Fantasy Football Rankings: Hayden Winks' QB, TE, D/ST, kicker Blueprint for Week 6

The Blueprint is my weekly column and basically everything that I use to build out the most accurate rankings I can. There will be an RB column, a WR column and this combination column on the onesie positions. You will find film notes and endless charts. Maybe enough charts to stress test the Yahoo website. I kid.

It’s impossible to get every ranking thoroughly by Thursday Night Football, so be sure to keep checking in on these columns through Sunday morning. As always, my full rankings at every position are available.

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Week 6 Projected Points

Week 6 QB Rankings

1. Josh Allen (at LV) – 21.9 proj. points

Allen leads all quarterbacks with 30.1 half PPR points per game through five starts. It’s one of the top-five best starts in a QB fantasy season in NFL history, and he’s doing it in both phases. He is generating +0.24 EPA per dropback (sixth), alongside 47.8 rushing yards per game (second) and eight rushing scores. Allen’s 102 scramble yards in Week 5 were the best of his career, and it’s unfair that someone at 6’5″/240 can have that burst and wiggle in the open field. What a truly special player.

Week 6 brings a matchup against a Raiders defense allowing the fifth-most half PPR points per game to quarterbacks (23.4). Las Vegas just yielded 39.5 fantasy points to Drake Maye in Week 5 with almost zero pressure created up front and 29.8 points to Tyler Shough in Week 3. The Bills enter as six-point road favorites with an implied team total of 29.75 points (second). BBQ chicken.

2. Brock Purdy (vs. WAS) – 13 proj. points

Purdy sits second in half PPR scoring at 23.73 fantasy points per game while leading all qualified passers with +0.45 EPA per dropback (first). He has been surgical in scoring territory, tossing 2.6 passing touchdowns per game (first), largely to Mike Evans and George Kittle. Purdy is also pitching in with his legs, averaging 25.6 rushing yards per game (ninth).

His Week 6 matchup is as friendly as it gets against a Washington defense that allows the second-most half PPR points to opposing QBs. Aside from holding back Daniel Jones, Washington handed Jameis Winston a QB5 finish, Sam Darnold a QB1 finish and Dak Prescott a QB3 finish this past month. San Francisco enters as a 7.5-point home favorite with a robust implied total of 29 points (third).

3. Matthew Stafford (vs. ARI) – 24 proj. points

Stafford sits as the QB11 in half PPR points per game (20.2) while leading the league with 314 passing yards per game through five starts. His +0.09 EPA per dropback ranks 15th among quarterbacks this season because the Rams’ explosives have regressed, but Stafford has made it up with wild shootout games and red zone fade scores.

Now he draws an Arizona defense allowing the fourth-most fantasy points per game to QBs (23.8). The Cardinals have already allowed 31.3 points to Brock Purdy, 250-3 to Jameis Winston and 28.9 points to Jared Goff over the past three weeks. The Rams enter as 13.5-point home favorites with a slate-leading 33-point implied team total (first). Stafford is a high-end QB1 in fantasy of course. He was the QB2 and QB6 overall against the Cardinals last season with three+ TDs in each.

4. Lamar Jackson (at CLE) – 3 proj. points

Jackson (ankle) could return this week. His +0.40 EPA per dropback is the second-best, and he hasn’t had a full-time Zay Flowers yet. Lamar looked like an MVP candidate before his minor ankle injury.

5. Jordan Love (vs. DAL) – 20.9 proj. points

Love is the QB14 in fantasy points per game on QB13 EPA per dropback. He’s not going to run (literally -0.5 rush YPG), so Love can only climb up rankings when we’re comfortable with his OL against a cupcake defense. The Packers have rotated their OL recently, and it was easily their best protection and run-blocking game of the year in Week 5. That’s promising. Love’s launching of passes was a thing of beauty, leading to a season-high six completions for 252 yards on plays with 20+ air yards.

Expect that to be the game plan again with the Cowboys on deck at home. They’ve allowed the seventh-most fantasy points to QBs this season, with CJ Stroud recently hanging 359 yards on them, but they were also dead last against QBs in 2024 and 2025, too. Green Bay is a 1.5-point home favorite with an implied team total of 27 points (fourth). It’s an eruption spot.

