Top 10 waiver-wire pickups for Week 6 in your fantasy football league

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With Week 5 of the NFL season nearly in the books, it’s time for fantasy managers to start looking ahead to next Sunday’s matchups.

With bye weeks in full effect and injuries beginning to pile up across the league, your roster might not look as formidable as it did heading into Week 1, but keep in mind that when one door closes, another opens. The Giants, for example, lost a whopping four receivers to injury on Sunday, but that bad luck also elevated two of their other players to sleeper status.

While everyone wants to trade for an every-down back or a marquee receiver, smaller, more opportunistic acquisitions might be the real key to fantasy success. Here are 10 players you should consider adding to your roster for Week 6.