Wide Receiver (WR) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 6 (2025)

Looking at the overall landscape of the wide receiver position for fantasy, we have a refreshing mix of players we expected to be there, along with some late-round draft values that have shown promise in terms of sustainability through the first five weeks of the season. Each week, we have seen some impressive performances from […]

High-Upside Waiver Wire Bench Stashes - Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 6

Throughout the opening month of the NFL season, fantasy managers have likely seen many of their high-end players suffer an injury. This past week, the Chargers placed star running back Omarion Hampton (ankle) on the IR, and now Tampa Bay running back Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot) is slated to miss another week of action. As a […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 6, 7, 8, 9) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the 2025 season. Every week of the fantasy football season, we will go through the best defensive streaming options that fantasy managers have to consider picking up for the coming weeks.  This article is a perfect way for […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Kimani Vidal, Kendrick Bourne, Nick Chubb, Kendre Miller, Romeo Doubs, Xavier Legette

The NFL season continues to roll on as we head into Week 6. After a Sunday of action-packed football, it's time to scour the waiver wire to help get through injuries and bye weeks. Fantasy managers will be without the Vikings and Texans in Week 6, with both teams on the bye. At RotoBaller HQ, […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups - RotoBaller Staff Fantasy Football Roundtable

Five weeks into the 2025 NFL season, there are tons of injuries to navigate, and bye weeks are making lineup calls even trickier. We must find potential startable options on the waiver wire, and some of the best waiver options have already been picked up as we continue to move into the second month of […]

2025 Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 6 Rankings

  In-Season Weekly Rankings and Preparing for Fantasy Football Drafts Welcome to our updated fantasy football weekly rankings. To begin your fantasy football preparation during draft season, or weekly once the season starts, our rankings help you research the top players for developments, role changes, and other factors that can influence their updated season projections. […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 6

With bye weeks now in full swing, fantasy managers may be surprised to see what players they may find on the waiver wire. Sometimes teams get desperate, or injuries force them to cut a player they would otherwise like to keep. It's important to always check your league's transactions and stay up-to-date on the waiver […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 6 (2025)

It's important to be honest with yourself as to your team needs after five weeks of ball. The bye weeks will not be forgiving to those who are ill-prepared to have their depth tested, which can be the difference between a decent 3-2 squad sliding and a 1-4 team making a surge. Gear up with […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups - Fantasy Football Free Agent Adds and Stashes (2025)

Week 5 was a rough introduction to bye weeks for fantasy managers this past weekend. There were many players who were ruled out on top of missing players like Rome Odunze, Josh Jacobs, and Bijan Robinson to bye weeks. Things won't get any easier moving forward. As the season progresses, injuries will likely continue, and […]

Week 6 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football defense streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 6 of the 2025 season! Every week of the season, this article will contain the best and worst defensive options. We will rank every defense each week to help you pick the right one for your fantasy team. This will be […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6 - Kenneth Gainwell, Kendre Miller, Tyjae Spears, Michael Carter, Jaydon Blue, Brashard Smith

Many of you have been impacted by the recent avalanche of injuries that have reshaped the running back landscape. This has forced you to search diligently for solutions to the sudden loss of backs that had been mainstays in your lineups. It has also fueled uncertainty surrounding the workloads that would be secured by other […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Top Fantasy Football WR Adds for Week 6 are Isaiah Bond, Tre Tucker, Kendrick Bourne, Tory Horton, Josh Downs

Welcome in, RotoBallers, to our Week 6 edition of fantasy football wide receiver waiver wire pickups. Last week was packed to the brim with blowouts and some nice individual performances, but an alarming trend continues in 2025 -- the decline of the passing game. It's only a five-game sample, but we're sitting at 210.1 passing […]

Quarterback Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Top QB Adds for Week 6 Include Matthew Stafford, Mac Jones, Dillon Gabriel, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young

Last week was a strong week for the quarterback position, even with injuries (Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Brock Purdy) and bye weeks (Caleb Williams and Jordan Love) taking some of the big names at the position off the slate. Nine different quarterbacks scored at least 20.0 fantasy points. Six players had 25.0 or more. […]

Tight Ends Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6 TE Options Include Darren Waller, Mason Taylor, Theo Johnson,Jake Tonges, Evan Engram

New England’s Hunter Henry and Seattle’s A.J. Barner might not be available on the waiver wire in your fantasy football league anymore, but there are still some solid tight ends that you could pick up and plug into your lineup this week. Only two teams are on bye this week, so fantasy managers will have […]

Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire: Deeper League Pickups (QB, RB, WR, TE)

The 2025 NFL season is flying by. If your fantasy league’s playoffs begin in Week 15, the season is a third of the way over. At this point, we have a good feel for the different teams and players we have drafted and can make moves accordingly. Unfortunately, bye weeks and usage changes are the […]

NFL Rookies: Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups and Stashes for Week 6

It typically takes a bit of time for rookies to break out, especially those drafted outside the first round of the NFL Draft. Sometimes, we see players who don't do much at all in the first few games slowly start to grind out bigger roles before their first breakout game. It's important to get a […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round for Rico Dowdle, Michael Carter, Darren Waller, Romeo Doubs, Brashard Smith, Matthew Stafford, more

It's been over a month of football, so where does five weeks of action have your team(s) sitting? Do you need immediate help, or can we focus on more long-term plays? Let's move forward with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season. This provides a […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts of the Week - Fantasy Outlooks for James Cook, Woody Marks, Jameson Williams, Mark Andrews, Juwan Johnson

The fifth Sunday of the 2025 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Unexpected Boom Performances: Fantasy Football Risers Include Kendrick Bourne, Rico Dowdle, C.J. Stroud, Sam Darnold, AJ Barner

With Week 5 nearly in the books, we can say that it has been a fun one. It started with the 49ers defeating the Rams in overtime on Thursday night, and the action only ramped up from there. The Panthers and Titans both pulled off impressive comebacks, the Buccaneers won a dramatic shootout over the […]

IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 6 Fantasy Football (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 6. The craziness continued in Week 5 of the NFL season -- the two last remaining undefeated teams lost, making this the earliest point in the season with no undefeateds since 2014. Nik Bonitto (three sacks) led a ferocious Denver Broncos […]

Top Players To Cut for Week 6 Lineups - Chris Rodriguez, Emari Demercado, Taysom Hill, Jerry Jeudy, Darius Slayton, Sean Tucker, Elic Ayomanor

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Cut List Rankings for fantasy football Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season. This weekend, we saw several backfields that were expected to rely on a committee approach, instead pivoting to a lead option. As a result, several running backs have now fallen into handcuffs territory and out of FLEX territory. Additionally, […]