2012 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Week 6

Author:
Athlon Sports
Publish date:
Oct 11, 2012

Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Carolina, Chicago, Jacksonville and New Orleans are on bye this week.

2012 NFL Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings — Quarterbacks


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Matt Ryan	ATL	vs. OAK	Ryan: 13 TDs, 3 INTs; Oakland pass D: 9 TDs, 0 INTs.
2	Aaron Rodgers	GB	at HOU	Texans No. 6 vs. pass (6 TD passes, 7 INTs).
3	Eli Manning	NYG	at SF	Put up 316-2-0 vs. 49ers in last season's NFC title game.
4	Peyton Manning	DEN	at SD (Mon.)	Averaging 338 yds (8 TDs, 0 INTs) over last three games.
5	Tom Brady	NE	at SEA	Hawks have already held Rodgers and Romo in check. Brady next?
6	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	at TEN (Thurs.)	Titans have allowed 12 TD passes, have just 3 INTs.
7	Matthew Stafford	DET	at PHI	Has 3 TDs, 4 INTs so far, compared to 11, 3 in 2011.
8	Robert Griffin III	WAS	vs. MIN	Cleared to practice (concussion), but monitor status closely.
9	Philip Rivers	SD	vs. DEN (Mon.)	Put up first 300-yard game (354-2-1) last week vs. Saints.
10	Michael Vick	PHI	vs. DET	Turnovers hurting team, his fantasy production.
11	Tony Romo	DAL	at BAL	Had bye week to put 5-INT Week 4 debacle behind him, hopefully.
12	Andrew Luck	IND	at NYJ	Rookie came up big (362-2-1, rush TD) in comeback win vs. Packers.
13	Joe Flacco	BAL	vs. DAL	Owners hope last week (187-0-1) vs. Chiefs is just a fluke.
14	Matt Schaub	HOU	vs. GB	Not very sharp (14-of-28, 209-1-1) vs. Jets on MNF.
15	Andy Dalton	CIN	at CLE	Went for 318-3-1 in Week 2 vs. Browns.
16	Christian Ponder	MIN	at WAS	Threw first two picks of season vs. Titans, 'Skins last in pass D.
17	Carson Palmer	OAK	at ATL	Falcons have been stronger against pass than run so far.
18	Alex Smith	SF	vs. NYG	Leads NFL in passer rating (108.7), put up 303-3 vs. Bills.
19	Kevin Kolb	ARI	vs. BUF	Bills allowing 29.0 fantasy points per game to QBs.
20	Josh Freeman	TB	vs. KC	Looking to get off to strong start coming off of bye.
21	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	at ARI	Struggled (126-0-1) vs. 49ers, Cardinals shouldn't be as tough.
22	Brandon Weeden	CLE	vs. CIN	Had best game so far (322-2-0) vs. Bengals in Week 2.
23	Sam Bradford	STL	at MIA	Looking for new top target with Amendola sidelined for a while.
24	Matt Hasselbeck	TEN	vs. PIT (Thurs.)	Hasn't been very sharp (393 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs) since taking over.
25	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	vs. STL	Has 2 TDs, 6 INTs so far. Rams have allowed 2 TDs w/ 8 INTs.
26	Russell Wilson	SEA	vs. NE	Could be in for another long afternoon against Pats pressure.