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Fantasy Football: Week six position by position rankings

By A.J. Fagerlin

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes directs the line on his first play of the game in the first quarter against the Houston Texans on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS via Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes directs the line on his first play of the game in the first quarter against the Houston Texans on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS via Getty Images) /
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Running Backs

Last week, a few different running backs had surprising breakout performances. 35 different backs scored double digit fantasy points in week six. Aaron Jones led all RBs with a whopping 49.2 ESPN PPR fantasy points.

The top two backs from last weeks rankings, Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook, both ended up as top five plays last week. Three and four were a bit surprising, though. Josh Jacobs wound up RB3 against the Chicago Bears defense. No one expected such a big day out of Jacobs, so he was much lower in my rankings last week.

RB4 was Matt Breida after his incredible Monday night performance against the Browns. With Tevin Coleman returning to the team this week, there were many questions surrounding the fantasy value of the 49ers backfield. As our Brandon Lauderback predicted in his article on the topic, Breida was the most effective in the run game and led the team with 114 rushing yards.

Ezekiel Elliott, Nick Chubb, and James Conner failed to live up to their rankings while I was close with my ranking of Leonard Fournette, Marlon Mack, and Derrick Henry.

Who will top the charts in week six? Let’s take a look at the week six rankings.

  1. Christian McCaffrey CAR vs TB
  2. Alvin Kamara NO vs JAC
  3. Ezekiel Elliott DAL vs NYJ
  4. Mark Ingram BAL vs CIN
  5. Le’Veon Bell NYJ vs DAL
  6. Dalvin Cook MIN vs PHI
  7. Aaron Jones GB vs DET
  8. Chris Carson SEA vs CLE
  9. Derrick Henry TEN vs DEN
  10. Sony Michel NE vs NYG
  11. Nick Chubb CLE vs SEA
  12. James Conner PIT vs LAC
  13. Kerryon Johnson DET vs GB
  14. Joe Mixon CIN vs BAL
  15. Leonard Fournette JAC vs NO
  16. David Johnson AZ vs ATL
  17. Adrian Peterson WAS vs MIA
  18. Matt Breida SF vs LAR
  19. Melvin Gordon LAC vs PIT
  20. Damien Williams KC vs HOU
  21. Austin Ekeler LAC vs PIT
  22. Devonta Freeman ATL vs KC
  23.  Todd Gurley LAR vs SF
  24. Philip Lindsay DEN vs TEN
  25. Jordan Howard PHI vs MIN
  26. Carlos Hyde HOU vs KC
  27. James White NE vs NYG
  28. Chris Thompson WAS vs MIA
  29. Miles Sanders PHI vs MIN
  30. Ronald Jones TB vs CAR
  31. LeSean McCoy KC vs ATL
  32. Jonathan Hillman NYG vs NE
  33. Kenyan Drake MIA vs WAS
  34. Rashaad Penny SEA vs CLE
  35. Chase Edmonds AZ vs ATL
  36. Tevin Coleman SF vs LAR
  37. Peyton Barber TB vs CAR
  38. Duke Johnson HOU vs KC
  39. Royce Freeman DEN vs TEN
  40. Jamaal Williams GB vs DET
  41. Brandon Bolden NE vs NYG
  42. Malcolm Brown LAR vs SF
  43. Giovani Bernard CIN vs BAL
  44. Latavius Murray NO vs JAC
  45. Benny Snell PIT vs LAC
  46. Darrell Henderson LAR vs SF
  47. Reggie Bonnafon CAR vs TB
  48. Alexander Mattison MIN vs PHI
  49. Gus Edwards BAL vs CIN
  50. Justice Hill BAL vs CIN

Christian McCaffrey is already getting his second crack at the Buccaneers this season. In his first outing vs TB, CMC struggled mightily. It was his only game under 28 PPR fantasy points this season, and I don’t think lightning will strike twice. That game was on a Thursday night and is the last game that Cam Newton was under center for Carolina. Despite a back injury limiting McCaffrey in practice this week, I think he will continue to dominate this week.

Mark Ingram is a guy that I like a lot this week. The Ravens should be able to run all over the Bengals, and if they get up early, it should be a heavy dose of Ingram to wind down the game. Le’Veon Bell is another potential top five play this week, as he gets his quarterback back, opening up the entire playbook for that offense. Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny face a Browns defense that gave up 275 rushing yards a wee ago.

A sleeper that I like this week is Adrian Peterson. Bill Callahan is taking over as the interim head coach for the Redskins this week. One of the first things I saw quoted that he said when announced in his new position was that the team needed to run the ball more. They take on the hapless Dolphins in week six. AD should be able to turn back the clocks this week if he does have anything left in the tank.

Dalvin Cook, Todd Gurley, Philip Lindsay, Jordan Howard, and whoever the Giants running back may be all have difficult matchups and I expect their performance to dip at least a bit in week six.

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