Bye Week Look-Ahead2026 NFL Week 6

Teams on Bye

Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings. Thirteen players on those teams are rostered in at least 75% of ESPN leagues, so nearly every manager loses someone.

Starters on Bye

• Jahmyr Gibbs (RB, DET). Locked-in RB1 in every lineup and one of the top two fantasy scorers so far.
• Ja'Marr Chase (WR, CIN). Starts in every league. Rest helps, he is in the league's concussion protocol following his early exit from Week 4.
• Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR, DET). A weekly top-three WR in nearly all lineups.
• Justin Jefferson (WR, MIN). Starts everywhere when healthy. The ankle injury that knocked him from Week 3 cost him the following game as well, so the bye lands at a good time.
• De'Von Achane (RB, MIA). RB1 in most lineups, the lone must-start on a rebuilding Miami offense.

Fill-ins to Add

• Woody Marks (RB, HOU). Available in most leagues. Houston lost RB David Montgomery to a groin injury in its win over the Titans on Sunday. Marks had already been slowly eating into Montgomery's backfield share, and he faces Jacksonville in London, a matchup that isn't great on paper, but fantasy managers will take volume at a thinning position.
• Jordan Love (QB, GB). Available in most leagues. Love already has a trio of 300-yard games on the season and a 10:3 TD:INT heading into a Week 6 home matchup against the Cowboys next Sunday night, a defense that ranks 31st in yards per pass play and 32nd in EPA per dropback.
• Darius Cooper (WR, PHI). Available in most leagues. In his last two games (both without DeVonta Smith), Cooper has five catches for 104 yards and three touchdowns, and the Eagles have Carolina and Dallas at home over the next two weeks.