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Week 6 Rankings & Tiers (QB, TE, DST)

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16 min

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Oct 15, 2026

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Thu, October 15, 2026

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Topics

A.J. BrownColston LovelandDak PrescottDallas GoedertDalton KincaidDaniel JonesDrake MayeHarold FanninHunter HenryIsaiah LikelyJameis WinstonJordan LoveJosh AllenJuwan Johnson

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A.J. Brown

PositiveInjury2:02

Brown practiced on Wednesday and Thursday, creating a possibility he returns to the lineup this week, which would be a significant boost.

Colston Loveland

PositiveUsage18:42

Loveland has seen increased involvement with at least four targets in each of the last three weeks; his outlook is further bolstered by the potential return of Caleb Williams.

Dak Prescott

PositiveProjection3:30

Prescott is in a projected high-scoring game environment with shootout potential against the Packers, given the lack of defensive strength on both sides.

Dallas Goedert

PositiveUsage18:26

Despite the Eagles projecting as one of the worst offenses this week, Goedert is a must-start because the team has no other options and must force-feed him targets.

Dalton Kincaid

PositiveProjection15:40

Despite three straight weeks of poor performance, Kincaid remains a start due to his involvement in a high-scoring offense and a favorable game environment; he played 70% of snaps last week and averages 10 fantasy points per game.

Daniel Jones

PositiveProjection10:12

Despite averaging only 9.5 fantasy points per game, Daniel Jones has a much better setup this week as a seven-point favorite against the Tennessee Titans, leading to the highest projection for the Colts offense all season.

Drake Maye

PositiveBreakout1:42

Brock Perty is starting Maye this week, noting he has been the overall QB1 in fantasy for two consecutive weeks, overcoming a rough start to the season.

Harold Fannin

PositiveUsage17:10

While Fannon has underperformed compared to last season, his target share is expected to increase if Casey Conception is ruled out due to a concussion.

Hunter Henry

PositiveProjection17:24

Henry is a viable play under the assumption that AJ Brown is sidelined, as the Patriots offense will need to spread the ball to multiple tight ends in a high-scoring projection.

Isaiah Likely

PositiveProjection14:17

Isaiah Likely has been playing incredibly well, averaging 17 fantasy points per game, and is considered a must-start tight end.

Jameis Winston

NegativeProjection12:01

Jameis Winston is a low-floor option with no rushing upside, making him a desperation start.

Jordan Love

PositiveProjection3:50

Love is in the same high-scoring game environment as Prescott, with the Packers favored by one point and expected to rely on passing volume due to limited running back depth.

Josh Allen

PositiveProjection0:08

Josh Allen is a locked-in starter averaging nearly 30 fantasy points per game, placing him in a tier of his own compared to other quarterbacks.

Juwan Johnson

PositiveMatchup16:56

Johnson is a bounce-back candidate this week against the New York Giants, a much better matchup than his previous outing against the Minnesota Vikings; he should be considered in the same tier as Tucker Kraft and Dalton Kincaid.

Kirk Cousins

PositiveMatchup8:57

Kirk Cousins is in a phenomenal setup against a horrific Buffalo Bills secondary; while he lacks rushing upside, his value is boosted in six-point passing touchdown formats.

Lamar Jackson

NegativeInjury2:19

Jackson is ranked as the QB5, but his status is highly uncertain after missing practice on Wednesday and Thursday; Brock Perty advises against starting any Baltimore quarterback if Jackson is out.

Matthew Stafford

PositiveProjection0:20

Stafford is projected to lead one of the highest-scoring offenses of the week with 32 points as a 12.5-point favorite against Arizona, though he may skew run-heavy in the second half.

Michael Penix Jr.

NegativeInjury12:04

Michael Penix Jr. has no rushing upside but is expected to be good to go for this game after practicing fully on Wednesday and Thursday.

Pat Freiermuth

PositiveUsage20:13

Freiermuth is a viable fantasy option this week, benefiting from significant wide receiver injuries in Pittsburgh and consistent red zone involvement.

Patrick Mahomes

NegativeProjection5:35

While acknowledging Mahomes' talent, Brock Perty is concerned about his fantasy outlook this week due to a low projected game total (40 points) and the likelihood of the Chiefs relying on the run game.

