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Kevin looks for fantasy football risers, sleepers, breakout candidates for Week 7 of 2025. He analyzes last week's targets, receptions, air yards, snaps, routes.
Welcome back to our fantasy football targets, routes, and snap counts analysis for Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. We'll be discussing almost every fantasy-relevant player in this article. Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners are among the top fantasy point scorers; they can be relied on by not just their team’s offense to earn targets and produce on those targets.
This week was a bit of a weird week with some of the worst games you'll ever watch, and there were FOUR of them. But even within some not-so-great football, there were a ton of nuggets that we can glean for fantasy football. A handful of backup quarterbacks didn't exactly help situations either, like with new (old) quarterback Joe Flacco in Cincinnati or Cooper Rush in Baltimore for another week. Still, we must persist.
Week 7 has us with 15 games and two byes: the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills. Plenty of interesting things in this week's iteration, where we ponder why teams are not targeting their best players, where we see just how bad the Broncos and Jets were on a fateful Sunday in London, and if Liam Coen will say what we want to hear about Travis Hunter, only to pull the rug out from under us. All this, plus all the statistics and metrics you can handle for wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs!
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Note: Statistics from our player pages at RotoBaller were included during the compilation of data, in addition to some of the following sites/databases: Pro Football Reference, PFF, Fantasy Points Data Suite, Fantasy Life, rbdsm.com/stats, NFELO, NFL NextGenStats, NFL Pro+, RotoViz, ESPN Stats and Info, and SumerSports.
Cardinals Notes From Week 6:
Without Kyler Murray, the Cardinals’ offense got a little more… mature. A bit more consistent in its intent to get the ball to the top pass-catchers. Oh, well, that’s really just Jacoby Brissett.
Brissett ran this offense better than Murray had all season, and Trey McBride crushed with an 8-72 line on a team-leading 11 targets. He probably should have had a second touchdown in the closing moments of the game had the Colts’ defender not held or interfered -- take your pick; the referees could have called both. Still, huge game.
Marvin Harrison Jr. (2-32) left early on with a concussion, so that explained the spike in production and time on the field for Zay Jones (5-79), who had a solid game. Greg Dortch (3-9-1) had a 12-yard touchdown in the late stages of the third quarter, so Brissett clearly had a nice little hat tip to all you short kings out there on Sunday.
Right around when inactives came out at 11:30 AM ET, Adam Schefter reported that Bam Knight would be the starting running back for the Cardinals in this game. The one thing I’ll never understand is that with reports like this, it DOESN’T mean the other back is completely shut out from any production. Nothing Knight had done before Schefter’s report had tipped any favor towards him getting a ton of work.
Naturally, it was all a bunch of hogwash, with Michael Carter playing every single snap on the first drive. A short time after, Emari Demercado hurt his ankle and didn’t come back into the game. Throughout the game, Knight out-snapped Carter significantly. At the end of the day, Carter had more touches (13 to 12) over Knight, but Knight got the one-yard touchdown late in the first quarter.
It's going to be a messy backfield until Trey Benson returns, but Knight is startable for fantasy leagues. Carter probably is as well, but I’d put Knight over him in terms of a loose pecking order.
Falcons Notes From Week 6:
The Atlanta Falcons – in their second-best uniform combination next to the red helmets and red jerseys – were dominant in their win at home over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. They were propelled by two players: Bijan Robinson and Drake London.
Robinson (19-170-1 rushing; 6-68 receiving) was a force to be reckoned with, with the most casual tackle-breaking 81-yard rushing touchdown you’ll see.
Casual 81 yd TD from Bijan Robinson
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) October 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s a four-horse race for the top fantasy running back between Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, De'Von Achane, and Robinson. It’s anybody’s game, but having four running backs average over 20.5 fantasy points per game through Week 6 is insane. It’s looking like the season of ceiling outcomes right now, and Robinson is hitting them.
With literally half of the team’s 30 targets on the night, London (10-158-1, team-leading 15 targets) destroyed worlds. This is the kind of ceiling London has, and the ecosystem within Atlanta helps cultivate getting the best players the ball.
Most of the issues these offenses have essentially boil down to spreading the ball to players who may just not have the juice to do anything with it once they get it. Especially with these uncondensed offenses that feel like they need to assimilate talent in with everybody else, teams like the Rams, Dolphins, Seahawks, Falcons, and Vikings tend to get the ball to their best players and let them work. Is it any secret why players from these offenses are the most coveted and not just that, but successful in fantasy AND in the NFL?
It's not like spreading the ball out to a ton of different receivers isn’t successful; look at teams like the Packers, Bills, and Broncos. All three are having success doing it that way. But when push comes to shove, I’d rather be targeting a player like London on a third down rather than Trent Sherfield Sr. because we had to make sure he gets on the field as Denver’s WR5.
