Week 6 Waiver Wire: Fantasy Football’s Top Breakout Candidates and Pickups

Tom Brady is back, and so are the hopes and dreams of many fantasy football owners. For those owners who waited patiently for Week 5 to arrive to play him against the Cleveland Browns, we salute you.

But as most fantasy players know, it takes more than just one good performance to win a matchup, and often times it takes some digging and searching around the waiver wire to get the victory. 

Week 5 isn’t over yet, but we’ve seen enough from Sunday afternoon’s slate of games to know who to pick up next week for your fantasy team. It’s important to remember the list of players below are all players that are available in more than 50 percent of Yahoo Fantasy football leagues, and while some players are left out after a big Week 5—for example, Matt Asiata from the Minnesota Vikings—take into consideration that the Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on bye next weekend. 

Brian Hoyer, QB, Chicago Bears

Just when you think Hoyer’s days as a starting quarterback in the NFL are over, he surprises us yet again. With Jay Cutler out injured, Hoyer has stepped up the last three weeks, throwing for over 300 yards in each game. Furthermore, he may have taken the starting gig away from Cutler even when he returns from injury. 

#Bears QB Brian Hoyer has 3 consecutive 300-yard passing games. The last time Jay Cutler did that was never. #CHIvsIND

— Nate Davis (@ByNateDavis) October 9, 2016

Cutler’s days in Chicago are numbered and have been for a couple of years now. This recent stretch by Hoyer is reminiscent of when Josh McCown put up monster numbers for the Bears back in 2013 when he threw for 15 touchdowns to just one interception.

Now let’s be …

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