HOT + NOT For Week 6 Fantasy Football

Week 6 Hot and Not

If you are in need of a HOT fantasy football player these Top Hot players for the week should help you out if they’re in your lineup. They may also be free agents on your waiver wire.

If you need to dump a lame duck on your team, these NOTS should be them. Throw em in the trash if you can afford to not have them on your bench. Fantasy Football always favors the prepared mind.

The more research you do, and the more HOT players you have to choose from on your team, the better your odds are of winning your fantasy football league outright this year.

After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our waiver wire column, studs and duds, a who’s hot, and who’s not report plus more in our fantasy football guide.

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There was defiantly a lot of Heat in Week 5 of the NFL.  Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers absolutely lit it up this week – surprising considering that San Diego, New Orleans, Green Bay, and Chicago all had the week off.

A ton of 300+ yard passers and a ridiculous amount of 2 TD games for wideouts makes this article easy to write.

Excuse me if this article mirrors the Studs and Duds column that I wrote on Monday – the numbers dictate what I write.

HOT

1. Peyton Manning – Indianapolis – I know that I sound like a broken record, but what the hell else am I going to do??  Maybe write a separate “Scorching” column for Manning.  5 consecutive 300+ yard games to start the season has Peyton looking like a fixture in this column.

2. Ben Roethlisberger – Pittsburgh – Another 3 TD’s on Sunday – Ben has his team working on all cylinders right now.  Worries about a soft Offensive Line have been put to rest and Ben is throwing with confidence and accuracy worthy of an MVP (if it wasn’t for Peyton Manning).

3. Kyle Orton – Denver – 7 TD’s this season so far and only 1 interception – Orton has his team believing.  With Knowshon Moreno running the ball with confidence and Brandon Marshall shutting his mouth and doing his job, there is no reason for Kyle not to continue his Hot play.

4. Rashard Mendenhall  -Pittsburgh – Maybe all coaches could learn something from Mike Tomlin.  Call out your supposed stars and good things will happen.  After Tomlin’s Week 3 tongue lashing, Mendenhall has rushed for 242 yards and 3 TD’s in 2 games.  Willie Parker seems to be a thing of the past in Pittsburgh.

5. Ronnie Brown – Miami – Great game on National Television Monday Night  – The Fins pulled out all of the stops – and Brown was the star.  Such a fun offense to watch – all centered around getting Ronnie the ball.  As long as Miami continues to create dynamic ways to utilize Brown, and he delivers like he did against the Jets – he will remain HOT!

6. Cedric Benson – Cincinnati – Comeback player of the year – hands down.  Benson has managed to navigate some of the toughest run Defenses in the NFL and has helped his team to the division lead.  Week 5 saw Benson become the 1^st 100 yard rusher allowed by the Ravens in 30+ games.  The Work Horse doesn’t seem to be slowing down – that’s for sure!

7. Ray Rice – Baltimore – A true multi-purpose Back who’s rushing totals almost mirror his receiving ones.  Week 4, Rice had 152 combined yards, Week 5, 143 combined yards.  That’s Hot!!

8. Steve Smith – NY Giants – As hot as they come in the NFL – Smith has averaged just over 7 catches and 96 yards in the Giants 1^st 5 games.  He has also found the end zone 4 times.  With 2 certain shoot-outs coming up against New Orleans and Arizona, Smith will be called upon often.

9. Brandon Marshall – Denver – HOT!!  Marshall seems to be willing his team to victory and after a rocky start to the season – he appears to be rounding into form and re-establishing himself as one of the elite pass catchers in the game.  Marshall has scored 4 TD’s in the last 3 games and is delivering huge grabs when the game is on the line.  You don’t have to like Marshall, but you do have to appreciate his talent and obvious love for the game.

10. Larry Fitzgerald – Arizona – It seems that the bye week is what Fitz needed in order to refocus.   Although he hasn’t been that bad this season, his #s were more like a 2^nd tier Wideout.  Week 5 changed all of that – 5 catches, 79 yards and 2 TD’s are more like the numbers we expect from Larry.  Games against Seattle and the Giants will prove how Hot Fitzgerald really is.

11. Heath Miller – Pittsburgh – 13 catches, 124 yards and 3 tds. in the last 2 games for this emerging Stud Tight End.  Games against Cleveland and Minnesota won’t slow him down as long as Big Ben remains Hot!

Honorable mention – Matt Hasselbeck (welcome back – we missed you) : Donovan McNabb (Ditto) : Matt Ryan : Adrian Peterson : Michael Turner : Roddy White : Miles Austin : Jeremy Maclin

NOT

1. JaMarcus Russell – Oakland – Bust of the Century!!  I can’t talk about him anymore.

2. Derek Anderson – Cleveland – 2 completions for 23 yards?  You gotta be kidding me.  Nothing in the Cleveland organization is Hot – not even their cheer leaders!

3. Trent Edwards – Buffalo – I feel sorry for you Bills fans.  Edwards has more interceptions than he does TD’s so far this year.   In the last 2 games (against Miami and Cleveland), he has managed only 1 td. and 4 interceptions!  That’s Not Hot.

4. Larry Johnson – Kansas City – When will the coaching staff get it and move on from the train wreck named Larry Johnson?  Johnson’s highest output of the season came in week 2 – 78 yards on 24 carries.  Add in the fact that he still hasn’t scored a td. this season and there is only one conclusion – LJ is Not Hot.

5. Oakland RB’s – Teams are not scared of JaMarcus Russell AT ALL and unless he demonstrates the ability to throw the ball down field, opposing Defenses will have an east time bottling up Oakland’s ground game.  And for that reason I don’t see the situation in Oakland heating up any time soon.

6. Fred Jackson – Buffalo – What the hell happened to Fred Jackson?  A threat to run and catch in the first 3 week has been virtually silent since.  A 68 combined yard effort in Week 4 and a 47 combined yard showing in Week 5 makes Fred Jackson Fantasy irrelevant.

7. Marion Barber – Dallas – After sitting out Week 3, Barber returned with a 41 yard effort against Denver and he managed only 53 yards against the woeful Chiefs.  With Felix Jones possible returning after the Week 6 bye and with Tashard Choice earning more playing time as the better Back, Barber’s Hot days might be over.

8.  Buffalo WR’s – See a Not Hot pattern here?  Buffalo is a BAD team!  Terrell Owens had a season high 4 catches in Week 5 – A SEASON HIGH 4 grabs!  Lee Evans isn’t even in the same area code as the rest of the team.  If you start any Buffalo Offensive player, you deserve to lose.

9. Randy Moss – New England – After a great Week 3 game, Moss has only manage a combined 4 catches in the next 2.  Moss’ inconsistent play clearly makes him worthy of the Not Hot list don’t you think?

10. Roy Williams – Dallas – Maybe sounds a bit unfair to have him here considering he didn’t play this week, but the combination of ineffectiveness, injury, and the emergence of new weapons in Dallas leaves a lot of doubt whether or not Williams will regain his starting role for his team.

Honorable Mention goes mostly to players on teams with a bye (and who were mentioned in last week’s Hot and Not).

Drew Brees – shouldn’t continue, LaDainlian Tomlinson – should continue, and all Bears WR’s.