Take a look at Notjustagame.com’s week six picks. Stay tuned for even more extensive fantasy football coverage from now until the rest of the season. We are even in the works for starting a pod casting fantasy football show, that hopefully will debut very soon.

Overall Record: 46-28

Week Six Selections

Minnesota over Chicago
NY Giants over Dallas
Detroit over Carolina
Cincinnati over Tennessee
Kansas City over Washington
Atlanta over New Orleans
Jacksonville over Pittsburgh
Miami over Tampa Bay
Baltimore over Cleveland
Buffalo over NY Jets
Denver over New England
San Diego over Oakland
Seattle over Houston
Indianapolis over St. Louis

Deuce is out for the year, so common sense would be to scoop up Aaron Stecker or Antowain Smith. With the way the Saints have been playing, that may just be a wasted roster spot. Who else is worth considering this week?

Quarterbacks

Kyle Boller
Boller’s return is eminent. Anthony Wright has been way off the page the Ravens expected. Boller may not do any better, but at least there is hope. The Ravens season rides on how effective Boller is when he returns.

Byron Leftwich
A lot of leagues have Leftwich available, which makes no sense. He is battling injuries similar to McNabb. The offense never seems to light it up, but Leftwich is effective enough to be on fantasy rosters. If Matt Jones or Reggie Williams emerge before the end of the year, than Leftwich will be a solid starter.

Billy Volek
It’s approaching the danger zone for the Titans. Steve McNair has played alright, but there will become a time where the Titans have to make the decision. The future of their team involves Volek’s arm. He throws it deep probably as much as Marc Bulger, which is great for fantasy team.

Josh McCown
The validity of McCown over Warner is obvious. Both have one year contracts, and Warner’s age automatically pushes him out. Plain and simple. Also, McCown has played better within the offense. If there is any hope for the Cardinals to turn around their season, it’ll be because of McCown. All of that will have to be accomplished without a running game.

Running Backs

Aaron Stecker or Antowain Smith
Will the Saints scramble to live on Brooks arm, or try to fit one of these backs in? Both Stecker and Smith have started plenty of games in their career. They’ll likely split carries, which will make the Saints running back fantasy value a difficult choice.

Tatum Bell
His two long runs are worthy of taking another chance on Bell. Still, he split the exact amount of carries almost as Mike Anderson. It’s either one or the other that has the hot hand on a giving week. For the first time it looks like Mike Shanahan doesn’t want to ride one back.

Cedric Houston
With Derrick Blaylock out for the year and Curtis Martin battling veteran injuries, the opportunity for Houston is opening. He’ll now start to get five to seven carries, and anything past that is on Martin’s knees.

Wide Receivers

Antonio Bryant
Bryant is emerging rapidly as one of the best young receivers in the league. He is similar to Chad Johnson with his abilities, and has been making Trent Dilfer look like a Browns savior. Now that he is settled in with a team, Bryant will only continue to develop year by year.

Joe Jurevicious
For at least a month he has high fantasy value.. Peter Warrick is still learning the offense and Hasselbeck seems to have an easy going chemistry with Jureviciou. He is also a big target like Jeramy Stevens and get chances with his body leverage and height to make end zone plays.

Eric Parker
McCardell is hardly involved-with a few catches a game- while Parker has been dangling amongst the Chargers lineup since he entered the league. He is an alright receiver, that needs more looks by Brees. If you have McCardell it’d be better to swap for Parker.

Tis the season for making week five’s list of, you’ve got to be kidding me.

Quarterbacks

Aaron Brooks
It was time for the Packers to win a game. Brooks and the Saints showed exactly why they’ll always be the definition of mediocrity. The Saints will always lose the typical easy game, and play well against teams they shouldn’t. It has been going on since 2000, where they’ve finished at or near 8-8 every year.

Anthony Wright and Joey Harrington
Both were as horrible as can be, Sunday. Wright should adjust and add the following letters to his name after Wr, with the tabulation of “ong”. He is far from his days of looking as an okay quarterback back in 2003. There won’t be any teams that will give him an offer. Joey Harrington won without throwing over 100 yards. His story is growing old, fast.

Kyle Orton
The Bears had their game against the Browns, and self destructed in the fourth quarter. Kyle Orton needs to raise his level of play, as the Bears should be the division leaders of the horrible NFC North. Orton’s fumbled exchange late in the fourth quarter, showed that he can’t catch a break on or off the field.

Alex Smith
It got so pathetic, it looked like Smith was acting like he was playing a friendly neighborhood game in a park. He was just throwing it up for grabs like he didn’t have a care in the world. Another week like this and Rattay deserves another chance.

