Mecole Hardman (WR, KC) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues

RSOTERED IN: 43% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: Even if you don't believe it, you can count the number of players with more targets in Week 5 than Hardman got with just one hand. That's correct. Five wideouts--including teammate Tyreek Hill--were all folks to out-target Hardman this past weekend. Makes sense then to find Hardman as the highest-scoring Chief of the week thanks to a top-17 finish at the WR position that bested Tyreek's top-24 outing.

See, this offense is an absolute mess outside of Hill/Kelce. It is what it is, don't overthink it. Those two will always eat big-time targets and rack up FP more often than not, and the rest of the players will be around just in case Pat Mahomes gets bored and throws the rock other ways. That's why Hardman's fantasy scores this season read a bouncy 4.9, 10.5, 12.5, 6.1, and lastly a season-high 16.6. What I love about this past weekend's outcome, though, is the fact that Hardman got to those 16+ PPR points without the help of scoring a touchdown, but rather a massive target-diet. Hardman caught 9 of his 12 targets for 76 yards (also a season-high) and played the most snaps since the 78% snap share he posted back in Week 2.

Other than Kelce and Hill, Hardman is now battling for touches with recently-signed WR Josh Gordon, though the veteran only played 9 snaps (10%) in Week 5 and got targeted once. I've been advising to have Hardman roster wherever you can find him still available for free, and starting him in any deep format without much hesitation. If this sort of sky-high usage was a weekly event, then Hardman would be a lock to feature as a WR2/WR3/FLEX in all leagues, but as that's not the case we'll still keep him off shallower leagues starting lineups at least for a couple of weeks to see if this is any kind of true.

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