Noah Fant (abdomen) cleared to face Vikings in W5

Milles led the Saints backfield in snaps and touches, adding two receptions for zero yards to his 70 scoreless rushing yards. He is the clear lead runner for the Saints and was tackled at the one-yard line on two separate drives, coming up just short of a touchdown to salvage his fantasy day. Miller’s lack of involvement in the passing game caps his fantasy ceiling but rushing volume makes him a low-end RB3 for Week 7 against a solid Steelers defense.

Fantasy managers can’t complain about 17.8 PPR points, but this should have been an explosion spot for the second-year wideout. Jalon Daniels routinely missed him on routine throws, the most painful of which was a long would-be touchdown that grazed Egbuka’s hands as it sailed past him. There were several other throws that were behind, low, or simply too late. A short, two-yard score at the top of the second quarter will have to suffice. Egbuka is pulling away as the Bucs’ alpha receiver, pushing him back into the WR2 ranks for the team’s Week 7 date with the Panthers.

Wicks wasn’t much of a factor in this one. Tanner McKee seemed far more comfortable throwing to DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert, which left few targets for Wicks. Initial reports have Wicks playing on 40 of the team’s 64 snaps and running a route on 32 of their 52 dropbacks, which was actually fewer than Makai Lemon and only five more than Darius Cooper. With McKee at quarterback, it’s hard to trust Wicks in fantasy, regardless of matchup.

Early in the game, when Tanner McKee was struggling to get anything going, he seemed locked onto Goedert. When the Panthers were up by multiple scores and the defense seemed to allow some more space in the secondary, McKee felt more confident in taking shots down the field to his receivers, which meant Goedert was quiet in the second half. Still, he was second on the team in targets, receptions, and receiving yards and will be a low-end TE1 against the Cowboys next week.

McConkey exited the game after a 17-yard reception in the first quarter and was seen entering the blue medical tent before being helped to the locker room. The quickness with which he was ruled out could mean the injury is on the severe side. The Chargers are down to their fifth and sixth wideouts on the depth chart. Justin Herbert likely won’t be fantasy relevant for the rest of the season.

Smith was easily the focal point of the passing attack after coming back from injury. He saw the most targets of anybody on the team by six, but many of them were not catchable. However, Tanner McKee kept taking shots down the field, and he made a beautiful pass to Smith in the end zone for a touchdown. The game itself might not be pretty when McKee is under center, but it seems like Smith is going to see the volume to continue producing solid fantasy value. He’s a low-end WR2 in a good matchup against the Cowboys next week.

Active for the first time since Week 1, the No. 30 overall pick shook off his ankle issue by recording the first 100-yard outing of his now two-game career. It was a much needed effort with No. 1 Garrett Wilson getting tangled up in Christian Gonzalez’s coverage. The highlight was a 48-yard touchdown where Cooper got behind the entire defense then came back to an underthrown deep ball for six. This was after he had a shorter touchdown called back by a dubious Tim Patrick OPI penalty. Now firmly in the mix for No. 2 status even when Adonai Mitchell comes back from his seemingly never-ending finger injury, Cooper is worth rostering in a majority of fantasy leagues with injuries mounting and bye weeks raging. The Jets have a plus Week 7 matchup in the Dolphins.

The Saints deployed a committee backfield once again for Week 6. Kamara was the third running back into the game for the Saints, but was the only one to score a touchdown. He briefly went to the medical tent after falling on his hip in the first half but re-entered the game soon after. Kamara caught a swing pass from Tyler Shough and tip-toed away from the sideline to score from 17 yards out in the third quarter. With that catch, he became the sixth player in NFL history with 5,000 yards receiving and 5,000 yards rushing in his career. Despite the touchdown and milestone, Kamara was still third in running back snaps and is a touchdown-dependent FLEX play for Week 7 against the Steelers.

Bernard began the game with a potentially catastrophic blunder by moving the chains on first down, only to run back behind the sticks in search of more yards. He was taken down behind the line to gain for a turnover on downs. Instead of banishing him to the bench, Aaron Rodgers continued to lean on the rookie throughout the contest for easy completions underneath. He tied DK Metcalf for a team-high in catches. Per the broadcast, it was the most catches by a rookie receiver of Rodgers since the grizzled veteran entered the league. Bernard went from a PPR scam to a full-blown breakout in overtime by extending the ball for a game-winning touchdown with two defenders draped over him. Bernard has 21 targets over the past two weeks. He also has at least 80 yards in back-to-back games. He is looking at a WR3 ranking for his Week 7 matchup with the Saints.

With Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby, and Will Shipley all hurt, and Carson Steele getting injured early in this game, Pierce took every single carry for the Eagles on Sunday. He also played on 61 of the team’s 64 snaps. However, that wasn’t able to amount to much on the ground with all of Philadelphia’s injuries. Pierce was also asked to pass block a lot, which means he only ran a route on 15 of the team’s 52 dropbacks. That’s going to limit his fantasy value, and he looks like a TD-dependent FLEX play while he remains the starter. The upside is that there doesn’t seem to be anybody coming for his job until Barkley (hamstring) returns.