or Bye-week Buffers from my last two post) and bench some guys you thought you would rely on. That leads us to this weeks Studs to Sit. Now remember, you may have no better option than to play some of these guys. As always, I will have examples of the caliber of player you could use to replace your Stud. If you do not have any of those guys (or other guys on your bench projected for good days) just plug in your Stud. Again, a Stud is defined as someone that has been steadily producing each week (i.e. Kyle Orton or Steven Jackson) or someone that was drafted high for their position (i.e. Randy Moss or Andre Johnson.)

Greg Jennings, WR, Packers - This one pains me personally because I have him in just about every league, but none the less Jennings is just not producing. Did you know that Jennings has 14 receptions (as the number 1 receiver for this team) and that Donald Driver has 25 and James Jones has 15. Jennings will now see more double teams as defenses will move safeties away from covering the Packers TEs (Jermichael Finely is out.) Look for Driver to have good numbers this week though, as Aaron Rodgers is now likely to play. If some some reason he doesn't I'd bench all Packers.

Suitable replacements: Danny Ammendola, Michael Crabtree

Any Giants WR not named Nicks - Over the past few weeks Hakeem Nicks has established himself as the number one WR for the Giants. Sorry for those of you that drafted Steve Smith and Mario Manningham before him, but Nicks is the guy.

Suitable replacements: The guys mentioned under Jennings, Pierre Garcon, Roy Williams

Hines Ward, WR, Steelers - Everyone seems to think that now that Big Ben is back the Ward will get really hot. I happen to think that the beneficiary of Roethlisberger's return is Mike Wallance and the Steelers run game. Please temper your exceptions for Ward.

Suitable replacements: The guys previously mentioned, Nate Washington

Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders and Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions - I'm not doctor, but as we saw with Andre Johnson, playing after injury hurts your production. Most guys return before being 100% (look at Larry Fitzgerald week 1) and they just aren't themselves. Sit these guys until they get back to full strength.

Suitable replacements: Michael Bush, Felix Jones

As a bonus item because this post was quite short, here are my game picks for this week:

Bears over Seahawks

Dolphins over Packers

Chargers over Rams

Ravens over Patriots

Giants over Lions

Falcons over Eagles

Steelers over Browns

Buccaneers over Saints (upset special)

Chiefs over Texans

Broncos over Jets (upset special #2)

Raiders over 49ers

Cowboys over Vikings

Colts over Redskins

Titans over Jaguars

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