Stock up, stock down: Caleb Williams is a fantasy weekly starter forever

With all but one game scheduled for Week 6 (Bills at Jets on MNF), we've come across some new revelations. Now, We're several games in and the initial excitement of thinking a team can win the Super Bowl after starting 2-0 or thinking a team is dead after falling 0-2 is behind us left us. Now, Our fantasy teams are taking shape and guess what, next week we'll have played half of the fantasy season! The truth is that there are still players that we aren't even thinking about at the moment who will help us, but now let's look at those who are making it for our teams now and those who aren't do.

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Caleb Williams, QB, Bears

Is Williams finally at the point where he's a weekly fantasy starter? I say yes, and it appears that on a day where he completed 23 of 29 passes for 226 yards, four touchdowns and one interception, he also added another 56 rushing yards on four carries. That was good enough to be the QB1 on the fantasy roster in Week 6 (MNF pending). To be fair, it was the Jaguars' defense that got everyone's spotlight, 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 return to face the Commanders and Cardinals, two teams in the bottom 12 of defensive quarterbacks in fantasy. Williams and the Bears' offense is finally getting going, all of his playmakers are involved, and he's showing why he was the first 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 hasn't been in since his time in the NFL. Dobbins had a career-high 25 carries in Week 6 against the Broncos, which he converted into 96 yards and a touchdown, which was good for RB12 with the elimination still pending. With Gus Edwards on IR, Dobbins has taken on a workhorse role and has done quite well with it. Kimani Vidal was active, but was only 4-11-0 in the running game. His biggest play was a 38-yard touchdown reception, but at this point it seems more likely he'll be used as someone who can spell Dobbins. In the next few weeks, the Chargers will face the Cardinals (a bottom-six team that defends running backs in fantasy) and the Saints, who just went through the Bucs' running backs. Expect Dobbins to continue to be one of the fantasy bargains of 2024.

Sean Tucker, RB, Buccaneers

Even if it's a game, how can we ignore a guy who just had 192 yards, two touchdowns (RB1 in Week 6 with MNF pending) on ​​17 touchdowns? We can't. I know Rachaad White will be back, but the Bucs haven't come close to that kind of production this season. To be fair, the Bucs staff practiced a lot more often this season (I was at zero, surprise, surprise) and saw who they thought was capable of making contact in the backfield. I'm not suggesting you go out and screw up your FAAB against Tucker. If anything, Tucker's performance will make the Bucs' backfield even more confusing from a fantasy perspective. With Bucky Irving having success in White's absence (16 touchdowns, 105 yards and one touchdown), it will be interesting to see what the Bucs' backfield looks like going forward.

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Calvin Ridley, WR, Titans

Ridley has been on a milk carton for weeks, but somehow he's avoided this column. Well, that was a mistake. Ridley put in a performance where he failed to achieve any of his eight goals. He entered Week 6 having caught two of six targets for 14 yards in his previous two games. It's not entirely his fault (or even close), as Will Levis has only had one game with over 200 yards this season. In Week 6, Levis managed just 95 passing yards against the Colts' 26th ranked passing yards. With matchups coming up in Buffalo, Detroit and against New England, it might be wise to bench him. I wouldn't go so far as to drop Ridley just in case of a quarterback change, but right now he looks like a wasted pick.

Amari Cooper, WR, Browns

It was another disappointing Week 6 performance for Cooper, who once again failed to score more than 10 fantasy points. The last time he did this was in Week 3 against a weak Giants secondary. This week, against the Eagles, was the first time Cooper didn't score at least eight goals in a game, which was the reason to continue using him. Up front, he's a risky starter at best, as Deshaun Waston and the Browns' offense simply don't have the answers to move the ball consistently. At this point, Cooper's best chance of hitting his cap may be to be traded. This is a nonsense comment, I'm not claiming to know anything. Start or sit Cooper depending on your options and the matchup.

George Pickens, WR, Steelers

While Pickens is a top-notch playmaker who has amazing body control when going to the ball, the fantasy numbers don't register. Despite picking up 7.3 receiving yards per game this season, Pickens failed to reach more than 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 be no surprise that Pickens is not part of a high-flying passing offense. However, it is an effective offense when it comes to moving the ball downfield (between the 20s), with Justin Fields leading the unit. Pickens simply won't get the opportunity to put up big fantasy numbers with lower passing volume. Still, he's a good enough player to be considered in your flex spot on a weekly basis.