10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets Heading into Week 6

Marquess Wilson, WR, Chicago Bears

ESPN ownership: 5%
Yahoo ownership: 6%

Rostering Marquess Wilson is more of an arbitrage play because the Chicago Bears, namely, John Fox, seems incapable of letting the general fantasy football public know the true condition of his injured players, namely, Alshon Jeffery. But so long as Jeffery remains sidelined with his hamstring injury, Marquess Wilson is worth owning.

After putting up a fairly impressive 6-catch 80-yard performance in Week 4, Wilson put up a 6-catch 85-yard performance to go along with a touchdown en route to helping the Bears secure their second nail-biting victory in a row. And Wilson's actually been fairly efficient on a per-target basis this season, racking up a 0.74 Reception NEP per target on the 18 targets he'd received through Week 4, so Jay Cutler does have good reason to trust him in Jeffery and Royal’s absence.

Wilson won't be a viable option when Jeffery comes back, but I'm not willing to trust that that will definitely be next week. So picking up Wilson, who will serve as the number-one receiver for the Bears with or without Eddie Royal’s presence, is a smart move if you need temporary help at the wide receiver position.