Fantasy Football (NFL) 2008: Week 6 Sleepers and Keepers Running Backs (RBs)

Week five brought more of the same and brought a few surprises to the table. Probably the biggest "surprise" was Michael Turner's great game. He finally conquered an away game and a game on grass at the same time. Hopefully that squashes all disbelievers. DeAngelo Williams ran crazy on the hapless chiefs stealing some thunder from Jonathan Stewart.

Marion Barber and Marshawn Lynch had so-so games while Matt Forte did decent. For all you Larry Johnson believers out there, I think you better get ready for this kind of inconsistency the rest of the season. Joseph Addai had a strong game after the bye week and should be getting better. And on the bad to worse list, it looks like Brian Westbrook has two broken ribs.

So without further delay I'll give my top ten picks for Running Backs for week 6.

1) Adrian Peterson, Chester Taylor - This could be the biggest game of the year for these two. The Detroit Lions defense is pretty much non-existent and we know Minnesota loves to run the ball. I realize that it doesn't take a genius to pick these two but I expect a monster game that will leave Lions fans shaking there heads for the rest of the season.

2) Ronnie Brown - It's official this man is back. After consecutive strong performances against somewhat decent defenses (New England and San Diego) it's time to be a believer. The funny thing is that you still might find him on someone's bench. Make a trade and grab him if you can. Brown goes up against Houston's questionable defense and should put up some big numbers.

3) Thomas Jones - The Jets face off against the 0-4 Bengals and they don't seem to be getting any better at their air game which would slow the Jet's run game down. Look for Farve to carve out a few Touchdowns to Coles and Cothery then have Jones wear down the defense and kill the clock.

4) Reggie Bush - He has yet to play this week (I'm posting early) but he was miserable last week. Against the so-so run defense of Oakland I would expect Bush to get a few carries but more importantly grab some of Drew Bree's passes to crank up the fantasy points while on the other side of the ball...