One of the things I try to teach people that work for me or that I mentor is to be helpful. Try and help people. I have had some clients think it’s a gimmick and that I do it only to be self-serving because I have explained that by me helping someone, they will remember that and then, in turn, help me.
But you can’t just help people hoping they will return the favor. That is a horrible approach to things. So instead, help people because it is the right thing to do. I guess it is sort of like karma.
Karma- the definition of karma is the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
I view this as something simple, help people with things you are good at because it is the right thing to do. Then, people will remember that you were helpful, and some, not all, will also be helpful when you are in a time of need.
Remember, some people are just assholes and will not be helpful unless they think something is in it for them. It’s ok, and you don’t have to help them again once you know their motivations.
Why am I babbling about being helpful? Well, it is because I hope Money Makers and Heart Breakers are valuable to you. I try to take my knowledge of fantasy football and look at data to help make good decisions on who to play and who NOT to play weekly.
I sincerely hope this article helps you. Now onto the Money Makers and the Heart Breakers for Week 6.
If you are new here, this column can help you handle some sit/start questions you might have, but its primary purpose is to take you through the main DFS slate weekly with players that will make you money and players that will break your heart.
Here is a brief definition of each of my terms for anyone that might be new:
💰 Money Maker – This player will perform better than expectations
💔 Heart Breaker – This player will perform lower than expectations
💰 Money Makers
Quarterbacks
Josh Allen
This guy has passed for the most yards after five weeks and the second-most touchdowns. He has yet to finish outside the top 5 at fantasy scoring for a quarterback thus far. The Chiefs give up the 7th most points to quarterbacks in fantasy. Quarterbacks average 277 yards and two touchdowns per game against the Chiefs. Every quarterback to play them has thrown for multiple touchdowns this season. This game has an over/under of 54 points, by far the highest on the main slate. The Bills might score 40 of those points. The video game that is the Bills’ offense will go nutty again. Play him in cash games and GPP formats.
$8,200 on DraftKings
$9,200 on Fanduel
Tom Brady
Brady has his wide receivers back on the field. Tom has thrown for 736 yards and four touchdowns in the past two weeks. In fantasy, the Steelers give up the fifth most points to opposing teams’ quarterbacks. The Steelers give up 298 yards and two touchdowns per week to the other teams passing game. So if you don’t want to pay up, for Allen, Brady is the next best alternative in cash and GPP this week.
$6,300 on DraftKings
$7,500 on Fanduel
Geno Smith
Can you hear it? Can you hear the people jumping on the Geno bandwagon? Yes, this includes me. All three of the competent quarterbacks’ that have played against the Cardinals have gotten over 250 yards and multiple touchdowns against them. Arizona gives up the eighth most points to opposing teams’ quarterbacks. Geno, meanwhile, has multiple touchdowns in all but one game this season. He has looked highly competent. Play Geno in a nice matchup this week; the price is right to build around in GPP.
$5,700 on DraftKings
$7,400 on Fanduel
Other quarterbacks for Week 6
Kirk Cousins
$6,000 on DraftKings
$7,600 on Fanduel
Jimmy Garopollo
$5,500 on DraftKings
$7,100 on Fanduel
Daniel Jones
$5,200 on DraftKings
$6,800 on Fanduel
Running Backs
Dalvin Cook
Cook looked terrific in Week 5. He rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns and caught two passes for another 27 yards. The Dolphins are the 11th friendliest team to running backs, as they have allowed opposing teams running backs to score a touchdown in each of the last three games. They were getting utterly torched by the Jets’ run game last week. Cook will keep it rolling in Week 6.
$7,500 on DraftKings
$8,300 on Fanduel
Rhamondre Stevenson
Stevenson looked terrific against the Lions. Yes, I know that was the Lions, and they make every running back look amazing. Damien Harris will be out in Week 6. The snaps and touches will be there for Stevenson. He is also playing against a Browns team that averages 155 total yards and two touchdowns to running backs a week. Seven running backs have had double-digit fantasy scoring games against the Browns in the first five weeks of play. The Browns are bad against the run. Stevenson will have a great day and probably be a little chalky.