6. Drake Maye (vs. NYJ) – 20.9 proj. points

Maye set a new career high with 39.5 fantasy points last week. He’s back to being the QB9 on the season with +0.06 EPA per dropback (15th), despite not having AJ Brown and others up front. Maye is the QB6 in rushing yards per game as a backstop, and his schedule did include SEA, PIT and JAX when everyone was panicking. The schedule is clean now. New England has a 25.25-point team total (ninth) at home against the Jets, who have only allowed 195 pass YPG (30th) but haven’t faced elite passers yet.

7. Dak Prescott (at GB) – 20.9 proj. points

Prescott ranks 12th in fantasy (19.6 points per game) while ranking seventh among QBs with +0.22 EPA per dropback. He has thrown for 276 passing yards per game (sixth) and chipped in 16.5 rushing yards per contest (14th) on the ground. Dallas is above average in neutral pass rate and neutral pace, and they just welcomed back superstar LG Tyler Smith last week. Things look awesome here with the schedule easing up after recent games against BAL, HOU and TB.

The Packers haven’t been tested by a high-end QB in a long time, with recent games against Tyson Bagent, Jalon Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. and Geno Smith. Dallas travels as a 1.5-point road underdog with an implied team total of 25.5 points (seventh). Green Bay looks like a matchup to attack with EDGE Micah Parsons and LB Edgerrin Cooper injured.

8. Jayden Daniels (at SF) – 9 proj. points

Daniels was the QB15 in Week 1 against a healthy Eagles defense, had 14.7 fantasy points going into halftime when his elbow was pointing the wrong direction and then posted 30.3 points in his return. There is always in-game injury risk, but Daniels is not going to change his style or be impacted much by a brace on his non-throwing side. He scrambled like a madman as one of the rarest athletes at QB in NFL history. His Week 6 road test is difficult against a 49ers defense that allows the 29th-most half PPR points to opposing QBs. San Francisco held Sam Darnold to 12.3 fantasy points in Week 5 and Bo Nix to 13.6 in Week 4, yielding few easy scores. Washington enters as a 7.5-point road underdog with a 21.5-point (19th) team total. All-Pro LB Fred Warner will be responsible for stopping these scrambles.

9. Patrick Mahomes (vs. LAC) – 18.9 proj. points

Despite coming off a torn ACL, Mahomes is the QB5 per game. His +0.20 EPA per dropback (ninth), passing yards per game (259, ninth) and passing TDs per game (2.3, QB4) are all that of a must-start fantasy QB1. His 10.3 rushing yards per game are a third of what they were last year when he ran out of necessity, but Mahomes hasn’t needed to run while controlling each game so far, and he had the bye week to rest, too.

The Chargers defense enters Week 6 ranked 19th in half PPR points allowed to QBs (17.0). They’ve held struggling QBs Bo Nix (7.9) and Sam Darnold (15.3) but did allow top-10 finishes to Josh Allen and Kirk Cousins. We’ll see if Derwin James and CB Donte Jackson suit up this time around. Kansas City enters as 8.5-point home favorites with an implied team total of 25.5 points (eighth).

10. Caleb Williams (at ATL) – 19.9 proj. points

Williams (hamstring) might not run as much as he did before in his return, but the Bears offense is still extremely potent. Williams was the QB1 overall in Week 1, and down the stretch of 2025, he had 22.3, 24.4, 16.6, 23.0, 21.0 and 19.0 fantasy points. We’ll see if he gets in a full participation this week to give us low-end QB1 confidence. The Bears have a 25.75-point team total (fifth) against a feisty Falcons defense that’s allowed the sixth-most pass YPG this year. Tyler Huntley (QB9), Tyler Shough (QB15), Jordan Love (QB14) and Bryce Young (QB7) have been totally fine starts despite not being high-end fantasy assets.

11. Trevor Lawrence (vs. HOU) – 19.4 proj. points

Lawrence is the QB18 (18.6 PPG) so far, versus a pretty difficult schedule (CLE, DEN, NE, CIN, PHI). He’s held strong with a +0.30 EPA per dropback (QB5) and benefits from a pretty horrific red zone rushing offense.

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This week’s matchup with the Texans will be another test, but one that comes with a likely high neutral pass rate, as offenses facing Houston have the second-highest neutral pass rate given their freaky DL. Houston is 30th in rushing YPG (78.4) versus seventh in passing YPG (256.2). They held Dak Prescott (QB12) and Joe Burrow (QB16) to mediocre fantasy outings in the past month, and Lawrence hasn’t finished as a top-15 fantasy QB against Houston in four straight outings. Jacksonville carries a 23.25-point implied team total (11th) as three-point home favorites. Treat Lawrence as more of a QB1/2 border asset this week, rather than a set-in-stone top-10 option.

