Fantasy football: top 10 waiver wire Week 6 pickups

Chris Hogan-WR-New England Patriots (34.8%)

Another one of my WR Sleepers who came up large on Sunday was Chris Hogan who flourished in the new-look Patriots offense led by the returning Tom Brady. Brady’s return to the Patriots offense and gave everyone in New England’s attack an instant fantasy football upgrade. He started off the day throwing to Gronk and Edelman, but as the day went on he eventually started working out his new weapons Chris Hogan and Martellus Bennett.

While Bennett ended up with there touchdowns, Hogan was only targeted five times. However, he made the most of the looks his way by pulling in four catches for 114 yards. He ended up with a couple big gains and flashed a lot of upside as the Patriots regular second WR. The problem with Hogan is that he is about fifth in line for targets even though he is the teams second receiver.

The reason that Hogan is my third straight WR from the waiver wire week 6 is that he is part of such a potent offense, but the multitude of other weapons also makes him a risky week-to-week play. Some weeks, he’ll go off like this week, while other weeks the Patriots may attack other matchups and throw to him very little. That being said, I think he’s under-rated and a nice depth grab at WR in most formats. He can definitely help you get through bye weeks the next few weeks as long as you don’t need him week 9 (bye) or week 10 (vs Seattle).

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