Ravens Notes From Week 6:
Simply, the Ravens were stuffed into a locker on Sunday, never looking competitive against the Rams, even when they had a 3-0 lead and then a 3-3 score at halftime. It was a terrible game to slog through.
At least Derrick Henry (24-122 rushing; 1-8 receiving) wasn’t totally game-scripted out of this game, as he had a really nice day, but it was all the Ravens could do on offense. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, down 17-3 with 13:30 left, the Ravens put Tyler Huntley in for Rush and had a 17-play drive that took 9:46 off the clock and ended with a turnover on downs with 3:43 left. Baltimore just had nothing.
Zay Flowers (6-46) led the team in targets (10), with Mark Andrews (4-24 receiving; 3-2 rushing – two tush pushes) and Justice Hill (5-28) were somewhat behind them with six targets each. Isaiah Likely ran a bunch of routes (85 percent) but earned just two targets.
Besides Henry, nobody really matters in this Ravens’ offense until Lamar Jackson returns. Hopefully, that will be in Week 8 after Baltimore’s Week 7 bye. That bye couldn’t have come at a better time for Baltimore to try and right the ship after a 1-5 start to the season.
Bills Notes From Week 6:
For the Bills on Monday Night Football, Dalton Kincaid was ruled out and inactive, which put Dawson Knox in a good position to consolidate routes within the tight end position. He did just that, but only caught one pass: a 19-yard touchdown strike from Josh Allen in the first quarter.
Josh Palmer may have been raring up for a big game after a 45-yard reception, but he was lost early on after one more reception for a combined 60 yards that ended up leading the Bills on the night. No other Bills receiver put up more than Khalil Shakir’s 33 yards on three catches. Ray Davis (2-19-1) caught Allen’s other touchdown pass, but it was a very lean and uncondensed passing game as usual for Buffalo.
Seeing his lowest utilization of the season was James Cook (17-87), but that should come back up to where he’s been for most of this season. He looked really good, but fell by the wayside as Ty Johnson (1-5 rushing; 1-11 receiving) took a bunch of snaps and routes but ultimately had just two touches.
Panthers Notes From Week 6:
Okay, fine, maybe Rico Dowdle (30-183 rushing; 4-56-1 receiving) is just the best running back on Planet Earth at this point. Or he really just loves revenge games. Dowdle was electric yet again and now has two straight games of 200+ scrimmage yards, becoming just the second player this decade to do that, after Dalvin Cook. Dowdle is just ripping off chunk runs like it’s going out of style, with runs of 15(!!) runs of seven yards or more against the Cowboys.
It helps that the last two matchups for the Panthers couldn’t have been more favorable, with games against the Dolphins and Cowboys, the 32nd and 27th-worst defenses in EPA per rush attempt. Still, you play who is on the schedule, and Dowdle has delivered. Oh, and Dowdle had a receiving touchdown as well. Good gravy. Dave Canales was asked about who the starting running back would be once Chuba Hubbard returned, and Canales didn’t have a definitive answer, so it’s likely that Dowdle has a concrete role moving forward.
The running game – okay, just Dowdle – has dominated mostly everything for the Panthers, and it’s gotten them to two straight wins. Who are we to argue with results? Still, getting Tetairoa McMillan (3-29-2) involved is a massive key, and while he didn’t get there with target earning, he caught two touchdowns to help his fantasy managers. Xavier Legette (2-11, 93 percent of routes) continues to drain the Panthers’ economy week by week, almost losing a fumble thanks to an ill-timed lateral… for some reason.
Bears Notes From Week 6:
The Chicago Bears’ Week 6 can be explained by near misses, a dominant performance, and a hospital visit post-game. They still won with a last-second field goal from former 49er Jake Moody.
D'Andre Swift (14-108 rushing; 2-67-1 receiving) was the dominant Bear in this game, with 175 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown. He paced the offense in a game where offensive explosiveness was certainly at a premium. Rome Odunze (2-32) just missed a touchdown, which was brought back by an illegal formation penalty.
DJ Moore (3-43) played a full game with 91 percent of routes per dropback and then was hospitalized after leaving the game in an ambulance. It was later disclosed by head coach Ben Johnson that it was a groin injury for Moore.
We keep getting the unwelcome Olamide Zaccheaus running routes on 76 percent of dropbacks when the public and Bears fans are clamoring for more time on the field for Luther Burden III. Burden was on the field for a season-high 39 percent of routes. But far eclipsed Zaccheaus’ production on the night. We have to get a flip soon, don’t we?
"You know, even if there's a 1,562-route sample in the NFL of how painfully average Olamide Zaccheaus has been in six NFL seasons, let's give him 350 more routes and $1.5m this season just to be SUPER sure."