Running Backs

Ronnie Brown
He had an effective game, but fumbling the ball in a pivotal situation is going to be in Nick Saban’s head in the near future. The fact that Ricky Williams is returning, is hindsight, to expect Williams to get some rotation in the offense. Brown is steadily improving, and will be a great player soon.

Michael Pittman
The Buccaneers are going to look back at their loss against the Jets, as one of those games. Meaning what they could have had in better positioning for playoffs. What was missing was the rushing game with Carnell Williams. Pittman is more of a receiving back, and Griese showed once again that he can’t have the burden on his shoulders.

Tatum Bell
That’ll never happen again. Bell rolled up a couple of nice runs, to show that he is still alive. He only had 12 carries, so his overall day was definitely flooded by those two long runs. Don’t let the mirage fool you, until he shows some back to back capability. He has dotted the charts before.

JJ Arrington and Marcel Shipp
It’s officially bad, when the starting quarterback in Josh McCown is your team’s leading rusher for the game.

Wide Receivers

Marvin Harrison
It is official to say the Colts offense is more attentive to Edgerrin James? They’ve matured offensively because they can. The defense has been stout, and it’s made the offense more conventional. That could change in the growing months, but for now Harrison has been a disappointment.

Joe Jurevicious
Yes, the Rams secondary is that bad. The over the hill Jurevicious had one of those last veteran moments. He is a tall target, and somehow got wide open on almost every play. Darrell Jackson is going to be out for at least four weeks, and this may be the time to pickup a 30 day Jurevicious contract for your fantasy football team.

Terrell Owens
Guess he can’t match Moss as being a Cowboy killer every time out.

The waiver wire is opening up for those in need. In fact it’s likely at one of its peak levels for snatching players. If you have one or two bench warmers that you wouldn’t even consider inserting, than maybe now is the time to get rid of him.

Quarterbacks

Eli Manning
In the majority of leagues Manning went undrafted. Now he could turn around someone’s fantasy season that wound up with a questionable quarterback. The Giants are ringing up points every week, and it has a lot to do with Manning’s progressions in the off season. Manning may not keep up his great pace, but he’ll finish the rest of the year nicely.

Alex Smith
With Rattay being pushed to the bench, it’s Smith’s chance to showcase himself. Like the majority of rookie’s, he is going to likely struggle. Simply put, Smith will be a week to week project. Whether that project is fantasy worthy or not is up in the air. Rattay surprised people and was a legit consideration. If Smith can’t duplicate what Rattay left, than the wrong quarterback is out there.

Kelly Holcomb
Probably a great starter for three to four games. He is magical when the transition of being a backup to a starter occurs. He did it multiple times with Cleveland. Once he is handed the job officially as a starter though, is when the problems begin.

Running Backs

Chester Taylor
Jamal Lewis is off to a sloppy year, mainly due to the Ravens passing game. That use to never be an excuse for Lewis though.

Kevan Barlow
The 49ers seem to not give up on him. Last week they used Frank Gore less and when they did he fumbled. His fantasy value may have dropped even more with Smith being named starter, but he is a starting back.

Wide Receivers

Dante Hall
Last week he pulled a double whammy for leagues that give points for return yardage. Added with his okay receiving day and a touchdown as well, it was an above average game for Hall. Hall should creep up in the Chiefs passing department with his versatility.

Shaun McDonald
The time was coming for McDonald, and we almost posted McDonald up last week in the waiver wire. He left ASU as a junior, and that hurt his value on draft day. With Bulger airing it out so much, there is enough balls for all four of St. Louis’s major receivers. McDonald stood out last week, and did occasionally last season. Before long he may be the receiver teaming up with Torry Holt.

Eddie Kennison
For the amount of points the Chiefs usually score, it’s amazing that the Chiefs receivers seem to never be involved. The offense is so heavy on the rush and Tony Gonzalez, that the receivers rarely have big games. Kennison has looked alright thus far this season, but still may not be the answer as the number one receiver.

Tight Ends

Bob Scaife
The Titans are attacking with their tight ends, and Scaife is proving to be a valid option as fantasy tight end. If Drew Bennett and the Titans receivers can’t do it, might as well get all three tight ends the ball.

Which names fill the board on this week’s installment of, you’ve got to be kidding me?

Quarterbacks

Aaron Brooks
Qualifying as a fantasy starter will always be the term used for Brooks. That’s all Brooks will ever be is a qualifier, and never a full time starter. The Saints offense is back and forth with the way it presents itself on the field. Sunday they got a win thanks to a Bills offense that can’t score points. When the matchup presents itself, Brooks is an okay starter.

Brooks Bollinger
He looked afraid to do anything. Zero touchdowns and zero interceptions would back that up. Breaking out of his shell has to happen or Vinny will be in asap.

