Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

October 13, 2021

Justin Carter's fantasy football wide receiver waiver wire pickups for Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season. His free agent WRs to add, stream and stash off waivers.

Another week of NFL action is behind us. The waiver wire hasn't been kind to us this season – will that change this week?

Below, you'll find some wideouts that you should be targeting on the waiver wire ahead of Week 6.

Not all options are the same. Some players may be better in PPR or deeper leagues, so it’s not a one-size-fits-all comparison. Use your best judgment when deciding which of these players is the right fit for your roster. Check out our Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6 for help at all the skill positions. All players on this list here are around 50% rostered or below.

Rondale Moore, Arizona Cardinals

40% rostered

We have to love the various ways that Arizona is getting Moore the football. Six targets – which he turned into five catches for 59 yards – and three carries this week for Moore, who seemed to supplant A.J. Green as the No. 3 option on this team. This game saw Moore get the second-most targets of his NFL career and the third-most yards. There's some nice upside here in full PPR leagues if the targets continue to tick up, though we've definitely seen Moore fall victim to "too many mouths to feed" syndrome at times.

Jamison Crowder, New York Jets

39% rostered

Did you wake up early to watch the Jets and the Falcons play in London? I did, for some reason. Crowder's game wasn't impressive, as he caught just four passes for 24 yards, but his six targets were second on the team and he has 15 targets since returning. The Jets have a bye next week, so you might be able to get Crowder after the waivers run without having to burn a waiver claim on him. He gets a New England defense that the Texans carved up in Week 7, then the Bengals in Week 8.

Tim Patrick, Denver Broncos

31% rostered

With Jerry Jeudy and K.J. Hamler on the IR, Patrick is locked in as the No. 2 receiver in Denver. He won't hold that role forever, but he's a solid flex option until Jeudy returns. This week, he saw a season-high nine targets, pulling in seven for 89 yards. With potential shootouts against Vegas and Cleveland up next, this is a sneaky good add.

Marquez Callaway, New Orleans Saints

30% rostered

Deonte Harris left Sunday's game with a hamstring injury, which left Callaway as the main wideout for Jameis Winston. He was targeted eight times, catching four passes for 85 yards and two scores. With Jameis slinging the ball, there will be yards in New Orleans, and at this point Callaway is the only healthy wideout who can be counted on, especially after Kenny Stills turned five targets into 17 yards.

Kadarius Toney, New York Giants

14% rostered

WOW. With Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard both out with hamstring issues, Toney started again and the rookie delivered. 13 targets. 10 catches. 189 yards. Sure, he got ejected for throwing a punch, but up to that point, Toney was putting on one of the best shows of the week. Coming into this week, I would have said Toney's fantasy value depended on the Slayton/Shepard situations. But now? There's no way that the Giants let Slayton block Toney's snaps when Toney looks like this, right? Grab him. Everywhere. This is the best chance you have at getting a waiver wire breakout at receiver this year.

Deonte Harris, New Orleans

10% rostered

Harris caught a 72-yard touchdown, but a hamstring injury knocked him from the game. If we get word by waiver runs that Harris is fine, then I think he needs to be rostered in 14-team, and maybe in some 12-team leagues. The Saints don't really have a true No. 1 receiver, but Harris looked like he was developing into someone who could temporarily occupy at least some of that role until Michael Thomas returns. The hamstring obviously complicates that, but if healthy, Harris is a nice streaming flex option.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions

3% rostered

With Quintez Cephus injured and Kalif Raymond getting just two targets, it was Amon-Ra St. Brown who got the role of "good Lions receiver of the week." Considering this the second week in a row he claimed those honors, I think it's time we take note. St. Brown was targeted eight times for the second week in a row, turning that into seven catches for 65 yards. Those seven catches were a career-high for the rookie. He can be a deep league flex option at this point.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cleveland Browns

1% rostered

Peoples-Jones led Cleveland's wideouts in targets. Sure, it was just six targets, but he turned that into five catches for 70 yards. Was it just a one-week blip? Honestly, yeah...it probably was. However, the waiver wire is slim pickings this week beyond Toney and St. Brown, so DPJ is worth recognizing, even if you'd only add him in a 16-team league.

DeAndre Carter, Washington Football Team

0% rostered

With Curtis Samuel banged up and Dyami Brown out, Carter saw eight targets and one carry. Considering he had exactly one target all year before this, this probably was just a random thing. However, if Samuel misses time with his groin injury, Carter could be interesting in deep PPR leagues because of a projected uptick in targets.

Jamal Agnew, Jacksonville Jaguars

0% rostered

Okay, don't actually pick up Agnew, but I just wanted an excuse to mention that a converted cornerback had six catches for 41 yards. That was weird.

Chris Moore, Houston Texans

0% rostered

Houston has had exactly one fantasy-relevant wide receiver all season, but with Danny Amendola still hurt and Anthony Miller released, the team brought Chris Moore up from the practice squad. And he was...good! His five targets tied Cooks, and he caught all of them for 109 yards and a touchdown. Is he even going to play again? IDK! Should you pick him up? IDK again! Am I at least interested in the fact that a second Texans receiver actually did things? IDK, I guess!

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