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McCord (6'3"/210) got the start as CJ Stroud got the night off due to a shoulder injury. There is a reason why McCord was a five-star recruit, he looked great. He got the Buckeyes on the board when he hit Chris Olave in the back of the end zone for five yards. He later hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba a little short, but he was able to reach in front of the Akron defender and grab the 34-yard touchdown. His night was over midway through the third quarter as Jack Miller came in with OSU holding a comfortable lead. Even with the great performance by McCord, Stroud is still the guy. Ohio State will travel to Rutgers next Saturday.

He failed to catch his only target. Rodriguez was churning out success rate on the regular in the first half. The Jaguars curiously went away from him in the second half, as he played just 21-of-70 snaps and had only one carry after halftime. He’s not a must-hold through the bye week, but this game is the proof-of-concept that he can be an effective weapon for the Jaguars if they want to use him as a between-the-tackles pounder.

Doubs landed hard on his shoulder on his first reception, which just happened to be a 42-yard touchdown where he broke free along the back line of the defense. Most unfortunate, though he at least tallied the score first. Doubs was evaluated in the blue tent before heading to the locker room. Perhaps he will return, but he is probably on the wrong side of questionable. It’s bad news for the Pats and fantasy managers, but at least comes as A.J. Brown is back in the lineup for the first time in five weeks.

Steele caught a screen pass in the flats and lowered his head to try and run over the defender. He came up holding his shoulder and had to have the shoulder immobilized as he walked into the locker room with his pads off. It had the look of a dislocation, which would mean Dameon Pierce and Jaydon Blue are the only two healthy running backs for the Eagles.

The Jaguars looked like they were in control with their run game early in this one, but Tuten sputtered out in the second half, where he managed just six carries for 18 yards with the Jaguars curiously going away from Chris Rodriguez Jr. Tuten played 40-of-72 snaps with Rodriguez having a big day on the ground. It feels good that his “down” games are like this, and he also had a rushing touchdown pulled off the board after what appeared to be a phantom holding flag was thrown. Tuten enters the Week 7 bye as an RB2.

It could have been more, had Liam Coen not settled for a game-tying field goal on fourth-and-short with less than four minutes left in the game. It also could have been more had Lawrence not thrown an end-zone pick to Calen Bullock. At the end of the day, the screen day was dealing and Lawrence was hitting all sorts of in-breakers against a beleaguered Texans secondary. He enters the bye week as a sure-fire QB1 with 1,174 passing yards and 10 throwing touchdowns in his first five games. Last year’s rushing touchdowns appear to have vanished as the Jaguars have gotten better in the red zone, but Lawrence is still playing exceptional football.

Sure. One of them was even a beautiful one-handed snag as the game drew near halftime. Moreau out-paced Dalton Schultz (4-of-6 targets, 33 yards) in the fantasy streets even if not on the snap count spreadsheets. You know better than to chase the low-snap high-touchdown outlier.

It tied his season-high for receptions in four games with Arizona. Harrison played just 12 snaps. The Texans do seem dedicated to giving him the ball — as you’d hope after he was acquired for a second-round pick — and we imagine he’ll be in the FLEX conversation next week against the Giants after a full week to hone trust with the coaching staff. His first two catches were on in-breaking routes.

He added a long defensive pass interference penalty drawn on Travis Hunter to set up Houston’s second third-quarter touchdown. Collins also took an end around in the red zone for five rushing yards. Close, but ultimately not the line that fantasy managers were hoping for. Collins will remain in the low-end WR1 region against the Giants in Week 7.

Noel has scored in all of Houston’s wins this year; that’s analytics. The underlying numbers are more annoying — he played 31-of-63 snaps and was not one of Houston’s top targets in what has been a frustrating room. Still, it’s very clear he’s the second-most talented player in this receiving corps, even if Marvin Harrison Jr. is cutting in. Noel has some FLEX viability in Week 7 against the Giants.

Jordan had a huge cutback lane in the third quarter and took it 25 yards while breaking a Jarrian Jones tackle for his touchdown. He played just 14-of-63 snaps, but clearly brought more juice than Woody Marks in the run game and it wouldn’t be a total surprise if that total grew next week with David Montgomery (groin) expected to remain sidelined. Jordan is likely just a FLEX play against the Giants in Week 7.