- Ryan Poles, March 2025
— Kevin Tompkins (@ktompkinsii.bsky.social) October 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Bengals Notes From Week 6:
The Bengals “upgraded” their quarterback room from Jake Browning to Joe Flacco with a trade early last week, giving an actual NFL Draft pick to swap with the Browns for Flacco and a later pick. And while it was a universally panned transaction (and rightly so) to give a draft pick for a 40-year-old quarterback, he made the Bengals look moderately competitive and competent.
The Bengals are back to being a condensed offense again, inching closer to the Joe Burrow-led Bengals, but still galaxies away. Ja'Marr Chase (10-94-1, team-leading 12 targets) and Tee Higgins (5-62, eight targets) combined for over 50 percent of the team’s targets and 71 percent of the team’s yardage output against the Packers.
Chase Brown (9-42 rushing; 2-7 receiving) is still not super great, and Samaje Perine (6-16 rushing; 2-16 receiving) eats into Brown’s receiving work. Flacco could boost his stock if the offense remains competent, but Brown’s calling card is volume, and even with a huge amount, his inefficiency typically rears its ugly head.
Browns Notes From Week 6:
The Browns were thoroughly handled on the road by the Pittsburgh Steelers, as the score didn’t really do enough justice. Quinshon Judkins (12-36 rushing; one target) was held in check for the first time this season, with some of the other backs like Jerome Ford (2-17 rushing; 5-13 receiving) and Dylan Sampson (3-12 rushing; 2-12 receiving) getting a little more run in a trailing script.
The Browns ran a TON of plays (75 – tied for most in Week 6) and Dillon Gabriel had 52 pass attempts, but with just a 4.3 yards per attempt. Late-game compiling was definitely on the menu in trying to keep afloat with Harold Fannin Jr. (7-81, 10 targets) and Jerry Jeudy (5-43, team-leading 13 targets) both reaching double-digit targets.
David Njoku (3-28) suffered a knee injury that puts him as “day to day” for his Week 7 status. That’s going to vault Fannin up to must-start status at tight end if Njoku misses any time.
What Fannin has done on somewhat limited routes and two different quarterbacks on a 1-5 team is honestly fantastic given the circumstances. He’s been the best pass-catcher on the team this season, outproducing Jeudy despite seven fewer targets. On a full complement of routes? Fannin could be a dominant league winner at a position that desperately needs it.
Cowboys Notes From Week 6:
Only one other Cowboys player had over 33 receiving yards in this game, but he dominated everything for Dak Prescott and the passing game. George Pickens (9-168-1) has been fantastic for the Cowboys with CeeDee Lamb injured, and while he’ll be a 1B to Lamb’s clear 1A in this passing game, we know exactly what Pickens can do. With Prescott looking fantastic this season, Lamb and Pickens have to be the best wide receiver duo in the league.
That’s not to discount anything Jake Ferguson (3-33-1) is doing, because he’s currently the TE1 in fantasy football. He had a bit of a muted game in Week 6 as he ceded a lot of the receiving real estate to Pickens, but Ferguson deserves his flowers, too, in what has been an extremely fruitful environment for fantasy productivity throughout the season’s first six weeks.
For the first time this season, Javonte Williams (13-29 rushing; 5-5 receiving) had a pretty subpar game, with just 2.2 yards per carry. His role is just as it was – massive. Jaydon Blue (3-0) rushed for the same number of yards as you and I did in Week 6: zero.
Broncos Notes From Week 6:
One half of the absolutely laugh riot that emanated from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and had poor Colleen Wolfe in the NFL Network studio having to sell this game as anything but an abomination. Good on you, Colleen. Bad on all of us who had to sit through all three hours.
At the very least, the Denver Broncos could somewhat move the ball, so there’s that! Evan Engram led the way for the Broncos’ pass-catchers with a 5-42 line on just 52 percent of routes. No, you can’t start him. Of the top 25 tight ends, none of them run below 60 percent of routes on average this season. Only Engram runs 53 percent on average. On an already uncondensed offense, the floor is rock bottom, while this performance is probably much closer to the ceiling outcome.
No surprise that Courtland Sutton (1-17) ran a ton of routes; that’s his game. Troy Franklin’s (3-19) routes took a bit of a dip, but he’s the second-fiddle in terms of getting on the field to run routes.
RJ Harvey (2-4 rushing; 4-21 receiving) got going a little in the receiving game with four targets, and Jaleel McLaughlin (1-0 rushing; one target) was active for the first time this season, but J.K. Dobbins (14-40 rushing; one target) kept his strong role as he continues to fend off Harvey. Dobbins wasn’t great, but he had 15 opportunities to Harvey’s six and McLaughlin’s two.
Lions Notes From Week 6:
With just five Detroit Lions touching the ball in this game, it’s the condensed offense we love for fantasy purposes. Most of them were able to make some mark on this game despite being bested by the Chiefs 30-17.
