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Week 5 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2019 fantasy football. We identify key free agents to target in order gain an early edge on lineup prep such as Jordan Howard, Darrel Williams, Golden Tate, Frank Gore, Jimmy Garoppolo and more.
A quarter of the fantasy football season is over. That means no more waiting around to make important decisions about the state of your roster. The short bye weeks continue, as the Lions and Dolphins will be out of action, neither of which should alter the state of the waiver wire much. That said, here is our instant analysis on free agents to add with the waiver wire lightning round for Week 5.
This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis. Each day will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions.
Waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position. Players must be owned in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.
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Waiver Wire Pickups by Position
Running Backs (Priority Order):
Darrel Williams
Frank Gore
Jordan Howard
Ronald Jones II
Jaylen Samuels
Rex Burkhead
Raheem Mostert
Nyheim Hines
Dexter Williams
Alexander Mattison
Ito Smith
Gus Edwards
Tony Pollard
Jeffery Wilson
Dontrell Hilliard
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Phillip Dorsett
Courtland Sutton
Golden Tate
Geronimo Allison
Jamison Crowder
A.J. Brown
Dante Pettis
Corey Davis
Keke Coutee
Cole Beasley
Randall Cobb
Marquise Goodwin
Nelson Agholor
Deebo Samuel
Mohamed Sanu
Diontae Johnson
Taylor Gabriel
Antonio Callaway
Willie Snead
Adam Humphries
Zach Pascal
Trey Quinn
Chester Rogers
Paul Richardson
Jaron Brown
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Chris Herndon IV
Gerald Everett
Jimmy Graham
Jack Doyle
Noah Fant
Dawson Knox
Ricky Seals-Jones
Jordan Akins
Jason Witten
Dallas Goedert
Trey Burton
Benjamin Watson
Logan Thomas
Lance Kendricks
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Jimmy Garoppolo
Jacoby Brissett
Andy Dalton
Kirk Cousins
Sam Darnold
Gardner Minshew
Mason Rudolph
Teddy Bridgewater
Derek Carr
Kyle Allen
