Fantasy football Week 6 QB preview: Jordan Love surges into top three of quarterback projections

With Joe Burrow and Jared Goff on bye, Jordan Love vaults into top-three territory while Kirk Cousins enters must-start range against a vulnerable Bills defense

Oct 13, 2026 at 6:59 pm ET • 2 min read

The big story of Week 6 should be replacing Jared Goff and Joe Burrow, who are on bye. We don't have Kyler Murray or Malik Willis either, but the only people who will miss them are those who play in leagues that allow you to start more than one quarterback. It wouldn't be quite as big of a deal to replace those guys if we didn't have to worry about the status of Lamar Jackson and Caleb Williams. Or if Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts were playing up to their preseason expectations. As of now, we are expecting Williams to return, and we're starting him. That doesn't change the fact that the QB position has been turned on its head.

Five of the top 12 QBs in my Week 6 projections were drafted outside of the top 12 in August. Well, that's not entirely true. Kirk Cousins wasn't drafted at all in most leagues. But he's thrown 12 touchdown passes already, and he's facing a Bills defense that has been terrible, so we're starting him. That is probably a bigger surprise than the fact that we're starting Jordan Love, but it may not be a bigger surprise than Love being projected as a top-3 QB this week.

Love has almost everything going for them. The Cowboys have allowed every QB they've faced besides Jalon Daniels to score at least 25 Fantasy points. The Packers cannot run the ball a lick, so Love is averaging 37 pass attempts per game. And he's not just throwing it a lot; he's mostly throwing it well. His 7.6 yards per attempt is well above average, and he has 10 touchdowns to three interceptions. Josh Allen and Brock Purdy are the only QBs I would start over him.

Let's get to the rest of the preview:

Week 6 QB Preview

• 0.37 -- Brock Purdy leads the NFL at 0.35 EPA per dropback. He should be the MVP favorite.
• 7.6% -- Jordan Love has had 7.6% of his passes dropped, the highest mark in the league.
• 6.3% -- Justin Herbert has a 6.3% turnover-worthy throw rate. This season has been a disaster in every way imaginable.
• 10.4% -- C.J. Stroud has created an explosive play on 10.4% of his dropbacks. 
• 201 -- Jayden Daniels leads all QBs with 201 yards scrambling despite missing two games. 
• 7 -- Drake Maye has seven passing touchdowns in the past two weeks. A remarkable turnaround.
• 31 -- The Bills have already allowed three different QBs to score 31 or more Fantasy points against them.

My full set of Week 6 Fantasy football projections for every position is here. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 6. Projected stats for all starting quarterbacks are available and will be updated throughout the week as I make changes.