Tucker Kraft

PositiveUsage15:15

Tucker Kraft's usage has improved significantly with three straight games of at least five targets and back-to-back double-digit fantasy performances; he faces a soft Dallas Cowboys defense.

Tyler Higbee

NegativeUsage20:28

Higbee's involvement is slightly capped by the return of Colby Parkinson, though he remains in the tier of viable tight ends.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00There are a few quarterbacks on buy this

0:01week, so it may be a little bit tougher

0:03for you to submit your starting lineup.

0:04Now, what I will say is obviously these

0:06top five guys, if they play, they are in

0:08your lineup. Now, Josh Allen obviously

0:11aokay, 100% good to go, playing at Las

0:14Vegas. Josh Allen averaging almost 30

0:16fantasy points per game right now in a

0:18completely different tier than any other

0:20quarterback. Going over to Matthew

0:22Stafford. Stafford is in what projects

0:25to be the highest scoring offense of the

0:27NFL this week at 32 points. They are 12

0:31and a half point favorites over the

0:32Arizona Cardinals. Maybe one concern you

0:35have is they skew a little bit more

0:36runheavy in the second half with Brock

0:38Perty also projects to be one of the

0:40highest scoring offenses in the NFL at

0:4229 and a half points. Party has no Deon

0:45Stribbling. He has no Christian Kirk. He

0:48has no um Ricky Pierce Saul. He has no

0:51Debo Samuel. Everybody's injured in San

0:54Francisco, but frankly, it doesn't

0:55matter because Kyle Shanahan and Brock

0:58Birdie is possibly the best duo in the

0:59NFL outside of Mahomes as well as Andy

1:02Reid. And then going to Drake May. I am

1:06starting Drake May myself in fantasy

1:08this week. I'm going to be completely

1:10honest, I am nervous because in the

1:13first three weeks, Drake May was

1:15horrific. But now we have had

1:17back-toback weeks from Drake May of him

1:20being the quarterback one overall in

1:22fantasy. Plus, we did get AJ Brown at

1:26practice on Wednesday and AJ Brown at

1:29practice on Thursday. So, there is a

1:32slight possibility that AJ Brown gets

1:34added back into the mix this week. And

1:36if that happens, I am very excited. And

1:39then Lamar Jackson will be our

1:40quarterback five. But we do not have any

1:43guarantee that Lamar Jackson is going to

1:46be playing this week. Lamar Jackson

1:48mispracticed on Wednesday and Lamar

1:51Jackson missed practiced on Thursday.

1:54Plus, right now markets only have this

1:57team as four-point favorites over the

2:00Cleveland Browns. So, if Lamar were to

2:03miss, you really don't want to start

2:04anybody here at the quarterback position

2:07in Baltimore. Don't really care for the

2:08backup. Now going over to the beads

2:10here, we are going to have Dak Prescott.

2:12This does project to be one of the

2:14highest scoring game environments of the

2:16entire week. Right now the overunder is

2:1821 points. It's not like the Packers or

2:21the Dallas Cowboys have a phenomenal

2:23defense. So this has shootout potential

2:26and obviously Dak has gotten it done so

2:28far this season. Jordan Love in that

2:31same game environment. Technically, we

2:33actually do have the Green Bay Packers

2:35favored by one point in this game, but

2:37should be a very similar boat for both

2:38these QBs. Going to be a ton of passing

2:41volume, super highscoring game

2:42environment, great matchups, and with

2:46the Packers, obviously, they can't run

2:48the ball knowing that Marshon Lloyd's

2:50their only running back. Now, Caleb

2:52Williams, Jaden Daniels, Patrick Mahomes

2:54will be the last three names here. Caleb

2:56Williams, we do not know officially if

2:58he is going to be playing this week. He

3:00did practice on Wednesday. He did

3:02practice on Thursday. And at the same

3:05time, it does seem pretty damn

3:07aggressive in terms of the odds of this

3:10game. So, I'm going to assume that

3:13Caleb's playing if the overunder is like

3:1552 points. Jaden Daniels 7 and a half

3:19point favorites playing at San

3:20Francisco. pretty tough matchup, but the

3:23benefit that you get is we saw Daniels

3:26this past week come through with over a

3:28100red rushing yards and multiple

3:30rushing touchdowns. So, the rushing

3:33production is just ridiculous. And now,

3:35I completely understand if you want to

3:37say, Mason, you're an idiot, man.

