Fantasy football managers are facing a six-team bye week. Bye-mageddon has arrived.
Six-team bye weeks are challenging, arduous, headache-inducing … and kind of fun?
There are plenty of lineup nightmares in weeks where we have a half-dozen teams on bye at once. But you are really playing the game of fantasy football at a time like this.
I provide my fantasy football rankings and tiers for Week 7 to help you navigate your start/sit lineup questions. Below we dive into a few notable players for the week.
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A.J. Dillon looked bad for the first four weeks of the season. But Dillon played well against the Raiders in Week 5 with Aaron Jones out with a hamstring injury, and now the Packers get a plum matchup against a Denver defense that’s giving up 5.9 yards per carry to running backs. Jones is expected back this week, but the Packers are known for being very conservative with their usage of players coming back from injury. Dillon always gets touches even when Jones is healthy anyway, and he could see more than his usual share. I have Dillon as a low-end RB2 this week and am well above consensus on him.
The Steelers’ Week 6 bye gave us a welcome respite from the weekly task of having to make lineup decisions involving Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren. I have Warren ranked one spot ahead of Harris this week, mainly because he’s more active as a pass catcher. The Steelers face the Rams, who rank 20th in DVOA against the run. It’s not a frightening matchup by any means, but Warren and Harris are still only high-end RB3s even in a six-team bye week.
-Pat Fitzmaurice
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