Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterbacks (Week 6)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top fantasy football waiver wire quarterbacks to target for the week below. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 6.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Quarterbacks

Quarterbacks

Written by Pat Fitzmaurice

Bryce Young (QB – CAR): 19% Rostered

Next Opponents: DAL, @NYJ, BUF
True Value: $4
Desperate Need: $6
Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: Bryce Young is the preferred streaming option at quarterback this week, thanks to a matchup against a Cowboys pass defense capable of making average quarterbacks look like Tom Brady. Young might not even qualify as average, however. He’s averaging 5.4 yards per pass attempt and has topped 200 passing yards in only one of his five games this season. But Young has a Week 6 date with a Dallas defense that’s being torched for 304 passing yards per game this season. The Cowboys have allowed 12 touchdown passes and are yielding 8.4 yards per pass attempt. Young’s matchup against the Jets in Week 7 isn’t a bad one either.

Jaxson Dart (QB – NYG): 39% Rostered

Next Opponents: PHI, @DEN, @PHI
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: It appears Jaxson Dart is going to provide fantasy managers with consistent rushing value, but his passing output seems destined to be a mixed bag. In his NFL debut in Week 4, Dart completed 13-of-20 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown in the Giants’ upset of the Chargers, adding 10-54-1 rushing. In the Giants’ Week 5 loss to the Saints, Dart was 26-of-40 through the air for 202 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He also had 7-55-0 rushing. So far, Dart is averaging just 5.2 yards per pass attempt, which isn’t pretty. Of course, Dart also lost his best receiver, Malik Nabers, to a season-ending knee injury during Dart’s first professional start. The schedule lays down a gauntlet for Dart these next three weeks, with two games against the Eagles and one against the Broncos. In Weeks 9 and 10, he’ll get easier matchups against the 49ers and Bears. Dart is worth rostering but perhaps not worth starting for a few weeks.

Michael Penix Jr. (QB – ATL): 24% Rostered

Next Opponents: BUF, @SF, MIA
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: After being pulled from a nightmarish start against the Panthers in Week 3, Michael Penix Jr. rebounded by completing 20-of-26 passes for 313 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in the Falcons’ Week 4 win over the Commanders. The rifle-armed Penix has playable matchups against the Bills and 49ers the next two weeks before getting a smash matchup with the Dolphins in Week 8. Alas, Penix doesn’t offer much in the way of rushing value. In seven career starts, he has 42 rushing yards and two touchdown runs.

Tua Tagovailoa (QB – MIA): 30% Rostered

Next Opponents: LAC, @CLE, @ATL
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Tua Tagovailoa has played well over his last two starts, with an efficient 177 passing yards and two touchdowns against the Jets in Week 4, and 256 yards and three touchdowns against the Panthers in Week 5. Granted, those are relatively soft matchups, but Tagovailoa has now thrown multiple touchdown passes in four consecutive games. You could use Tagovailoa in a pinch this week against the Chargers, but you might want to sit him against the Browns in Week 7.

Spencer Rattler (QB – NO): 7% Rostered

Next Opponents: NE, @CHI, TB
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Spencer Rattler continues to acquit himself well, minimizing big mistakes and keeping the Saints competitive in games. He’s certainly not a front-runner for MVP, but Rattler has thrown for at least 200 yards in four of his five starts, and his 7:3 touchdown-to-interception ratio is respectable. Rattler offers some value with his legs, rushing for 123 yards so far. Favorable matchups against the Patriots, Bears and Buccaneers the next three weeks make Rattler a viable streaming option in October.