We are just under halfway through the regular season for most fantasy leagues and a lot has changed in the first six weeks. Each league is different and has its own settings, standings, and nuance so evaluating where you are at and where you are going is important at this point. Some teams near the top of standings may be open to making some moves to take on an injured player or one whose offense is struggling right now that could help you when it matters most in the playoffs. Some teams near the bottom may be in desperation mode and can’t wait for players to get healthy or their team’s offense to figure things out, and need to make moves now to keep any playoff hopes alive.
Those in the middle have options to hold course or make a move. There are only two teams on bye in Week 7 and two on bye in Week 9, with NO BYES in Week 8. So we are heading into a short stretch where not as many teams should be stressed with short-handed bye-week-related situations as we saw in Week 5 and Week 6.
With all of that in mind, here are my updated “rest-of-season” rankings for you to use when evaluating your teams. It is more of an art than a science doing this in the middle of the season, as you have to weigh what we’ve seen with possible regression to preseason expectations (some players have already played their best football, while others have already played their worst). Obviously these are fluid, and even injury news throughout this week will change things, but this should give you a rough idea of where players should currently be valued, in my opinion.
These are truly elite players who have proven themselves and are mostly matchup-proof. You can start them every week, and in the case of Hurts, who already had his bye, you can feel confident with no other QBs on your roster:
