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11th Oct 2023

Week 6 Must Start & Sit Your Ass Down

Brace yourselves for a Week 6 extravaganza as Sweet T dishes out the boldest #FantasyFootball wisdom that could rival a heavyweight showdown! From the gridiron giants to the "Could you be any less useful?" candidates, we're hitting you with the hard facts and a generous dash of personality.

#BeastModeOn: Justin Fields is rewriting the touchdown playbook, DJ Moore's racking up more yards than a highway sign, and Adam Thielen is the shining star in a cloudy sky. If you're not putting these rock stars in your lineup, you're doing fantasy wrong!

#BenchwarmersBeware: Damien Pierce is still searching for the end zone like it's Narnia, and Deebo Samuel is MIA in the playbook. These guys are as out of place as a penguin in the Sahara – it's time to give them a rest.

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Week 6 Must Start | Sit Your Ass Down

Welcome back Islanders. I'm Sweet T and today we're going to talk about our must starts and our must sit your ass on the bench So I'm just gonna go ahead and get into it with our must Starts and I got three gems for you guys this week for week six and it's gonna start off with Justin Fields That's right.

He's the number three rated fantasy quarterback through five weeks. He's only thrown For 11 tutties over 1, 100 yards passing. And let's talk about the fact that he's doing it with his arm. He's not doing it rushing. Like everybody talks about he's making all the hitters cry. He has less than 200 yards rushing.

Yeah. That doesn't mean a lot for your fantasy. Cause obviously you want to have him do a little bit of both. Balance it out so you can get more fantasy points, but let's face it guys. He's got over a hundred fantasy points for you already if you're one of those owners. So going forward, look, all I'm going to say is we're seeing a trend, I'm going to throw a little caution to the wind this week and I'm going to throw Justin Fields as my must start.

Number two, It's number two, DJ more, he is the number four rated fantasy wide receiver through five weeks. He has 110 fantasy points, 531 yards receiving and five Tuddy's should have been six with that controversial call. I'm going to tell you guys that was not him stepping out of bounds, so he should have had six Tuddy's already.

Look, the guys halfway to a thousand yards receiving. And what we're only five weeks in. So if fields and DJ more continue to be just lighting up the league and putting everybody on notice and they keep this trend going, it's going to be electric guys. So if you have any part of those two, you have to start them.

I don't care where you start them, but you must and have to start them. And last but not least is Adam Thielen. He's the number 10 fantasy wide receiver through five weeks. I got to say, he's got 98 fantasy points, 394 yards receiving, not electrics, not lighting up everything, but he's got three tutties.

He's on a bad team and he's a security blanket for Bryce Young. Think about it this way guys. The Panthers are bad. They're not a good team, but they're always playing down. So no matter what, these guys have got to throw the ball and Adam Thielen, for whatever reason, old man Thielen is the guy there. None of the other receivers has stepped up.

None of these guys are, are taking over and Thielen is the guy over there. No matter who's throwing to him, he's going to get his. So I got to tell you guys, Adam Thielen must start. All right. So that takes care of your must start. So let's get into your must sit those asses down on the bench.

You want no part of these guys. I only got two of them for you this week, only because you know, there's been a lot of guys bawling out. There's a lot of guys hurt, a lot of. Ballers that are hurt and, uh, you know, so Bombo and I will get into it a little bit later, but right now I'm going to cover Damien Pierce.

Damien Pierce has not had a good start to this season at All as a matter of fact, he is the epitome of a sophomore slump in the last two games. He's had 44 attempts and he's only had 147 yards rushing and zero tutties. As a matter of fact, he only has one tutty on the year so far, and he averages less than 50 yards per game.

So at no point should this guy crack your starting lineup. at all. I don't care if you're even in a deep league. It doesn't matter. Sit his ass on the bench. As a matter of fact, if you want to drop them completely, there's a lot of guys that you get out there and fill in a gap. Damien Pierce is just having a bad season so far.

We're hoping that he could turn it around. You know, that, that offense is starting to click. There's a lot going for them in that, in that offense with Nico Collins and CJ Stroud. And it's just a shame that Damien Pierce isn't a part of that because quite, quite honestly, that should be a really good threesome right there.

Get it threesome.

Anyway, guy Debo Samuel, the number 16 rated fantasy wide receiver through five weeks. He only has 50 fantasy points on the year. That's averaging 10 points per game. It's not a lot guys, you know, and let's face it Debo in this offense. It's just not clicking for him this year, right?

He only has 302 yards receiving, 84 yards rushing, and in the last two games he's more rusher than receiver. And to be quite honest with you, he's wide receiver to on that team, uh, you can purdy their chemistry is undeniable.

So really, I want no part of Devo Samuel right now. Yeah. He's going to have a few flashes. Yeah. He's going to, you know, have a game where he's going to break out his Devo Samuel. But considering where you drafted this guy, I want no part of him in my lineup, at least until he can start proving himself. And that 49ers team is a juggernaut and they can get it done without him.

Quite honestly, they don't need him. And I wouldn't be surprised if after this season, they try to trade him in the off season, just because they don't need them and they don't need that salary. Those guys are facing a lot of issues with their salary cap. And, uh, you know, Debo may find himself on another team.

So if I were you, I'd even look to trade him, partner him up in a trade and try to get somebody that you're going to really play and that's going to fit in your lineup, you know, he still has some trade value. So I'm just saying right now, I would sit his ass on the bench. All right, guys, that's gonna go ahead and wrap it up for this week.

Six must start and must sit your ass on the bench for the fantasy island crew. I am sweet tea. Please make sure to like comment subscribe, you know, do your thing and we'll see you in the next one. Peace.

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