3:39Patrick Mahomes is the most talented

3:41quarterback in the NFL. Patrick Mahomes

3:43is averaging more points per game than

3:45Jordan Love, Dak Prescott, Matthew

3:47Stafford, Drake May, Lamar Jackson.

3:50Patrick Mahomes should be up there as

3:51QB2. Now, my holdup with this is just

3:55the projected out game environment.

3:57Right now, the Chiefs have a 79% chance

4:00of winning this game. The spread 7 and a

4:02half points. And my biggest concern is

4:05the overunder of this game is like 40.

4:09This should be a spot in which Mahomes

4:11has no Rice, no Taekquin Thornton, and

4:14they're eight and a half, seven and a

4:16half point favorites. So, they should be

4:17able to just run the ball over and over

4:20and over again. Now, obviously, if you

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4:33deposit your first 10 available in every

4:36state outside of Nevada. Now, moving to

4:39our C tier. These are quarterbacks that

4:42could go on the bench. QBs 10 and above.

4:45if they start, they have to be in your

4:46lineup. Now, going over to the

4:48quarterbacks you could consider

4:49benching. You can consider benching

4:51Tyler Shuck. Two weeks ago, he was a

4:53must-art name against the Atlanta

4:54Falcons. Last week, he was a mustbench

4:56name because he had the worst matchup

4:58possible, having to go up against a

5:01phenomenal Minnesota Vikings defense.

5:03This is a much better matchup that you

5:05have though, going up against the New

5:07York Giants at New York. Now, Trevor

5:10Lawrence has the tough matchup this

5:12week. Trevor Lawrence has been a great

5:14real life quarterback and a solid

5:17fantasy QB as well. And I understand so

5:20far this season, it's not like the

5:22Houston Texans have had the same defense

5:24they did last year. This defense has

5:27struggled at certain points, but I still

5:29personally believe that this is one of

5:31the better defenses in the NFL. This is

5:33one of the tougher matchups you are

5:35going to have for opposing QBs. Now,

5:37Kirk Cousins is in a really good setup

5:40against a very bad Buffalo Bills

5:43defense. I'm having to play against Kirk

5:45Cousins myself this week. And to be

5:47honest with you, I am pretty nervous

5:49about it. Um, typically Cousins is

5:52somebody that I'm not super excited

5:53about given the lack of mobility and the

5:56lack of rushing upside, but obviously if

5:58you're paying in a six-point passing

6:00touchdown format, that is going to

6:01matter a little less here. And again,

6:04this is just a phenomenal matchup that

6:06you have considering the fact that this

6:08Buffalo secondary is horrific. Now,

6:12Daniel Jones typically is somebody that

6:14you can't even consider looking at.

6:16Daniel Jones is averaging nine and a

6:18half fantasy points per game so far this

6:21season. But this is a much better setup

6:24that he has this week, getting to go up

6:26against the Tennessee Titans as

6:28seven-point favorites. This is the

6:30highest projection that we have had from

6:32the Indianapolis Colts offense all

6:34season long. Now CJ Strad does have a

6:37pretty damn tough matchup playing at

6:39Jacksonville. This Jacksonville Jaguars

6:41defense has been very good while at the

6:44same time like

6:47I don't expect Marvin Harrison to make a

6:49big difference his first game in this

6:52offense. Now, Bryce Young, really tough

6:55game environment, having to go up

6:57against a good defense in Philadelphia

6:59and with no Gal and Herz here at the

7:01same time. I would actually expect that

7:03this is probably a spot in which you

7:05could see the Philadelphia Eagles um

7:08just absolutely fall flat on offense

7:10leading to the Carolina Panthers not

7:13having to push the ball through the air

7:14aggressively and instead being able to

7:16run the ball in the second half. And

7:18then the last quarterbacks you could

7:19even consider starting would be the

7:21combination of Jameus Winston as well as

7:24Michael Penn. Jamus has been slinging

7:26obviously no rushing upside and very low

7:29floor though. And then with Michael Penn

7:32very similar, no rushing upside

7:34whatsoever, but he did practice fully on

7:37Wednesday as well as Thursday. So it

7:39looks like he should be good to go for

7:40this game. Now with the tight ends,

7:42obviously it's a very easy spot to say

7:45just every single week. Brock Bowers,

7:47Trey McBride in a tier of their own.

