9 Fantasy Football Players to Drop or Hold (Week 6 Waiver Wire)

Let’s take a look at players our analysts consider on the fringe as you weigh your fantasy football waiver wire additions for the week. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 6.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

Drop Recommendations

Droppable

• Jerry Jeudy (WR – CLE)
• Jalen Tolbert (WR – DAL)
• Chris Rodriguez (RB – WSH)
• Jeremy McNichols (RB – WSH)

Jerry Jeudy has 6-80-0 receiving on 19 targets over his last three games. Although third-round rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel acquitted himself well on Sunday in his first NFL start, the lack of juice in the Cleveland passing game renders Jeudy unplayable for fantasy.

Some fantasy managers picked up Cowboys wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, thinking he might have Flex-type value while CeeDee Lamb is out with an ankle injury. But Lamb won’t be out much longer, and Tolbert hasn’t been especially productive in the two games Lamb has missed. Tolbert had 4-61-0 receiving on six targets versus the Packers in Week 4, but he was held without a catch against the Jets in Week 5 and had only one target, even though teammate George Pickens was locking horns with Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner most of the day. Tolbert can be dropped.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt seized control of the Washington backfield with 150 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in the Commanders’ Week 5 win over the Chargers, leaving Chris Rodriguez and Jeremy McNichols unworthy of roster spots on fantasy teams.

Droppable With a Chance of Regret

• T.J. Hockenson (TE – MIN)
• Juwan Johnson (TE – NO)

T.J. Hockenson is accumulating receptions but not doing much with them. The veteran tight end has 19 catches for 153 yards and a touchdown. Hockenson’s ceiling is limited, considering that the Vikings have been getting mediocre quarterback play from J.J. McCarthy and Carson Wentz and that Hockenson has to share targets with receivers Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison. Hockenson has low-level fantasy value, but if you’ve found a better solution at tight end (like Darren Waller, for instance), you might be able to drop Hockenson for a more useful contributor.

Juwan Johnson was a thing early in the season, but he’s had five receptions for 45 yards in his last two games, and his appeal is lessened by the return of Saints tight ends Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau, who had been out with injuries. Johnson is borderline rosterable.

Don’t Drop Yet

• Woody Marks (RB – HOU)
• Zach Ertz (TE – WSH)
• Tee Higgins (WR – CIN)

Woody Marks was a wildly popular waiver wire pickup last week after playing more snaps than fellow Texans running back Nick Chubb in Week 4 and totaling 119 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns against the Titans. But Marks was unable to capitalize on a matchup against the injury-depleted Baltimore defense in Week 5, carrying the ball seven times for 24 yards and failing to catch his one target. Chubb had the better day against the Ravens, rushing 11 times for 61 yards and a touchdown. But Marks out-snapped Chubb again in Week 5, this time by a 27-24 margin. Resist the temptation to bail out on Marks after a disappointing performance.

Zach Ertz has 5-59-0 receiving on seven targets over his last three games and didn’t have a catch in the Commanders’ Week 5 win over the Chargers. But Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels missed two of those games, and Daniels threw only 26 passes in Week 5. Hold Ertz for favorable matchups against the Bears and Cowboys the next two weeks.

The Joe Burrow injury obviously diminishes the fantasy value of Tee Higgins, but not to the extent that you should cut him. Bench him? Fine. But Higgins is too talented to walk the plank despite the Bengals’ myriad of offensive problems.