Fantasy Football: 4 Players You Can Drop After Week 6

Jamison Crowder, WR, Washington Redskins

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I don't know how much more Jamison Crowder owners can take. Thankfully, I'm not one of them, but if I were, I'd be moving on.

After encouraging comments from head coach Jay Gruden about trying to get him more involved, Crowder proceeded to put up another stinker in Week 6, garnering only 5 targets en route to a putrid 3-catch, 15-yard effort.

Occupying the slot role, part of Crowder's appeal in the offseason was the potential to have a significant increase in volume with the exit of DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon while remaining a trusted red zone weapon for Kirk Cousins.

But Crowder's role hasn't increased at all this season, as he's averaging fewer than five targets per game. That puts him on pace for 77 targets, not nearly enough to be a legitimate fantasy football factor. If he continues performing the way he been has, that reduced role will probably continue.

Per our Net Expected Points (NEP) metric, Crowder is putting up an unbelievably bad 0.09 Reception NEP per target. Small sample size aside, that's three times worse than what Tavon Austin managed on a per-target basis last season, which happened to be the sixth least-efficient performance by a wide receiver who'd received 50 targets in a season since 2000, out of 1,441 such instances.

Crowder won't finish off the season performing that bad, but performing as bad as he is right now means he'll likely continue holding a reduced target share in an offense that already spreads the ball around.

Depending on your league size, it may make more sense to stash Crowder until he hopefully can revive his season. If you're in a shallow league, though, grab a more reliable option like John Brown without hesitation.