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Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced.
To kick things off each week, we have our overall waiver wire article and waiver wire express lightning round, both dropping very early in the week -- usually by the time the Sunday Night Football game ends. We have our FAAB waiver wire article from Nick Mariano, for those of you with salary cap waivers, which discusses how much of your free agent budget to spend on players when trying to add them off the waiver wire.
And then we also have articles for each position, to take a deeper dive on each: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, quarterbacks, defenses, kickers, IDP leagues and players to consider dropping.
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Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 6?
Great question. This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 6! Let's get to it.
| Rank | Player Name | Position | % Owned | Baller Move |
| 1 | Darrel Williams | RB | 14 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Devontae Booker | RB | 5 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Kadarius Toney | WR | 16 | Add in All Leagues |
| 4 | Michael Carter | RB | 54 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Samaje Perine | RB | 28 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Alex Collins | RB | 37 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Jerick McKinnon | RB | 1 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Khalil Herbert | RB | 19 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Marquez Callaway | WR | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Tim Patrick | WR | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Hunter Renfrow | WR | 45 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 13 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | 3 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 14 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 42 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Henry Ruggs III | WR | 58 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Hunter Henry | TE | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Jamison Crowder | WR | 39 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 18 | Rondale Moore | WR | 40 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 19 | Nelson Agholor | WR | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Brandon Bolden | RB | 9 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 21 | A.J. Green | WR | 54 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 22 | Van Jefferson | WR | 10 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Mecole Hardman | WR | 43 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | DeAndre Carter | WR | 0 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Randall Cobb | WR | 16 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 26 | Rashod Bateman | WR | 24 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Sony Michel | RB | 50 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Kalif Raymond | WR | 3 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Josh Gordon | WR | 39 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Dan Arnold | TE | 4 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Cameron Brate | TE | 32 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | David Njoku | TE | 3 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Darnell Mooney | WR | 45 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Zach Ertz | TE | 38 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Zach Pascal | WR | 15 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Kenny Stills | WR | 0 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 37 | Donovan Peoples-Jones | WR | 1 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 38 | Ty Johnson | RB | 5 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 39 | Giovani Bernard | RB | 16 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 40 | Jamal Agnew | WR | 0 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Chris Moore | WR | 0 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Preston Williams | WR | 0 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 43 | Sam Darnold | QB | 59 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Trey Lance | QB | 47 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | 50 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 46 | Geno Smith | QB | 1 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 47 | Teddy Bridgewater | QB | 18 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 48 | Taylor Heinicke | QB | 16 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 49 | Tua Tagovailoa | QB | 15 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 50 | Davis Mills | QB | 1 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
Running Backs To Pickup (Priority Order):
Darrel Williams
Devontae Booker
Michael Carter
Samaje Perine (COVID-19 list, monitor)
Alex Collins
Jerick McKinnon
Khalil Herbert
Chris Evans
Rhamondre Stevenson
Kenneth Gainwell
Brandon Bolden
Sony Michel
Ty Johnson
Giovani Bernard
Wide Receivers To Pickup (Priority Order):
Kadarius Toney
Marquez Callaway
Henry Ruggs III
Hunter Renfrow
A.J. Green
Jamison Crowder
Tim Patrick
Mecole Hardman
Amon-Ra St. Brown
DeAndre Carter
Nelson Agholor
Randall Cobb
Rashod Bateman
Rondale Moore
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Van Jefferson
Kalif Raymond
Josh Gordon
Darnell Mooney
Zach Pascal
Kenny Stills
Jamal Agnew
Chris Moore
Preston Williams
Tight Ends To Pickup (Priority Order):
Hunter Henry
Evan Engram
David Njoku
Dan Arnold
Cameron Brate
Tyler Conklin
Zach Ertz
Cole Kmet
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Sam Darnold
Trey Lance
Trevor Lawrence
Taylor Heinicke
Geno Smith
Teddy Bridgewater
Tua Tagovailoa
Davis Mills
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