2024 Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings: TE, K, DEF

Brock Bowers wonders if he can put the Raiders’ offense on his back, Kyle Pitts looks to pull us back in, and Mark Andrews falls ever further from grace.

Other positions: Quarterback | Running Back | Receiver

Week 6 Tight Ends

1	Jake Ferguson	DAL	vs. DET
2	George Kittle	SF	at SEA
3	Trey McBride	ARI	at GB
4	Brock Bowers	LV	vs PIT
5	Sam LaPorta	DET	at DAL
6	Tucker Kraft	GB	vs. ARI
7	Dallas Goedert	PHI	vs. CLE
8	Evan Engram	JAC	at CHI
9	Kyle Pitts	ATL	at CAR
10	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	at NYJ
11	Cole Kmet	CHI	vs. JAC
12	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	at LV
13	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	vs. BUF
14	Dalton Schultz	HOU	at NE
15	Cade Otton	TB	at NO
16	Isaiah Likely	BAL	vs. WAS
17	David Njoku	CLE	at PHI
18	Zach Ertz	WAS	at BAL
19	Mark Andrews	BAL	vs. WAS
20	Hunter Henry	NE	vs. HOU
21	Noah Fant	SEA	vs. SF
22	Mike Gesicki	CIN	at NYG
23	Chig Okonkwo	TEN	vs. IND
24	Luke Musgrave	GB	vs. ARI
25	Juwan Johnson	NO	vs. TB
26	Theo Johnson	NYG	vs. CIN
27	Will Dissly	LAC	at DEN
28	Ja’Tavion Sanders	CAR	vs. ATL
29	Austin Hooper	NE	vs. HOU

TE Notes: With at least six catches in three straight games, Jake Ferguson has been the most reliable player at the most unreliable of positions. … The TE1 overall by average PPR points, George Kittle has been probably the biggest beneficiary of Christian McCaffrey’s lineup absence. … Trey McBride has been merely a poor man’s Jake Ferguson so far this season. There are worse things, of course. You would have to assume a big bang is coming. … Brock Bowers got back in everyone’s good graces in Week 5. There are going to be many more valleys in this dysfunctional offense, but it’s the peaks fantasy managers must cling to. Bowers has had several of the best performances by any tight end all season. … Banged up and posting mediocre statlines, Sam LaPorta seemed like someone who was probably ready to take full advantage of the Lions’ Week 5 bye. Hopefully LaPorta’s ankle was the main reason he was struggling to get open before the break.

This season I keep feeling like I’m just making stuff up at tight end. Do I really trust Tucker Kraft this much? The Packers, who seem to want to run the ball right now, have so much target competition. And yet, there’s Kraft as the TE5 overall by average PPR points. “It is what it is.” … Dallas Goedert’s Weeks 3-4 dominance was all about who wasn’t playing for the Eagles. It still made more sense than his Weeks 1-2 silence. Even that Goedert was still producing like a low-end TE1. He’s a good player who has produced, so we ride. … Evan Engram’s return: This time it counts. It could be the perfect time for the return of his short looks with the Bears likely to derail the Jags’ deep passing attack. … We had never been more out on Kyle Pitts. That, of course, means we must now be immediately back in. So is life at the tight end position in 2024, and with Pitts in general. It’s at least an aces matchup in the Panthers.

Dalton Kincaid is in the danger zone. His routes and target share both improved with Khalil Shakir sidelined for Week 5, but Kincaid continues to be plagued by drops. Now he must contend with a Jets defense surrendering the third fewest TE fantasy points. … I’m having trouble taking Pat Freiermuth seriously as a TE1 because of the seeming complete lack of ceiling in this offense. He has at least established an acceptable floor. … Now on as many MRIs as games played, David Njoku will be difficult to trust as a TE1 if he suits up against the Eagles. … Tyler Conklin and Cade Otton have thankfully turned into the empty-volume all stars we were expecting before the season. There’s no shame in spamming them if you got left out in the cold amidst the TE apocalypse. … Mark Andrews’ 4/55 was his first production in literal weeks and maybe somehow his most concerning performance yet. If that’s all he can muster during a career-type Lamar Jackson effort, it might actually be over.

Week 6 Kickers

1	Brandon Aubrey	DAL	vs. DET
2	Justin Tucker	BAL	vs. WAS
3	Evan McPherson	CIN	at NYG
4	Jake Bates	DET	at DAL
5	Younghoe Koo	ATL	at CAR
6	Austin Seibert	WAS	at BAL
7	Cairo Santos	CHI	vs. JAC
8	Jake Elliott	PHI	vs. CLE
9	Ka’imi Fairbairn	HOU	at NE
10	Chase McLaughlin	TB	at NO
11	Jason Myers	SEA	vs. SF
12	Greg Joseph	NYG	vs. CIN
13	Brayden Narveson	GB	vs. ARI
14	Chris Boswell	PIT	at LV
15	Tyler Bass	BUF	at NYJ
16	Matthew Wright	SF	at SEA
17	Matt Gay	IND	at TEN
18	Wil Lutz	DEN	vs. LAC
19	Cameron Dicker	LAC	at DEN
20	Greg Zuerlein	NYJ	vs. BUF
21	Eddy Pineiro	CAR	vs. ATL
22	Nick Folk	TEN	vs. IND
23	Cam Little	JAC	at CHI
24	Daniel Carlson	LV	vs. PIT
25	Blake Grupe	NO	vs. TB
26	Chad Ryland	ARI	at GB
27	Joey Slye	NE	vs. HOU
28	Dustin Hopkins	CLE	at PHI

Week 6 Defense/Special Teams

1	Philadelphia Eagles	PHI	vs. CLE
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	at LV
3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	at NO
4	Houston Texans	HOU	at NE
5	Chicago Bears	CHI	vs. JAC
6	Denver Broncos	DEN	vs. LAC
7	Buffalo Bills	BUF	at NYJ
8	Atlanta Falcons	ATL	at CAR
9	Los Angeles Chargers	LAC	at DEN
10	San Francisco 49ers	SF	at SEA
11	New York Jets	NYJ	vs. BUF
12	Tennessee Titans	TEN	vs. IND
13	Indianapolis Colts	IND	at TEN
14	Green Bay Packers	GB	vs. ARI
15	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	at GB
16	New York Giants	NYG	vs. CIN
17	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	vs. WAS
18	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	vs. SF
19	Cleveland Browns	CLE	at PHI
20	Las Vegas Raiders	LV	vs. PIT
21	Detroit Lions	DET	at DAL
22	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	vs. DET
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	JAC	at CHI
24	New Orleans Saints	NO	vs. TB
25	Washington Commanders	WAS	at BAL
26	Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	at NYG
27	New England Patriots	NE	vs. HOU
28	Carolina Panthers	CAR	vs. ATL