NFL Week 6 Target Report 2026: Fantasy Football Targets, Rankings & Usage

It’s kind of crazy how many moving parts we still have with five weeks of football in the rearview. You would think we’d have this whole target report sorted by now. But you have injuries shuffling things around, like A.J. Brown and Mack Hollins in New England. Quarterbacks are rotating in and out for various reasons, as we’ve seen in Atlanta and Chicago. You’ve got playcaller changes like we are seeing in Denver. We even had a trade with Marvin Harrison going to the Texans. So there’s always something for us to do here with the Week 6 Target Report.

2026 Fantasy Football NFL Week 6 Target Report Preview

Here’s what we do with the target report. We take every team, and we rank the pass-catchers in terms of who we think gets the most targets over the course of the season from left to right. Then we color-code those players based on the confidence we have in them meeting certain thresholds. So these are not weekly predictions but more general feelings for the rest of the season.

We set these thresholds as, statistically, 125+ targets is what you need to be a WR1 in fantasy, and 100+ is what you need to be top 24. We have had a few examples of guys finishing top 24 with less than 100, like Deebo Samuel that year; he got a ton of carries, or some field stretchers hitting big plays on limited targets, but for consistency week to week we are shooting for 100.

Same goes for tight ends. Truly elite guys will get 125+. Fantasy-relevant guys, we generally want 100. Technically you can finish top five at tight end with 90+ targets or 10+ touchdowns but most of the meaningful fantasy relevant guys get getting 100+.

Historically, it is very rare for three guys to all get 100+ targets on the same team. Even with injuries factored in, it happens less than 4% of the time. For instance, last year the Cowboys did it, but Jake Ferguson was not on a 100+ target pace without CeeDee Lamb being hurt for those ~5 games. So we are focusing on guys who can be top two targets on their team. 

Fantasy Football Target Chart 2026 NFL Week 6

Fantasy Football Week 6 Risers, Fades, and Takeaways

Fantasy Football Week 6 Target Risers

Marvin Harrison, WR, Houston Texans

The reality is that it could not possibly get worse for Marvin Harrison He was not a good fantasy scheme fit for what the Cardinals were doing. And they had two target monsters in Trey McBride and Michael Wilson. At this stage, literally any change would have been welcomed. He landed with the Houston Texans, who have struggled to get anything going opposite of Nico Collins. Now they have two big-bodied wide receivers to work with. 

Isaiah Likely, TE, New York Giants

It’s hard to say Likely is “trending up” given that he already had multiple double-digit target games. But it’s really starting to look more and more like this is the norm, while the one Nor’Easter rain game where he got five targets was the outlier. Even better news, he played more than 70% of the snaps for only the second time this season. It’s feeling like the only thing that could rain on this parade at this point would be JJ McCarthy taking over. 

Malik Washington, WR, Miami Dolphins

Things have certainly bounced around for Miami from week to week. But Malik Washington has been the one consistent option, leading the team in both routes and targets virtually every week. He just went out and had another eight-target game this week, his third in five weeks. And he’s yet to have fewer than five targets. If he has managed to score a single touchdown somewhere along the way, he’s probably been picked up in more fantasy leagues. 

Dallas Goedert, TE, Philadelphia Eagles

We had some concerns that Goedert could be eased back in or that Zach Ertz could eat into his workload. Instead, Goedert jumped right back in there and actually led the Eagles in targets this week. We’ll have to see what happens when DeVonta Smith returns, but it was a good sign for a player we had almost left for dead. 

Brenton Strange, TE, Jacksonville Jaguars

Parker Washington is the clear top dog. But Brenton Strange has quietly gotten 26 targets this year to 18 for Jakobi Meyers and 16 for Brian Thomas We thought the targets last week were simply related to the Bengals matchups but he once again came out and was featured this week. 

Germie Bernard, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

Michael Pittman is already out for a while here. At first glance, it might feel like Roman Wilson was the guy but had to leave with a hand injury. But when you go back and watch, Germie Bernard was already playing ahead of Wilson BEFORE Wilson got hurt. Ben Skowronek also got hurt in this one. So the rookie Bernard is all of a sudden an intriguing dart throw in deeper leagues. 

Tim Patrick, WR, New York Jets

It would probably need to be a pretty deep league to go here. But we are reporting the facts in this article, and the fact is that Tim Patrick showed up in Week 5 and played the same exact number of snaps as Garrett Wilson opposite him. The Jets ran 70 plays and dropped back 35 times, and both Garrett Wilson and Tim Patrick played 65 snaps and ran 34 routes. Maybe a DFS dart throw for as long as Adonai Mitchell is out? Kenyon Sadiq also suffered a concussion in this one. 

