NFL Regular Season Week Six: Fantasy Football Rankings
This was the week that the fantasy football owners with Tom Brady have been waiting for as he plastered the Titans defense. Now that Brady and the boys are rollin', hopefully they will continue to produce strong fantasy numbers.
Below I have some observations from the sixth week of the regular season and how I see those points of interest playing out from a fantasy perspective.
2009 NFL Regular Season Week Six
Regular Season First Five Weeks
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Fantasy Football Regular Season Week Six Notes:
Tom Brady Throws Five Touchdowns in the Second Quarter
While the game didn't start out hot for Tom Brady , he went wild in the second quarter with five touchdown passes. No quarterback had ever thrown five touchdowns in a single quarter of an NFL game until Brady today.
This is just one more record for Brady, as he has had a truly fabulous hall of fame career.
Brady would add one more touchdown pass at the start of the second half of the game and then took the rest of the day off.
Randy Moss and Wes Welker both had multi-touchdown games, and it now looks like the Patriots offense is ready to roll.
Joe Flacco and Ray Rice Lead Comeback
No one could blame fantasy football owners that benched Ray Rice in this game, that is if they had good options. The Vikings' defense has been great against the run for years, and they are very stingy on giving up rushing touchdowns.
Sure, one would figure Rice would get some love in the passing game, but who would have thought he would put this game together?
For the game, Rice had 77 yards rushing and 117 yards receiving with two rushing touchdowns.
His fellow teammate had maybe an even more impressive game as quarterback Joe Flacco . For the game Flacco had 385 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.
It is clear to see that Flacco will be a future relevant fantasy quarterback at some point. Right now he is a decent bye week fill-in player, but not a weekly starter.
Texans Go Off
Andre Johnson and running back Steve Slaton both went over 100 yards receiving in this game. While it is always impressive to have two players go over a 100 yards in a game, Schaub's 392 passing yards and four touchdowns top those efforts.
It's clear to see that the Texans are going to be a full-on passing team for this entire season. The running game struggled again as Slaton was benched in the fourth quarter for fumbling the football.
Expect the Texans to lean on their quarterback to win football games from here on out.
NFL Fantasy Football Information writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com
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