12. C.J. Stroud (at JAX) – 19.9 proj. points

Stroud ranks 15th at quarterback with 18.6 half PPR points per game through five starts. His 280.4 passing yards per game rank fifth in the league, complemented by the QB14 EPA per dropback. With Nico Collins on the field, however, Stroud is the QB5!!! Now we can get excited about having Marvin Harrison Jr. in the mix, hopefully in a better role for his skill set. The Texans need to continue what they did last year: a season-high 63% neutral pass rate. If so, Stroud becomes fantasy QB1-curious for the first time in quite a while.

Jacksonville ranks 20th in half PPR points allowed to QBs, yielding 16.8 points per game, but Joe Burrow exploded for 27.7 fantasy points against them in a similarly-styled offense. Jacksonville is facing the highest neutral pass rate this year because its run defense is so strong, so while its defense is good on paper, there could be enough volume to be just fine. Houston is a three-point road underdog with an implied team total of 20.25 points (20th).

13. Kirk Cousins (vs. BUF)

14. Jameis Winston (vs. NO) – 18.4 proj. points

15. Bryce Young (at PHI) – 19.9 proj. points

16. Jalen Hurts (vs. CAR) – 19.4 proj. points

The Eagles have an outlier amount of unblocked pressures this season on top of their 1-on-1 issues with backups at LG, C and RT. They had another 10 of them last week against a heavy-blitz game plan, and the results were very underwhelming, as DeVonta Smith, Saquon Barkley and their next two RBs watched while injured. The petiteness of their new LG and the inexperience of their new C has forced the Eagles away from their bankable Tush Push, too. They had two more one-yard to-go situations in Week 5 and didn’t attempt it. They’ve had botched snaps in the last couple of games, too. It’s a real-deal disaster. Hurts is going to be clawing out of this QB19 start and is no longer a must-play with three straight games outside the top 20.

17. Aaron Rodgers (at TB)

18. Jalon Daniels (vs. PIT)

19. Tyler Shough (at NYG) – 19.9 proj. points

20. Jacoby Brissett (at LAR) – 19.4 proj. points

21. Bo Nix (vs. SEA) – 15.1 proj. points

Fox Sports’ Steven Ruiz pointed out that Nix is on pace for 17 scrambles this year after having 54 and 34 scrambles, respectively, in his first two seasons. This was an extremely valuable trait in college and in his early seasons, but if his ankle injury is forcing a different version, then Nix isn’t going to move the needle. He has a -0.07 EPA per dropback with some egregious turndowns on tape.

22. Sam Darnold (at DEN) – 15.1 proj. points

23. Justin Herbert (at KC) – 5 proj. points

24. Deshaun Watson (vs. BAL) – 19.9 proj. points

25. Michael Penix Jr. (vs. CHI)

26. Daniel Jones (vs. TEN) – 19.4 proj. points

27. Geno Smith (at NE)

28. Cam Ward (at IND) – 13.9 proj. points

Week 6 TE Rankings

1. Brock Bowers (vs. BUF) – 79.5 proj. yards

Lol.

2. George Kittle (vs. WAS)

It’s just Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans and Kittle now. It’s rare for such a talent to have this little target competition on a team projected for 29.0 points. Beyond that, the Commanders have allowed the second-most points to TEs, including a TE1 overall week to Isaiah Likely just last week.

3. Trey McBride (at LAR) – 69.5 proj. yards

McBride is getting unlucky, yet is still averaging 14.0 half PPR points (TE2 per game). He should’ve scored 17.4 half PPR points per my model (TE1 overall per game). A sick garbage-time score was that luck coming back to McBride after a few tackled-at-the-one-yard-line moments earlier. The Marvin Harrison Jr. trade will help at the margins, especially in the red zone.

The Rams defense has been the league’s toughest matchup against TEs (5.0 half PPR PG). They limited Dalton Kincaid to seven yards on a season-high 76% of routes last Monday Night Football, along with just 33 yards for Isaiah Likely in Week 2. They don’t have a star LB or SS, however, so I don’t treat the Rams as this elite defense as the spreadsheets would indicate. Arizona enters as 12.5-point underdogs with a 20-point implied total (20th). Here come 10+ targets.

