Bench These Week 6 Wide Receivers

It’s been a long time since Boldin’s Week 1 romp over the Packers

As the bye weeks are in full swing, fantasy owners will be looking for fill-ins at all positions, including wide receiver.

However, fantasy owners may also want to look for replacements for the following players. All three wideouts are in less than ideal situations to produce this week.

Here’s your bench list for Week 6:

Benching of the Week – Tavon Austin, St. Louis

Without a touchdown reception since Week 2, Tavon Austin’s drought is likely to continue this week against the Houston Texans. The Texans have played opposing wide receivers extremely well this year and have not surrendered a touchdown to a wideout in 3 weeks.

Austin is also not being given a chance to run the ball anymore, limiting the potential of the speedy receiver. Unable to produce last week against the lowly Jaguars, Austin belongs on your bench this week against the league’s top defense.

Anquan Boldin, San Francisco

Since his Week 1 explosion against the Green Bay Packers, Boldin has only had one game of 90 or more yards. With teams realizing Colin Kaepernick’s limitations as a passer and the fact that the 49ers only have one other viable receiving option in Vernon Davis, Boldin has seen double-coverage all season long.

With a matchup against Patrick Peterson, one of the best young corners in the league, Boldin will be in for a long and unproductive day. Leave Boldin on your bench as the 49ers look to pound the rock this week against the Cardinals.

DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia

DeSean Jackson owners may not have the resources in order to do so, but a trip to Revis Island in Week 6 may warrant a benching of the Philly wideout. In their only matchup two years ago, Jackson was a non-factor, posting 2 receptions for 28 yards.

While Revis has been playing less man-to-man in Tampa Bay this year, an improved Bucs’ secondary may still end up giving Jackson fits this week. If you have the depth to do it, move Jackson to your bench, but temper expectations this week if he has to play.

Bench These Week 6 Wide Receivers

It’s been a long time since Boldin’s Week 1 romp over the Packers

As the bye weeks are in full swing, fantasy owners will be looking for fill-ins at all positions, including wide receiver.

However, fantasy owners may also want to look for replacements for the following players. All three wideouts are in less than ideal situations to produce this week.

Here’s your bench list for Week 6:

Benching of the Week – Tavon Austin, St. Louis

Without a touchdown reception since Week 2, Tavon Austin’s drought is likely to continue this week against the Houston Texans. The Texans have played opposing wide receivers extremely well this year and have not surrendered a touchdown to a wideout in 3 weeks.

Austin is also not being given a chance to run the ball anymore, limiting the potential of the speedy receiver. Unable to produce last week against the lowly Jaguars, Austin belongs on your bench this week against the league’s top defense.

Anquan Boldin, San Francisco

Since his Week 1 explosion against the Green Bay Packers, Boldin has only had one game of 90 or more yards. With teams realizing Colin Kaepernick’s limitations as a passer and the fact that the 49ers only have one other viable receiving option in Vernon Davis, Boldin has seen double-coverage all season long.

With a matchup against Patrick Peterson, one of the best young corners in the league, Boldin will be in for a long and unproductive day. Leave Boldin on your bench as the 49ers look to pound the rock this week against the Cardinals.

DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia

DeSean Jackson owners may not have the resources in order to do so, but a trip to Revis Island in Week 6 may warrant a benching of the Philly wideout. In their only matchup two years ago, Jackson was a non-factor, posting 2 receptions for 28 yards.

While Revis has been playing less man-to-man in Tampa Bay this year, an improved Bucs’ secondary may still end up giving Jackson fits this week. If you have the depth to do it, move Jackson to your bench, but temper expectations this week if he has to play.

Racial Slur Continues to Haunt Riley Cooper

Cooper has a tough road in front of him this season

Eagles wideout, Riley Cooper, has been marred in controversy since July when a video surfaced of him using a racial slur on video. Cooper has been trying to put this behind him, but that’s easier said than done. His words came back to haunt him again at practice this week when he got into a scuffle with Cary Williams.

Williams, a veteran cornerback for the Eagles, was one player who admitted he would have a hard time forgiving Cooper when the video surfaced back in July. At the time Williams said, “It’s tough to get through, and I don’t know him. But I did see the tape and it’s disheartening for a guy to say something like that.”

The scuffle started as the two players went after the same ball in one-on-one drills, with Williams matched up on Cooper. The players got tangled up after the play, and Williams began shouting at Cooper.

Cooper said this should be a non-issue, calling it “nothing”, and just a tie-up between two players going at it at practice, but one has to wonder if Cooper’s past had something to do with this. Williams declined to comment after the incident.

While many will wonder if Cooper’s comments led to the altercation, LeSean McCoy had this to say about the issue: “Any time there’s something extra on the field with Riley and another teammate or an opponent, that’s the first thing that’s going to come up — especially if the guy’s black.”

With the season still days away for the Eagles, Cooper has already had to deal with the on-field implications of his actions at that June concert – and from a teammate, no less. If this is any indication of the season ahead, Cooper is in for a long and controversial year.