NFL Week 6 Fantasy Football Recap: Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs

• Stefon Diggs: 10 receptions, 148 yards, one touchdown

• JuJu Smith-Schuster: 5 receptions, 113 yards, one touchdown

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Bills Two-Man Backfield: Zack Moss was a surprise inactive for Buffalo, reducing their three-man backfield into a two-back rotation.

• Moss was also inactive in multiple games last season when the Bills felt as though they might not use him as much.
• Devin Singletary has played a higher percentage of snaps when the Bills are losing or if it’s a close game.
• This game remained close throughout, which meant more Singletary.
• James Cook did not see an increase in usage and should still be considered roughly equal to Moss going forward.

Drop Isaiah McKenzie: McKenzie seemed destined for an increased role with Jamison Crowder on injured reserve, but he still lost playing time to Khalil Shakir.

• McKenzie ran a route on only 26 of the Bills' 44 pass plays.
• He caught two of his five targets for 9 yards.
• Shakir’s playing time was also limited, but he did play more snaps as the game progressed. 
• If anything, it’s possible Shakir will take more of McKenzie’s playing time as the season progresses.

The Chiefs weekly running back battle: Kansas City shifted further toward a three-man backfield, making it harder than ever to trust them in fantasy football.

• Isiah Pacheco had primarily played in blowouts or when another back was hurt in previous weeks, but he handled a significant workload today.
• He took his first snaps in two-minute drills all season. Jerick McKinnon had played 100% of those snaps in recent weeks.
• McKinnon took the goal-line snaps, which is something he’s at times split with Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
• Edwards-Helaire is still handling enough carries that he is probably a starter while several other backs are on bye weeks.
• This usage split would destroy each back's fantasy value if they were on another team. The only reason that they are worth considering is that they are a part of the high-powered Kansas City offense.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.