Fantasy Football Week 6: Four Players You Must Give Up On

Except for Calvin Johnson, NFL players have productive weeks, and not-so-productive weeks. That's expected.

What's not expected, however, is the every-week dud that drags your team to the bottom of the ranks. 

Back in August when you sat down to draft your championship team, undoubtedly you picked a couple of those duds. It's time to be dud-free.  

I'm here to help. Over the next few minutes, together, we can get you to click that "drop" button and feel okay about it.

Lie down.

Let's get started.

Boldin Bottomed Out

I have all the respect in the world for Anquan Boldin. He's as tough as they come. Unfortunately, toughness and productivity don't go hand-in-hand in the NFL.

Boldin got off to a fantastic start. Literally.

In the Baltimore Ravens' first game, first drive, Boldin recorded his first touchdown. I remember standing at my kitchen sink watching the play being full of regret that I didn't draft Boldin.

Since that first game/drive/touchdown, Boldin has been a dud.  

He's put up an average of 49 yards per game with no touchdowns. And there's nothing to suggest the aging wide receiver is going to improve.

Last year, Boldin averaged only 52 yards per game. 

There are younger, more productive wideouts on the waiver wire. Seek help elsewhere.

Orton Is Over

In the first half against the San Diego Chargers, Kyle Orton completed 6 of 13 passes for 34 yards and an interception. The Denver Broncos found themselves face-to-face with a 23-10 deficit going into halftime. 

Orton's stats in the first half read like one bad drive in a game, not stats for an entire half of football. Orton was not going to produce.

Head coach John Fox agreed.

Fox tapped Tim Tebow for the second half of play. Tebow responded well.  

Tebow gives Denver what Orton simply cannot—hope. Tebow is a mediocre passer and an excellent runner; Orton is just a mediocre passer.

The Broncos travel to Miami to face the Dolphins after the bye week. Perhaps Fox and the Broncos should leave Orton there, where he should've been traded during the off-season.

Either way, you should drop him off at the closest waiver wire.

Dallas Is Done

Dallas Clark hasn't recorded more than four catches or 50 yards in a game this season. His combined totals for the year are what owners had in mind Clark would deliver each week—136 yards and a touchdown.  

After five weeks of play, Clark can be safely placed on the waiver wire and stored until next year.

You know, the whole Peyton Manning neck thing. When Manning resurfaces, so will Clark.

See you next year.

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dustin

Before Sunday's game against the New England Patriots, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan swore an allegiance to the ground game. 

He was serious. The Jets ran the ball on half of their plays.

Dustin Keller saw his role go from receiver to blocker and his single catch for 7 yards was proof that the Jets intend to get back to the ground game.

With the league rich at the tight-end position, Keller can be dropped in all formats.