With our Week 6 games behind us, we are just about halfway through the 2019 fantasy football regular season and you should have a pretty good idea of where your team stands in your leagues. If you find yourself at 6-0, you should probably start preparing your team for the playoff push by adding your handcuffs and even consider setting up your team with a DST with a good playoff schedule. If you are closer to a fringe playoff team, you need to do everything you can to get through the bye week gauntlet with as many wins as you can. And if you are at the bottom of the league, it may already be too late, but you should keep trying to grab the best waiver players that you can to help your team get through the bye weeks, keeping in mind that your opponents have to struggle with bye weeks just like you.
For the second straight week, there are four teams on bye, but this week is a bit more difficult, with the Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Brown all off. The following are the best “adds” and “drops” for Week 7.
To be considered as a possible “add,” they need to be owned in less than 60 percent of ESPN leagues. The drops on this list are by no means must-drop, but rather they are droppable.
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QB/RB Adds
Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills 47.6%)
Josh Allen and the Bills had a bye in Week 6, but starting in Week 7, Allen faces Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland and then Miami again. So far this season, only the Patriots have held Allen under 200 passing yards and this is due to the fact that he was not able to play the whole game due to injury. Not only is Allen dangerous in the passing game, but he is also a threat on the ground. Through five weeks, Allen already has three rushing touchdowns and 158 rushing yards.
Kirk Cousins, QB, Minesota Vikings (26.4%)
Cousins got off to a slow start, but after back-to-back games of at least 300 yards and two touchdowns, things have gotten back on track. Over the next three weeks, the Vikings face the Lions, Redskins and Chiefs, which could provide Cousins the opportunity to put up some more big performances.
Ronald Jones, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (57.1%)
In Week 6, Jones was only on the field for 13 snaps, which was his lowest since Week 2. This low snap count was due mostly to the fact that the Buccaneers trailed for the majority of the game and Dare Ogunbowale, the primary pass catching back, was on the field for the majority of the snaps. The Buccaneers are on bye in Week 7, but following the bye Jones will be a useful bye week fill-in.
Jamaal Williams, RB, Green Bay Packers (1.6%)
Prior to his Week 4 injury, the Packers were committed to having a more balanced spread of touches between Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams. In his first game back from the injury, this is still true. If this usage continues, Williams has RB2 upside during bye weeks and beyond.
Chase Edmonds, RB, Arizona Cardinals (22.6%)
For the second straight week, Chase Edmonds has scored a touchdown on his limited touches as the second RB on the Cardinals. His usage may be limited, but his snaps and touches have increased nearly every week this season. Edmonds has also been fairly productive with his touches, averaging 6.7 yards per carry and 9.5 yards per reception so far this season. With the number of plays that the Cardinals run, Edmonds will be worth flex consideration during bye weeks and offers upside if Johnson is to miss any time.
Malcolm Brown, RB, LA Rams (58.9%)
After watching his usage decrease week after week, Malcolm Brown was a drop candidate last week during the waiver period. This all changed with the late week news that Gurley was likely to miss the game. Brown may not have had his most productive game in Week 6, but his usage showed that he is the handcuff to own on the Rams.
Benny Snell, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers (1.6%)
In past seasons, the Steelers have relied primarily on a single running back. This season, however, they have approached their backfield with more of a committee approach. With Jaylen Samuels expected to miss multiple weeks, Benny Snell will see a decent split of the touches. In Week 6, Snell saw 48% of the offensive snaps and had 18 touches for 89 yards. While garbage time inflated his numbers a bit, he could still be a bye week flex option without Samuel in the lineup.
Pass Catcher Adds
Robby Anderson, WR, New York Jets (59.5%)
Due to the revolving door at the QB position on the Jets, Anderson has gotten off to a very slow start to the season. With Darnold back under center for the first time since Week 1, Anderson had his first 100-yard game of the season and added a touchdown. The Jets do play the Patriots in Week 7, so I would be hesitant to start Anderson, but following that the schedule opens up a bit and Anderson could give you the push to the playoffs that your team needs.
John Brown, WR, Buffalo Bills (59.1%)
Through the first six weeks of the season, John Brown ranks 20th in air yards at the wide receiver position, with 531 air yards. This is 242 more air yards than Cole Beasley, who has the second-most on the Bills. Even though Brown has nearly twice as many air yards as Beasley, he has just about 100 more receiving yards. If Brown is able to convert more of his targets into receptions after his bye, he will be a weekly starter on your team.
Corey Davis, WR, Tennessee Titans (46.8%)
Corey Davis has had a slow start to the season, but he still leads the wide receivers in targets and receptions. He has only had one game with over 50 receiving yards and only one touchdown. In the Titans Week 6 loss to the Broncos, he was only targeted once with Mariota under center. After Tannehill replaced Mariota, Davis was targeted four more times and had three receptions. If Tannehill is to take over as the starter, Davis could benefit greatly and is worth a stash on your roster.
Mohamed Sanu, WR, Atlanta Falcons (47.1%)
Mohamed Sanu leads the Falcons wide receivers in snaps and is second in targets so far this season. The biggest problem with Sanu is that he is not getting any touchdowns. He only has one touchdown, while Ridley and Jones both have four. Sanu’s usage makes him a reasonably safe bye week flex fill-in, but until the touchdowns start to come, plugging Sanu into your lineup will not feel great.
Auden Tate, WR, Cincinatti Bengals (47.1%)
Since Week 3, Tate has been on the field for at least 89% of the snaps and has had at least six targets. With so many injuries to the other wide receivers on the team, Tate has emerged as a favorite of Dalton and should continue to provide fantasy owners a startable option in the coming weeks, should Green continue to miss time.
Hunter Henry, TE, Los Angeles Chargers (54%)
Hunter Henry did not disappoint in his first action since Week 1. Henry was able to catch eight of his nine targets for 100 yards andtwo touchdowns. In Week 7, the Chargers take on the Tennessee Titans, who have allowed an opposing tight end to score a touchdown in 4-of-6 weeks so far this season.
Ricky Seals-Jones, TE, Cleveland Browns (1.7%)
In Week 6, Ricky Seals-Jones was on the field for 68% of the offensive snap, leading the tight end group. RSJ is fifth on the team in targets and has caught 7-of-12 targets for 143 yards and two touchdowns. The Browns are on bye in Week 7, so you can probably wait until Week 8 to add RSJ. But if you have any roster flexibility, he should be considered as a speculative stash for a position that is getting thinner each week.
Drops
QB: Case Keenum
RB: Giovani Bernard, Dion Lewis
WR: James Washington, Paul Richardson
TE: Will Dissly, Trey Burton
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