Fantasy Football Week 6 Target Fallers

Jakobi Meyers, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars

We’ve always considered Jakobi Meyers the “boring but reliable” type. But we really need those kinds of guys to be in the 5-6 target range to offer the reliable part. So far, Meyers has one game, in Week 3, with eight targets and, in every other game, he’s had four or fewer. There was never really a lot of upside, but without the floor either, why are we starting this guy?

RJ Harvey, RB, Denver Broncos

RJ Harvey quietly was tied for the fifth most targets among all RBs with Christian McCaffrey going into last week. Which is pretty crazy when you remember that Harvey missed a game. But this week Sean Payton took back playcalling duties from Davis Webb. After getting double-digit targets in Week Four, Harvey got one target in Week Five. If it weren’t for the change in playcaller, we could say it’s just a fluke - but it doesn’t feel that way. 

Hunter Henry, TE, New England Patriots

Henry scored on his three targets, but it was not all sunshine and rainbows. He was asked to block on 7 pass plays while also giving up some pass work to Eli Raridon. That saw Henry run only 29 of 45 routes while Raridon ran 23 and caught more passes than Henry. This all likely stems from the injury to Julian Hill, who was supposed to be the inline blocking tight end rather than Henry. 

Khalif Raymond, WR, Chicago Bears

Raymond has been unbelievably reliable, catching 24 of his 26 targets this year. Yet he’s seemingly falling out of favor both in targets and snaps. Rome Odunze ran all 48 routes for Chicago this week. Luther Burden and Colston Loveland each ran 38. That left Kalif Raymond running 29 with Zavion Howard running 14. Which might seem fine at face value, but it’s only 60% of the routes - when they only drop back 30 times instead of 48, now we are talking less than 20 routes run. 

Jauan Jennings, WR, Minnesota Vikings

This week offered an opportunity for Jauan Jennings to establish himself as something in the fantasy landscape with Jordan Addison out and T.J. Hockenson leaving after one snap. After seeing what we got from him with these conditions this week and Justin Jefferson out the previous week, he does not need to be rostered anywhere. 

Rashid Shaheed, WR, Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks seem content to just run everything through their top guy Jaxon Smith-Njigba. But there is often hope that a WR2 can emerge. Given Cooper Kupp’s age, most of that hope was pinned on Rashid Shaheed, but Kupp played 51 snaps to only 29 for Shaheed this week. I guess AJ Barner is your best bet with his TE eligibility, but he’s had a tough start as well. It would probably take a JSN injury for anyone to emerge as viable. 

Fantasy Football Week 6 Target Takeaways and Uncertainty

Obviously we want as many guys in the blue or green as possible. In the early rounds, we want certainty. But as we get later in drafts and onto waivers, uncertainty becomes your friend. The real opportunity comes from those yellow or even orange sections. The farther left on the chart we have yellow, the more uncertainty we have. That’s where breakouts can be found.

Miami Dolphins

Malik Washington has been the most reliable option, though he’s yet to truly flash in any of these games. Rookies Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell have untapped upside, but injuries have seen them either miss time or start slow. Greg Dulcich will get a big snap share one week, then a 50% route participation the next, making him hard to trust in any capacity. Hopefully someone will emerge down the stretch. 

Indianapolis Colts

Throwing Keenan Allen into the mix always seems to water down the target distribution of these offenses. At his age and with his shoulder issues, he can’t really be a full-time guy. Yet he’s such a reliable target when healthy that QBs can’t help but look his way when he’s in there. Eventually, Alec Pierce will be back in the mix, which will further muddle this situation. 

Chicago Bears

This has been a strange team all year. A different player seems to be the focal point every week - and perhaps that’s by design. It doesn’t help that they have started three different quarterbacks in five games. I hate to say it, but it might take an injury to one of these pass-catchers to get some clarity. Otherwise, it would remain a guessing game. 

Cleveland Browns

Trade rumors surrounding Jerry Jeudy could shake this room up a little bit. But it’s largely been Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion ahead of Jeudy anyway. Even Isaiah Bond is getting more looks at times. Harold Fannin has been quiet lately despite good deployment, so we’ll have to see if he can bounce back in better weather. 

New England Patriots

The practice window for A.J. Brown has been opened, though we always hold our breath when it comes to high ankle sprains. Mack Hollins is on IR, leaving the door open for guys like Romeo Doubs and Efton Chism. The injury to Julian Hill has seen Hunter Henry do more pass blocking than we like. 

Los Angeles Chargers

Ladd McConkey has been nicked up all year. Then Quentin Johnston hurt his chest. Now Tre Harris pulled his hamstring and is out of practice. They were already missing David Njoku but just recently got Charlie Kolar back. Is Marquez Valdez-Scantling really about to be a factor for another NFL team?