4. Tyler Warren (vs. TEN) – 59.5 proj. yards

Warren is being used differently without Alec Pierce in the mix. His aDOT has grown from 4.5 yards downfield to 6.5, as the Colts have become desperate for more of an intermediate presence without Pierce available. He will still get the underneath work, but the deeper breaking route being a featured part of the offense is fantastic for his weekly ceiling. Warren also converted a FB dive for a score at the goal line and will snag a screen or two each week. This is the most valuable he’s ever been in fantasy football. He’s the TE6 on TE5 usage this month, and last week’s 15.8 expected half PPR points were a career high.

The Titans defense arrives allowing 7.7 half PPR points per game (22nd) to TEs, though they haven’t faced a top-10 fantasy TE yet. There’s nothing about their LB or S play to suggest this will remain a standout unit. The Colts enter as seven-point home favorites with an implied team total of 25.75 points (sixth).

5. Travis Kelce (vs. LAC)

Just how featured Kelce is in the 2026 offense is TBD. His expected half PPR points spiked to TE3 overall in a clean matchup with the Colts in Week 2 but was at TE33 and TE30 in the last two weeks before the bye. He’s the TE6 on TE14 usage across the season. A mid- to low-end TE1 season is the baseline expectation with Kenneth Walker III being the truly featured piece. If Rashee Rice misses, Kelce’s stock climbs quickly.

The Chargers defense has been a run funnel so far, allowing the 12th-most rush YPG vs. the 27th-most pass YPG. They’ve been strong against fantasy TEs but haven’t faced the elite options yet either. Kelce’s history against the Chargers includes the peak of SCB Derwin James, yet he’s finished as the TE10, TE3, TE12, TE5, TE1 and TE1 in his most recent games against them. Fresh off bye, Kansas City enters with an implied total of 25.5 points (eighth).

6. Tucker Kraft (vs. DAL) – 49.5 proj. yards

Kraft remains a positive regression candidate. He’s only the TE16 on TE8 usage this year with a few painful drops along the way. Kraft did showcase his speed back to form on a deep crossing route last week and has been the TE5 and TE12 in back-to-back weeks. There are real signs of upside at this point after slow-playing his snaps early on and getting the kinks worked out since then. Kraft should be a top-eigh fantasy TE rest of season. The Jayden Reed targets are only being spread to Kraft, Matthew Golden and Christian Watson.

Dallas hasn’t faced a fantasy TE of significance this past month, but its coverage busts on film and its inexperience at LB and S are reasons to believe this is a great matchup. Green Bay holds an implied team total of 27 points (fourth).

7. Isaiah Likely (vs. NO) – 49.5 proj. yards

Likely is the TE3 on TE3 usage this season, with two TE1 overall finishes already, including last week when he had a career-high 20.5 expected half PPR points on 13 targets. Jameis Winston isn’t even playing great ball, but the targets are only going to Likely and Malik Nabers, who also had a career-high in usage last week. Likely is barely even a “TE,” too. He’s lined up inline on 8% of his snaps this year and almost all of his production last week was a slot or wide eligible. I’m still stunned how wrong the Ravens were by letting him walk for Mark Andrews. The difference in their movement abilities is staggering.

The data suggests the Saints are vulnerable to TEs, but they really have been good against the position, aside from Brock Bowers, who really did his damage as a “WR” against CB1 Kool-Aid McKinstry. This is a run funnel that plays conservative zone defense often. The Giants hold a 22-point implied team total (15th) at home.

8. Dalton Kincaid (at LV)

After 7-95-1 in Week 2, Kincaid has seen just two targets for seven yards in each of his last two games, even with DJ Moore (AC joint) being unavailable for most of it. It’s one of the oddest disappearances from the game plan of the year. Kincaid had a season-high 76% route rate on Monday Night Football, too. He’s just not getting the rock. Over his past four contests, he sits as the TE23 in half PPR scoring on TE29 expected points per game and the only hope we have for him as a low-end TE1 is that he’s a great receiver in a great offense. Whether that leads to actual targets is a mystery to me.

The Week 6 matchup is friendly against a Raiders defense allowing the sixth-most half PPR points per game to tight ends (15.7), which includes giving up two touchdowns each to Juwan Johnson and Noah Fant in Week 3. Hunter Henry also was quite involved last week in terms of YAC. Buffalo enters as a six-point favorite with an implied total of 29.75 points (second). This is the type of script that should lead to fantasy points — or at least we can hope.

