Branson: Week 6 Fantasy Football Positional Rankings

By Spence Branson--

(CBS) It's Week 6 of the NFL season, and here are the fantasy football positional rankings to help you make your tough decisions.

These rankings are constructed with half-point PPR in mind, to balance out those of you in standard leagues and PPR leagues.

Teams on bye: Cowboys, Raiders, Rams and Buccaneers.

Quarterbacks
1. Tom Brady, NE (at IND)
2. Aaron Rodgers, GB (vs SD)
3. Carson Palmer, ARI (at PIT)
4. Eli Manning, NYG (at PHI)
5. Andy Dalton, CIN (at BUF)
6. Philip Rivers, SD (at GB)
7. Drew Brees, NO (vs ATL)
8. Matt Ryan, ATL (at NO)
9. Blake Bortles, JAC (vs HOU)
10. Jay Cutler, CHI (at DET)
11. Cam Newton, CAR (at SEA)
12. Sam Bradford, PHI (vs NYG)
13. Andrew Luck, IND (vs NE)
14. Marcus Mariota, TEN (vs MIA)
15. Peyton Manning, DEN (at CLE)
16. Russell Wilson, SEA (vs CAR)
17. Josh McCown, CLE (vs DEN)
18. Joe Flacco, BAL (at SF)
19. Colin Kaepernick, SF (vs BAL)
20. Ryan Tannehill, MIA (at TEN)
21. Matthew Stafford, DET (vs CHI)
22. Teddy Bridgewater, MIN (vs KC)
23. Ryan Fitzpatrick, NYJ (vs WAS)
24. Alex Smith, KC (at MIN)
25. Mike Vick, PIT (vs ARI)

Running backs
1. Le'Veon Bell, PIT (vs ARI)
2. Adrian Peterson, MIN (vs KC)
3. Matt Forte, CHI (at DET)
4. Devonta Freeman, ATL (at NO)
5. Dion Lewis, NE (at IND)
6. Arian Foster, HOU (at JAC)
7. Mark Ingram, NO (vs ATL)
8. Eddie Lacy, GB (vs SD)
9. Chris Ivory, NYJ (vs WAS)
10. Justin Forsett, BAL (at SF)
11. Chris Johnson, ARI (at PIT)
12. Danny Woodhead, SD (at GB)
13. T.J. Yeldon, JAC (vs HOU)
14. Carlos Hyde, SF (vs BAL)
15. Frank Gore, IND (vs NE)
16. Thomas Rawls, SEA (vs CAR)
17. DeMarco Murray, PHI (vs NYG)
18. Duke Johnson, CLE (vs DEN)
19. Charcandrick West, KC (at MIN)
20. LeGarrette Blount, NE (at IND)
21. Giovani Bernard, CIN (at BUF)
22. Ronnie Hillman, DEN (at CLE)
23. Melvin Gordon, SD (at GB)
24. Rashad Jennings, NYG (at PHI)
25. Shane Vereen, NYG (at PHI)
26. Ryan Mathews, PHI (vs NYG)
27. Lamar Miller, MIA (at TEN)
28. C.J. Spiller, NO (vs ATL)
29. David Johnson, ARI (at PIT)
30. Theo Riddick, DET (vs CHI)
31. Chris Thompson, WAS (at NYJ)
32. Jeremy Hill, CIN (at BUF)
33. Andre Ellington, ARI (at PIT)
34. Darren Sproles, PHI (vs NYG)
35. Alfred Morris, WAS (at NYJ)
36. C.J. Anderson, DEN (at CLE)
37. Isaiah Crowell, CLE (vs DEN)
38. Antonio Andrews, TEN (vs MIA)
39. Ameer Abdullah, DET (vs CHI)
40. Jeremy Langford, CHI (at DET)
41. Knile Davis, KC (at MIN)
42. Matt Jones, WAS (at NYJ)
43. Jonathan Stewart, CAR (at SEA)
44. Bishop Sankey, TEN (vs MIA)
45. Khiry Robinson, NO (vs ATL)
46. James Starks, GB (vs SD)
47. Fred Jackson, SEA (vs CAR)
48. Dan Herron, BUF (vs CIN)
49. Dexter McCluster, TEN (vs MIA)
50. Zach Zenner, DET (vs CHI)

