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The Week 5 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2022 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Tyler Allgeier, George Pickens, Kenny Pickett & more.
October is here and I hope you all didn't have scary fantasy football weekends. Unfortunately, Week 4 saw key injuries hit superstars in Jonathan Taylor, and Javonte Williams, with others such as Tua Tagovailoa, Daniel Jones, Treylon Burks, Isaiah McKenzie, and Jahan Dotson exiting early as well. We'll see how those situations shake out through the week, but now it's time for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 5.
This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis. Each day of the week will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions to complement our free new Who Should I Pickup for Fantasy Football? waiver wire player comparison tool.
Waiver pickups are listed in priority order (in a vacuum) and broken down by position. Players must be rostered 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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- Running back (RB) rankings
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- Quarterback (QB) rankings
- Tight end (TE) rankings
- Defense (D/ST) rankings
- Kicker (K) rankings
- FLEX rankings
- Dynasty rankings
Week 5 Running Backs To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Tyler Allgeier
Raheem Mostert
Nyheim Hines
Brian Robinson
Isiah Pacheco
Rachaad White
Caleb Huntley
Kenneth Gainwell
Mike Boone
Mark Ingram II
J.D. McKissic
Latavius Murray
Craig Reynolds
Deon Jackson
Week 5 Wide Receivers To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Michael Gallup
George Pickens
Julio Jones
Tyler Boyd
Darnell Mooney
Alec Pierce
Mack Hollins
Josh Reynolds
Nico Collins
Corey Davis
Joshua Palmer
Kyle Philips
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Jameson Williams
Richie James
Jamal Agnew
Khalil Shakir
Week 5 Tight Ends To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Hayden Hurst
Robert Tonyan
Tyler Conklin
Taysom Hill
Greg Dulcich
Mo Alie-Cox
O.J. Howard
Week 5 Quarterbacks To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Dak Prescott
Jared Goff
Geno Smith
Jameis Winston
Cooper Rush
Zach Wilson
Kenny Pickett
Desmond Ridder
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