Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings WR and TE Rankings: Starts, Sits, Risers & Fallers (Ep. 2247)
October 8, 2026
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5 min readWeek 6 Fantasy Football Rankings: WR and TE Starts, Sits, Risers & Fallers
The FantasyPros crew—Tara Roberts, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Andrew Erickson—faced an unusual challenge this week: the pool of trustworthy wide receivers felt shallow. "After about 17 or so" the level of confidence dropped off, Fitz said, whereas normally "there are about 25 wide receivers you feel pretty good about." Quarterback injuries and returning passers complicated the picture, forcing the rankers to decide whether to trust the receivers or fear the situation around them.
Zay Flowers and the Tyler Huntley Factor
Zay Flowers held firm at wide receiver 7 despite Lamar Jackson's likely absence, and the reasoning was more nuanced than simple optimism. Erickson pointed out something counterintuitive: in Flowers's last five games with Tyler Huntley at quarterback, he actually averaged 0.5 more fantasy points per game than with Jackson. The mechanism is game script. Without Jackson, the Ravens face more negative game scripts, Huntley has to throw more, and Flowers gets more volume. "It feels disingenuous to say that," Erickson admitted, "but when you just look at the numbers... should I just put him back up at three?"
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What you'll learn
- 1 Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings: WR and TE Rankings (Ep. 2247)
- 2 (00:20) **Episode Intro & WR Landscape** - Tara Roberts, Pat Fitzmorris, and Andrew Erickson set up the week's wide receiver rankings, noting QB injuries and trust issues past WR17
- 3 (01:53) **Top 12 WR Rankings Revealed** - The crew lists the top 12 wide receivers for Week 6, headlined by JSN, Puka, and Amon-Ra
- 4 (02:26) **Zay Flowers: Trust Despite QB Change** - Flowers holds at WR7 even with Lamar Jackson potentially out, facing a Falcons pass-funnel defense
- 5 (07:31) **Michael Wilson: The Volume King** - Wilson rockets to WR9-10 after Tetairoa McMillan's explosion against Detroit, with 30 targets in the last two games
- 6 (12:26) **WRs 13-24: The Trust Fall Zone** - The middle tier features high-upside names alongside major question marks
- 7 (13:19) **DK Metcalf: Volume Trumps Matchup Concerns** - Metcalf at WR19-22 despite facing Sauce Gardner and the Colts' strong perimeter defense
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Show Notes
Tera Roberts joins Pat Fitzmaurice and Andrew Erickson to tackle a tricky Week 6 slate for wide receivers and tight ends.
Michael Wilson’s massive workload meets a vulnerable Lions defense, Zay Flowers faces uncertainty at quarterback, and DK Metcalf looks to build on his 115-yard performance. The crew also weighs whether this is the week to trust emerging options like Denzel Boston.
Plus, which tight ends belong in your lineup? Isaiah Likely and Harold Fannin Jr. stand out as strong Week 6 options while several familiar names carry more risk than usual.
Timestamps: (May be off due to ads)
Intro - 0:00:00
WRs 1-12 - 0:01:32
Zay Flowers - 0:02:08
Michael Wilson - 0:07:07
Trophy Smack Giveaway - 0:11:06
WRs 13-24 - 0:12:04
DK Metcalf - 0:13:00
Carnell Tate - 0:17:09
Mike Evans - 0:21:39
Josh Downs - 0:24:43
FantasyPros Tools - 0:27:57
WRs 25-36 - 0:28:19
Devaughn Vele - 0:29:10
Denzel Boston - 0:32:14
Malik Washington - 0:34:33
Deeper WR Plays - 0:37:36
FantasyPros Start/Sit Assistant - 0:40:44
TE Rankings - 0:41:09
Isaiah Likely - 0:41:44
Juwan Johnson - 0:43:15
Harold Fannin - 0:46:35
Outro - 0:48:54
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