9. Colston Loveland (at ATL)

We can’t erase this extremely disappointing start (TE38 on TE16 usage), but the reality is he had one game with Caleb Williams without rainy conditions so far. He’s also a positive regression candidate in terms of efficiency. There’s nothing about the 2026 film or the spreadsheets to keep Loveland as a low-end TE1 right now, but his tape in the back half of his rookie season paired with his college tape and draft capital were those of a superstar talent. He did finish with 18.4, 20.1, 19.7,and 7.6 half PPR points in his last four games last year.

That did happen. I swear.

The Falcons have allowed the sixth-most passing yards per game (261), and the Bears project for 26.25 points (fifth). It’s a good environment for points.

10. Dallas Goedert (vs. CAR)

Goedert becomes far more valuable without DeVonta Smith (hamstring) and Saquon Barkley (hamstring), and they are questionable for Week 6. Last week without either, Goedert was the TE21 but on TE10 usage (10.0 expected half PPR points). He had a season-high nine targets on a 25% target share in Week 5. Did it go anywhere? Not really! The Eagles have too many injuries on the OL to create consistency in either phase. He’ll be a quick outlet as a low-end TE1 PPR scam, especially if Saquon is out, as Philly set season-highs in neutral pass rate in back-to-back games without him.

The Panthers have been vulnerable to tight ends, ranking seventh with 14.0 half PPR points allowed per game to the position. Carolina has surrendered major outings in recent weeks, including 20.6 half PPR points to Harold Fannin Jr. in Week 3 and 18.4 points to Detroit’s Sam LaPorta in Week 4. Philadelphia holds an implied total of 21.5 points (18th), so they’re in a better spot than last week against the Jags.

11. Juwan Johnson (at NYG) – 39.5 proj. yards

Johnson is the TE9 on TE7 usage this month, but there are signs that this great run is coming to a soft landing. The Saints’ backup LT has been a major issue, and now Tyler Shough is playing with a broken left hand. We’ll see if they tempt fate by dropping back as much as they had earlier in the year. It seems unsustainable.

The Giants defense hasn’t faced the top-end TEs yet, but they’ve been more of a run funnel in general, averaging the ninth-most rush YPG allowed versus the 26th-most pass YPG. New York did a nice Brian Flores impression against the Commanders last week, and those Flores looks absolutely killed the Saints last week. Despite that, the Saints have a solid 23.5-point team total (10th) on the road.

12. Pat Freiermuth (at TB) – 39.5 proj. yards

Freiermuth is the TE9 on TE9 usage this season, and the Steelers won’t have Michael Pittman Jr. or Roman Wilson for the foreseeable future now. Muth’s role expanded significantly over the past two weeks, seeing his target share jump to 23% in Week 5 after hovering around 13% to 14% prior. He’s the sneakiest player off the waiver wire and should be slotted right into fantasy lineups during the peak of byes.

He draws a favorable spot against a Buccaneers defense that ranks 11th in half PPR points allowed to opposing TEs, while really stopping opposing WRs with CB Jacob Parrish breaking out. The Steelers are three-point road favorites with an implied team total of 21.75 points (16th).

13. Tyler Higbee (vs. ARI) – 39.5 proj. yards

Higbee is the TE5 on TE6 usage over the past three weeks as a Terrance Ferguson (IR) replacement. He ripped a couple of intermediate explosives on Monday Night Football and is a clear-cut top-four target for Matthew Stafford until Ferguson returns. The Rams won’t have to attempt 54 passes in most weeks, but the fact that it’s even possible shows how valuable Higbee can be in shootout games or when Stafford finds him in the end zone.

The Rams should be in the end zone often next week against the Cardinals. They have a slate-high 33.0-point team total, and the Cardinals have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to TEs this year, including 23.2 points to George Kittle in Week 3, 11 targets to Isaiah Likely in Week 4 and 17.3 points to Sam LaPorta in Week 5. Higbee even posted 91 yards with a score in Week 18 against them last year.

