We are now six weeks into the NFL season, with Week 6 of fantasy football in the books. More players have fallen short of expectations for fantasy managers, while others are having breakout performances. Let’s take a look at some players that are rising and falling in the rest of season rankings.
Risers and Fallers: Week 6 Fantasy Football
RISERS
Tank Dell, Houston Texans
Dell came to life in Week 6 in the absence of Nico Collins, recording seven receptions for 57 yards and scoring his first touchdown of the season. Dell saw a team-high nine targets, as he posted double-digit fantasy points for the first time in 2024-25. With Collins set for a stint on IR with a hamstring injury, Dell appears to be the biggest beneficiary. Dell, along with Stefon Diggs, should continue to dominate the air yards over the next few games from C.J. Stroud in this high-powered Texans offense.
Evan Engram, Jacksonville Jaguars
Engram had a massive game in his return from injury, catching 10 passes for 102 yards in Week 6. Engram accounted for nearly half of Trevor Lawrence’s 234 passing yards while possessing a 29% target share, which are absurd numbers for a tight end. The overall TE2 last season showed he can be a league winner when healthy, particularly in PPR formats. Expect Engram to see plenty of targets down the stretch as Lawrence’s safety blanket on this struggling 1-5 Jaguars team.
Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
Love and the Packers offense have looked formidable this season, scoring no less than 24 points in every game Love has started. Love has thrown 4 passing touchdowns in two out of three games since returning from an MCL sprain, scoring 26.6 fantasy points in a blowout Week 6 win over the Cardinals. While the Packers’ offensive weapons are certainly doing their part, Love’s ability to spread the ball around makes him a difficult quarterback to defend. Love is averaging the third-highest points among QBs in fantasy and is locked in as a top 5 quarterback moving forward.
Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier, Atlanta Falcons
Robinson and Allgeier both had big games in Week 6, combining for 200 rushing yards and three touchdowns against the Panthers. While the plus matchup certainly helped, it was encouraging to see Robinson finally have a breakout game that managers expected from the early-round fantasy pick. Despite Allgeier out-carrying Robinson 18 to 15, the Falcons should continue to lean on their improved run game moving forward. Both running backs averaged over 5.8 yards per carry in Week 6 and have another advantageous matchup next week against Seattle’s porous run defense.
FALLERS
Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Prescott had a miserable Week 6 in a blowout home loss to the Lions, throwing for 178 yards and two interceptions. Surely disappointing many fantasy managers with a measly 5.2 points, he looked lost in the pocket and was sacked four times. The entire Cowboys offense looks one-dimensional, as they struggle to define an effective run game and seem too reliant on star receiver Ceedee Lamb. The Cowboys have a Week 7 bye and will look to regroup before facing the 49ers in Week 8.
Brandon Aiyuk, San Francisco 49ers
Aiyuk has been a huge disappointment this year and recorded only two receptions for 37 yards in Week 6. Despite signing a four year, $120 million contract in September, Aiyuk has only recorded over 50 receiving yards in one game this season. This has resulted in poor fantasy outings, only surpassing double-digit fantasy points in Week 5. With so many mouths to feed in San Francisco, it seems unlikely that Aiyuk will justify his second/third-round draft value in fantasy.
The Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals have had considerable struggles on offense this season, which was on full display in a 34-13 loss to the Packers in Week 6. This resulted in some brutal fantasy performances from all three of Kyler Murray, James Connor, and Marvin Harrison Jr. While Harrison Jr. suffered a concussion and cut his day short with zero receptions, Murray and Connor could not pick up the slack in his absence. Murray has only thrown more than one passing touchdown in a single game this season and has not surpassed 215 passing yards in the past four weeks.
Connor has had some solid performances this year, but rushed only seven times for 24 yards and lost a fumble in Week 6. With the Cardinals often playing from behind, Connor can fall victim to being phased out of the game script. Backup running backs Trey Benson and Emari Demercado also saw more snaps. Harrison Jr. has posted WR1 numbers this season but overall has been inconsistent for a player taken very early in fantasy drafts. He has gone under 50 receiving yards in over half of the Cardinals’ games, as he looks to build better chemistry with Murray. The Cardinals haven’t scored more than 14 points in over three weeks of action and will face the Chargers in Week 8.
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