Week 5 wasn’t kind to NFL quarterbacks. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson needed surgery on his finger after injuring it in the first game of the week. New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones left last week’s game with a concussion, and Saints quarterback Taysom Hill also left his game early following a helmet-to-helmet hit. Jones and Wilson were the sixth and 10th Fantasy football quarterbacks heading into Week 5, and replacements were already depleted this week with four teams on bye. Where should every quarterback be in your Week 6 Fantasy football rankings?
Making the right play at quarterback is more important now than it has been yet this season. A dependable set of Week 6 Fantasy football picks will help you make the right call for your Week 6 Fantasy football strategy. Before you lock in your lineups, be sure to check out the Week 6 Fantasy football rankings from the proven computer model at SportsLine. It can help you make those tough decisions on which players to start and which players to leave on the bench.
When it comes to ranking players, SportsLine’s model beat human experts in Fantasy football for the past several seasons especially when there were big differences in ranking. Over the course of a season, that could literally be the difference between winning your league or going home empty-handed.
Last week, the model was extremely high on Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown, saying he’d finish as a top-10 player at his position. The result: Brown hauled in nine receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns against the Colts. Anybody who had him in their lineup was well on their way to a huge week.
Now, the model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, has revealed its Fantasy football rankings for Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top Week 6 Fantasy football picks
One player the model is extremely high on this week: Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. He was likely already a starter for many Fantasy teams, but with fewer alternatives, his stock is even higher this week. After last week’s overtime loss to the Packers, there was concern about Burrow, who was taken to the hospital for a throat contusion he suffered in the game.
All indications are that he should be back in action this week against Detroit, and he enters having thrown for 801 yards and seven touchdowns over his last three games. Opposing Fantasy quarterbacks haven’t put up eye-popping point totals against the Lions, but that’s been because Detroit has been so poor at stopping the run. Bengals running back Joe Mixon has a banged-up ankle and his backup, Samaje Perine, landed on the COVID reserve list after last week.
The uncertainty in the backfield should mean more volume for Burrow, and the Lions have allowed opposing passers to complete 68 percent of their passes this season. The model likes Burrow’s opportunity this week and places him ahead of other top quarterbacks like Matthew Stafford, Kyler Murray and Aaron Rodgers in Week 6.
And a massive shocker: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, who’s thrown three or more touchdown passes in each of his last three games, stumbles big-time and doesn’t even crack the top 15 at his position. Prescott completed 68.8 percent of his passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns last week against the Giants.
Prescott has already racked up 1,368 passing yards this season, but now he’ll face-off against the Patriots, one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses. The Patriots are giving up 317.6 yards per game on average to opposing offenses, which ranks fifth in the league. New England’s defense also held Tom Brady, who leads the NFL in passing yards, to just 269 yards and zero touchdowns two weeks ago. With such a tough matchup on Sunday, Prescott is a player to consider putting on the bench in Week 6.
How to set your Week 6 Fantasy football rankings
The model is also calling for a surprising quarterback you aren’t even thinking about to finish in the top 10 of its Fantasy football rankings. This pick could be the difference between winning big and going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
So who should you start and sit this week? And which surprising quarterback could lead you to victory? Visit SportsLine now to get Week 6 Fantasy football rankings for every position, plus see which QB is going to come out of nowhere to crack the top 10, all from the model that has out-performed experts big-time.