Amon-Ra St. Brown (9-44 receiving; 1-2 rushing) earned a team-leading 10 targets but just had 44 yards on those opportunities. Jameson Williams (6-66-1) returned to form with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Jared Goff in the first quarter to cap his solid night. While it hasn’t been the most fun experience to roster and start Williams as of late, he’s plenty used in the offense, albeit a bit volatile. Sam LaPorta caught the second of Goff’s two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to bring the game to within three points.
Jahmyr Gibbs was solid, and his role was strong, but he didn’t get into the end zone and didn’t factor very much in the receiving end of things. After last week’s “Narrative Street” with David Montgomery (4-24 rushing; 2-37 receiving), he came back down to Earth a bit from last week, with just four carries and two targets.
Packers Notes From Week 6:
The Green Bay Packers, in typical Green Bay Packers fashion, played down to their opponent in Week 6. While the Packers beat the Cincinnati Bengals by two possessions, it was still an uninspiring game if you were a fan of the team or had anybody else on your fantasy roster besides Josh Jacobs.
Jacobs (18-93-2 rushing; 5-57 receiving) has been used a lot more in the passing game as of late, and it’s paying massive dividends for fantasy managers. Pairing his robust workload with utilization in the passing game levels him up to the lofty perch featuring some of the best running backs in fantasy. Over the last three games, Jacobs has averaged six targets, five receptions, and 57 receiving yards per contest. It also helps to rush for 93 yards and score two touchdowns on the ground.
Aside from Jacobs, Matthew Golden (3-86) stepped down to a three-week low of 68 percent of routes per dropback despite putting up his best weekly production as a pro. Romeo Doubs (5-55) was solid, and Tucker Kraft (2-43-1) got into the end zone, but besides that touchdown play, he was relatively unremarkable.
The Houston Texans were on bye in Week 6.
Colts Notes From Week 6:
Daniel Jones tossed two touchdowns and then had a rushing touchdown as the Colts won a back-and-forth game with the Brissett-led Cardinals 31-27. Jones was solid throughout, save for a bad interception. His touchdowns went to Tyler Warren (6-63-1, team-leading nine targets) early on for the first score of the game and then to Josh Downs (6-42-1) late. Michael Pittman Jr. (2-20) wasn’t utilized too much on the day, with Warren and Downs seeing the bulk of the involvement.
Downs will pop in the per-route metrics just because he’s a slot-only player that doesn’t usually see above 75 percent of the total routes. That’s the rub on him, and he’s much more talented to be pigeonholed into just playing in the slot. He’s only a flex option in fantasy with that limited utilization, but he also is still fantasy-relevant BECAUSE of the talent and target-earning ability.
Taylor (21-123-1) is pretty good, folks. Just in case you all haven't heard.
Jaguars Notes From Week 6:
In a game that disappointed a bit because of the two aggressive offenses and the quarterbacks who love to sling the pill, the Jaguars could only muster 12 points at home against an excellent Seattle Seahawks team.
Brian Thomas Jr. (8-90-1) had one touchdown and should have had two in his return to form following a ton of inefficiency. The second would-be touchdown was a bobbled ball that Thomas ended up snatching, but was ultimately waved off thanks to Travis Hunter’s biggest contribution to the game: lining up offside on that play for a penalty that negated the play.
Head coach Liam Coen said on Wednesday that he plans to design and call more plays with Hunter as the first read. We’ll see if that comes to fruition, but there’s no doubt that Hunter has been one of the biggest fantasy busts through the season’s first six games.
He’s been primarily a line-of-scrimmage player with the hopes of getting some YAC opportunities. No doubt Hunter is talented enough to be a success in that role, but it seems like the Jaguars just go away from it to feature lesser players like Parker Washington (2-29).
The running game wasn’t absolved from the team’s overall disappointing effort, as Travis Etienne Jr. (12-27 rushing; 4-28 receiving) was inefficient on his 17 total touches for 55 yards, but still has a wide gap between him and Bhayshul Tuten (2-14 rushing; 2-14 receiving) and LeQuint Allen Jr. (1-2 rushing; 1-10 receiving), who continue to soak up touches to skim enough of Etienne’s touches and opportunity to cap his fantasy upside.
Chiefs Notes From Week 6:
On Rashee Rice Eve, the week before Rice makes his return to the Kansas City Chiefs’ lineup after his six-game suspension, the Chiefs made sure to put their foot down and play their best game of the season across the board. They did just that, being the Detroit Lions 30-17.
Patrick Mahomes’ resurgence as one of fantasy football’s best quarterbacks kept going in their sixth game as Mahomes tossed three touchdowns and ran for 32 yards and a rushing score. Giving Marquise Brown (4-45-2) a nice parting gift of two touchdowns as he departs his near-full-time utilization was important with Rice’s return.
Xavier Worthy’s night (2-20-1 receiving; 1-6 rushing) was quiet but still found the end zone. The duo of Worthy and Rice is going to be lethal for opposing defenses with Mahomes playing as well as he is. Travis Kelce led the team in volume with seven targets and a 6-78 line on the evening. His consistent production will likely fall off as well next week. He’s still a low-end TE1 in bye weeks, but you can do better than Kelce in a decent number of weeks.
