Week 6 Rankings: Standard | PPR

It has been five weeks. Some players are doing exactly what you thought they would, others might be a little disappointing. But a handful of players are playing way beyond expectations. Are they just getting started, or is the worst to come?

Matt Ryan ATL • QB • 2 2016 stats CMP% 6,900.0 YDS 1,740 TD 12 INT 2 View Profile

With 23 Fantasy points in four of five games, Ryan has been the best Fantasy value pick (or waiver add) of the year thus far. He has the luxury of playing behind a very good offensive line, throwing to one of the best receivers in the league and utilizing not one but two running backs who have both taken pressure off him and become targets for him. He's in the middle of the worst two-week stretch on the schedule and has maybe three difficult matchups left after Week 6. Ryan is a near-elite Fantasy passer the rest of the way, even with the tough matchup ahead of him at Seattle.

Carson Wentz PHI • QB • 11 2016 stats CMP% 6,740.0 YDS 1,007 TD 7 INT 1 View Profile

Wentz's past two games were his lowest-graded, according to Pro Football Focus, but he still had 20-plus Fantasy points in each. In fact, the only time he didn't get 20 Fantasy points was when he threw just one score at Chicago in Week 2. Wentz isn't a locked-in Fantasy starter for two reasons -- the Eagles' schedule gets tricky and Wentz is bound to go through some rookie struggles. If someone's in trouble at quarterback with someone like Eli Manning, Blake Bortles or Jameis Winston, target him in a trade and sell as high as you can on Wentz.

Jordan Howard MIA • RB • 34 2016 stats ATT 51 YDS 296 TD 0 TAR 15 REC 12 REC YDS 122 REC TD 1 View Profile

All the Bears rookie has done since taking over as the starter is average 22.5 touches and 147.5 total yards per game. Jeremy Langford couldn't touch that when he was starting for the Bears, and he's not going to touch Howard's workload when he comes back from his ankle injury. Langford is worth picking up in a cheap trade or off waivers if you have Howard on the roster, but bank on the downhill runner continuing to benefit from what's turned out to be an efficient offense in Chicago. If your league stops play after Week 16, you don't have to sweat the Week 17 matchup at Minnesota.

Tevin Coleman SF • RB • 26 2016 stats ATT 46 YDS 160 TD 4 TAR 21 REC 17 REC YDS 313 REC TD 1 View Profile

Go ahead and try to make sense of this ...

Tevin Coleman's FPTS per wk (non PPR): 11, 12, 26, 2, 22



Tevin Coleman's touches per wk: 13, 14, 15, 11, 10 — Dave Richard (@daverichard) October 11, 2016

Really, what this means is that Coleman has been efficient. Like, too-good-to-be-true efficient. It's 1.16 Fantasy points per touch -- a great stat but one that's difficult to sustain. For example, David Johnson has 0.85 Fantasy points per touch, and DeMarco Murray has 0.74 Fantasy points per touch. No one should feel comfortable with Coleman as anything more than a high-upside flex, and even that role might fade in Fantasy as time goes on. Try to move Coleman to a running back-needy squad while his numbers look humongous.

Jimmy Graham CHI • TE • 80 2016 stats TAR 22 REC 16 YDS 266 TD 1 View Profile

Hey, I remember this guy! Used to get a ton of targets and stats in New Orleans. Guess what? He's been doing that in Seattle for the past couple of weeks. With Tyler Lockett not at 100 percent and Russell Wilson in need of as many reliable targets as he can get, Graham has stepped up with 12 catches on 17 targets for 100-plus yards per game in his past couple of matchups. It would be preposterous for the Seahawks to fade Graham's role in the offense coming out of the bye, but bank on Seattle's offensive line becoming stronger and Wilson getting healthier after a week off. Graham is a must-start Fantasy tight end.

Michael Crabtree ARI • WR • 15 2016 stats TAR 44 REC 29 YDS 355 TD 5 View Profile

Did anyone really expect Crabtree to pick up where he left off from last year? He has at least nine Fantasy points in every game this season and 10 or more in four of five games. It's not quite touchdown-dependent production either. He has at least seven targets in four games and 87 yards in three games. So long as Derek Carr leans on Crabtree in the red zone, which he's done for the past 21 games (so why would he stop?), we're looking at a safe No. 2 Fantasy receiver. Teams desperate for receiver help won't pony up a lot for King Crab, but they'll give you something decent if you find him to be expendable.

Sammie Coates KC • WR • 18 2016 stats TAR 31 REC 19 YDS 421 TD 2 View Profile

OK, fine. Coates hasn't been great all year, just recently. But he needs to be addressed. You know he was a stat monster in Week 5, but in his past two games he has reeled in six catches on a minimum of eight targets. The Steelers can't rely on Markus Wheaton or Darrius Heyward-Bey, Eli Rogers is an injured slot receiver and Jesse James is a good target but not explosive. Coates gives the Steelers a very dangerous threat opposite Antonio Brown. He's not perfect. He'll drop about one target per week, which is a big deal. But until the Steelers add another receiver with as much potential, he's going to keep getting work. I'd call him a matchup-based Fantasy starter (love him this week) who could be flipped for a starter at another position after what should be his best week of the season.

What are the Trade Values? The chart is designed to help guide you in making fair trades in your standard-scoring or PPR leagues. The values assigned to the players below are a long-term measurement of their Fantasy value. By adding two players' values you could determine what one player you should be able to get in return. This list also works as a "Rest of Season" rankings. Also, any player not on the chart should be considered valued at no more than four points.

