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Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 6

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Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced.

To kick things off each week, we have our overall waiver wire article and waiver wire express lightning round, both dropping very early in the week -- usually by the time the Sunday Night Football game ends. We have our FAAB waiver wire article from Nick Mariano, for those of you with salary cap waivers, which discusses how much of your free agent budget to spend on players when trying to add them off the waiver wire.

And then we also have articles for each position, to take a deeper dive on each: running backswide receiverstight endsquarterbacksdefenseskickers, IDP leagues and players to consider dropping.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2024:

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 6?

Great question. This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 6! Let's get to it.

Rank Player Name Position % Owned Baller Move
1 Darrel Williams RB 14 Add in All Leagues
2 Devontae Booker RB 5 Add in All Leagues
3 Kadarius Toney WR 16 Add in All Leagues
4 Michael Carter RB 54 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 Samaje Perine RB 28 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Alex Collins RB 37 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
7 Jerick McKinnon RB 1 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
8 Khalil Herbert RB 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Marquez Callaway WR 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Tim Patrick WR 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Hunter Renfrow WR 45 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
13 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 3 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
14 Kenneth Gainwell RB 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Henry Ruggs III WR 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Hunter Henry TE 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Jamison Crowder WR 39 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
18 Rondale Moore WR 40 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
19 Nelson Agholor WR 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Brandon Bolden RB 9 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
21 A.J. Green WR 54 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
22 Van Jefferson WR 10 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
23 Mecole Hardman WR 43 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
24 DeAndre Carter WR 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
25 Randall Cobb WR 16 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
26 Rashod Bateman WR 24 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
27 Sony Michel RB 50 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Kalif Raymond WR 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Josh Gordon WR 39 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
30 Dan Arnold TE 4 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
31 Cameron Brate TE 32 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
32 David Njoku TE 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
33 Darnell Mooney WR 45 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
34 Zach Ertz TE 38 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
35 Zach Pascal WR 15 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
36 Kenny Stills WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
37 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
38 Ty Johnson RB 5 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
39 Giovani Bernard RB 16 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
40 Jamal Agnew WR 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
41 Chris Moore WR 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
42 Preston Williams WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
43 Sam Darnold QB 59 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
44 Trey Lance QB 47 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
45 Trevor Lawrence QB 50 Add in 2QB Leagues
46 Geno Smith QB 1 Add in 2QB Leagues
47 Teddy Bridgewater QB 18 Add in 2QB Leagues
48 Taylor Heinicke QB 16 Add in 2QB Leagues
49 Tua Tagovailoa QB 15 Add in 2QB Leagues
50 Davis Mills QB 1 Add in 2QB Leagues

 

Running Backs To Pickup (Priority Order):

Darrel Williams
Devontae Booker
Michael Carter
Samaje Perine (COVID-19 list, monitor)
Alex Collins
Jerick McKinnon
Khalil Herbert
Chris Evans
Rhamondre Stevenson
Kenneth Gainwell
Brandon Bolden
Sony Michel
Ty Johnson
Giovani Bernard

 

Wide Receivers To Pickup (Priority Order):

Kadarius Toney
Marquez Callaway
Henry Ruggs III
Hunter Renfrow
A.J. Green
Jamison Crowder
Tim Patrick
Mecole Hardman
Amon-Ra St. Brown
DeAndre Carter
Nelson Agholor
Randall Cobb
Rashod Bateman
Rondale Moore
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Van Jefferson
Kalif Raymond
Josh Gordon
Darnell Mooney
Zach Pascal
Kenny Stills
Jamal Agnew
Chris Moore
Preston Williams

 

Tight Ends To Pickup (Priority Order):

Hunter Henry
Evan Engram
David Njoku
Dan Arnold
Cameron Brate
Tyler Conklin
Zach Ertz
Cole Kmet

 

Quarterbacks (Priority Order):

Sam Darnold
Trey Lance
Trevor Lawrence
Taylor Heinicke
Geno Smith
Teddy Bridgewater
Tua Tagovailoa
Davis Mills



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