Week 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings: Best Pickups, FAAB Bids & Players to Drop (Ep. 2257)
October 12, 2026
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5 min readWeek 6 Waivers: One Clear Running Back Priority and a Pile of Wide Receiver Options
The Texans' backfield just became the most valuable real estate on waivers. David Montgomery suffered a groin injury expected to cost him multiple weeks, and with a Week 8 bye on the horizon, Woody Marks suddenly has a runway of at least two games as the clear lead back. Marks is already rostered at 53% on Yahoo — just barely above the threshold where the show usually stops discussing a player — but he's still floating around in enough 10-team leagues that he qualifies as the top pickup of the week. "We're back to where we were late last season with the Texans and Woody Marks having the backfield to himself," Pat Fitzmorris noted, "but he's actually played a little better, it seems, this year than last year."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:02) **Intro & Week 6 Waiver Overview** - Hosts Chris Welsh, Pat Fitzmorris, and Jake Seely set up a thin waiver week with one clear top target and a lot of "squirrely" options.
- 2 (01:42) **Top Waiver Add: Woody Marks (RB, Houston)** - The panel debates Marks as the clear top priority after David Montgomery's multi-week groin injury.
- 3 (08:13) **Thin RB Waiver Alternatives** - A grim look at the remaining running back options after Marks.
- 4 (19:44) **Top WR Waiver Pickups: Two Clear Targets** - The panel disagrees on the top wide receiver add, presenting two distinct profiles.
- 5 (29:28) **Other WR Names & Deeper Options** - The hosts run through a list of secondary wide receiver adds.
- 6 (35:11) **Quick Hitter: Keep or Cut?** - A rapid-fire segment on tough roster decisions.
- 7 (44:17) **Top Streamers for Week 6** - The panel's favorite one-week plays at QB, TE, D/ST, and K.
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Show Notes
Is Woody Marks the clear-cut top waiver wire pickup for Week 6? Chris Welsh, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Jake Ciely debate his fantasy value, how aggressively to bid, and which running backs are worth considering if he's already rostered.
The wide receiver market offers more options, with Jeremy Bernard stepping into a bigger opportunity and Jordan Tyson emerging as a potential second-half difference-maker.
Find out which players deserve a waiver claim, who can safely be dropped, and which streaming options can help cover a challenging Week 6 bye schedule
Timestamps: (May be off due to ads)
Intro - 0:00:00
Waiver Wire Add of The Week - Woody Marks - 0:00:40
FantasyPros Gameday - 0:06:07
Top RB Adds - 0:07:01
Polymarket - 0:15:54
Top WR Adds - 0:16:39
Keep or Cut? - 0:34:49
FantasyPros Waiver Assistants - 0:40:40
Top Streamers - 0:41:25
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