Check out our top waiver wire targets for Week 6 of the 2022 fantasy football season. Here are quarterbacks you should target when making your Week 6 waiver wire bids.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Quarterbacks

Geno Smith (QB – SEA): 35% rostered

• Next opponents: ARI, @LAC, NYG
• True value: $6
• Desperate need: $12
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: Enough is enough. Geno is balling out in 2022. HIs matchup versus the Saints in Week 5 was deemed “too difficult” by many fantasy managers hoping to stream a week-winning QB. Smith rewarded those who took that leap of faith with his third consecutive game with more than 20 fantasy points. It can be vehemently argued that Geno has earned himself a fantasy roster spot more secure than just for weekly streaming.

Justin Fields (QB – CHI): 38% rostered

• Next opponents: WAS, @NE, @DAL
• True value: $5
• Desperate need: $12
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: It wasn’t much, but Justin Fields put in some honest work in Week 5 with his best fantasy performance of the season. It would have been an even more incredible day if a magnificent rushing touchdown wasn’t wiped off the board by a ticky-tack, weak-sauce penalty. Fields and the Bears are finally thawing out on offense, especially through the air. Darnell Mooney and Cole Kmet made cameo performances in the offense for the first time, with more to come. I love patterns, and Fields is on the rise. His talent is immense and could be a league-winning asset prowling in the weeds.

Daniel Jones (QB – NYG): 22% rostered

• Next opponents: BAL, @JAX, @SEA
• True value: $5
• Desperate need: $11
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Don’t look now, but the New York Football Giants are 4-1. Even more bizarre is how Daniel Jones has officially gone consecutive games without committing a turnover. Everyone will scoff at rostering Jones until he shows up and puts up numbers against a mild upcoming schedule. They will also sleep on his solid rushing production at their own peril.

Jameis Winston (QB – NO): 32% rostered

• Next opponents: CIN, @ARI, LV
• True value: $4
• Desperate need: $10
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Even though Winston has now missed the past two games, he is an incredible streaming option over the next three weeks. The Saints have been cautious with Winston, pulling the plug on his status in Week 5 at the last possible moment. Andy Dalton has not been horrible in his stead, but Winston is the fantasy option we can eagerly await. Let’s hope he can get back on the field very soon.

Jimmy Garoppolo (QB – SF): 26% rostered

• Next opponents: @ATL, KC, @LAR
• True value: $4
• Desperate need: $10
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Jimmy Garoppolo is one of the least-inspiring starting QBs in the NFL, but the perfect streamer is sometimes that guy. The 49ers have a string of underperforming defenses on their upcoming schedule, one that Jimmy G might actually look good against. Don’t hesitate to pick him up in a time of need, especially in deeper 1QB leagues.

Stash Candidates: Sam Howell, Desmond Ridder, Malik Willis

This is the first time I will mention the rookie from North Carolina, Sam Howell, but it certainly will not be the last. Carson Wentz is an absolute abomination under center for the league’s most embarrassing franchise. I had Howell scouted as the top QB in this 2022 class. His very strong preseason put a leash on Wentz as the starter in my mind. As the mercurial vet continues to falter, that leash will be reined in substantially. The Commanders are not a team contending for anything at the moment anyway.

Desmond Ridder and Malik Willis remain exciting rookie signal callers whose hot breath can be felt by starters on short leashes. Willis has already seen some game action in mop-up time, while Ridder is still donning the clipboard behind the painfully mediocre Marcus Mariota. Deeper superflex leagues should have these future starters rostered.