7:49They are incredible. The matchup for

7:51Bowowers is really, really good here

7:53with how bad this Buffalo Bills defense

7:55looks. And both of these games have

7:58super high overunders where we should

7:59expect a ton of passing volume for the

8:01Las Vegas Raiders and the Arizona

8:03Cardinals. Now, going over to our A

8:06tier, we are going to have George KD by

8:10himself. Honestly, you can make an

8:13argument that George KD should be even

8:15higher than this, that he should be in

8:17this S tier because you have no Debo,

8:19you have no Pier Salt, you have no Kirk,

8:23you have no dribbling, you really have

8:24nobody here other than George KD. And

8:27again, this should be an offense that

8:29scores a ton of points in a really good

8:31matchup. Now, your other mustard tight

8:34ends are going to be Tyler Borin, Travis

8:36Kelce, and Isaiah Likely. Now, honestly,

8:39Isaiah likely the way that he has been

8:41balling, if you wanted to put him at the

8:43top of this tier, I wouldn't fault you.

8:45I really do like the offensive

8:46projections that you have for the

8:48Indianapolis Colts here this week with

8:49Tyler Warren going over to Travis Kelce.

8:53He's in a better spot now that you have

8:55no Rasheed Rice for this game. And then

8:58again, Isaiah likely has been averaging

9:0017 fantasy points per game. He has

9:02looked just straight up incredible. Now,

9:04the Ctier, these are tight ends that

9:06you're probably playing. They don't have

9:09the same ceiling or floor that when you

9:12get with the guys six through one. I am

9:15having to play against Tucker Craft

9:17myself this week. And I am very nervous

9:19because Tucker Craft's usage has looked

9:22a lot better as of late. Three straight

9:24games with at least five targets. Hell,

9:27back-to-back games with double- digit

9:29fantasy points. And most concerningly,

9:32this is a really good matchup that you

9:34have against a super soft Dallas Cowboys

9:38defense. Then going to Dalton

9:41Concincaid. I am starting Dalton

9:43Concincaid. He was just absolutely

9:46horrific

9:48this past week. The man cost me $5,000.

9:51He's still averaging about 10 fantasy

9:53points per game and he did play 70% of

9:56the snaps this past week. So, he's had

9:59three straight weeks of duds. I'm

10:01delusional enough to convince myself

10:03that he's still involved in a very good

10:06offense and in a game environment where

10:09there should be a ton of points scored.

10:11Hopefully, it is a little bit better

10:12here. Now, going over to the D tier,

10:16Jawan Johnson, yes, was a let down last

10:19week against the Minnesota Vikings, but

10:22this is a much much better matchup that

10:24he has this week against the New York

10:26Giants. and honestly probably should be

10:28up inside the same tier as Craft and

10:30Concaid. Harold Fannon has been much

10:33worse than where he was last season, but

10:37if Casey Conception misses this week

10:40with the concussion, then all of a

10:42sudden Harold Fannon will have a higher

10:44target share. Hunter Henry, I am ranking

10:47here under the assumption that AG Brown

10:50is not playing and we expect a ton of

10:53points to be scored by this Patriots

10:56offense. They don't have again with

10:58these rankings AJ Brown or M. Collins.

11:02So you are just going to have the ball

11:03spread around to a ton of different

11:04tight ends and you can hope that you get

11:06a touchdown. And then Dallas Goddard

11:08projects to be one of the worst offenses

11:10in the NFL this week. But they frankly

11:12just have to go through and jam targets

11:16in the direction of Dallas Goddard

11:17because they have nobody else to throw

11:18the ball to. And then our E tier, we are

11:22gonna have Coloulston Loveland averaging

11:24fewer than five fantasy points per game.

11:26But the hope that you have is this

11:28offense projects out incredibly well

11:30with potentially Caleb Williams coming

11:31back. And on top of this,

11:35Loveland has been involved more as of

11:37late. Like the past three weeks, he's

11:39had at least four targets every single

11:41game, which was significantly better

11:43than what you had in weeks one and two.

11:45So, his involvement in this offense does

11:47look better than where it was

11:49previously. The offense looks to be very

11:51good if you get Caleb Williams back as

11:53well. And then going to Britain Strange.

