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Five bounce back players for week 6 in fantasy football

By Brandon Lauderback

DETROIT, MI - SEPTEMBER 29: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates a first down catch during the fourth quarter of the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on September 29, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City defeated Detroit 34-30.(Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - SEPTEMBER 29: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates a first down catch during the fourth quarter of the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on September 29, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City defeated Detroit 34-30.(Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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BUFFALO, NY – DECEMBER 30: A view of the back of Kenyan Drake #32 of the Miami Dolphins during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 30, 2018 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY – DECEMBER 30: A view of the back of Kenyan Drake #32 of the Miami Dolphins during NFL game action against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on December 30, 2018 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /

Five bounce back players for week 6 in fantasy football

Kenyan Drake – If you can find a single other content writer that will have the stones to say, “Kenyan Brake will bounce back in week six” I will be very surprised. Drake was highly touted during the off-season, as a potential workhorse for the Dolphins. With good pass-catching ability and plenty of talent running the ball, he was primed for a big fantasy season. Well, the rest is all but history as the Dolphins have basically decided to tank their season, and are the worst team in the NFL.

This has resulted in the team abandoning the run early, and Drake to only get 57% of the carries, while Ballage is getting just over 30%. Ballage has been downright terrible, as you have probably spotted him catching wide open passes on various videos throughout the internet. The production has gone up slightly for Drake in ten previous two games, as he finally exceeded ten carries in week three, and has gotten more than 50 total yards in the past two weeks.

These are very small gains, but the real reason I like Drake as a bounce-back player for this week is his match-up. Miami finally gets to play a team that will probably not blow them out in the first two quarters. Washington just fired Jay Gruden, and have yet to win a game. They give up the 12th most points to running backs and more important struggle against pass-catching running backs. The price tag on Drake is very low, the match-up is great, he is a low risk, high reward bounce back play this week.

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