Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends (Week 6)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top Tight End fantasy football waiver wire targets for the week below. And here’s all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 6.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight End

TIGHT ENDS

Written by Derek Brown

Zach Ertz (WAS): 31% rostered

Next Opponents: @BAL, CAR, CHI
True value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Ertz will be a strong matchup-based streamer over the next two weeks. He’s fresh off seeing a 32% from Jayden Daniels in Week 5. He only turned that volume into 10 receiving yards, but volume is king, and Ertz is seeing it. That should continue against the TE-friendly defenses of Baltimore and Carolina, which have allowed the fifth-most and third-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Cade Otton (TB): 37% rostered

Next Opponents: @NO, BAL, ATL
True value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Otton has seen an elevated role over the last three weeks, and he’s making the most of the increased opportunities. Since Week 3, he’s had a 19.2% target share and averaged 1.81 yards per route run and 47.7 receiving yards per game. This is TE1 production. Otton should continue the hot streak in Week 5 against the Saints, who have allowed the most yards per reception and the seventh-most receiving yards to tight ends.

Colby Parkinson (LAR): 28% rostered

Next Opponents: BYE, LV, MIN
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: The Rams’ bye week could allow you to sneak Parkinson through waivers with a zero-dollar bid. If you need a bye-week fill-in for Week 7 or Week 8, Parkinson could be your guy. He’s had at least four receptions and 33 receiving yards in three of his five games. Toss a touchdown on top of any of those games, and Parkinson is a TE1 for the week. Las Vegas and Minnesota have allowed the 12th-most and sixth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Tyler Conklin (NYJ): 30% rostered

Next Opponents: BUF, @PIT, @NE
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Conklin has been generating consistent volume that could make him a fringe TE1 in any given week if it continues. Over the last three weeks, Conklin has had a 17.5% target share while averaging five receptions and 55 receiving yards. His upcoming matchups aren’t pretty, and the likelihood of Davante Adams arriving in New York is substantial, so I wouldn’t break the bank for Conklin. He is a serviceable streaming option, though, if you are hit with bye-week blues soon.

Juwan Johnson (NO): 4% rostered

Next Opponents: TB, DEN, @LAC
True value: $0
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: The results haven’t been great this season for Johson, but he is a low-end streaming option this week. Over the last two weeks, Johnson has had a 52.3% route share and 4.9% target share, but that could be elevated against Tampa Bay. Johnson has one end-zone target and one red-zone target this season. The Bucs have allowed the 12th-most yards per reception to tight ends. Zach Ertz and Cade Otton are the streamers to target this week, but if you miss out on them Johnson isn’t an awful consolation prize, and you can sneak him through waivers with a zero-dollar bid.