Seeing a massive workload upgrade was Isiah Pacheco (8-37 rushing, 1-0 receiving), who ran routes on 76 percent of dropbacks and took 77 percent of the snaps. However, it’s not like his production changed meaningfully from what he had been doing, splitting time with Kareem Hunt (4-11 rushing; 1-11 receiving) and, to a lesser extent, Brashard Smith (3-21 receiving). Pacheco is still a very dicey start in most weeks, but is still ultimately a low-end thanks to the offense he’s in.
Raiders Notes From Week 6:
If you look at the Raiders’ graphic, you’ll see how few players they truly used in this game, with three receivers about 80 percent routes, Michael Mayer taking the lion’s share of the tight end work with no Brock Bowers, and Ashton Jeanty taking a massive chunk of everything in the running game.
Geno Smith only threw 23 passes in this game, and all but two targets were to four players. One of them was to an offensive lineman. Yeah. That’s where we’re at, here.
Mayer (5-50-1) took advantage of Bowers’ absence with a solid game and the Raiders’ only receiving touchdown on the afternoon. Tre Tucker (5-70) was fine, and Jakobi Meyers (4-39) continued to struggle. Meyers has just one more target in his last four games (21) than he had in the first two games (20) combined. Clearly, not having Bowers puts this offense (that’s designed to play off him) in disarray.
Jeanty (23-75-1 rushing; 2-11 receiving) just dominates the utilization for the Raiders, and while he was inefficient in Week 6, it was good enough in a game where the Titans never challenged or pushed Las Vegas.
Chargers Notes From Week 6:
The death of Ladd McConkey’s fantasy value has been greatly exaggerated.
Sure, there wasn’t Quentin Johnston to take targets, but you play the hands you’re dealt, not drawing up narratives after the fact. McConkey (7-100-1) was the top target in the passing in terms of moving the ball downfield. Without Johnston, Tre' Harris (4-27) ran 85 percent of routes to little production. Keenan Allen (4-27) earned seven targets but wasn’t heavily involved either.
Behind McConkey was an awesome game from Oronde Gadsden II (7-69) on season highs in routes (77 percent) and snaps (75 percent). His route and snap volume sent Tyler Conklin (three snaps) to the shadow realm, and Gadsden ran almost four times as many routes as Will Dissly (2-18) despite 41 percent of snaps.
It’s going to be a bit difficult for Gadsden to navigate the other three receivers for target volume each week. But the team’s high PROE and passing volume benefits Gadsden. He’s now in streaming territory each week for fantasy if this workload holds.
Speaking of holds, Kimani Vidal (18-124 rushing; 3-14-1 receiving) just outright snatched every bit of the workload for the Chargers and turned it into 136 yards from scrimmage plus a receiving touchdown. Vidal is an easy pickup for every league, no matter if you need running back help or not. 67 percent of snaps and 54 percent of the routes will necessitate that kind of pickup. Hassan Haskins (6-14 rushing; 1-9 receiving) is strictly a backup right now.
Rams Notes From Week 6:
The huge story here is Puka Nacua (2-28) injuring his ankle on an end-zone target and trying to play through it on limited snaps for the rest of the game. The Rams go to London in Week 7 to play the Jacksonville Jaguars, where it’s possible that the Rams let Nacua rest up and then take the Week 8 bye to have Nacua play in Week 9. Against the Ravens, Whittington (3-23) ran routes on 86 percent of Matthew Stafford’s dropbacks as a 1:1 Nacua replacement.
The Rams didn’t have to do too much heavy lifting against a woefully undermanned and overmatched Ravens team that now drops to 1-5. Davante Adams (4-39) led the team with nine targets, and Tyler Higbee (4-40-1) caught Stafford’s only touchdown pass of the afternoon.
Nothing really new with the Rams’ backfield, as Kyren Williams (13-50-1 rushing; 2-27 receiving) got into the end zone and has a wide gap over anything from Blake Corum. Corum (5-23) is still used a bit as a change of pace to Williams, but it’s not anything meaningful for fantasy purposes.
Dolphins Notes From Week 6:
With the Miami Dolphins so embarrassingly deficient on the defensive side of the ball – ESPECIALLY defending the run – it’s amazing that they made Vidal of all backs look like Jamaal Charles. It also doesn’t help when your quarterback throws three interceptions and then gets up in the press conference to air your team’s dirty laundry.
I’m sure this will all work out super well for the 2025 Miami Dolphins, and this will be what galvanizes the team!
