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Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round

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Week 6 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2019 fantasy football. We identify key free agents to target in order to gain an early edge on lineup prep such as Kenyan Drake, Kirk Cousins, Gerald Everett, Mecole Hardman and more.

The scoreboards are lighting up all over the league. While star players did most of the damage this past week, there are always some unexpected names that emerge as well. Before we wrap up with Sunday night action, here is our instant analysis on free agents to add with the waiver wire lightning round for Week 6.

This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis based on injury information, depth chart changes, and any other relevant information that might inform your waiver decisions.

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position, starting with RB. Players must be owned in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues to qualify for this list 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):

Kenyan Drake, Miami Dolphins
Adrian Peterson, Washington Redskins
Chase Edmonds, Arizona Cardinals
Peyton Barber, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Gus Edwards, Baltimore Ravens
Ito Smith, Atlanta Falcons
Latavius Murray, New Orleans Saints
Tony Pollard, Dallas Cowboys
Reggie Bonnafon, Carolina Panthers
Alexander Mattison, Minnesota Vikings

 

Wide Receivers (Priority Order):

Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta Falcons
Mecole Hardman, Kansas City Chiefs
Keke Coutee, Houston Texans
D.K. Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks
Dede Westbrook, Jacksonville Jaguars
Auden Tate, Cincinnati Bengals
Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers
Byron Pringle, Kansas City Chiefs
Devante Parker, Miami Dolphins
Geronimo Allison, Green Bay Packers
Preston Williams, Miami Dolphins
Deebo Samuel, San Francisco 49ers
Demaryius Thomas, New York Jets
Danny Amendola, Detroit Lions
Darius Slayton, New York Giants
Olabisi Johnson, Minnesota Vikings
Dante Pettis, San Francisco 49ers
A.J. Brown, Tennessee Titans
Trey Quinn, Washington Redskins
Corey Davis, Tennessee Titans
Randall Cobb, Dallas Cowboys
Nelson Agholor, Philadelphia Eagles
Ted Ginn, New Orleans Saints
David Moore, Seattle Seahawks
Antonio Callaway, Cleveland Browns
Steven Sims Jr. Washington Redskins

 

Tight Ends (Priority Order):

Gerald Everett, Los Angeles Rams
Jared Cook, New Orleans Saints
Noah Fant, Denver Broncos
Jordan Akins, Houston Texans
Darren Fells, Houston Texans
Geoff Swaim, Jacksonville Jaguars
Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys
Ricky Seals-Jones, Cleveland Browns
Chris Herndon IV, New York Jets
Josh Oliver, Jacksonville Jaguars

 

Quarterbacks (Priority Order):

Gardner Minshew, Jacksonville Jaguars
Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers
Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings
Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions
Kyle Allen, Carolina Panthers
Teddy Bridgewater, New Orleans Saints
Josh Rosen, Miami Dolphins
Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals
Daniel Jones, New York Giants
Joe Flacco, Denver Broncos
Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans
Sam Darnold, New York Jets

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