Running backs

Player Stnd PPR Le'Veon Bell, PIT 40 43 David Johnson, ARI 40 42 Ezekiel Elliott, DAL 35 37 LeSean McCoy, BUF 32 35 DeMarco Murray, TEN 29 32 Melvin Gordon, SD 27 29 Todd Gurley, LAR 25 26 Lamar Miller, HOU 23 25 Carlos Hyde, SF 23 24 C.J. Anderson, DEN 21 22 Jamaal Charles, KC 20 23 Devonta Freeman, ATL 20 22 Jordan Howard, CHI 20 22 Mark Ingram, NO 19 21 Christine Michael, SEA 18 19 Doug Martin, TB 17 19 Eddie Lacy, GB 16 17 LeGarrette Blount, NE 16 16 Tevin Coleman, ATL 15 17 Frank Gore, IND 15 17 Jerick McKinnon, MIN 15 17 Ryan Mathews, PHI 14 15 Isaiah Crowell, CLE 14 14 Matt Forte, NYJ 13 15 Terrance West, BAL 13 13 Jeremy Hill, CIN 13 13 Latavius Murray, OAK 9 11 Theo Riddick, DET 8 11 Matt Jones, WAS 8 9 Giovani Bernard, CIN 7 9 T.J. Yeldon, JAC 7 9 Jonathan Stewart, CAR 7 8 Spencer Ware, KC 7 8 Jay Ajayi, MIA 7 8 Kenneth Dixon, BAL 7 7 James White, NE 6 9 Bilal Powell, NYJ 6 9 Bobby Rainey, NYG 6 8 Mike Gillislee, BUF 6 7 Thomas Rawls, SEA 6 7 Derrick Henry, TEN 6 7 Dwayne Washington, DET 5 6 Arian Foster, MIA 5 6 DeAngelo Williams, PIT 5 6 Wendell Smallwood, PHI 5 5

Wide receivers

Player Stnd PPR Antonio Brown, PIT 41 45 Julio Jones, ATL 39 43 A.J. Green, CIN 36 40 Mike Evans, TB 35 39 Allen Robinson, JAC 29 32 Jordy Nelson, GB 27 29 Demaryius Thomas, DEN 25 28 Odell Beckham, NYG 24 27 DeAndre Hopkins, HOU 23 26 T.Y. Hilton, IND 23 26 Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 21 24 Kelvin Benjamin, CAR 20 23 Marvin Jones, DET 19 22 Brandon Marshall, NYJ 19 22 Amari Cooper, OAK 18 21 Doug Baldwin, SEA 18 21 Jarvis Landry, MIA 16 20 Emmanuel Sanders, DEN 16 19 Dez Bryant, DAL 16 18 Brandin Cooks, NO 16 18 Stefon Diggs, MIN 15 19 Alshon Jeffery, CHI 15 18 Julian Edelman, NE 15 18 Michael Crabtree, OAK 15 17 Jordan Matthews, PHI 13 16 Randall Cobb, GB 12 15 Willie Snead, NO 12 15 Will Fuller, HOU 12 14 Sterling Shepard, NYG 10 12 John Brown, ARI 9 12 Sammie Coates, PIT 9 12 Eric Decker, NYJ 9 11 Travis Benjamin, SD 9 11 DeSean Jackson, WAS 9 11 Terrelle Pryor, CLE 8 10 Jeremy Maclin, KC 8 10 DeVante Parker, MIA 8 10 Chris Hogan, NE 8 10 Michael Thomas, NO 8 10 Tyrell Williams, SD 8 9 Steve Smith, BAL 7 9 Eddie Royal, CHI 6 9 Cameron Meredith, CHI 6 8 Donte Moncrief, IND 6 8 Quincy Enunwa, NYJ 6 8 Tyler Lockett, SEA 6 8 Jeremy Kerley, SF 6 8 Jamison Crowder, WAS 6 7 Cole Beasley, DAL 5 7 Michael Floyd, ARI 5 6 Mike Wallace, BAL 5 6 Phillip Dorsett, IND 5 6

Tight ends

Player Stnd PPR Rob Gronkowski, NE 28 30 Greg Olsen, CAR 17 19 Jordan Reed, WAS 14 16 Kyle Rudolph, MIN 13 15 Delanie Walker, TEN 12 14 Martellus Bennett, NE 11 13 Jimmy Graham, SEA 11 13 Zach Miller, CHI 8 10 Tyler Eifert, CIN 8 8 Zach Ertz, PHI 7 9 Travis Kelce, KC 7 8 Coby Fleener, NO 7 8 Jesse James, PIT 6 8 Hunter Henry, SD 6 8 Gary Barnidge, CLE 5 7 Dwayne Allen, IND 5 7 Julius Thomas, JAC 5 6

Quarterbacks

Player Stnd PPR Cam Newton, CAR 19 19 Tom Brady, NE 19 19 Aaron Rodgers, GB 18 18 Drew Brees, NO 18 18 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 17 17 Matt Ryan, ATL 16 16 Andrew Luck, IND 16 16 Russell Wilson, SEA 15 15 Matthew Stafford, DET 13 13 Derek Carr, OAK 12 12 Philip Rivers, SD 11 11 Carson Palmer, ARI 8 8 Carson Wentz, PHI 8 8

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