— NFL Plays (@nflplays.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Jaylen Waddle (6-95) continues to lead the Dolphins’ receivers post-Tyreek Hill, and there wasn’t much else that happened besides a Darren Waller (2-12-1) touchdown to salvage his day. Waller’s ramp-up to almost 80 percent of routes and the consistently condensed nature of the Dolphins’ offense mean he needs to be started in all fantasy leagues. He’s a must-start option going forward as long as he’s active.
Achane (16-128-2 rushing; 4-22 receiving) hit a second gear with his 49-yard touchdown that had the guard and center pull to the strong side of the formation, hit both of those blocks, and then Achane is going to win a foot race against everybody else in the league. He’s awesome; we love to see it. He also scored a four-yard touchdown later on in the game to cap off his day.
The Minnesota Vikings were on bye in Week 6.
Patriots Notes From Week 6:
Week by week, Drake Maye continues to cement his case for real, actual NFL MVP voting consideration. With a 10:2 touchdown-to-interception ratio, 1,522 passing yards, 138 rushing yards, and two rushing touchdowns, Maye is averaging 20.8 fantasy points per game as fantasy’s QB6. He’s been electric, and it’s even more impressive when you factor in his supporting cast of backs and pass-catchers, because he’s propping them all up.
A disappointing game from Stefon Diggs (3-28), but Kayshon Boutte (5-93-2) picked up the slack on a big-time narrative game (Boutte went to LSU, grew up in LA) that Jon Impemba smartly picked up on. He had most of the production for the Patriots, while others like Hunter Henry (3-27) chipped in, and even DeMario Douglas (3-71-1) scored. It’s still clearly Diggs and only Diggs, as Boutte can’t be trusted right now for consistent fantasy production.
It’s hard to watch Rhamondre Stevenson (13-18 rushing; one target) get so much work with a season-high 71 percent of snaps. Stevenson is currently at 3.1 yards per carry on the season, and in the past two weeks, he’s at 1.6 yards per carry.
It’s not like TreVeyon Henderson (9-27 rushing; 1-9 receiving) has been markedly better, but at some point, you have to see what Henderson has in the bag. It’s going to cost the 4-2 Patriots games and atop the AFC East, those games are getting increasingly important with New England flirting with contending in the AFC.
Saints Notes From Week 6:
The Saints tried to buck the “Jakobi Olave” narrative with Chris Olave (6-98, team-leading 10 targets) by targeting him deep for 53 yards in the game’s first play from scrimmage. Olave earned nine more targets on the afternoon and put up a 5-45 line after that first play, but it certainly makes his line look better. Olave has earned double-digit targets in five of six games.
While Spencer Rattler hasn’t killed the Saints yet, he’s been a fairly solid caretaker this season. Not fantasy relevant, of course, but certainly notable for team ecosystem purposes. The offense has been a bit harder to parse in recent weeks, though after Olave, with Juwan Johnson (2-15) still banged up, but playing through it as he’s run routes on 80 percent of dropbacks. Rashid Shaheed (4-28) is the second target, but is purely game-specific for fantasy.
At least Alvin Kamara (10-31 rushing; 5-45 receiving) has gotten slightly more involvement in the passing game, but he’s still as inefficient as ever on the ground. Taysom Hill (1-1-1 rushing) went and Hill’d a rushing touchdown away from Kamara, as he typically does every couple of games.
Giants Notes From Week 6:
If you have Cam Skattebo, you’re feeling GREAT. Everything is coming up roses for him in terms of the workload, but not just that, it’s the fact that they have a former wide receiver-turned-running back (Tyrone Tracy Jr.) who just came back, and Skattebo (19-98-3 rushing; 2-12 receiving) ran double Tracy’s (4-6 rushing) routes. Skattebo scored all three touchdowns as the final 21 points of the game to turn a 17-13 Eagles lead at the end of the second half into a 34-17 Giants win.
Skattebo feels like such a major win at a position that needed a little more rookie juice with players like Harvey, Kaleb Johnson, and Henderson spinning their wheels, plus the injury to Omarion Hampton derailing things for a little bit. Devin Singletary basically went to zero. It’s wheels up for Skattebo Nation!
No Darius Slayton for this game, so Lil'Jordan Humphrey (4-55) came directly off the practice squad to immediately run 94 percent of routes and earn seven targets. If that doesn’t tell you what they think of Jalin Hyatt (3-17, 61 percent of routes), that should be your first clue.
Wan'Dale Robinson (6-84-1) led for the Giants in what was a ceiling game in this current Malik Nabers-less version of the Giants. He’s just fine for what he is, a solid flex option and potentially up to a WR3 for fantasy with bye weeks here. Theo Johnson (2-27) disappointed in Week 6 in his follow-up to his two-score Week 5.
Jets Notes From Week 6:
In a performance that set back modern quarterbacking and football itself back about three decades, the New York “football” Jets – if you want to call it football – stunk up the joint. They were in the game the entire way, but somehow still felt galaxies behind the Denver Broncos.
Want some numbers?
