From 63-yard game-winning kicks to Drew Brees eclipsing the record for most career passing yards, week 5 had a little bit of everything. Hopefully, it included a fantasy football victory for your squad.
If it didn't, or if you need to begin looking ahead as bye weeks start to pile up for NFL squads, here are some fantasy football week 6 waiver wire gems you need to consider.
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Mike Davis, RB — Seattle Seahawks
Dr. Frankenstein once shouted, "It's alive!"
The same can be said for the Seahawks' running game that finished no. 23 in the league last year in total yards on the ground but are now no. 8 after five weeks.
Playing behind C, RBhris Carson and his 293 rushing yards on the season, Davis has chipped in 172, including 101 yards and two TDs against the Cardinals in week 4 and another 68 and a score against the Rams last weekend.
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Donte Moncrief — Jacksonville Jaguars
Only owned by about 13 percent of Yahoo leagues, Moncrief got a whopping 15 targets in last weekend's blowout loss to the Chiefs. When Blake Bortles wasn't throwing the ball off his own lineman's head, he connected with the wideout six times for 76 yards.
The receiver has a juicy week 6 matchup against a Cowboys squad that seems primed to implode.
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C.J. Beathard — San Francisco 49ers
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Hear me out on this one.
Beathard is the starter in San Francisco the rest of the season provided he stays healthy, and with average defense at best and sloppy offense at worst, the 49ers QB is likely to gobble up garbage-time stats as he did last week at home to Arizona.
Beathard will look to repeat his 21-fantasy-point performance on Monday night against the Packers, and he could be a nice pickup later in the season when your starter is on his bye.
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Ka'imi Fairbairn — Houston Texans
I wrote about Fairbairn last week as a solid pickup, and all he did was boot four more field goals, including the game-winning kick from 36 yards away in overtime.
For reasons that are beyond me, the Texans' kicker is still available in about 80 percent of Yahoo leagues despite leading the NFL in field goal attempts (16) and scoring among placekickers.
Houston plays host to the Bills, and their suspect defense on Sunday, so don't be surprised if Fairbairn flirts with double-digit fantasy points again.
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