14. Harold Fannin Jr. (vs. BAL)

Fannin doesn’t have a single screen target this season after being one of the best YAC weapons last year. The Browns are getting the ball to KC Concepcion (questionable, concussion) in the manufactured touch game, while also throwing it downfield more often. He looked banged up on a few of his reps last week to me. Fannin is still the TE10 on TE11 usage this month, but the floor is lower this year, even without David Njoku. His 0.92 yards per route are nearly half of last year’s 1.64.

This week brings a home matchup against a Ravens defense that ranks 18th in half PPR scoring allowed to TEs but has superstar SCB/SS Kyle Hamilton to roam in the Fannin waters. A team total of just 18.0 points (27th) works against Fannin’s TE1 odds.

15. Hunter Henry (vs. NYJ) – 39.5 proj. yards

Henry is the TE22 on TE24 usage this month, but he’s been at his best over the past two games with WR Mack Hollins also leaving the field. He was the TE9 on TE8 usage just last week with a big YAC moment underneath leading to a red-zone score.

His Week 6 matchup is tricky on paper, as the Jets defense ranks 30th in half PPR points allowed to tight ends — that’s notable as New York has faced Harold Fannin Jr. (four yards), Colston Loveland (57), Sam LaPorta (44) and Tucker Kraft (15) recently. This has been more of a run-funnel defense in general and doesn’t have standout CBs when teams do drop back. New England heads in as a seven-point home favorite with an implied team total of 25.25 points (ninth).

16. Brenton Strange (vs. HOU) – 39.5 proj. yards

Strange is the TE17 on TE15 expected points usage over his last four appearances, with his two biggest outings coming in the most recent ones. He caught 7-of-8 targets last week (35% targets) with two of them ending up being tackled literally at the one-yard line. He was very close to a massive game. Over the entire season, Strange has a 19% target share (TE9) with enough juice and size to be a big-game threat as an upside fantasy TE2.

The matchup is stingy on paper, as Houston has allowed just 6.8 half PPR points to TEs (sixth best). Tyler Warren turned nine receptions into just 10.2 fantasy points in Week 3, and no other TE has done anything recently. Strange had 61 scoreless yards in Week 3 last season, with fewer than 20 yards in his four other games against the Texans. Jacksonville enters the contest as three-point home favorites with an implied team total of 22.75 points (14th). That’s a hair less than normal.

17. Dalton Schultz (at JAX) – 24.5 proj. yards

Schultz has been the TE23, TE35 and TE15 in expected points with Nico Collins this year.

18. Chig Okonkwo (at SF)

19. Darren Waller (at PHI) – 24.5 proj. yards

20. Mark Andrews (at CLE) – 24.5 proj. yards

Unfortunately, Andrews is pretty washed. This was true for the past 1.5 seasons and has rung true in 2026 again. He’s the TE23 on TE7 usage with more costly mistakes on film, including that fumble six, dropped TD at the goal line, 2-point punch out and out-route punch out on Sunday Night Football. His 23% target share and 6.0 targets per game could come down with Zay Flowers back to full health, and Andrews can’t afford any lost volume at this rate. He’s quickly turning into a TD-or-bust TE2 unless Lamar Jackson is healthy and playing like an MVP. There have been flashes of that, but this will be Lamar’s first game back from his minor ankle sprain — if he comes back.

The upcoming matchup against Cleveland offers a solid bounce-back environment, with the Browns ranking 14th in half PPR points allowed to tight ends. The Browns are the only team playing man coverage above 33% of the time, and CB1 Denzel Ward is one of the few players who could at least slow Flowers down. I’m not convinced Andrews provides mismatches against LB Carson Schwesinger and company, however. Baltimore is a 4.5-point road favorite with an implied team total of 22.5 points (14th).

21. Kyle Pitts Sr. (vs. CHI) – 24.5 proj. yards

22. Jake Ferguson (at GB) – 24.5 proj. yards

23. Kenyon Sadiq (at NE)

24. Oronde Gadsden II (at KC)

Gadsden drew one catchless target on 27-of-35 dropbacks (77%). He’s a total problem as a run blocker, so his snaps can be reduced as the WR room gets healthier.

25. Michael Mayer (vs. BUF) – 24.5 proj. yards

26. Cade Otton (vs. PIT) – 39.5 proj. yards

27. Evan Engram (vs. SEA) – 24.5 proj. yards

28. AJ Barner (at DEN) – 24.5 proj. yards

29. Noah Fant (at NYG) – 14.5 proj. yards

30. Darnell Washington (at TB) – 24.5 proj. yards

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