We Broke Down Every Week 6 Game So You Can Win Your Fantasy Matchup

Matthew Freedman and Zain Dhanani go game by game through the entire Week 6 slate, all 14 matchups with the Lions, Bengals, Vikings and Dolphins on bye, using spreads, implied totals, injury reports and coverage data to sort out who’s actually startable and who you’re better off benching.

With four teams off this week, a lot of lineups have holes in them, and most of this episode is about filling them.

They open in London with Texans-Jaguars, where Jacksonville is playing its second straight game overseas while Houston flies a league-worst 4,200 miles to get there. Then it’s Bills-Raiders at a 53.5 total, Cardinals-Rams with the Rams carrying the highest implied total on the slate, Bears-Falcons, and the rest of the afternoon.

This week the rankings also come with four voices — Zain, Freedman, Dwain and Cupps — and some of the gaps are enormous. Xavier Worthy is WR21 for Zain and WR38 for Cupps. Mark Andrews is TE10 for Zain and TE24 for Cupps. Dalton Kincaid, Rhamondre Stevenson, Germie Bernard, Tetairoa McMillan and Jalen Hurts all split the group too.

Along the way: Rhamondre Stevenson as a potential top-five back if TreVeyon Henderson sits, Germie Bernard as the week’s top waiver pickup with three Steelers receivers hurt, Mike Evans pushing toward WR1 territory if Deebo Samuel misses again, Matthew Golden in a smash spot on Sunday night, Denzel Boston with Cleveland shorthanded, Braelon Allen with Breece Hall still out, Cam Skattebo against a Saints run defense allowing the most to backs, Brenton Strange and Dalton Schultz as bye-week streamers, Blake Corum in the highest-scoring game environment on the board, and Tyler Higbee without Terrance Ferguson.

Plus the fades: Parker Washington against a tough Houston matchup, Trey McBride against the league’s best tight end defense, Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead against a Chargers team he’s historically struggled with, Omarion Hampton in a three-way committee behind a broken line, Bucky Irving without Baker Mayfield, Jalen Hurts without most of his offense, Bo Nix on short rest, and Jacory Croskey-Merritt losing work to Rachaad White.

Zain also has DraftKings salaries and projected ownership on several plays, including Dalton Kincaid, Tre Tucker, Mark Andrews and the Kansas City receivers.

Then Cowboys-Packers on Sunday night, Commanders-49ers on Monday, and Seahawks-Broncos on Thursday.

If you’ve got a lineup decision you can’t settle, the game is in here.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:30 - Texans vs. Jaguars (London)
00:20:57 - Bills at Raiders
00:30:16 - Cardinals at Rams
00:51:23 - Bears at Falcons
01:06:16 - Saints at Giants
01:15:04 - Titans at Colts
01:27:35 - Jets at Patriots
01:42:07 - Ravens at Browns
01:57:52 - Chargers at Chiefs
02:12:49 - Steelers at Buccaneers
02:24:06 - Panthers at Eagles
02:36:46 - Cowboys at Packers
02:48:58 - Commanders at 49ers
02:58:17 - Seahawks at Broncos

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