Week 6 Pickups

 

WR Mike Williams- Tampa Bay

Percent owned (ESPN): 35.4%

No idea why he’s not universally owned. In 4 games, he has 19 catches for 238 yards and 3 scores. He’s Josh Freeman’s favorite target and since he’s a rookie, he’s only going to get better as the year goes on.

WR Danny Amendola- St. Louis

Percent owned (ESPN): 11.3%

Amendola had 21 catches for 208 yards as St. Louis’ #2 coming into week 5, but with Mark Clayton going down early in the game, Amendola exploded for 12 catches for 95 yards in his absence. Clayton is reportedly done for the year.

WR Deion Branch- New England

Percent owned (ESPN): 3.3%

Branch is going back to New England. He knows their offense. He knows Tom Brady. They paid a 4th round pick for him so it seems like they really wanted him, which indicates that they plan on featuring him in their explosive offense.

WR Jabar Gaffney- Denver

Percent owned (ESPN): 19.3%

Gaffney is worth owning as the #2 receiver on one of the most explosive passing offenses in the league. He’s caught 31 balls for 337 yards and a score in 5 games.

WR Mike Thomas- Jacksonville

Percent owned (ESPN): 6.0%

Thomas has been the Jaguars best receiver this year catching 21 passes for 258 yards. He’s not amazing, but he’s consistent and he’s young so he has upside.

RB Mike Hart- Indianapolis

Percent owned (ESPN): 0.4%

Joseph Addai and Donald Brown could both miss next week’s game against Washington. Mike Hart would be the lead back in their absence. Indy doesn’t run a ton, but Hart wouldn’t really have anyone to steal his carries and he’s a good pass catcher in Indy’s pass heavy scheme. The 3rd year former 6th round pick out of Michigan rushed 11 times for 50 yards and a score in relief of Addai week 5.

 

WR Brandon Tate- New England

Percent owned (ESPN): 18.9%

Someone has to take over Randy Moss’ role in New England. If not Branch, then Tate, an electrifying 2009 3rd round pick out of North Carolina, seems like the favorite to do so.

WR Roy Williams- Dallas

Percent owned (ESPN): 37.0%

He’s alive!!! Roy Williams has seemingly finally come back to life in Dallas’ offense with 15 catches for 257 yards and 3 scores in his last 3 games.

WR Anthony Armstrong- Washington

Percent owned (ESPN): 0.3%

Armstrong is an undrafted rookie receiver, but he’s 27. He could leap frog Joey Galloway on the depth chart very soon and he’s a very talented receiver with 4 catches for 141 yards and a score in the last 2 weeks.

TE Benjamin Watson- Cleveland

Percent owned (ESPN): 4.6%

He has 23 catches for 230 yards and a score this year and has been Cleveland most…er only consistent target. You could do a lot worse with your tight end in a deep league.

TE Tony Moeaki- Kansas City

Percent owned (ESPN): 6.1%

In 4 games, he has 16 catches for 173 yards and 2 scores. He’s a rookie so he’ll better as the year goes on and Matt Cassel loves checking down to his tight end. Again, you could do a lot worse with your tight end in a deep league.

TE Andrew Quarless- Green Bay

Percent owned (ESPN): 0.0%

Really digging deep, but Quarless caught 4 passes for 51 yards after coming in for the injured Jermichael Finley and the injured Donald Lee week 5. Finley and Lee are both out for at least this week and possibly longer. Quarless is a talented tight end and should be fantasy ownable simply because he is a starter in Green Bay’s explosive offense.

 

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