Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Week 6: Making the Call on Fantasy Football Fringe Starters

It’s Week 6, which means it’s officially time to freak out over your team’s record.

You’re not out of the playoff hunt yet, but the time to start making the right decisions begins now. Week 5 saw a lot of breakout performances from the likes of Marcus Mariota, Sammie Coates and Jordan Howard. It also saw a lot of duds—I’m looking at you, John Brown.

The waiver-wire pool of talent is shallow at this point in the season, so as a fantasy owner, relying on your bench’s talent is a must. Here, we’ll examine the top fringe players who should be in your starting lineup in Week 6 as well as those who deserve to ride the bench for another week. 

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Start ’em: Marcus Mariota, QB, Tennessee Titans

We’ve been waiting for a breakout game from Mariota, and we finally got it. Scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season in Week 5 against the Miami Dolphins, the second-year signal-caller out of Oregon showed his versatility as a multidimensional quarterback.  

Throwing for 163 yards isn’t much to brag about, but combined with his 60 rushing yards and four total touchdowns (three pass, one rush), Mariota shined. 

Weeks 1-4: 46.2 fantasy pointsWeek 5: 30.52 fantasy pointsMarcus Mariota runs off with Player of the Week honors.https://t.co/yNBT8FFGaL pic.twitter.com/bePnZeqzIZ

— NFL Fantasy Football (@NFLfantasy) October 11, 2016

Going up against the Cleveland Browns in Week 6 should be a cakewalk for Mariota, as Cleveland has given up the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks so far this season, according to Yahoo Sports. 

Furthermore, just look what Tom Brady did to the Browns this past weekend. I’m not saying Mariota is Brady by any means, but you have to feel that Mariota can at least throw for a couple of scores and scramble around for 30-plus yards against a subpar defense, right?

Give Mariota the keys to your offense this week.

Sit ’em: Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego Chargers

It’s not even Philip Rivers’ fault. injuries, bad coaching and plain bad luck have ruined the Chargers’ season already. Rivers is a top passer in the NFL; not many fans or pundits will argue with that. But once Keenan Allen and Danny Woodhead went down for the season, it was time to be realistic.

Who was he going to throw the ball to?

Philip Rivers is a Hall of Famer. It’s so sad the Chargers wasted it.

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