DeAndre Hopkins had a clutch fantasy performance with two garbage time touchdowns for the Houston Texans. Melvin Gordon helped the Chargers secure their first win this season – did he help you win your fantasy game? We check in with Remarkable! to find potentially key players for your Week 6 matchup…

Quarterback

Deshaun Watson (HOU) has scored 19 fantasy points per game this season (NFL Rank: fourth best among QBs). He will face a Cleveland defense that has allowed 20 points per game to opposing QBs since the start of last season — worst in the league (League Avg: 16).

Kirk Cousins (WAS) has a passer rating of 125 over the past four weeks (NFL Rank: 2nd among qualified QBs). Washington will face San Francisco, which has allowed a passer rating of 97 since the start of last season (NFL Rank: 29th of 32).

Running Back

Chris Thompson (WAS) averaged 16 fantasy points per game over the past four weeks (NFL Rank: fifth best among RBs). He will face a San Francisco defense that has allowed an average of 20 fantasy points per game to its opponent’s top scoring RB since the start of last season — worst in the league (League Avg: 13).

Lamar Miller (HOU) has averaged 13 fantasy points per game since week 15 of last season (NFL Rank: 10th best among RBs). He will face a Cleveland defense that has allowed an average of 15 fantasy points per game to its opponent’s top scoring RB since the start of last season — fourth worst in the league (League Avg: 13).

Leonard Fournette (JAC) has averaged 16 fantasy points per game since the start of this season (NFL Rank: fifth best among RBs). He will face a Los Angeles defense that has allowed an average of 14 fantasy points to its opponent’s top scoring RB since the start of last season — sixth worst in the league (League Avg: 13).

Ameer Abdullah (DET) averaged 11 fantasy points per game over the past four weeks (NFL Rank: 15th best among RBs). He will face a New Orleans defense that has allowed an average of 14 fantasy points to its opponent’s top scoring RB since the start of last season — fifth worst in the league (League Avg: 13).

Wide Receiver

T.Y. Hilton (IND) averaged 11 fantasy points per game since the start of last season (NFL Rank: ninth best among WRs). He will face a Tennessee defense that has allowed an average 14 fantasy points to its opponent’s top scoring WR since the start of last season — third worst in the league (League Avg: 12).

Devin Funchess (CAR) averaged 11 fantasy points per game over the past four weeks (NFL Rank: 10th best among WRs). He will face a Philadelphia defense that has allowed an average of 13 fantasy points to its opponent’s top scoring WR since the start of last season — seventh worst in the league (League Avg: 12).

Mike Evans (TB) has 1,548 receiving yards since the start of last season (NFL Rank: 5th among WRs). Tampa Bay will face Arizona, which has allowed 3,596 receiving yards to WR since the start of last season (NFL Rank: fourth most).

Tight End

Delanie Walker (TEN) has 1,019 receiving yards since the start of last season (NFL Rank: 5th among TEs). Tennessee will face Indianapolis, which has allowed 1,266 receiving yards to TE since the start of last season (NFL Rank: fifth most).

Eric Ebron (DET) has averaged 5 yards after the catch ranking 8th among TEs since the start of last season. Detroit will face New Orleans, which has allowed 5 YAC to TEs since the start of last season (NFL Rank: 31st of 32).

Special Teams

The Jaguars defense has sacked opposing QBs on 14.8% of pass attempts (18/122) this season (best in NFL; League Avg: 7.4%).

The Panthers defense has allowed just 8.9 Yards per Completion (845 yards/95 completions) this season (2nd best in NFL; League Avg: 11.2).

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