Receivers
1. DeAndre Hopkins, HOU (at JAC)
2. Odell Beckham, NYG (at PHI)
3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI (at PIT)
4. Julio Jones, ATL (at NO)
5. A.J. Green, CIN (at BUF)
6. Brandon Marshall, NYJ (vs WAS)
7. Randall Cobb, GB (vs SD)
8. Demaryius Thomas, DEN (at CLE)
9. Julian Edelman, NE (at IND)
10. Keenan Allen, SD (at GB)
11. Antonio Brown, PIT (vs ARI)
12. Allen Robinson, JAC (vs HOU)
13. Calvin Johnson, DET (vs CHI)
14. Jeremy Maclin, KC (at MIN)
15. T.Y. Hilton, IND (vs NE)
16. James Jones, GB (vs SD)
17. Allen Hurns, JAC (vs HOU)
18. Willie Snead, NO (vs ATL)
19. Donte Moncrief, IND (vs NE)
20. Brandin Cooks, NO (vs ATL)
21. Kendall Wright, TEN (vs MIA)
22. Emmanuel Sanders, DEN (at CLE)
23. Eric Decker, NYJ (vs WAS)
24. Jordan Matthews, PHI (vs NYG)
25. John Brown, ARI (at PIT)
26. Leonard Hankerson, ATL (at NO)
27. Jarvis Landry, MIA (at TEN)
28. Marquess Wilson, CHI (at DET)
29. Kamar Aiken, BAL (at SF)
30. Rishard Matthews, MIA (at TEN)
31. Anquan Boldin, SF (vs BAL)
32. Mike Wallace, MIN (vs KC)
33. Golden Tate, DET (vs CHI)
34. Marvin Jones, CIN (at BUF)
35. Travis Benjamin, CLE (vs DEN)
36. Josh Huff, PHI (vs NYG)
37. Jamison Crowder, WAS (at NYJ)
38. Pierre Garcon, WAS (at NYJ)
39. Doug Baldwin, SEA (vs CAR)
40. Dwayne Harris, NYG (at PHI)
41. Torrey Smith, SF (vs BAL)
42. Ted Ginn, CAR (at SEA)
43. Stefon Diggs, MIN (vs KC)
44. Riley Cooper, PHI (vs NYG)
45. Malcom Floyd, SD (at GB)
46. Mohamed Sanu, CIN (at BUF)
47. Tyler Lockett, SEA (vs CAR)
48. Markus Wheaton, PIT (vs ARI)
49. Martavis Bryant, PIT (vs ARI)
50. Josh Bellamy, CHI (at DET)

Tight ends
1. Rob Gronkowski, NE (at IND)
2. Tyler Eifert, CIN (at BUF)
3. Greg Olsen, CAR (at SEA)
4. Antonio Gates, SD (at GB)
5. Martellus Bennett, CHI (at DET)
6. Travis Kelce, KC (at MIN)
7. Gary Barnidge, CLE (vs DEN)
8. Jimmy Graham, SEA (vs CAR)
9. Richard Rodgers, GB (vs SD)
10. Zach Ertz, PHI (vs NYG)
11. Charles Clay, BUF (vs CIN)
12. Jordan Cameron, MIA (at TEN)
13. Larry Donnell, NYG (at PHI)
14. Jacob Tamme, ATL (at NO)
15. Julius Thomas, JAC (vs HOU)
16. Owen Daniels, DEN (at CLE)
17. Brent Celek, PHI (vs NYG)
18. Coby Fleener, IND (vs NE)
19. Ladarius Green, SD (at GB)
20. Darren Fells, ARI (at PIT)
21. Dwayne Allen, IND (vs NE)
22. Vernon Davis, SF (vs BAL)
23. Heath Miller, PIT (vs ARI)
24. Kyle Rudolph, MIN (vs KC)
25. Garrett Celek, SF (vs BAL)

Spence Branson is a fantasy football contributor for 670 The Score and can be heard on "Chicago's Fantasy Football Today" every Sunday during football season from 8-9 a.m. CT on WSCR-670 and 670thescore.com/listen. Follow him on Twitter @ChicagoSpence and feel free to ask fantasy questions.