- 45 yards passing from Justin Fields
- -10 net passing yards after accounting for the NINE sacks the Broncos had on Fields
- A combined 7-of-30 on third downs for both teams
- 82 total yards from the Jets in the entire game
- 57 carries for 170 yards (3.0 YPC)
What about a nifty little chart?
I think you get the point. It was bad football. Garrett Wilson had eight targets and pulled in a 3-13 line. Josh Reynolds “led” the team with a 3-25 line. The rest of the team had seven receiving yards. Breece Hall (22-59) was predictably inefficient.
Even worse? Wilson is set to miss time with a knee injury. This offense may just strap on leather helmets with Fields and Hall to run the Veer, Wishbone, or the Wing-T offense. Mason Taylor (1-2; season-high 86 percent routes) probably leads this team in targets as long as Wilson is out, but it doesn’t feel good.
We need a palate cleanser. STAT.
Eagles Notes From Week 6:
Quite a bit of passing (33 pass attempts; a LOT for the Eagles) and going away from the run game in what ended up being a game that got away from Philadelphia. 78 percent of the Eagles’ targets went to exactly who you’d expect, thanks to the condensed nature of the offense.
A quieter game from DeVonta Smith, but he had a chance to bring in a long touchdown that was overthrown by Jalen Hurts. A.J. Brown had a solid game and is starting to look more and more like himself in this offense. Dallas Goedert (9-110-1, team-leading 11 targets) had the blow-up game as he led the Eagles in everything, plus the team continues to give Goedert these little pop or shovel passes at the goal line that are going to inflate his touchdown totals even further. Added touchdown equity works for tight ends too!
Saquon Barkley (12-58 rushing; 2-9 receiving) was present and accounted for with his typical strong role. Nothing much changes here.
Steelers Notes From Week 6:
The Pittsburgh Steelers put the clamp on the Cleveland Browns at home, winning 23-9 in a game where it was never in doubt for the Steelers. For the passing game, as it typically is, DK Metcalf led everything with a solid 4-95-1 line on a team-leading nine targets. He’s keeping up the Aaron Rodgers thesis of being the WR1 that gets fed consistently. No other wide receiver or tight end is anywhere close to being relevant for fantasy.
Outside of Metcalf, Kenneth Gainwell (6-22 rushing; 6-14 receiving) kept a sizable role even with the return of Jaylen Warren. Warren (11-52 rushing; 2-11 receiving) will likely split this role with Gainwell going forward; that will be undoubtedly annoying for anybody starting Warren in fantasy. If the Steelers inch forward to give Johnson (6-15) more run, this backfield could get ugly in a hurry. Knowing Arthur Smith, that could certainly be in the cards.
49ers Notes From Week 6:
With virtually the entire San Francisco 49ers’ pass-catching group getting hurt at some point this season, between Jauan Jennings (1-7, five broken ribs), Ricky Pearsall, George Kittle, and Brandon Aiyuk, it’s crazy that there are players left to play. Amidst a group of uninspiring receivers that includes Marquez Valdes-Scantling (2-22), Demarcus Robinson (2-44), and Skyy Moore (two routes, three snaps), it’s been Kendrick Bourne doing a lot of the heavy lifting in this offense in the short term.
Bourne (5-142, team-leading nine targets) put up his second straight 142-yard receiving game to lead the way in yardage. Tell me if you’ve heard this, but Christian McCaffrey was a factor in the receiving game. I know, right? He did add a touchdown on the ground to boot, but hey, 111 total yards and a touchdown being a “down week” for McCaffrey is pretty damn good.
Seahawks Notes From Week 6:
*taps earpiece*
Folks, I’m getting word that Sam Darnold… is GOOD. More on this as it develops.
For one of the few times in recorded history, you DO have to hand it to Klint Kubiak, Mike Macdonald, and Darnold for having a plan for their offense heading into this season and executing it to perfection. A few weeks ago, I said one of my biggest misses this season was Tyler Warren’s immediate emergence. A few weeks later, I think not buying into Darnold and the rocket ship that is Jaxon Smith-Njigba was the one thing that could top the Warren stuff.
Adjusted EPA / PFF Blend Through Week 6
Somehow Sam Darnold just...keeps being good?
— Ben Baldwin (@rbsdm.com) October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Smith-Njigba (8-162-1, team-leading 12 targets, league-leading most things, really) literally looks like the best wide receiver in football, and it’s just the sheer absurdity of how wide open he gets. It’s like JSN gets a steal and a fast-break layup while everybody is still at the other end of the court.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is actually a mutant from another galaxy
(min. 75 routes)
— Kevin Tompkins (@ktompkinsii.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Believe it or not, other players play for the Seahawks as well! Tight end AJ Barner has been surprisingly solid over the last few weeks, but he still runs short of the routes we want for a fantasy-worthy tight end. However, with bye weeks in full swing, beggars can’t be choosers. Cooper Kupp (2-40-1) also scored a touchdown, if you’re into that!