David Carr
A little bit better this week, but his body can’t take the pace of sacks he has been getting. For the offensive line to be the problem of the offense for this long, is ridiculous. No one will know Carr or this offenses ability until that gets resolved.

Joey Harrington
His failed attempt at the end of the Buccaneers game is just adding to the ever growing saga of Harrington’s losing career with the Lions. Summing up the game by saying, I’m tired of it, shows Harrington’s patience and confidence is drowning.

Running Backs

Carnell Williams
He was obviously slowed down by injury, as he was ineffective. The Buccaneers may want to rest him fully before they bring him back. His outstanding start to the year will allow him room for a full week off.

Fred Taylor
Eight carries for fourteen yards. Denver has erased thoughts of a bad season forming, after the opening week loss to Miami.

Julius Jones
The Raiders actually did a phenomenal job in shutting the running game down. Jones didn’t get on track until the second part of last season. He needs to break away from that trend, by starting now.

Chris Brown
With Travis Henry out of the equation, Brown’s opening of carries was expected. Instead he only carried the ball ten times for minimal yardage. Funny how things can turn for a back. Just a year ago Brown was crushing defenses.

Wide Receivers

Andre Johnson
You don’t want to blame him, but in fantasy football all that’s cared about is individual performances. His team is holding him back, but he needs to demand and get some throws his way.

Drew Bennett
Maybe Bennett and McNair just aren’t the right combination.

Michael Clayton
His great rookie year is being followed by the second year woes. Joey Galloway has been stealing the show entirely.

Lavernues Coles
Another poor week. One catch this time.

Donte Stallworth
Expecting Stallworth to step up like he did without Joe Horn was one of the most shocking stories of the weekend. Especially facing the Bills defense.

Complaining about certain running backs lack of production should be examined further. Around the league quarterbacks aren’t even giving their backs a chance to succeed. The booming rate of quarterbacks chucking the football over twenty five times a game is becoming the norm. There are plenty of factors for this. Some teams can’t run the football, others just abandon the run, and lots of secondaries are exposable to a rampant passing attack. Will this subside, or are running backs going to shoot down fantasy charts every week?

Out of the games on Sunday, fifty percent of the twenty six teams had quarterbacks that threw over thirty times. A top that list was, Marc Bulger, who set a record with 62 pass attempts. The quarterback can only do so much. It’s understandable that teams are opening up the offense more, but doing that leaves more room for error. Defenses are gearing to blitz all the time because they aren’t afraid of the run. The mind frame is just too get pressure on the quarterback and force a turnover.

You’re going to have obvious big plays in the passing game when a team is heavy on the pass. Those plays look great, but don’t overshadow the costly throws. Out of the quarterbacks that do throw the ball a lot, you’ll also see the same amount or more interceptions being thrown. Those interceptions more often than not lead to the opposing teams points. Having momentum usually always starts from a big defensive turnover. Kansas City can blame themselves or Trent Green for what happened against Philadelphia. The team was in sync until they went away from the run after a Larry Johnson fumble. When they went to the pass more, Trent Green was picked off by Sheldon Brown, which ignited the Eagles whole team.

In St. Louis, Mike Martz, is looking to be the first coach fired. His philosophy on play calling is at a level of risk that shouldn’t be applied to the NFL. He has two great backs but will never utilize their strengths. Marc Bulger’s career is in danger every pass he throws over the forty mark each game. Settling down the air attack has to happen. Regardless if they’re trying to mount a huge comeback, there are other ways. Mix in some runs, but don’t just throw the football every down from the third quarter on. If worse comes to worse like Sunday, let Bulger exit the game and give the backup some play. St. Louis is going to need it because Bulger will not survive the year like this. It wouldn’t be shocking to see him hurt on a play that he doesn’t get hit, because of the extra force he has had to put on his arm and body. Commanding a game isn’t all physical. Bulger has too be exhausted both physically and mentally for the double amount of thinking and passes he has been told to do.

Scoring is up in the NFL, and the barrage of big plays through the air is as well. While the backs that have been disappointing with their carries reduced has skyrocketed. It’s only four games deep into the season. Configuring a turnaround on the way games pan out should change, right? Overall the trend of passers will come down a bit, but not at the rate people would expect. The mode teams have put themselves into already is a pace that’ll be hard to get out of. Trying to adjust something that is working can throw off a team.

If there were any year to unload a back with high status for a quarterback, this is the year. No longer are the teams with the best combo backfield’s winning in fantasy football. It’s now shifted to the quarterback department, where consistency week to week has peaked. Teams with Donovan McNabb, Eli Manning, Marc Bulger, Carson Palmer, etc have got themselves off to a great start.