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Week 6 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include: Rashee Rice, Jaleel McLaughlin, Tyjae Spears, Emari Demercado

Jaleel McLaughlin - Fantasy Football Rankings, DFS and Betting Picks, NFL Injury News

Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 6 of the 2023 NFL season. Top free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Hey RotoBallers, welcome back to another edition of our Week 6 fantasy football waiver wire rankings for the 2023 NFL season. Rashee Rice and Jaleel McLaughlin found the end zone in Week 5. Emari Demercado filled in for an injured James Conner (knee) and rushed for 45 yards on 10 attempts and a touchdown while catching one of three targets for 12 yards in Sunday's loss to the Bengals. Today, we will look at where key waiver wire pickups such as Rashee Rice, Tyjae Spears, Jaleel McLaughlin, Emari Demercado, Justice Hill, D'Onta Foreman, Logan Thomas, Kendre Miller, Curtis Samuel, Josh Downs, Jordan Mason rank among others.

Each week, our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? Waiver wire player comparison tool. Here is a quick rundown of our articles. We start with the famous waiver wire express article compliments of Nick Mariano. These give a nice overview of the waiver wire pickup options each week.

Then we look at FAAB waiver wire bidding recommendations from Nick Mariano as well. We also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles: running backswide receiverstight endsquarterbacks, defenses, kickers, IDP leagues, and players to consider dropping.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 6?

Below, you'll see our weekly rankings for the relevant waiver wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). Quarterbacks and Defenses (D/ST) are grouped together at the bottom of the list:

Rank Player Name Position % Ros. Baller Move
1 Joshua Palmer WR 53 Add in 10+ Team PPR Leagues
2 Rashee Rice WR 39 Add in 10+ Team PPR Leagues
3 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Justice Hill RB 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 D'Onta Foreman RB 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Tyjae Spears RB 26 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
7 Jaylen Warren RB 60 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
8 Jameson Williams WR 59 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Elijah Moore WR 54 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
10 Emari Demercado RB 1 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Logan Thomas TE 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Kendre Miller RB 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Chuba Hubbard RB 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Samaje Perine RB 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Roschon Johnson RB 41 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
16 Quentin Johnston WR 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Tyler Boyd WR 48 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
18 Curtis Samuel WR 17 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
19 Josh Downs WR 9 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
20 Marvin Mims Jr. WR 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Robert Woods WR 18 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
22 K.J. Osborn WR 9 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
23 DJ Chark Jr. WR 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Zach Charbonnet RB 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Michael Wilson WR 44 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
26 Zach Ertz TE 59 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
27 Wan'Dale Robinson WR 24 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
28 Kareem Hunt RB 42 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Jonnu Smith TE 16 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
30 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 26 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
31 Gerald Everett TE 25 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
32 Josh Reynolds WR 41 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
33 Dalton Schultz TE 36 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
34 Jonathan Mingo WR 8 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
35 Ezekiel Elliott RB 44 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
36 Trenton Irwin WR 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
37 Kendrick Bourne WR 18 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
38 Rondale Moore WR 7 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
39 Jordan Mason RB 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
40 Matt Breida RB 33 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
41 Noah Gray TE 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
42 Rico Dowdle RB 6 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
43 John Metchie III WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
44 Trey Palmer WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
45 Noah Fant TE 2 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
46 Deven Thompkins WR 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
47 Keaton Mitchell RB 26 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
48 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
49 Matthew Stafford QB 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Sam Howell QB 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Joshua Dobbs QB 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
52 Baker Mayfield QB 19 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
53 Gardner Minshew QB 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
54 Desmond Ridder QB 5 Add in 2QB Leagues
55 Bailey Zappe QB 0 Add in 2QB Leagues
56 Atlanta Falcons DST 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
57 Houston Texans DST 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
58 Cleveland Browns DST 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
59 Las Vegas Raiders DST 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
60 Los Angeles Rams DST 2 Add in 14+ Team Leagues

 

Week 6 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Jaleel McLaughlin
Justice Hill
D'Onta Foreman
Tyjae Spears
Jaylen Warren
Emari Demercado
Kendre Miller
Chuba Hubbard
Samaje Perine
Roschon Johnson
Zach Charbonnet
Kareem Hunt
Jeff Wilson Jr.

 

Week 6 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Joshua Palmer
Rashee Rice
Jameson Williams
Elijah Moore
Quentin Johnston
Tyler Boyd
Curtis Samuel
Josh Downs
Marvin Mims Jr.
Robert Woods
K.J. Osborn
D.J. Chark Jr.
Michael Wilson
Wan'Dale Robinson
Josh Reynolds
Jonathan Mingo
Trenton Irwin
Kendrick Bourne
Rondale Moore

 

Week 6 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Logan Thomas
Zach Ertz
Jonnu Smith
Gerald Everett
Dalton Schultz
Noah Grant
Noah Fant

 

Week 6 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 6:

Matthew Stafford
Sam Howell
Joshua Dobbs
Baker Mayfield
Gardner Minshew
Desmond Ridder
Bailey Zappe

 

Week 6 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 6:

Atlanta Falcons
Houston Texans
Cleveland Browns
Las Vegas Raiders
Los Angeles Rams

 



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