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Welcome back RotoBallers! The NFL season continues in Week 6 and we have a wonderful salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox!
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In this article, I will be providing you with my weekly fantasy football lineup picks on OwnersBox for the Sunday slate for Week 6. This contest is a SuperFlex contest, which means you have the option of playing two quarterbacks. Read my picks below, and then join us in this tournament as we battle it out for the cash prizes!
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OwnersBox Quarterback Picks
On OwnersBox, you have the option of starting two quarterbacks as this is a Superflex contest.
Taylor Heinicke, WAS ($6,100) - vs KC
No NFL team allows more fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks than Kansas City. Considering how much Washington's own defense struggles – it allows the second-most fantasy points to the position! – we could have us a good, old-fashioned shootout here.
Heinicke's had a weird season. He threw for 336 yards against the Giants. He threw three touchdowns against the Falcons. Then last week against the Saints, he completed under 50 percent of his passes for 248 yards and two picks.
But hey, you get a wild ride when you play Heinicke. He has 40-plus rushing yards in each of the past two weeks. He's not afraid to sling the ball anywhere. This Chiefs secondary has some holes and Heinicke has the tools to exploit that.
Carson Wentz, IND ($6,000) - vs HOU
It's been a pretty boring season for Wentz, who after three weeks had three touchdown passes.
However, he has four over the past two games and just threw for 402 yards against the Ravens. Now, Wentz has the perfect "carry the momentum over" game against the Texans, whose defense isn't allowing a ton of fantasy points to QBs. That's really only because of circumstances. Holding the Bills to field goals in a game where Buffalo would have pushed a lot harder if Davis Mills hadn't thrown for just 87 yards and led Houston to zero points, and then New England, where they picked off Mac Jones and held the rookie to one touchdown pass.
The Colts shouldn't hold Houston scoreless. Wentz is going to have to put some real effort into this one, and at this point, I trust him against this defense more than I trusted Mac Jones last week.
OwnersBox Running Back Picks
Khalil Herbert, CHI ($4,900) - vs GB
Another week and another back trying to lead this backfield as we await David Montgomery's return. Last week it was Damien Williams, who now finds himself on the COVID list.
Last week, Williams in the lead role saw 16 carries, resulting in 64 yards and a touchdown. He had three targets as well.
Herbert, meanwhile, saw a lot of work too in relief of Williams, with 18 carries for 75 yards while playing 53 percent of the snaps.
18 carries as a backup? And now he'll be starting? Play him at this salary just for the volume alone!
OwnersBox Wide Receiver Picks
Ja'Marr Chase, CIN ($7,000) - @ DET
Chase really intrigues me this week. Not only is he coming off of the best game of his career, catching six of his 10 targets for 159 and a score, but he's got a nice matchup this week against the Lions.
Detroit has allowed just eight passing touchdowns this year, but a lot of that has been because teams have been piling up the yards on the ground, and also because three of the five quarterbacks they've faced have been Jimmy Garoppolo, Justin Fields, and Kirk Cousins.
The Bengals either won't have Joe Mixon or will have a banged-up Mixon this week. Either lends to a larger role for the receivers this week.
Kadarius Toney, NYG ($5,000) - vs LAR
His questionable status as he deals with an ankle issue is worth monitoring and you definitely should worry about the return of Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton, but Jason Garrett the Giants can't just rebottle Toney, right?
He had 13 targets against Dallas, catching 10 passes for 189 yards. He probably won't see that same level of usage, but at just $5,000 and coming off of that explosive game where he had that many yards despite being guarded by Trevon Diggs most of the time, I think there's tremendous upside here. Sure, Toney's a rookie with an unproven track record who could bust, but I still think he's worth taking a chance on.
Sample Lineup
Here's a lineup I built using some of the players from this article:
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