Week 6 of the fantasy season brought us more unpredictable totals from unlikely players (hello, Bailey Zappe, Deon Jackson and Daniel Bellinger), but it did see some of the top wideouts make a statement. In fact, the three best fantasy players at the position were all superstars: Ja’Marr Chase, Stefon Diggs and Tyreek Hill. There were some outliers at receiver too, as the likes of Chase Claypool, Tyquan Thornton, Parris Campbell, Dante Pettis and Ben Skowronek had nice numbers.
Fantasy fans also saw the continued decline of two of the top quarterbacks (one a lock Hall of Famer) from a year ago, while another signal-caller who was a fantasy star the past two weeks came crashing back down to earth in the Great Northwest. Those are among what I believe are the top 10 fantasy football story lines from this week that will no doubt affect your starting lineup decisions moving forward.
Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes don’t disappoint. The battle between the Bills and Chiefs was the top matchup of the week, and it didn’t leave us wanting. While the game started slowly in the stats sheets, Allen finished with 329 yards, three touchdowns and 26.4 points while Mahomes went for 338, two touchdowns and 19.6 points (he lost two points on a late interception). The game also produced a pair of top-eight wide receivers, Stefon Diggs (30.8 points) and, surprisingly, JuJu Smith-Schuster (22.3 points). Two tight ends, Travis Kelce (19.2 points) and Dawson Knox (12.7 points) were also in the top eight from the contest.
