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Alabama Player to Watch in Fantasy Football Week 6: Damien Harris

Everything you need for Week 6 in fantasy football, including who to play and who to sit
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Alabama Player to Watch in Fantasy Football Week 6: Damien Harris
Alabama Player to Watch in Fantasy Football Week 6: Damien Harris

After being limited during training camp by a hand injury, and beginning the season on the injured list, former Alabama running back Damien Harris had a grand season debut last week. 

Making his first career start against the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, Harris notched his first 100-yard rushing game for New England, with 100 on 17 carries. With quarterback Cam Newton out, he was arguably the Patriots' biggest bright spot offensively. 

The question now is where do the Patriots go from here with their rushing game, both long-term and with this week's game against the Denver Broncos?

There's Harris. 

Sony Michel is on injured reserve and will be out at least two more games.  

James White had 59 scrimmage yards (38 receiving, 21 rushing) and team-high seven catches during Week 4. Since 2016, he leads all running backs in receiving touchdowns (20) and ranks second in catches (285) & receiving yards (2,444). 

Pus, Rex Burkhead has had 50-plus scrimmage yards in three straight games, but three touchdowns (two rushing and one receiving) over his past two. 

Fantasy owners hate the running back-by-committee approaches and to a certain extent this will be one, regardless. But the more starts he makes, and the more success he has, Harris will become only tougher to dislodge. 

As for what should fantasy players do with Mark Ingram II and Harris, Sports Illustrated’s fantasy football analyst Michael Fabiano has some suggestions on who to start or sit. In the attached video Fabiano he also talks about starting Bears rusher David Montgomery and Vikings backup Alexander Mattison.

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites . He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 27 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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