Barring disaster, there are six quarterbacks who are fantasy starters every week. There should be no need to juggle the position for those who own Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Tony Romo or Matt Schaub.

They are the Ron Popeils (the infomercial king) of their position: Set ’em and forget ’em … except for bye weeks, that is.

So here are some other quarterbacks to consider as draftable backups when one of the Super 6 is idle.

• When Tony Romo has a bye in Week 4: Matt Hasselbeck (Seahawks) is at St. Louis, Carson Palmer (Bengals) is at Cleveland, Kyle Orton (Broncos) is at Tennessee.

• When Tom Brady has a bye in Week 5: Matt Ryan (Falcons) is at Cleveland, Matt Stafford (Lions) hosts St. Louis, Sam Bradford (Rams) is at Detroit.

• When Matt Schaub and Peyton Manning have their byes in Week 7: Kevin Kolb (Eagles) is at Tennessee, Matt Cassel (Chiefs) hosts Jacksonville, Matt Moore (Panthers) hosts San Francisco.

• When Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers are off in Week 10: Joe Flacco (Ravens) is at Atlanta, Mark Sanchez (Jets) is at Cleveland, Orton (Broncos) hosts Kansas City, Alex Smith (49ers) hosts St. Louis.

Clinch Pinch

The only other time you might sub out a top quarterback is late in the NFL regular season, when teams have clinched their playoff spots and start playing the scrubs. Any Brees or Manning owner burned last year can tell you all about it. So here are some matchups in Weeks 16 and 17 for quarterbacks you might not have otherwise considered:

• Week 16: Smith (49ers) is at St. Louis, Flacco (Ravens) is at Cleveland, Chad Henne (Dolphins) hosts Detroit, Vince Young (Titans) is at Kansas City, Cassel (Chiefs) hosts Tennessee.

• Week 17: Jason Campbell (Raiders) is at Kansas City, Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers) is at Cleveland, Hasselbeck (Seahawks) hosts St. Louis, Bradford (Rams) is at Seattle.

Other Observations

• The Bears end with a brutal stretch. Starting in Week 14, they get a visit from the Patriots, go to Minnesota, host the Jets and close at Green Bay. That’s four solid defenses during fantasy playoff season.

• The five most difficult schedules based on last year’s won-lost totals belong to the Texans, Titans, Cowboys, Bengals and Jaguars.

• The five easiest schedules are the Cardinals, Rams, Seahawks, Chargers and 49ers.

• Cleveland’s final three games are against expected contenders at Cincinnati, and home with Baltimore and Pittsburgh.

• Romo and the Cowboys play the Eagles twice in the last four weeks. Except for that miserable 2008 season finale, Romo has put up good numbers against the Birds the last two years.

• Jamaal Charles, or whoever the Chiefs running back is by then, has good matchups to close the season, including a trip to St. Louis and a visit from Oakland sandwiching a home game against Tennessee.

• Not that it seems to bother Brady, but weather could be a factor in New England’s final five games. Three are at home and the other two are at Chicago and at Buffalo. Brady is 29-5 as a starter in December.

• The Saints are on the road for four of their five games from Weeks 12-16.

• The Giants went 1-4 on the road during last season’s swoon, and finish 2010 with three of their last four away from New Meadowlands Stadium.

• The Steelers have a rough three-game stretch (at Baltimore, vs. Cincinnati, vs. Jets) before ending with Carolina and at Cleveland.

• Chris Johnson’s run for another 2,000-yard season ends with two games in the last four weeks against the Colts, the last team to hold him to fewer than 100 yards. Last season, Johnson had only 34 in Week 5, but came back with 113 in Week 13 against Indy.