NFL Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Week 6

Here are my Week 6 fantasy football quarterback rankings. Remember, Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, and Cincinnati are on bye.

1. Philip Rivers @ St. Louis

2. Peyton Manning @ Washington

3. Aaron Rodgers vs. Miami

4. Eli Manning vs. Detroit

5. Tony Romo @ Minnesota

6. Drew Brees @ Tampa Bay

7. Tom Brady vs. Baltimore

8. Matt Schaub vs. Kansas City

9. Jay Cutler vs. Seattle

10. Joe Flacco @ New England

11. Michael Vick vs. Atlanta

12. Kyle Orton vs. New York Jets

13. Matt Ryan @ Philadelphia

14. Ben Roethlisberger vs. Cleveland

15. Donovan McNabb vs. Indianapolis

16. Brett Favre vs. Dallas

17. Mark Sanchez @ Denver

18. Alex Smith vs. Oakland

19. Sam Bradford vs. San Diego

20. Josh Freeman vs. New Orleans

Inside the numbers:

Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion at the end of the Packers game. Obviously, this is a situation to monitor for Rodgers and the rest of the Packers’ offense.
Speaking of concussions, there obviously isn’t a quarterback controversy in Chicago. If Cutler is good to go, I look for the Chicago passing game to get back on track against a Seattle defense yielding 302 passing yards per game.
Michael Vick may be motivated to return to play against Atlanta. Revenge can be a powerful thing. If he’s cleared to play, he’s a fantasy starter.
Kyle Orton passed the test against Baltimore. There’s no way I can consider him anything but a weekly starter at this point.
I’d actually prefer it if Big Ben had a tougher opponent in terms of his fantasy potential. I can see Tomlin and the Steelers ease Ben into action, leaning on Rashard Mendenhall against a Cleveland team allowing 120 ypg on the ground.
Alex Smith does not have a firm grasp on his job, but is a decent start this week against an Oakland team that has allowed 10 passing TDs already.

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