Welcome to Week 6 of the 2026 Footballguys Roundtable. Our intrepid panel of fantasy pundits discusses and debates four topics every week. We split the conversation into separate features.
This week's roundtable features these four topics:
- Surprising Fantasy WRs
- Malik Nabers' Outlook
- Marvin Harrison Jr. Trade
- Drop-Hold-Start: The RB Edition
Let's roll...
Matt Waldman: Nabers doesn't look remotely like himself when his feet are moving. His weight-drop into hard breaks is non-existent. When he stop-starts as a ball carrier, there's no reacceleration, and the defender he made miss often catches Nabers before he can gain positive yards.
Nabers isn't winning against tight man-to-man at the line of scrimmage or when aligned outside -- not how grading services mis-track it, because they don't count how pre-snap motion changes the alignments.
Where has Nabers excelled? Zone coverage as a slot receiver and a pass-catcher.
He's WR17 after Week 15, moving up 12 spots after catching 8 of his 11 targets in the fourth quarter and overtime. Is Nabers a true WR2 or will his production remain volatile and on the edge of WR3 or even WR4 value?
Ryan Weisse: This is an excellent breakdown by Matt. These are things about Nabers' game that even I was not aware of, but from a purely fantasy football-focused standpoint, Nabers should be just fine.
First, the fact that he is beating zone coverage is huge, as most of the league runs zone on a majority of their defensive snaps. It's the nature of today's NFL, so if he can only beat one, let it be zone.
Next, this Giants offense only has Nabers and Isaiah Likely. As long as Nabers is healthy enough to be on the field, he is at worst the second option in the passing game, whether he has lost a step or not.
He is a true WR2 in fantasy and has top-5 upside, as shown in Week 5. The Giants will be throwing plenty, and Nabers should come close to sustaining his nine-target-per-game pace.
Darin Tietgen: I think Nabers will sustain his value. He only needs a handful of targets in this offense to produce, and Jameis Winston throws a good deep ball. It looks like he's not fully healthy, but as the season goes on, I think he'll get more comfortable and have some big games.
He had a whopping 20 targets last weekend, which of course is not sustainable, but if Winston continues to look his way and he can shake the rust off, he has WR1 potential.
Jason Wood: There's a lot to unpack here. Ultimately, I have every faith Malik Nabers can and should be counted on as an every-week, Top-24 fantasy asset. As noted in his Week 4 analysis, Nabers hasn't looked dominant against man coverage since returning from his ACL tear. I suspect part of that is just rust and remnants of the mental distrust Nabers has publicly acknowledged since returning.
I also think he must build greater rapport with Jameis Winston. Both of those factors should tilt in his favor in the coming weeks. But in the meantime, credit to offensive coordinator Matt Nagy for adjusting how they use Nabers. Given Nabers' obvious strength, speed, and route-running ability, I see no reason he can't produce in a more limited role, outside of the occasional matchup against a defense particularly skilled at covering slot receivers.