Waiver Wire Express - Week 5 Lightning Round

We have officially passed the quarter pole of the 2018 season, and if you blinked then you missed it! Week 4 has seen the electric passing trend continue with quarterbacks shredding defenses at a never-before-seen rate, with pass-catching RBs and deeper WR plays seeing considerable action. In the interest of getting you the most timely information, consider this our waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 5.

This column is published early every week and then updated after the MNF game. Each day of the week will also yield other more in-depth waiver wire articles for all positions so be sure to check back.

The below waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position. Players must be owned in less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

Running Backs (Priority Order):
Bilal Powell
Nyheim Hines
T.J. Yeldon
Ronald Jones II
Marlon Mack
Duke Johnson Jr.
Ty Montgomery
Nick Chubb
Mike Davis
Theo Riddick
Wendell Smallwood
Jalen Richard
Chris Ivory
Ito Smith
Darren Sproles
Frank Gore

Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Quincy Enunwa
Geronimo Allison
Ted Ginn
Mohamed Sanu
Taylor Gabriel
Dede Westbrook
Devante Parker
Robby Anderson
Antonio Callaway
Josh Doctson
Jordan Matthews
Phillip Dorsett
Christian Kirk
John Ross
Cameron Meredith
Paul Richardson
Ryan Grant
Courtland Sutton
Keke Coutee
Chester Rogers
Taywan Taylor
Donte Moncrief
Rishard Higgins
Kendrick Bourne
Zach Pascal

Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Vance McDonald
Tyler Kroft
Jack Doyle
Austin Seferian-Jenkins
Austin Hooper
Geoff Swaim
Cameron Brate
Rhett Ellison
Antonio Gates
Nick Vannett
Hunter Henry
Ian Thomas
Dallas Goedert

Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Alex Smith
Blake Bortles
Joe Flacco
Baker Mayfield
Mitchell Trubisky
Jameis Winston
Ryan Tannehill
Derek Carr
Dak Prescott
Marcus Mariota
Case Keenum
C.J. Beathard
Eli Manning

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