11:57I actually almost considered picking up

11:59Britain Strange and playing him myself

12:01this week instead of Hunter Henry. But

12:04what ended up leading me against it is

12:07because it's a really tough matchup that

12:09you have with him having to play against

12:11the Houston Texans. Pat Frymuth is

12:16a viable option

12:18knowing that you're in a setup in which

12:20you have a ton of wide receiver injuries

12:22in Pittsburgh and Frymuth is getting the

12:25red zone involvement. Now our last guy

12:28in this tier is going to be Tyler

12:30Higgby. Still no Terren Ferguson offense

12:33that projects to score a ridiculous

12:34amount of points. You did get Kobby

12:36Parkinson back this past week though

12:38which does eat into the involvement for

12:40Higgby just a bit. Now, going over to

12:43your defenses, the best options on the

12:45week will be the Kansas City Chiefs, who

12:46are eight-point favorites over the Los

12:48Angeles Chargers. The Chargers project

12:50to score the fewest amount of points in

12:51the NFL this week. Going to the New

12:54England Patriots, they are seven-point

12:56favorites over the New York Jets. The

12:58Jets are going to be without Bree Hall.

13:00The Jets are going to be without Adenai

13:02Mitchell, possibly. Also, no Kenyan

13:05Sadique Omar Cooper. Plus, the Carolina

13:08Panthers. Honestly, they may be the best

13:10defense in fantasy this week. I picked

13:12up the Los Angeles Rams previously. I

13:15need to run over and check my league

13:17real quick to see if the Panthers DST is

13:19available. Maybe I'm overthinking this.

13:21While the Rams are 12 and a half point

13:22favorites, here's my current thought

13:24process. Yeah, the Panthers are on the

13:26road, but they are three and a half

13:27point favorites. And the Philadelphia

13:29Eagles are going to have no Jaylen Herz,

13:31no Devonte Smith, no Saquon Barkley. So,

13:33every single one of their top options is

13:35gone. So again, please give me one

13:37second to see if the Carolina Panthers

13:39DST is available in my league because if

13:42so, I am scooping them right away. Okay,

13:45sadly, they are not available. Um God,

13:48hopefully I don't have to play against

13:50them. But yeah, the Panthers look to be

13:52a great defensive pickup now that Jaylen

13:54Herz isn't playing in this game. Then

13:56going over to what we have with the

13:59Rams, I am playing them. They're 12 and

14:01a half point favorites, but we should

14:03have a ton of passing attempts for

14:04Jacobe Brassette. And then lastly with

14:06the Baltimore Ravens. Um the Ravens are

14:09four-point favorites here playing at

14:11Cleveland.

14:13I I don't know what to do here with the

14:16Browns projection because they probably

14:18have no Casey Conception. They probably

14:20have no um Quinn Sean Judkins either.

14:22Judkins did misspractice this week. So

14:25all of these S tier defenses need to be

14:28played in your league. The other

14:30defenses that will probably get played,

14:31the Seattle Seahawks, one of the better

14:34defenses in the NFL, if not the best,

14:36but it is not as good of a spot because

14:39you are having to go on the road on

14:40Thursday night in comparison to like the

14:43Rams at home on Sunday. The Indianapolis

14:46Colts garbage defense, but you get a

14:48really strong matchup getting to play

14:50the Tennessee Titans at home. You are

14:52seven-point favorites. The Pittsburgh

14:54Steelers two and a half point favorites

14:56going up against an undrafted free agent

14:58quarterback that did look good on

14:59Thursday night, but it was against a

15:01garbage Dallas Cowboys defense. And then

15:03the San Francisco 49ers 7 and a half

15:06point favorites here playing against

15:08Washington. Now, I think Washington with

15:10Jaden Daniels is a pretty good offense,

15:13but this Ner's defense is just

15:16phenomenal

15:18and they should be playing with a large

15:20lead, which should force a ton of drop

15:22backs from Daniels where you can

15:24generate sacks and turnovers. Then the

15:26other defenses that should be played in

15:28your league will be the Jacksonville

15:30Jaguars. And then the Denver Broncos

15:32defense, it's good, but it doesn't have

15:34Patrick Certain this week. You're only

15:36two and a half point dogs though. And

15:38then the Ctier defenses, Houston, great

15:41defense in general, but you have been

15:44let down in a couple different spots

15:46this season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

15:48good matchup against Pittsburgh. And

15:50then the Philadelphia Eagles, you have a

15:52solid defense, but without Jaylen Herz,

15:54you're not going to get to play from the

15:55lead. But I think that's all I got for

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