Both Kenneth Walker III (10-34 rushing; 1-3 receiving) and Zach Charbonnet 12-24 rushing; 1-13 receiving) bog things down in the running game, as they’re basically splitting up one running back workload and crippling each other because of it. It’s hard to start either, but you may not have a choice at this point. I’d lean toward Walker for the potential of explosive plays, but there’s concern for both players.
Buccaneers Notes From Week 6:
A Buccaneers team with no Bucky Irving, no Mike Evans, and no Chris Godwin. It’s okay, there’s Emeka Eg… oh…
Welp, time to add Emeka Egbuka to the pile of injuries. Egbuka left the game with a hamstring injury and will likely miss Week 7 at the very least. As if the first three injuries weren’t bad enough.
To help make up the production, Todd Bowles and offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard had to go DEEP into the bag to pull out Tez Johnson (1-45-1, 84 percent of routes) and Kameron Johnson (4-64-1) to help bridge the gap. Both scored touchdowns and were solidly effective in combination with mainstay Sterling Shepard (2-51).
Cade Otton also found some relevance for the first time this season with a solid 5-51 game. If he’s going to be useful in fantasy, he’s going to need a few of those typical starters out, but I don’t hate him as a streaming option for fantasy teams needing a tight end option. Especially one being thrown by MVP candidate Baker Mayfield.
Second week of the starting role for Rachaad White (17-65-1 rushing; 3-21 receiving), and he continues to deliver in a strong offense that has to focus on Mayfield’s heroics. 86 total yards and a touchdown later, White is once again a top-12 running back this week in fantasy.
Titans Notes From Week 6:
There was a lot of bad football played in Week 6. The Titans were involved in one of those games with the Las Vegas Raiders. How bad are the Titans? An unidentified Raiders coach said, “That might be the worst team I’ve seen in the last 25 years.” OUCH.
The Titans are certainly the worst team in the NFL in 2025, and with them firing now-former head coach Brian Callahan on Monday morning, they should lock up that title without any resistance. Former Chargers head coach Mike McCoy will be the interim head coach for these Titans, where quarterback Cam Ward will be left wandering in the desert for the rest of 2025. We’re hoping for some stability with his next head coach and offensive coordinator. (Klint Kubiak? Joe Brady?)
In Week 6, Calvin Ridley (1-18) played all of six snaps on two drives before leaving with a hamstring injury, so that injury put Van Jefferson (4-75) front and center into the “X” receiver role while Elic Ayomanor shifted to the “Z”. That’s going to help Ayomanor (3-27) see less jams at the line of scrimmage and hopefully, more targets if Ridley is out any length of time. Chig Okonkwo led the Titans in targets and receptions, but he’s not a serious fantasy option right now.
For Tyjae Spears’ second game back, he took a clear lead in snaps and routes but still was a bit behind Tony Pollard (10-34 rushing; 2-13 receiving) in opportunities, especially on the ground. Pollard maintained his strong rushing role with 67 percent of the team’s rushing attempts.
That said, it’s turned into not such a great role for Pollard if Spears (5-31 rushing; 4-19 receiving) is going to be taking more opportunities off the top for Pollard. It’s one thing when he’s the only game in town, but skimming anything from Pollard’s work bumps him down to flex status at best. It’s not even that Spears looked really good, he didn’t from what I saw in the game. It’s just the workload split, and if this is going to continue to be a thing going forward.
Commanders Notes From Week 6:
Anytime you can make the two most featured players on your offense a 32-year-old journeyman wide receiver and a soon-to-be 35-year-old tight end whose career is on the off-ramp with the blinker on, you have to do it. Right?
looking at the Commanders' receiving lines tonight, featuring touchdowns from 32-year-old Chris Moore and soon-to-be 35-year-old Zach Ertz
— Kevin Tompkins (@ktompkinsii.bsky.social) October 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jayden Daniels threw three touchdown passes and put up 52 yards on the ground, but he can’t do it all himself, and the lack of talent in the pass-catching group is starting to show.
Deebo Samuel Sr. (4-15) is fine enough and has to take on more responsibility with Terry McLaurin remaining out, but 32-year-old Chris Moore should not be running 75 percent of routes per dropback at this stage of his career. Zach Ertz (6-43-1, team leading seven targets) was solid as well, but we’re talking about a tight end who is going to turn 35 in November. Not just that, but the team refuses to give more opportunities to their younger players, like Jaylin Lane (1-37) and Luke McCaffrey (1-33-1, who scored a touchdown on his only target.
At least in the running game, Jacory Croskey-Merritt (17-61 rushing; 1-7 receiving) was solid, but he did lose a fumble. He still firmly held serve over Chris Rodriguez Jr. (and Jeremy McNichols (2-5 rushing; 3-30 receiving), though.
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