The Week 6 waiver wire adds lightning round for 2025 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Rico Dowdle, Michael Carter, Brashard Smith, Romeo Doubs, Darren Waller, Matthew Stafford, more.
It's been over a month of football, so where does five weeks of action have your team(s) sitting? Do you need immediate help, or can we focus on more long-term plays? Let's move forward with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season.
This provides a quick reaction for fantasy-relevant players for Week 6 after a couple of injuries and loads of scoring. Key injuries to monitor are a Sunday downgrade for Xavier Worthy (shoulder/ankle), Omarion Hampton (ankle), Darius Slayton (hamstring), Kalif Raymond (neck), and Spencer Shrader