$6,000 on DraftKings
$7,500 on Fanduel
Raheem Mostert
The Vikings give up the 10th most points to opposing teams running backs. A running back has scored double-digit fantasy points against this defense so far every week of the season. Mostert has dominated the snap counts at running back for the Dolphins for the past two weeks with a 70% share. He has double-digit scores each of the last two weeks. This looks like 100 total yards and a touchdown-esque game for Mostert.
$5,700 on DraftKings
$6,500 on Fanduel
Other Running backs for Week 6
Eno Benjamin
$4,600 on DraftKings
$6,300 on Fanduel
Devin Singletary
$5,900 on DraftKings
$5,700 on Fanduel
Jeff Wilson Jr.
$6,200 on DraftKings
$7,200 on Fanduel
Jonathan Taylor
$8,000 on DraftKings
$8,000 on Fanduel
Wide Receivers
Justin Jefferson
I had him as a heartbreaker last week in a bad matchup. Instead, Jefferson made me look foolish. In the past two games, he has had 26 targets, 22 receptions, 301 yards, a rushing touchdown, and a 2-point conversion. He is a machine. Meanwhile, Miami gives up the 7th most points to opposing teams’ wide receivers. Jefferson has a 30% target share on his team. He eats up yards like no tomorrow, but he only has two touchdowns on the season. That should change in Week 6. That’s spelled J-U-S-T-I-N, last name J-E-Double F-E-R- Son.
$8,900 on DraftKings
$9,200 on Fanduel
Deebo Samuel
Deebo has a 28% target share of the Niner passing game. Deebo has double-digit fantasy scores in every game this season. The Falcons give up the 6th most fantasy points to opposing teams’ wide receivers. It’s pretty easy to see where I am going here, right? One of the most consistent guys in fantasy up against a not-so-good defense. Play him. Deebo will run, Deebo will catch, and Deebo will score you some fantasy points in Week 6.
$7,600 on DraftKings
$7,600 on Fanduel
Darius Slayton
The Giants needed someone to step up at wide receiver. Slayton did that in Week 5. He had seven targets for six receptions and 79 yards. He had a 26% target share in Week 5. The Ravens are up in Week 6. The Ravens have given up the 3rd most fantasy points to opposing teams’ wide receivers. The matchup is right; the usage is headed in the right direction. Slayton is an inexpensive play in a great matchup. Good GPP play.
$3,800 on DraftKings
$5,600 on Fanduel
Other Wide Receivers for Week 6
Mike Evans
$7,000 on DraftKings
$7,700 on Fanduel
Chris Godwin
$6,100 on DraftKings
$6,800 on Fanduel
Stefon Diggs
$8,400 on DraftKings
$8,900 on Fanduel
Ja’Marr Chase
$7,700 on DraftKings
$8,100 on Fanduel
Tight Ends
Zach Ertz
The Seahawks are the worst team at defending the tight end position. Ertz, meanwhile, has double-digit fantasy scores in each game this season. The Seahawks have given up double-digit fantasy scores to tight ends in 4 out of the five weeks of play thus far. This one is easy. Do you want a tight end to produce in Week 6? Ertz is a slam dunk with his 20% target share and fantastic chemistry with Murray.
$4,900 on DraftKings
$6,000 on Fanduel
Taysom Hill
The Bengals are middle of the road against tight ends. Other than his fantasy designation, is Hill a tight end? I don’t know what position he plays. Let’s just call him a “football player,” he was a huge waiver add for the season-long leagues after his amazing game in Week 5. He was responsible for four touchdowns. He threw for one and ran 3 in. The Saints look better with Hill on the field right now. His floor is just as low as anyone else’s, but his ceiling is higher than almost everyone in the position. It could be a GPP darling in Week 6.
N/A on DraftKings
$7,500 on Fanduel
Will Dissly
Will is a matchup and touchdown-dependent kind of play. The Cardinals give up the second most points to opposing teams’ tight ends, so the matchup is right. Geno looks for Dissly in the redzone. I like his chances of scoring in Week 6. High-value play for his price in DFS. I have him in lineups and in season-long myself.
