Waiver Favors™: 2022 Week 9 Fantasy Football Pickups
By Ha Kung Wong Week 9 Fantasy Football Pickups
Twitter: @FBGarbageTime
As I do every year over the last 10 years, I’m here to help with waiver wire adds via my weekly Waiver Favors™ article! And I’m assuming if you’re reader right now, you’re in your fantasy football playoffs, so congratulations!I’ll make a couple suggestions for after Week 9 of the 2022 fantasy football season that hopefully will keep your team running. You’re welcome. Again.
As usual, all pickups are available in at least 50% of Yahoo standard fantasy football leagues (with some minor exceptions) as of Sunday evening.
Jeff Wilson Jr.
RB – Miami Dolphins – 52% Owned
Turns out acquiring Jeff Wilson was actually a good thing for the Dolphins as he formed a solid committee with Raheem Mostert out-snapping him 27-24 while rushing 9 times for 51 yards, adding 3 catches for 21 yards and a TD. He definitely has some upside moving forward and is worthy of a stash in all 12-team leagues or deeper.
| Game | Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | Rece | Rece | Rece | Rece | Rece | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Tm | G | Rush | Yds | TD | Y/G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD |
| 2018 | SFO | 6 | 66 | 266 | 0 | 44.3 | 15 | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2019 | SFO | 10 | 27 | 105 | 4 | 10.5 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 |
| 2020 | SFO | 12 | 126 | 600 | 7 | 50.0 | 28 | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 3 |
| 2021 | SFO | 9 | 79 | 294 | 2 | 32.7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2022 | SFO | 8 | 92 | 468 | 2 | 58.5 | 13 | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 0 |
| Care | 45 | 390 | 1733 | 15 | 38.5 | 69 | 45 | 387 | 8.6 | 4 |
Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR – Carolina Panthers – 6% Owned
Maybe we were all a year too early on Terrace Marshall? Over the last two weeks (with PJ Walker and Baker Mayfield under center) Marshall has had a resurgence catching 4 of 9 targets for 87 yards in Week 8 and then catching 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and TD in Week 9. It’s clear that Marshall will have plenty of opportunity in a rebuilding Panthers offense as they try to figure out what they have to focus on in the offseason. He’s worth a stash in all 14-team leagues or deeper.
Cade Otton
TE – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 11% Owned
We all know that Tom Brady has been very un-Brady like this year, but he still managed to beat the Rams on a last second very Brady like TD. And his target? 2022 fourth-round pick Cade Otton. Interestingly, Otton caught 5 of 6 targets for 68 yards and a TD in Week 9 after averaging 5 targets a week over the last 6 weeks. Cameron Brate has been out for 3 weeks now due to a neck injury, and who knows when he’ll be back. We know that Brady likes to target TEs in the endzone, so Otton makes for an interesting stash in 14-team leagues or deeper.
UPDATE for Monday Night Football
Check back after the game!
Here our previous week’s waiver picks that we still think are worth a pickup:
10-Team Leagues
QB – Justin Fields (Bears)
RB – Kenneth Walker (Seahawks)
12-Team Leagues
QB – Jimmy Garoppolo (49ers), Geno Smith (Seahawks)
RB – Gus Edwards (Ravens), D’Onta Foreman (Panthers)
WR – Devin Duvernay (Ravens), Rondale Moore (Cardinals), George Pickens (Steelers)
TE – Greg Dulcich (Broncos), Gerald Everett (Chargers), Hayden Hurst (Bengals)
14-Team Leagues
QB – Marcus Mariota (Falcons)
RB – Tyler Allgeier (Falcons), Eno Benjamin (Cardinals), Michael Carter (Jets), Khalil Herbert (Bears), Chuba Hubbard (Panthers), Caleb Huntley (Falcons), Latavius Murray (Broncos), Alexander Mattison (Vikings), Isiah Pacheco (Chiefs), Kyren Williams (Rams)
WR – Parris Campbell (Colts), Romeo Daubs (watch the injury) (Packers), Alec Pierce (Colts), Darius Slayton (Giants), Marquez Valdes-Scantling (Chiefs)
TE – Evan Engram (Jaguars)
16-Team Leagues
QB – Zach Wilson (Jets)
WR – DeAndre Carter (Chargers), Jahan Dotson (Commanders), Marquise Goodwin (Seahawks), Demarcus Robinson (Ravens), Ben Skowronek (Rams)
TE – Tyler Conklin (Jets), Will Dissly (Seahawks)
Check back every week for more Waiver Favors!