Week 6 In Fantasy Was A Wild One

Week 6 was bound to give fantasy owners fits. A few of you will even be heading to Radio Shack to buy replacement television remotes for the one’s you threw against the wall this Sunday. You know, when Ray Rice single-handedly sank your team this week with his monster game against the league’s best run defense. That’s when I threw mine. Or when Donovan McNabb forgot he was playing the lowly Oakland Raiders, and you benched Drew Brees against a stout Giants defense. Or perhaps when you played Sammy Morris as your flex RB, not realizing Bill Bellichick decided he’d go with phony Maroney this week instead. Those are just a few of the things my team’s faced, and no doubt all of you reading this have had similar tales to tell and can identify with the frustrations of fantasy football. I am not immune to bad choices and second guessing myself. I benched Drew Brees in favor of Aaron Rodgers in one league, because I figured Rodgers to face a more favorable defense. This is where some of us who take this “game” too seriously need to remember that it is indeed a game, and find our inner calm. Besides we have week 7 to plan for.

This weekend was a fantasy explosion for all things New England Patriots. The team was up 59-0 in the third, before Brady left for a back-up QB. If you owned and played Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Laurence Maroney or the team towel boy you probably won your game this week. If you had any Tennessee Titans (not named Chris Johnson) on your active roster, well, you get the picture. Brady threw 6 TD passes, and the team rushed for 3 more. So my advice this week is, Sell High! You’ve just seen the best any of these guys will do all season. Trade them for studs who already have their bye weeks in the rearview mirror. The biggest surprise here was Laurence Maroney rushing for 123 yards and a TD. Does this mean he’s back to being the team’s number one guy? What happened to Sammy Morris? Is Maroney even worth picking up? The honest answer to all these questions is, who the heck knows? No coach plays their cards closer to the vest than Bill Bellchick. In fact, I’d guess he has his cards sown to his chest. Perhaps the most intriguing plus of the day, was 5th string RB BenJarvis Green-Ellis who had 78 total yards of his own. What is known is Sammy Morris was carted off in the first quarter with a knee injury and did not return. Hence, Maroney got the ball. If Morris is not seriously hurt, he could be the team’s go-to-guy again moving forward. So don’t sell your soul trying to get Maroney.