5 thoughts before week 6

Featuring Kyren Williams, Javonte Williams, and more

October 10, 2025

Yooo!

Here’s a live look at all Giants fans this morning:

Enough small talk. Here are 5 final thoughts before week 6.

Giddy up.

Kyren Williams has emerged as the RB10 in fantasy points per game, averaging 16.9 points, and is coming off a season-best 31.1-point performance against the San Francisco 49ers. His rushing efficiency has been consistently strong with three straight weeks averaging more than 4.5 yards per carry.
Williams has shown particular value in the passing game, demonstrated by his Week 5 performance, where he connected with Matthew Stafford on eight of 10 targets for two touchdown receptions and 66 receiving yards. This dual-threat capability makes him especially dangerous for fantasy purposes.
Williams faces a Baltimore Ravens defense that has been particularly vulnerable, allowing 31.12 fantasy points against opposing backs (second-most in the league) and 585 rushing yards on just 93 attempts (6.29 yards per carry). The Ravens' recent three-game losing streak has exposed their defensive vulnerabilities, ranking last in EPA per drop-back and next to last in EPA per rush attempt.
Our take: Corum had some blunders in their last game vs SF and that resulted in a season-low 9% snap share (had been 25-30% last 3 games). If Kyren could run away with that 80-90% snap share he was seeing last year, he seems like a good bet for top-10 RB value rest of the way. And he’s in a smash spot this week.

Evan Engram has shown resilience after missing Week 3 due to a back injury, with the Broncos making a concerted effort to integrate him into their passing game. In Week 4, he connected with Bo Nix for four receptions on seven targets, gaining 29 yards, followed by another four-catch performance for 33 yards and his first touchdown of the season against the Eagles.
Engram's upcoming matchup against the Jets presents a particularly favorable opportunity, as they have allowed an NFL-worst five touchdowns to opposing tight ends. The fact that four of these touchdowns have come in just the last two games suggests a significant vulnerability that Engram could exploit.
The two-time Pro-Bowler's recent involvement in the offense, combined with the Jets' clear struggles against tight ends, positions Engram as a strong candidate to find the end zone for the second consecutive game.
Our take: Engram hasn’t quite lived up to the hype of this “joker” role he was supposed to play this year. He’s been tough to trust thus far and hasn’t cracked 45%+ in snap share yet. It would be nice to see him step up in a good matchup on paper.

Javonte Williams as a top six RB in 2025 was rated highly likely by the crew 8.5 Matt, 7 Jagger, 9 Garrett with praise for restored burst yards after contact and true workhorse usage in Dallas
Panel flagged injury risk as the main caveat, but lauded the perfect scheme marriage Schottenheimer DNA and weekly outputs like 20.4, 25, 12.2, 19, 26.9 PPR as evidence he can do it all
Jaydon Blue was not viewed as a serious threat to Javonte Williams’ role with concerns over Blue’s own inconsistencies.
Our take: Javonte sits around Etienne, Montgomery, and Kamara in our consensus dynasty rankings. He’s right on that borderline of someone I’d feel comfortable paying a 2026 1st for as a contender. But I’m worried the current performance might be too good to be true. My gut says to stay away for now, but I recognize that it could come back to bite me.

Jaylen Warren returns to full practice with Tomlin’s arrow pointing up, but the hosts caution expectations versus a Cleveland defense suffocating RBs and note Kenneth Gainwell’s emergence could limit Warren’s snap spike in his first game back.
They still love Warren’s role and prior 24-opportunity usage but lean slightly toward safer volume in other Thursday options given matchup and return-from-injury context.
Our take: Warren could be an under-the-radar buy after this week if he struggles in a tough matchup. I’ll be watching his usage closely to see how much extra work Gainwell gets after playing well in Warren’s absence. If things revert back to the usage we saw in weeks 2&3, I like Warren as a solid RB2 in PPR leagues rest-of-season. And it wouldn’t break the bank to acquire him.

Kyle Williams has 2 targets, 2 catches, 20 yards for the Patriots, but Jagger May is buying at cost, citing a notoriously tough Josh McDaniels system for rookies and a receiver room that needs his vertical element alongside Stefon Diggs and Hunter Henry.
Matt O’Hara is holding, not chasing unless very cheap, noting that non-Diggs pass catchers have multi-year deals and better rapport with Drake Maye; Garrett Price warms to buying at the right price after recalling the historical learning curve in this scheme.
Our take: I’ve seen McDaniels’ system mentioned a few times in recent weeks as tough to learn. And it makes me wonder how much this is impacting TreVeyon’s usage as well. It might be worth kicking the tires on some moves if we start to see some progress from New England’s rookies.

I didn’t notice until I did a final QA of tonight’s newsletter, but 3 of the 5 players mentioned have a last name “Williams” lol.