Philip Rivers Week 6 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 15th 2020, 9:53am EDT

Yikes. Week 5 was a reminder why the Chargers decided to move on from Rivers, as he looked like he had nothing left against a Browns secondary that had been prey for most of the league through four weeks. We might be starting to see why the Colts were hiding him behind the run game and having him throw the ball fewer than 30 times. He's completed just 59.7 percent of his passes the last two weeks for just 6.98 yards per attempt with one touchdown and two interceptions. That looks bad enough but watching the film is even worse. Some see the Bengals on the schedule and think, "This is a get-right game for Rivers." Something crazy that maybe nobody expected is that the Bengals have allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points per play (1.30) this year. Believe it or not, the passing numbers against them are all in the red. They've allowed just a 60.5 percent completion-rate (3rd-lowest), 6.68 yards per attempt (6th-lowest), and have allowed a 3.95 percent touchdown-rate (8th-lowest). They're failing to generate pressure, and that isn't likely to change against a tough Colts offensive line. Still, there's no way you can trust Rivers as anything more than a back-end QB2 in Superflex leagues, as he offers no mobility, and there's zero confidence that he'll throw multiple touchdown passes (he hasn't once this year). The floor is simply too low to not have a ceiling.