Week 6 Guillotine Leagues™️ Rankings: Target Jaylen Waddle for Rest of Season
Geoff Ulrich presents players to target, avoid and those who are sleepers in Guillotine Leagues rankings heading into Week 6.
As we move through the season, we’ll be providing rest-of-season Guillotine LeaguesTM rankings that will continue to update every week. These in-season rankings can be found on the app in Guillotine LeaguesTM under “rank” when you are drafting.
Since the ranks update every week, using them will allow you to adjust quickly to in-season variance when starting up a new, in-season league on guillotineleagues.com.
Of course, if you’re still involved in a league that started at Week 1, the rankings will also have tons of value. They’ll be a great assist in helping you navigate the big names on the waiver wire every week. As always, you can pair the advice here with the fantasy football rankings, projections and other cool tools available with a Fantasy Life+ subscription (Use code “GRIND” for 20% off). Week 5 had its share of injuries, but there was a lot going on to note in terms of usage and production (good and bad). Let’s get into some of the biggest names to note in the rankings this week.Week 6 Guillotine Leagues™️ Rankings and Players to Target
Jaylen Waddle, Dolphins—Ascending WR2
Jaylen Waddle’s first game in the post-Tyreek Hill era was very encouraging. He posted 110 yards, 6 catches, and 1 TD on nine targets vs. the Panthers, which was a season high. While the opponent won’t be this good every week, Waddle going off in his first game as the primary target for Tua Tagovailoa is a good sign he’ll be a consistent producer the rest of the way. Even before his breakout, with Hill still around, Waddle had posted over 14.0 FP in two of his last three contests, and with the Dolphins defense being what it is (terrible), you won’t have to worry most weeks about game script affecting his output.
He’s moved up to WR14 in our ROS Guillotine rankings, and the increased target share only improves his floor and ceiling the rest of the way. A great early-round target for those drafting in Week 6.
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Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs—Mr. Consistency
Entering Week 6, Patrick Mahomes is now QB2 in overall fantasy scoring and is the only QB in the league to post 23.0 or more FP in at least four of his first five games. While he had dropped off a little for fantasy purposes the last couple of seasons, thanks to the dominant Chiefs defense (and lack of downfield playmakers), KC is allowing points at a higher rate in 2025, and Mahomes suddenly has a solid collection of WRs and RBs to throw to. He’s tied for second in the NFL in pass attempts and is also running at an abnormally high rate thanks to the inefficiency of their RBs. He currently sits third among all QBs in rush yards per game at 38.0.
Given the tough schedule, regression on defense, and the fact Rashee Rice is due back in Week 7, I don’t see much regression coming for Mahomes off his early start. He should be in the running to be QB1 the rest of the season, and makes for a great Guillotine target if you can get him beyond round 3.
Quinshon Judkins, Browns—Workload King
Since Week 3, Quinshon Judkins has taken 75% of the touches handed out to Cleveland RBs. The rookie is dominating the early-down carries and even getting worked in nicely in the passing game, where he has excelled over the last two weeks, with outputs of 33 and 18 yards.
While you’d expect that his best games will come when the Browns can keep things close—even against the Lions, who beat the Browns by 24 points—Judkins was involved all game and ended up with 25 touches, 115 total yards and the Browns' only TD. He’s up to RB15 now in our Guillotine ROS rankings, but should be viewed more as a low-end RB1 given that his usage is in line with fantasy’s most elite RBs.Week 6 Guillotine League Fallers
Alvin Kamara, Saints—The end is near
Things are getting concerning with Alvin Kamara. He maintained a receiving role in Week 5, posting 4 receptions and 28 yards, but was outproduced on the ground again by Kendre Miller, who took double-digit carries for the second game in a row, averaging 4.1 YPC (10 carries, 41 yards) to Kamara’s 3.37 YPC (8 carries, 27 yards).
Despite a lessening receiving role and lack of red zone opportunities, the one positive with Kamara prior to Week 4 was his lack of competition for touches. Now, after Miller blasted the Bills for 65 yards and a TD (11 carries) in Week 4, it looks like the veteran may also be headed into a timeshare, or even lose early-down touches altogether at some point.
He’s still in our top 25 ROS ranks going into Week 5, but sits just RB23, and his week-to-week fantasy outcome looks very murky at the moment.
Ladd McConkey, Chargers—Too many mouths to feed
Ladd McConkey had a great setup in Week 5 vs. the Commanders, who allow a lot of points to opposing WRs and were coming off a trouncing at the hands of the Falcons. Even with the great matchup, his seven targets were still two fewer than the nine Keenan Allen saw, and he failed to top 50 yards for the fourth game in a row.
Some may point to the TD he scored and the fact he had another called back on a punt return, but the usage isn’t there to support his valuation as a top-20 WR right now. He’s down to WR28 in our Guillotine ROS ranks, and unless one of the other Chargers WRs gets hurt or the target share changes dramatically, he’s not a player I would be targeting higher up in drafts.Week 6 Sleepers
Calvin Ridley – Titans Rising?
After getting just three targets in Week 4, Calvin Ridley was featured heavily by Tennessee vs. the Cardinals, who allowed him 10 targets, two times more than anyone else on the team saw.
While the efficiency wasn’t the best, the 44% air yards share (via the Utilization Report) and 131 total yards are very encouraging. It may not be pretty, but with Tennessee’s downright terrible defense, it’s realistic you may see him act as more of a low-end WR2 the rest of the way.
He’s only WR45 to date in PPR scoring, and just WR46 in our rankings, but a player who could finish a lot stronger than his current rank suggests. As a late-round target, you could do worse if drafting in Week 6.AJ Barner – Don’t Sleep
AJ Barner really isn’t doing anything special, but he is playing over 80% of the snaps on a weekly basis and has started to become one of the preferred outlets for Sam Darnold ... when teams are covering Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Last week vs. the Buccaneers, he thrived against their banged-up secondary, catching a career-high seven passes along with two TDs. For the season, he’s now TE11 in PPR scoring and has scored 10.0 or more FP in three of his last four games.
With the Seahawks not having a high-end No. 2 WR, this isn’t a trend I see stopping anytime soon. He won’t go for 20+ points every week, but if you need a consistent TE2 late in drafts to stream, he’s a name I’d be happy to look toward.
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