Top 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers (Week 6)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Wide Receiver

WIDE RECEIVERS

Written by Derek Brown

Darnell Mooney (ATL): 48% rostered

• Next Opponents: @CAR, SEA, @TB
• True value: $9
• Desperate Need: $14
• Budget-minded: $5

Analysis: Mooney has been nothing short of amazing this season. I’m honestly surprised that he remains under 50% rostered right now. The Bears’ stink has to have worn off by now, right? That is the only reason I can think of to explain why he isn’t at least 70% rostered in fantasy football land. Mooney has commanded a 21.9% target share with 1.94 yards per route run and a strong 28.2% first-read share (per Fantasy Points Data). He has averaged 15 PPR points per game. He has solid matchups in two of the next three weeks against Carolina (second-most PPR points per target allowed to perimeter wide receivers) and a rematch with the Bucs, whom he just torched.

Josh Downs (IND): 40% rostered

• Next Opponents: @TEN, MIA, @HOU
• True value: $6
• Desperate Need: $9
• Budget-minded: $4

Analysis: What are we doing here, people? How is Downs still below 50% rostered? Did his performance in Week 4 not convince you? Well, now he has posted another juicy stat line in Week 5, and I expect his roster percentage to climb this week. Over the last two weeks, Downs has been wonderful. He’s had a 28% target share while averaging 8.5 receptions and 75.5 receiving yards. That’s WR2 production that you are likely getting from your WR3 or flex lineup spot. He has beautiful matchups in Week 7 and Week 8 to keep the good times rolling. Miami and Houston have allowed the fifth-most and 12th-most PPR points per target to slot receivers this season (per Fantasy Points Data).

Jalen Tolbert (DAL): 7% rostered

• Next Opponents: DET, BYE, SF
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: Of course, the receiver who caught the game-winning touchdown for the Cowboys in Week 5 made it into our good graces and earned a spot in the WR section of this article. Tolbert stepped up admirably as the Cowboys’ WR2 against the Steelers with a 23.8% target share, seven grabs and 87 receiving yards. He did appear to sustain a groin injury on the final drive, so his status and practice reports need monitoring this week. Assuming he is a full go for Week 6, Tolbert will be a solid flex against a Detroit secondary that has allowed the fifth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

Allen Lazard (NYJ): 36% rostered

• Next Opponents: BUF, @PIT, @NE
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: All Lazard does is catch touchdowns, baby! He has been Aaron Rodgers‘ best friend this season. OK, fine. That title likely belongs to Garrett Wilson after Week 5, but Lazard is at least on speed dial in Rodgers’ contacts. Lazard has at least eight targets in three of five games and has scored four touchdowns so far this season. I won’t go crazy with FAAB spending for Lazard because of the tough matchups over the next two weeks and the likelihood that another former Rodgers teammate in Green Bay, Davante Adams, could be added to this roster soon.

Rashod Bateman (BAL): 9% rostered

• Next Opponents: WSH, @TB, @CLE
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Bateman could build upon a solid Week 5 and become a solid flex over the next two weeks. Against the Bengals, he had a 19% target share (second on the team behind only Zay Flowers) with 58 receiving yards and a score. Bateman has had at least 40 receiving yards in three of five games this season. He is a strong bye week flex option against a still-suspect Commanders’ secondary and against the Bucs, who just looked like they forgot how to play football against Kirk Cousins and the Falcons.

DeMario Douglas (NE): 6% rostered

• Next Opponents: HOU, @JAX, NYJ
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Douglas is slowly cementing himself as the go-to receiver in this Patriots’ passing attack. Against Miami, he had a 26.4% target share (nine targets) and 59 receiving yards. That production alone, without a score, will put him in the WR3 neighborhood weekly if it continues. This isn’t the first time in the season that he has garnered this type of volume. Against the Jets, Douglas had a 34.6% target share (nine targets) and finished with 69 scoreless receiving yards. This could become the norm over the next three weeks. Houston and Jacksonville have respectively allowed the fifth-highest and ninth-highest PPR points per target to slot receivers (per Fantasy Points Data). After those games, Douglas gets a return engagement with the Jets.