The Depth Charts · Week 6

Chart 2026 File No. 16 Seat 11

James

Two Girls, Golden Kupp's · Sixteen men on the chart. Nine start. One is kept.

Projected 121.77 this week, 2nd of twelve. No starter carries a designation. The set lineup leaves 0.01 projected points on the bench. The hollow week is Week 8, when four starters are off. This week’s case is Mike, whom this file leads 2-0.

Wednesday stamp · Oct 14, 9:12 AM ET Stamped Wednesday 9:00, Sunday 11:00 and 12:55 ET in season
Projected
2nd of 12
Flagged
none
Hollow week
Week 8
Keepable
14 of 16
  • Projected
    121.77
    2nd of 12 · league median 106.5
    Mike across the table at 102.18
  • Designations
    2
    no of them starting
    Shipley · Charbonnet
  • Left on the bench
    0.01
    projected points a better lineup would add
    by projection, at this stamp
  • The hollow week
    Wk 8
    Winston · Skattebo · Kittle · Evans off
    the bench is whole
  • Keepable in 2027
    14 of 16
    two are first- or second-round men
    Irving · Chase

I · The lineup, seat by seat against the league

Each starter is ranked against the eleven other men set in the same seat this week, by the same stamp. The strip is the league; the filled cell is this seat. Strongest seat: FLEX1, 1st of twelve. Weakest: WR1, 9th of twelve.

SeatStarterProjAgainst the leagueDesignationByeDraftedCosts in 2027
QBJameis WinstonNYG22.077th—8waivera 13th
RBBucky IrvingTB14.059th—10Rd 2not keepable
RBCam SkatteboNYG12.674th—8Rd 7 · kepta 5th
WRDrake LondonATL13.499th—11Rd 3a 1st
WRTerry McLaurinWSH10.246th—7Rd 5a 3rd
TEGeorge KittleSF12.423rd—8Rd 6a 4th
FLEXRhamondre StevensonNE15.011st—11Rd 6a 4th
FLEXMike EvansSF14.811st—8Rd 6a 4th
D/STChiefs D/STKC7.013rd—5waivera 13th

Ranks are against the other starters set in that seat at the same stamp, second flex against second flex; an empty seat ranks last. The tick in the strip is the league’s middle. A 2027 cost is the round he was drafted in, less two; a first- or second-round man is never keepable; a waiver man costs a 13th (Constitution, Keepers).

II · The bench

PosReserveProjWould start overDesignationByeDraftedCosts in 2027
TETravis KelceKC8.99nobody · 3.43 behind Kittle—5Rd 10an 8th
RBRJ HarveyDEN7.74nobody · 4.93 behind Skattebo—10Rd 9a 7th
D/STRams D/STLAR7.02Chiefs, ahead by 0.01—11Rd 12a 10th
WRJa'Marr ChaseCIN0.00nobody · 10.24 behind McLaurin—6Rd 1not keepable
QBJoe BurrowCIN0.00nobody · 22.07 behind Winston—6Rd 4a 2nd
RBWill ShipleyPHI0.00nobody · 12.67 behind SkatteboDoubtful10waivera 13th
RBZach CharbonnetSEA0.00injured reserve · cannot be movedOut11Rd 11a 9th

Rams is projected 0.01 above Chiefs and is on the bench. The optimal-lineup figure above already counts it.

III · The bye map

Every man on the chart against every week of the season. A filled cell is a week he does not play. The column that empties the most starting seats is the hollow week, and it is the one figure on this page in wax.

 1234567891011121314151617
Winston QB
Irving RB
Skattebo RB
London WR
McLaurin WR
Kittle TE
Stevenson FLEX
Evans FLEX
Chiefs D/ST
Kelce TE
Harvey RB
Rams D/ST
Chase WR
Burrow QB
Shipley RB
Charbonnet RB
Starters off····1·14·12······

Week 11 is the quieter trap: two starters off. Week 8 empties four starting seats. Weeks 15–17 are the postseason; a bye there belongs to nobody on this chart.

IV · The week’s trajectory

ESPN overwrites a projection in place. The Office keeps three stamps a week — Wednesday morning, Sunday morning, and five minutes before the one o’clock lock — so the shape of a week survives it. This is the only copy of the Wednesday number anywhere.

Wednesday · Oct 14, 9:12 AM ET
121.77
2nd of 12
Sunday · 11:00 AM ET
—
not yet stamped
Lock · 12:55 PM ET
—
not yet stamped

V · This week’s case — Mike

2-0
Meetings2, all regular season
Points across them211.04 to 166.66
The streak2 straight wins since 2025 week 3
Last meeting108.22 to 82.54 · 2025 wk 14
Largest margin108.22 to 82.54 · 2025 wk 14

Two meetings, 2-0 from this side, contested. Mike brings 102.18 to a table where this chart is projected 19.59 clear.

The full case, every meeting, is at /versus/james-mike/.

VI · The drawer

Sealed · opens to the seat-holder
  • Survivor standing and this week’s pick, with the lock counting down
  • Book balance, open paper, points
  • Dues status for the season
  • Ask the Baron about this chart (later)
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Compiled from the wednesday stamp of Oct 14, 9:12 AM ET · byes from the pool’s own schedule snapshot · rounds from the 2026 board · the case from 475 games on file. Nothing on this chart is a score; scores are ESPN’s business. — Office of the Commissioner