Waiver Targets 6.25

Your weekly roadmap to the wire. Each Tuesday, Tony Kneepkens highlights the top adds across positions — complete with FAAB recommendations and context to help you prioritize based on your league size and format.

These are the top players to consider adding from waivers this week. Unless otherwise noted, all players below are available in greater than 50% of Yahoo leagues (as of Sunday evening). Priorities and FAAB recommendations are meant to differentiate between some of the options available and are assuming 12-team, single-QB, fantasy formats.

Another Cardinals’ RB gets billing as a high-priority waiver add this week along with some other strong RB options to consider. Beyond RB, there are some solid TE pickups and even some priority D/ST options to consider, but it’s not the best week to find help at QB or especially at WR, based on widely available options.

Week 6 teams on bye: Texans, Vikings

QB Streamer of the Week

Bryce Young, CAR, Week 6 vs DAL

• Bryce passed for 198 yards and a pair of TDs in Carolina’s win over the Dolphins last week. The offense didn’t have much more to do with backup RB Rico Dowdle going nuts for 234 scrimmage yards.
• Low-to-medium priority add. Young is a fine streaming option this week against a generous Dallas defense that has allowed some monstrous passing production to opposing QBs already this year, including: Fields 283-2, Love 337-3, Caleb 298-4, and Russell Wilson 450-3.
• 5% or less of FAAB.

Some additional lower-priority QBs to consider ::

• Michael Penix Jr. (ATL) – Penix had his best game of the year before Atlanta’s Week 5 bye. Now the well-rested Falcons head to Buffalo as an underdog on Monday night in a high-implied-point-total game (48.5).
• Jaxson Dart (NYG) – Dart has struggled a bit as a passer but continues to score fantasy points on the ground and has 50+ rushing yards in each of his two starts. I don’t like his matchup against the Eagles this week, but I like him as a bench stash for future weeks to see if he can find more passing success as the season progresses.

RB Pickups

Michael Carter, AZ, Week 6 at IND

• Carter handled the bulk of Arizona’s RB work with 18 of 26 RB carries and five of six RB targets after Trey Benson was placed on IR the week prior. Carter had 73 scrimmage yards and a goal-line TD, while fellow RBs Bam Knight (24 scrimmage yards and a TD) and Emari Demercado (81 rushing yards and a crippling fumble) were much less involved.
• High-priority add. I was most concerned with Carter being limited to early-down rushing work, which wasn’t an issue with him catching all five of his targets in Week 5. While this week’s matchup at Indy is admittedly tougher than hosting the Titans, Carter’s role last week was strong enough that he can be added and plugged into lineups right away to cover for bye weeks or injuries.
• 20 – 40% of FAAB.

Hassan Haskins, LAC, Week 6 at MIA