Week 5 Usage Risers: Waiver Pickups 2026
Week 5 2026 usage risers for the waiver wire: RB, WR and TE whose snaps, targets or carries jumped in Week 5. Braelon Allen leads the list.
Week 6 Fantasy Waiver Wire: Players Whose Role Grew (Data-Driven)
Week 6 2026 fantasy waiver targets by position, from Week 5 usage (target, carry and pass-attempt share changes), injury-vacated work and PropSims projections. No guesses, no roster-% claims.
🏈 Khalil Shakir is a one-week plug-in, not a long-term hold.
📈 His target share has held steady at 20% over the last two games. He played 76% of snaps in Week 4. He's earning the work, too: 7th of 108 qualifiers in separation at catch (4.0 yds).
Fantasy football waiver wire notes on him.
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🏈 Ravens 30, Falcons 23. Our number made the Falcons -1 against a market of -3.5, so we were on the Ravens side: Ravens covered ✅.
📊 Total: we projected 41.9, the market had 43.5, the game finished with 53 points, over ❌. Spread: we made Falcons -1 against a market of -3.5, which put us on the Ravens side; the margin was Ravens by 7, so Ravens covered ✅. Moneyline: we had Falcons at 51% to win; Ravens won ❌.
🎯 Player props we posted: Devontez Walker under 0.5 receptions on @FDSportsbook: finished with 2 ❌; Justice Hill under 1.5 receptions on Underdog: finished with 2 ❌. 0 of 2 hit.
🏈 Fantasy (PPR), actual vs our median: Bijan Robinson 15.8 vs our median 22.1; Drake London 18.8 vs our median 18.0; Derrick Henry 19.0 vs our median 15.0; Zay Flowers 14.6 vs our median 15.0. Biggest beat: Tyler Huntley, 9.8 above our median. Biggest miss: Bijan Robinson, 6.3 below it. 5 of 6 top players finished inside our floor-to-ceiling range.
✅ Our start call, Bijan Robinson: 15.8 PPR against a published median of 22.3.
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🔥 Tyler Huntley is going OFF for the Ravens
📊 24/32 for 201 yards, 2 TDs and 6 carries for 20 yards and 1 TD. That's 24.0 PPR with the Ravens up 30-23 (2:57 - OT).
🎯 Our sims had him as a sit: QB25, 14.2 PPR median.
🚀 Our ceiling (85th percentile of 10,000 sims) was 23.7. He's already past it, a top-15% outcome, with time left on the clock.
💡 His ceiling was 1.7x his median, a wide range, and today he landed in the top slice of it.
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✅ Kyren Williams is a must-start this week.
🚫 The role is real: his carry share went from 43% to 66% over the last two games. He played 83% of snaps in Week 4. He's earning the work, too: 9th of 46 qualifiers in EPA per carry (+0.04).
Free fantasy football start/sit for any matchup.
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🎯 Tyler Huntley: our numbers vs the books are holding up in the 4th quarter.
📊 Our numbers vs the books:
• Interceptions: our median 0, line 0.5 (under)
• Passing TDs: our median 1, line 1.5 (under)
• Rushing yards: our median 23, line 30.5 (under)
📍 Where he is (4th quarter, the Ravens down 17-15): 13/20 for 121 yards, 1 TD and 4 carries for 17 yards. That's 10.5 PPR against our 14.2 median.
✅ Interceptions under 0.5: 0 so far, on track
⏳ Passing TDs under 1.5: 1 so far, still live
⏳ Rushing yards under 30.5: 17 so far, still live
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🎯 Michael Penix Jr.: our numbers vs the books are holding up in the 4th quarter.
📊 Our numbers vs the books:
• Interceptions: our median 0, line 0.5 (under)
• Passing TDs: our median 1, line 1.5 (under)
📍 Where he is (4th quarter, the Falcons up 17-15): 9/16 for 124 yards, 1 TD and 1 carry for 5 yards. That's 9.5 PPR against our 14.4 median.
✅ Interceptions under 0.5: 0 so far, on track
⏳ Passing TDs under 1.5: 1 so far, still live
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📉 We're behind on Derrick Henry in the 3rd quarter. Here's the honest scorecard.
📊 Our numbers vs the books:
• Receptions: our median 1, line 1.5 (under)
• Receiving yards: our median 2, line 4.5 (under)
📍 Where he is (3rd quarter, the Ravens down 17-15): 14 carries for 60 yards and 1 catch for 18 yards and 1 TD on 2 targets. That's 14.8 PPR against our 15.0 median.
⏳ Receptions under 1.5: 1 so far, still live
📉 Receiving yards under 4.5: 18 so far, missed
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📈 Tyler Higbee is the waiver add I'm passing on. The role isn't there.
📈 Yes, his target share went from 7% to 17% over the last two games. That still isn't a weekly role in 12-team leagues.
Fantasy football waiver wire notes on him.
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