With all but one game in the books for Week 6 (Bills at Jets on MNF), we’ve come across some new revelations. Now, we’re several games under our belts and we’re past the initial excitement of thinking a team can win the Super Bowl after starting 2-0, or thinking a team is dead when it’s 0-2. Now, our fantasy teams are taking shape and just think: after next week we will have played half of the fantasy season! The truth is that there are still players that we are not even thinking about right now that will help us on this journey, but now let’s take a look at those who are getting it done for our teams now and those who are not .

STOCK OUT

Caleb Williams, QB, Bears

Is Williams finally at the point where he’s a weekly starter in fantasy? I say yes and it appears that on a day where he completed 23 of 29 passes for 226 yards, four touchdowns and an interception, he also added 56 rushing yards on four carries. This was good enough to be QB1 in fantasy for Week 6 (MNF pending). To be fair, it was against the Jaguars defense, which everyone ripped off, but he has completed 74% of his passes, thrown seven touchdowns and one interception in his last three games (QB8 in that span). The Bears have a bye in Week 7, but will return to face the Commanders and Cardinals, two teams in the bottom twelve that defend quarterbacks in fantasy. Williams and the Bears’ offense is finally clicking, all of his playmakers are involved and he’s showing why he was the top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

JK Dobbins, RB, Chargers

Dobbins has had a nice comeback season so far, but now he’s entering territory he’s never been in since playing in the NFL. Dobbins had a career-high 25 carries in Week 6 against the Broncos, which he turned into 96 yards and a touchdown, good for RB12 with MNF pending. With Gus Edwards on the IR, Dobbins has taken on the role of a workhorse and has done quite well with it. Kimani Vidal was active, but only hit 4-11-0 in the run game. His biggest play came on a 38-yard touchdown reception, but it seems more likely at this point that he’ll be used as someone to spell Dobbins. In the coming weeks, the Chargers have the Cardinals (a bottom-six team that defends fantasy running backs) and the Saints who just got run over by the Bucs’ running backs. Expect Dobbins to remain one of the fantasy steals of 2024.

Sean Tucker, RB, Buccaneers

Even if it’s one game, how can we ignore someone who just had 192 yards and two TDs (RB1 in Week 6 with MNF pending) on ​​17 touches? We can’t do that. I know Rachaad White will be back, but the Bucs haven’t come close to this type of production yet this season. To be fair, the Bucs staff has attended a lot more practices this season (I was zeroed, surprise, surprise) and saw who they deemed eligible to get touches in the backfield. I’m not suggesting you go out and blow your FAAB on Tucker. If anything, Tucker’s performance will make the Bucs’ backfield even more confusing from a fantasy perspective. With Bucky Irving also finding success (16 touches, 105 yards and a touchdown) in White’s absence, it will be interesting to see what the Bucs’ backfield looks like moving forward.

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STOCK DOWN

Calvin Ridley, WR, Titans

Ridley has been on a milk carton for weeks, but somehow he has avoided this column. Well, that was a mistake. Ridley is coming off an outing in which he failed to catch any of his eight targets. He entered Week 6 having caught two of six targets for 14 yards in his two previous games. It’s not entirely on him (or even close to it), as Will Levis has just one game with over 200 passing yards this season. In Week 6 against the Colts’ 26th-ranked passing defense, Levis managed just 95 passing yards. With games against Buffalo, Detroit and New England on the schedule, it may be wise to bench him. I wouldn’t go so far as to drop Ridley just in the event of a quarterback change, but at this point he looks like a wasted pick.

Amari Cooper, WR, Browns

It was another disappointing performance in Week 6 for Cooper, who once again failed to score more than 10 fantasy points. The last time he did that was Week 3 against a weak Giants secondary. This week, against the Eagles, marked the first time Cooper didn’t see at least eight goals in a game, which would have been the reason to keep starting him. Going forward, he’s a high-risk starter at best, as Deshaun Waston and the Browns’ offense simply doesn’t have the answers to move the ball consistently. At this point, Cooper’s best chance to reach his ceiling might be to get traded. That’s a spitball comment, I’m not saying I know anything. Start or sit Cooper based on your options and the matchup.

George Pickens, WR, Steelers

While Pickens is a top-tier playmaker who has great body control when going to the ball, fantasy numbers haven’t registered. Despite scoring 7.3 goals per game this season, Pickens has failed to exceed 60 receiving yards in four of six games this season. He also only has two games this season in which he has more than five catches. The Steelers have Arthur Smith as their offensive coordinator, so it should come as no surprise that Pickens isn’t part of some high-flying passing attack. However, it is an effective offense when it comes to moving the ball upfield (between the 20s) with Justin Fields leading the unit. Pickens simply won’t get the chance to put up big fantasy numbers with lower passing volume. Yet he is a player who is good enough to qualify for your flexible position every week.