Fantasy Football Week 6 Rankings: Flex and PPR Outlook

Five weeks of the 2016 NFL season have already flown by, and Week 6 is only days away. This means that for many of you, you’re close to reaching the midway point in your fantasy football regular season.

The fantasy landscape looks quite a bit different than it did when 2016 began, and there’s a good chance your fantasy roster does too. Sure, guys like Antonio Brown and A.J. Green have remained relatively consistent, but early season fantasy stars like Isaiah Crowell and Melvin Gordon have fallen off.

Meanwhile, young players like Chicago Bears running back Jordan Howard, Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen and Bears wideout Cameron Meredith have recently jumped into the spotlight.

We’ve also seen a number of injuries impact the fantasy world—most recently, concussions for both Carson Palmer and Cam Newton. These injuries obviously affected the offenses of the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers, respectively.

Tom Brady’s Week-5 return from suspension made a positive impact on the passing offense of the New England Patriots.

Today, we’re going to take what we’ve learned over the first five weeks of the season and use it to help you prepare for Week 6. We’ll be providing flex rankings for the top 50 skill players, while examining some of the top fantasy storylines coming out of Week 5.

We will provide separate lists for standard and PPR scoring, and we will base our rankings on factors like past performances, projected role, matchup and injury where applicable.

Week 6 Flex Rankings

For better or worse, one of the biggest stroylines of Week 6 was the return of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Those who are not major fans of the Patriots probably would have been content to not see him on the field, but owners of Patriots pass-catchers loved it.

Brady was nearly flawless in his 2016 debut against the Cleveland Browns, and a number of different players benefited.

No rust at all for Tom Brady. Speaks to how dedicated he is. Or how bad the Browns are. Or both.

— Jim Rome (@jimrome) October 9, 2016

Tight end Rob Gronkowski looked like the playmaker we are used to seeing, hauling in five passes for 109 yards. Fellow tight end Martellus Bennett scored three times and produced 67 yards on six catches.

Wideout Julian Edelman even got in on the action with five receptions and 35 yards. …

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