$3,100 on DraftKings
$5,000 on Fanduel
Other Tight Ends for Week 6
George Kittle
$5,100 on DraftKings
$5,700 on Fanduel
Evan Engram
$3,500 on DraftKings
$5,200 on Fanduel
Davis Njoku
$4,000 on DraftKings
$5,900 on Fanduel
💔Heart Breakers
Quarter Backs
Marus Mariota
The Niners are giving up the least number of points to opposing teams’ quarterbacks. Geno Smith is the only good one they have played so far (I bet you never thought you would read that). It was Geno’s worst game of the season and the only time he didn’t score in double digits. I wouldn’t play him in season-long or DFS unless you are desperate.
Patrick Mahomes
You are playing him in season-long leagues. I am not even thinking about it for DFS. The Bills are the second toughest team on quarterbacks in fantasy. Only Lamar Jackson has managed 15 points against them this season. I know Mahomes is fantastic. I know Mahomes truthers will hate seeing this. This defense was explicitly built for him. I am out in any form of DFS on Mahomes in Week 6.
Jameis Winston/Andy Dalton
The Bengals are another team that has only allowed Lamar Jackson to score 15 fantasy points against them. I know Jameis Winston and Andy Dalton; they are not Lamar Jackson. Out, Out, O-U-T OUT on whoever is the quarterback for the Saints this week. There it was; my mouth started filling with saliva at the thought. It’s early in the heartbreakers, so that I won’t be sick yet.
Running Backs
Nick Chubb
Play him in season-long leagues. But in DFS, avoid it at all costs. The Patriots are really good against the run. They have allowed only three running backs to get double-digit fantasy scores against them this season. No one has scored more than 13 points. I am not getting chubby this week.
Tyler Allgeier
You know who likes to run the ball. The Falcons do. You can’t run the ball against the Niners’ defense. Running backs have had success catching the ball against this defense. So, there is hope. Listen, if you need him in season-long, play him; it’s a bye week, I get it. Unless you are all Emo and want to feel bad about yourself, avoid him in DFS. And stop cutting yourself; I need to talk to your parents about that.
Najee Harris
Do you know who was out-snapped by Jaylen Warren in Week 5? Najee was. Do you know whose coaching staff said Warren would be getting more playing time? The Steelers. To top it off, the Buccaneers are a top 3 defense against the run. Sorry Najee, I expect to see Warren start to pass you on the depth chart. Where is that bucket?
Wide Receivers
Christian Kirk
If any Jaguars pass catcher will do it against the Colts, it’s Kirk. But you need to understand that the Colts give up the second fewest number of fantasy points to opposing teams’ wide receivers. He needs a touchdown to get to double digits in Week 6. I just don’t see that happening. So you might want to acquire him for your season-long right before Week 9. Remember, I wrote that before Week 6.
Rashod Bateman
The Giants are very good at defending wide receivers. They have given up some decent days to wide receivers, but the Ravens can just run the living daylights out of the ball and not need to pass so much. I am not playing Bateman in DFS, and I am up in the air on playing him for season-long this week.
Chris Olave
Olave got a little dinged up in Week 5. The Bengals defend wide receivers well. The Bengals give up the 4th fewest points to the opposing team’s wide receivers. In season-long, you are playing him. In DFS, he is a complete avoid. YUCK!
Tight Ends
Kyle Pitts
Pitts missed Week 5. Pitts has been in the pits so far this season. The Niners’ defense is exceptionally hard on every position, even tight ends. The passing volume of the Falcons is SO low. Only the Bears pass the ball less. His only hope is if Drake London misses the game and his target share is close to 50%. Then he could have ten targets. I threw up in my mouth; I had to walk away as small streams came through my fingers. I am not playing him anywhere. Sometimes talent doesn’t win out.
Hayden Hurst
The Saints are good against tight ends. Hurst has been good this season. I am playing him in a season-long matchup still myself. I would be all out to avoid for DFS. Only one tight end has scored more than five fantasy points this season against the Saints. I hope Hurst makes it 2, but “I hope” is not a great strategy.
Ian Thomas
Hopefully, you weren’t counting on this guy anyways. You shouldn’t be, but some people are crazy. He hasn’t done anything this season. He is in a bad matchup. Zach Ertz is the only tight end to score more than six fantasy points against the Rams’ defense. He scored 7. I needed someone else to write about. I chose this lousy player in this horrible matchup. I wanted an easy one; what can I say?
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