Fantasy Football Week 6 Rankings: WR

After five weeks, the leading receiver in the NFL is ... Brandon Lloyd?

Sure enough, with 589 yards in five games, Lloyd sits ahead of Reggie Wayne and way ahead of everyone else in receiving yards. Averaging almost 120 yards per game, the Broncos new No. 1 receiver has posted just one subpar game (in Week 2) and has caught at least five balls for at least 115 yards in Denver's other four games. In the team's last two games, Lloyd went in to Tennessee and Baltimore, two teams with good pass defenses, and carved them up, catching 11 balls in the Tennessee game and scoring two TDs in the Baltimore game.

So, does a matchup with the New York Jets, one of the most feared pass defenses around, mean the good times are going to come to an end in Week 6? Not at all.

Through five games this season, Lloyd has more yardage than in any entire year of his career save one (and he's been playing since 2003). He's on pace to completely shatter his own past performances as well as our perceptions about our ability. Keep him in your lineup until he gives you reason not to believe.

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1. Reggie Wayne, IND at WAS
2. Hakeem Nicks, NYG vs. DET
3. Anquan Boldin, BAL at NE
4. Roddy White, ATL at PHI
5. Miles Austin, DAL at MIN
6. Randy Moss, MIN vs. DAL
7. DeSean Jackson, PHI vs. ATL
8. Malcom Floyd, SD at STL
9. Percy Harvin, MIN vs. DAL
10. Andre Johnson, HOU vs. KC
11. Hines Ward, PIT vs. CLE
12. Brandon Marshall, MIA at GB
13. Wes Welker, NE vs. BAL
14. Brandon Lloyd, DEN vs. NYJ
15. Mike Wallace, PIT vs. CLE
16. Kenny Britt, TEN at JAC
17. Michael Crabtree, SF vs. OAK
18. Santonio Holmes, NYJ at DEN
19. Greg Jennings, GB vs. MIA
20. Mike Williams, TB vs. NO
21. Marques Colston, NO at TB
22. Dwayne Bowe, KC at HOU
23. Mike Sims-Walker, JAC vs. TEN
24. Steve Smith, NYG vs. DET
25. Louis Murphy, OAK at SF
26. Nate Washington, TEN at JAC
27. Santana Moss, WAS vs. IND
28. Donald Driver, GB vs. MIA
29. Jabar Gaffney, DEN vs. NYJ
30. Austin Collie, IND at WAS
31. Braylon Edwards, NYJ at DEN
32. Johnny Knox, CHI vs. SEA
33. Jeremy Maclin, PHI vs. ATL
34. Roy Williams, DAL at MIN
35. Mario Manningham, NYG vs. DET
36. Eddie Royal, DEN vs. NYJ
37. Dexter McCluster, KC at HOU
38. Pierre Garcon, IND at WAS
39. Kevin Walter, HOU vs. KC
40. Brandon Tate, NE vs. BAL
41. James Jones, GB vs. MIA
42. Danny Amendola, STL vs. SD
43. Lance Moore, NO at TB
44. Anthony Armstrong, WAS vs. IND
45. Derrick Mason, BAL at NE
46. Calvin Johnson, DET at NYG
47. Davone Bess, MIA at GB
48. Chris Chambers, KC at HOU
49. Arrelious Benn, TB vs. NO
50. Damian Williams, TEN at JAC
51. Mike Thomas, JAC vs. TEN
52. Mike Williams, SEA at CHI
53. Earl Bennett, CHI vs. SEA
54. Josh Morgan, SF vs. OAK
55. Nate Burleson, DET at NYG
56. Brian Hartline, MIA at GB
57. Deon Butler, SEA at CHI
58. Julian Edelman, NE vs. BAL
59. Devery Henderson, NO at TB
60. Buster Davis, SD at STL
61. Brandon Gibson, STL vs. SD
62. Robert Meachem, NO at TB
63. Sammie Stroughter, TB vs. NO
64. Darrius Heyward-Bey, OAK at SF
65. Golden Tate, SEA at CHI
66. Devin Hester, CHI vs. SEA
67. Devin Aromashodu, CHI vs. SEA
68. T.J. Houshmandzadeh, BAL at NE
69. Jason Avant, PHI vs. ATL
70. Blair White, IND at WAS
71. Antwaan Randle El, PIT vs. CLE
72. Joey Galloway, WAS vs. IND
73. Harry Douglas, ATL at PHI
74. Patrick Crayton, SD at STL
75. Mardy Gilyard, STL vs. SD
76. Deion Branch, NE vs. BAL
77. Michael Jenkins, ATL at PHI
78. Legedu Naanee, SD at STL
79. Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ at DEN
80. Brandon Stokley, SEA at CHI
81. Greg Lewis, MIN vs. DAL
82. Laurent Robinson, STL vs. SD
83. Tiquan Underwood, JAC vs. TEN
84. Bernard Berrian, MIN vs. DAL
85. Mohamed Massaquoi, CLE at PIT
86. Dez Bryant, DAL at MIN
87. Bryant Johnson, DET at NYG
88. Joshua Cribbs, CLE at PIT
89. Brian Finneran, ATL at PHI
90. Derrick Williams, DET at NYG

• Randy Moss' Minnesota return was successful not only for Moss, who racked up his best yardage total of the season and a touchdown despite having no familiarity with Minnesota's offense, but also for Percy Harvin, who tallied 97 yards and two TDs, both season highs. When Moss is on the field he commands the attention of the defense, making him the anti-Bernard Berrian. Harvin's stock is on the way up as a result, and he's a top 10 option just like Moss, even with Brett Favre nursing an elbow injury.

• The return of Ben Roethlisberger means it's time to give everyone in the Pittsburgh passing game a big bump up. This has led to top-15 rankings for both Hines Ward and Mike Wallace this week. While it's unlikely both will have huge fantasy days, one should, and it's really anyone's call which it will be. It's likely too late to buy low on Roethlisberger, but you still may be able to acquire either Ward or Wallace on the cheap before Roethlisberger reminds people why he's won two Super Bowls.

• Mike Sims-Walker showed he had a pulse with solid a Week 5 offering. I was more than ready to send MSW to the waiver wire in my league, and if I had any viable options with which to replace him after Week 4, I would have done so. Instead, I saw him come alive for about 10 minutes on Sunday and score his second TD of the season. He's now paired two disappearing acts with two effective games, and that's good enough to get him back in the conversation as a WR3. I like his matchup this week, and I believe Jack Del Rio when he says that MSW will be get more involved in the offense moving forward.

• Injuries to Austin Collie and Calvin Johnson (among others) knock them further down than they should be, so owners of each receiver will want to play it by ear on Sunday and see whether either play will be available for Week 6. For what it's worth, each would probably rise about 15 spots in the rankings if they were sure to play. Johnson would still seem low, but I don't trust him, Shaun Hill or the Detroit offensive line against a beastly Giants defense that just had its way with Chicago and Houston.