Week 6 Waiver Adds Under 50% Owned.

The bye weeks for week 6 are the Vikings and Texans.

As we head into Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season, injuries like Omarion Hampton's ankle (headed to IR) and Brock Bowers' lingering knee issue are shaking up the waiver wire. With the Texans and Vikings on bye, now's the time to snag these under-the-radar adds for streaming, stashing, or plugging holes. Here's a fresh look at five players heating up based on the latest performances and matchups.

1. Kendrick Bourne, WR, San Francisco 49ers, 35% Owned - Bourne was likely buried on your bench or waivers until his monster Week 5 explosion, snagging 10 of 11 targets for 142 yards in a gritty TNF win over the Rams, his best game since arriving in SF. He may not reclaim WR1 status with his mid-round draft pedigree, but Bourne's a smart stream if Ricky Pearsall (knee) or Jauan Jennings (knee) remain sidelined. The 49ers under Kyle Shanahan lean run-heavy, but with Brock Purdy (toe) potentially limited, expect Purdy to air it out more against the Buccaneers' leaky secondary.

2. New England Patriots D/ST, 28% Owned - The Pats' defense has quietly been a top-10 unit through five weeks, and they're primed for a bounce-back spot against the struggling Saints (1-4), who are starting second-year QB Spencer Rattler after a rocky offseason transition. New Orleans ranks bottom-five in turnover rate and EPA allowed, with Rattler's growing pains (three picks in his last two starts) feeding the Pats' opportunistic front seven.

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3. Hassan Haskins, RB, Los Angeles Chargers, 2% Owned - Haskins, a 6'1", 228-pound bruiser, is poised to seize early-down and goal-line work with Omarion Hampton on IR (ankle, out at least four weeks). His 2021 Michigan rapport with Jim Harbaugh (1,000+ yards, 15 TDs) gives him an edge over rookie Kimani Vidal, who was limited to garbage-time carries in Week 5. Haskins logged 13 yards on three carries pre-injury and exited with starters, signaling trust. Expect 10-15 touches as an RB3/flex against Miami's middling run defense, with TD upside in Harbaugh's ground-and-pound scheme.

4. Romeo Doubs, WR, Green Bay Packers, 50% Owned - The Packers boast a steady hand at QB in Jordan Love, paired with a defense that's allowed the third-most passing yards this season (425 through five games), forcing Green Bay into shootouts. Doubs has flashed separation skills at this level, hauling in 7-of-9 targets for 98 yards last week. He's a classic boom/bust flex against high-scoring foes like the Bengals, but stash him long-term with Christian Watson (hamstring) nursing tweaks, plenty of targets to share in Matt LaFleur's scheme.

5. Ryan Flournoy, WR, Dallas Cowboys, 3% Owned - Flournoy stepped up as the de facto No. 2 outside option after CeeDee Lamb's ankle tweak, erupting for 6 catches and 114 yards (including a 46-yarder) in a rout of the Jets. Anyone building rapport with Dak Prescott, even as a sixth-round rookie, deserves a roster spot. Prescott's audibling out of runs more than ever, and while Brian Schottenheimer's new scheme emphasizes the ground game, he won't override Dak's arm talent. Flournoy's a deep-league dart throw against the Panthers' porous secondary.