{"id":181529,"date":"2025-10-01T02:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/181529\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T02:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:59:09","slug":"nfl-week-5-waiver-wire-top-pickups-at-each-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/181529\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Waiver Wire: Top Pickups at Each Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL Week 5 is upon us, which means it\u2019s time to scour the fantasy football waiver for the top pickups of the week ahead of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>As we navigate through another week of the fantasy football season, the waiver wire continues to be a crucial battleground for managers looking to find that hidden gem or fill critical roster holes. Whether you\u2019re dealing with injuries, bye weeks, or simply searching for an upgrade over underperforming players, this week\u2019s waiver wire offers several intriguing options that could make the difference in your playoff push.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we\u2019ve compiled waiver wire picks from two of fantasy football\u2019s most respected analysts: Sean Koerner and Chris Raybon. Both experts will be providing their top waiver wire recommendations across all positions, including quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, kicker, and defense.<\/p>\n<p>You can also check out their <a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fantasylabs.com\/season-long\/weekly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasylabs.com\/season-long\/weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">weekly projections<\/a> to see how they project everyone for the upcoming week. They recommend selecting whichever player in their projections projects the highest for the current week for the position you\u2019re looking to add to your fantasy teams.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Week 5 Waiver Wire Adds<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasylabs.com\/pricing?intcmp=ArticlePaywall&amp;intcid=203922&amp;redirecturl=https:\/\/www.fantasylabs.com\/articles\/nfl-week-5-waiver-wire-top-pickups-at-each-position\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FantasyLabs_Roadblock_435x435.png\"\/><\/a>                          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 is upon us, which means it\u2019s time to scour the fantasy football waiver for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-181529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}