Waiver Favors™: 2025 Week 9 Fantasy Football Pickups
By Ha Kung Wong Week 9 Fantasy Football Pickups
Twitter: @FBGarbageTime
As I do every year over the last 13 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 2025 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.
Bam Knight
RB – Arizona Cardinals – 53% Owned
He hasn’t started yet, but Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters Bam Knight will be the first RB out there in Week 9. Emari Demercado is the only other RB on the active roster, though Michael Carter should be elevated from the practice squad. Honestly, there’s no safe play here, but picking up Knight now to see how this plays out is probably a good idea in all 12-team leagues or deeper.
| Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | Rece | Rece | Rece | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | Y/G | Tgt | Rec | Yds |
| 2022 | NYJ | 7 | 85 | 300 | 1 | 3.5 | 42.9 | 14 | 13 | 100 |
| 2023 | DET | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | ARI | 5 | 29 | 102 | 2 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 7 | 5 | 40 |
| 3 Yr | 3 Yr | 14 | 117 | 415 | 3 | 3.5 | 29.6 | 22 | 19 | 148 |
| 17 G | 17 G | 17 | 142 | 504 | 4 | 3.5 | 29.6 | 27 | 23 | 180 |
| NYJ | NYJ | 7 | 85 | 300 | 1 | 3.5 | 42.9 | 14 | 13 | 100 |
| ARI | ARI | 5 | 29 | 102 | 2 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 7 | 5 | 40 |
| DET | DET | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Isaiah Davis
RB – New York Jets – 12% Owned
The trade deadline is right around the corner on November 4, and Breece Hall might be one of those who are on the movie. Braelon Allen has an injured MCL which had surgery on and is likely out for the at least the fantasy football season. Isaiah Davis would be the next man up if Hall is traded and becomes the starting RB in a run first offense. He’s worth stashing in all 12-team leagues in case Hall is on the move.
UPDATE: No trade for Breece Hall, but every significant piece of the Jets defense was traded away, so not sure what that says about Hall. Davis still worth grabbing as a stash, but not if you need immediate RB help.
Parker Washington
WR – Jacksonville Jaguars – 18% Owned
With Travis Hunter on IL and Brian Thomas going out in the 4th quarter with an ankle injury, Parker Washington stepped up to catch 8 or 9 targets for 90 yards in Week 9.
Washington looks to be ready to step in as at least the WR2 in Jacksonville, so scoop him up in all 12-team leagues or deeper.
Christian Kirk
WR – Houston Texans – 16% Owned
Christian Kirk finally returned from a hamstring injury, and although essentially none of the Houston Texans were impressive, at least Kirk caught 4 of 8 targets for 26 yards in Week 9. Kirk finished second on the Texans in targets while catching passes from both C.J. Stroud and Davis Mills. It’ll be interesting to see if Stroud manages to come back from his concussion, but it’s probably worth stashing him in all 12-team leagues and deeper.
DeMario Douglas
WR – New England Patriots – 4% Owned
With Kayshon Boutte ruled out early with a hamstring injury, it was DeMario Douglas who stepped up to catch 4 of 6 targets for 100 yards and a TD in Week 9. No other Patriots WR or TE had more than 51 receiving yards. He’s certainly worth your consideration in 12-team leagues or deeper, particularly if Boutte is ruled out in Week 10.
Coleston Loveland
TE – Chicago Bears – 23% Owned
This is what the Bears were hoping to see when they drafted Coleston Loveland in the 1st round of the draft. Loveland played the hero, grabbing 6 of 7 targets for 118 yards and 2 TDs in Week 9, highlighted by a 58-yard catch and run TD where he bounced off a tackler and sprinted to the end zone with 17 seconds left. Cole Kmet exited the game with a concussion in the second quarter, which helped his target share, but he’s starting to look like the starting TE for the Bears. With this kind of upside, he’s worth a grab in all 12-team leagues or deeper.
UPDATE: Also note that Jacobi Meyers was traded away from the Raiders, so I’m moving Tre Tucker up from 16-team leagues to 14-team league viable.
UPDATE for Monday Night Football
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Here’s we liked as pickups in previous weeks:
10-Team Leagues
QB – Daniel Jones
TE – Oronde Gadsden
12-Team Leagues
QB – Jacoby Brissett, Sam Darnold, Joe Flacco, J.J. McCarthy, Michael Penix Jr., Aaron Rodgers
RB – Trey Benson (IR stash), Rico Dowdle, Kareem Hunt, Kyle Monangai, Tyrone Tracy, Kimani Vidal
WR – Kayshon Boutte, Troy Franklin, Wan’Dale Robinson, Christian Watson
TE – AJ Barner, Harold Fannin, Hunter Henry
14-Team Leagues
QB – Jaxson Dart, Dillon Gabriel, Mac Jones
RB – Ollie Gordon, Woody Marks, Bayshul Tuten
WR – Elic Ayomanor, Kendrick Bourne, Hollywood Brown, Luther Burden III, Tory Horton, Xavier Hutchinson, Van Jefferson, Xavier Legette, Sterling Shepard, Darius Slayton, Tyquan Thornton, Tre Tucker, Malik Washington
TE– Pat Freiermuth, Juwan Johnson, Cade Otton, Dalton Schultz, Mason Taylor
16-Team Leagues
QB – None
RB – Dylan Sampson
WR – Chimere Dike, Ryan Flournoy, Jayden Higgins, Kameron Johnson, Jaylin Noel
TE– Jake Tonges, Tommy Tremble
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