Week 6 offers a thinning waiver wire at wide receiver, with Tre Tucker leading the charge for the Raiders as a growing 1A/1B option alongside Jakobi Meyers. Isaiah Bond and Josh Downs flash high ceiling floors for their teams, while Kendrick Bourne provides a timely SF spark when top targets miss time. Christian Kirk brings veteran floor in Houston, though health and bye weeks temper expectations. Deeper stashes Tory Horton, Darius Slayton, and Malik Washington offer late-round upside in PPR formats as bye weeks bite and volume shrinks.

Prioritize targets, snap counts, and matchup ceilings as you navigate Week 6. These pickups hinge on opportunity and offense flow, not just reputation, so monitor injury news and intra-week reports to decide who to add, start, or stash for the short and long term.

Tre Tucker exploded in Week 3 but cooled in Week 4, leaving his Week 5 outlook a classic boom-bust puzzle. The Raiders’ pass game lacks a true clear-cut WR1, so Tucker’s upside remains tied to big-play days rather than steady volume. In deeper formats, he’s a tantalizing lottery ticket; in standard leagues, he’s a high-variance hold. Other waiver targets: Luke McCaffrey steps in when Washington’s top receivers are thin, and Isaiah Bond could push for more snaps with Tillman IR lingering.

Week 5 pivots around three troubled 2025 WRs—Jerry Jeudy, Calvin Ridley, and Tre Tucker—as fantasy managers cope with season-long injuries and QB turnover. Jeudy is Cleveland’s clear WR1 with Tillman on IR, but a shakier QB situation and a blitz-heavy Vikings defense overseas dampen upside. Ridley continues a disappointing stretch, plagued by drops, separation issues, and shaky QB play in Tennessee. Tucker flashed in Week 3 but has cooled amid inconsistent Raiders quarterback play. The piece highlights using the Who Should I Start tool to optimize Week 5 lineups amid injuries and byes.