Pat Mayo's UPDATED 2025 Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings, Starts, Sits, Sleepers

Oct 08, 2025

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Fantasy Football Week 6 Rankings

Mayo, Jake Ciely & Ian Hartitz break down everything you need to set your best lineup and win your matchup. From player rankings to sleeper calls, we’ve got you covered.

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Week 6 RB Injuries

Jaylen Warren (Knee) — IN
Chuba Hubbard (Calf) — OUT
Chris Rodriguez (calf) — Leaning OUT
Bucky Irving (Ankle) — OUT
Aaron Jones (Hamstring) — IR; OUT at least 1 More Week
Trey Benson (Knee) — IR; OUT at least 3 Weeks
Omarion Hampton (Ankle) —Placed on IR; OUT at least 4 Games
Miles Sanders (Ankle) — OUT FOR SEASON
Antonio Gibson (Knee) — OUT FOR THE SEASON

Week 6 RB Rankings

Qundshon Junkins — Since 2000, six RBs have opened their career with four straight games of 60 rushing yards and at least one reception: Tomlinson, Peterson, CJ2K, Dalvin Cook, Kareem Hunt, and Judkins.

Week 6 Spread Picks

Mayo, Geoff Fienberg and Tim Anderson go game-by-game and make their 2025 Week 6 Spread Picks, Bets, Survivor Picks, and Props. Plus, a mini Cust Corner on Halloween Fun, McDonalds Monopoly Breaks, and things that are classy when you’re rich but trashy if you’re poor.

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Week 6 WR Injuries

Allen Lazard (Personal) — OUT
Darnell Mooney (hamstring) — Leaning OUT
Zay Flowers (Shoulder) — Leaning IN
Jalen Coker (Quad) — Questionable
Chris Godwin (Fibula) — OUT, likely multiple weeks
CeeDee Lamb (Ankle) — OUT
Mike Evans (Hamstring) — OUT
Christian Watson (knee) — OUT
Ricky Pearsall (Knee) — OUT
Terry McLaurin (Quad) — Leaning OUT
Kavontae Turpin (Foot) — OUT
Calvin Austin — OUT
Quentin Johnston (hamstring) — Questionable
Noah Brown (Groin) — Leaning IN
Alec Pierce (Concussion) — IN
Jauan Jennings (Ankle/Shoulder) — Leaning IN
Curtis Samuel (neck/ribs) — Questionable
Cedric Tillman (Hamstring) — Placed on IR; OUT at least 4 Weeks
Brandon Aiyuk (Knee) — Practice Window Unlikely to be Opened Yet
Darius Slayton (hamstring) — DNP

Week 6 WR Rankings

Kayshon Boutte — The Saints create pressure at the third lowest rate in the NFL (28% of drop backs). Boutte has been targeted on 3.9% of routes when Drake Maye is pressured, 18.4% when not.

Jameson Williams — His aDOT is up 71.6% from last season and that’s resulted in his catch rate crashing from 63.7% to 52.4%.

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Week 6 QB Injuries

Lamar Jackson (Hamstring) — OUT
Brock Purdy (Toe) — OUT
Joe Flacco (TRADED TO CIN) — Starting over Browning
Kyler Murray (foot) — Questionable

Week 6 QB Rankings

Matthew Stafford — Old man Stafford is one of two QBs with a 35+ yard completion in all five weeks this season (other: Sam Darnold) and it’s for a clear reason. There are six WRs with 150+ routes and a 26% (or higher) on-field target share: Puka Nacua and Davante Adams both make that list.

Aaron Rodgers — 85.1% of his passes have been thrown under 10 yards down field (DK Metcalf has just one deep target).

Jaxson Dart — Over the past two weeks (the Dart games), the Giants rank 25th in completions to receivers and 8th in completions to running backs / tight ends (28th and 9th if you prefer the per game rankings over that stretch).

Week 6 TE Injuries

Brock Bowers (Knee) — OUT
Michael Mayer (Concussion) — IN
Colston Loveland (hip) — Leaning IN
Ja’Tavion Sanders (Ankle) — Leaning IN
George Kittle (Hamstring) — Expected OUT
Brenton Strange (Hip) — Placed on IR

Week 6 TE Rankings

Tucker Kraft — The three primary GB WR’s have an aDOT of at least 14 yards while Kraft’s sits at 5.2. In terms of opponent passer rating, the Bengals are the sixth BEST defense on passes thrown 14+ yards down field and the third WORST on passes thrown less than 14 yards down field.

Dalton Kincaid — This season, five players have an 18+ yard catch in all five weeks: Davante Adams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tet McMillan, and Kincaid.

Week 6 DST Rankings

BAL DST — The Ravens have allowed 19 red zone TDs (only seven other teams have allowed even 19 red zone trips) ... The Lions are allowing a league-high 4.4 deep completions per game ... The Patriots own the fourth best defense vs RBs before contact and fifth best after contact.