Week 9 Waiver Wire Express Guide For Fantasy Football

Week 9 Waiver Wire Express Guide For Fantasy Football

In a pinch? Get all of your Week 9 waiver wire adds in less than five minutes!

The Week 9 waiver wire run of the fantasy football season is here and it comes at the very beginning of the fall holiday season.

Are you last-minute shopping for your kid's Halloween costume? Jumping the gun and starting your Christmas prep way, way too early, or just simply short on time? Don't worry. What follows is our express guide to the Week 9 waiver wire, where we will list out Kendall Valenzuela's priority waiver wire adds, Dwain McFarland's adds that were featured in the Week 9 Utilization Report, and more.

Additionally, you can get custom-tailored waiver wire advice with our fantasy football waiver wire tool—which allows you to add specific players you are considering on the waiver wire and breaks down which is the best add based on the data.

Note: Rostership percentages represent Yahoo Fantasy Football league numbers.

Best Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

See below for Kendall's top waiver wire adds, sorted positionally:

Running Backs To Add in Week 9 Waivers

  • Tyrone Tracy, Giants (48% rostered)
  • Devin Singletary, Giants (2% rostered)
  • Dylan Sampson, Browns (13% rostered)
  • Jerome Ford, Browns (14% rostered)
  • Tank Bigsby, Eagles (17% rostered)
  • Isaiah Davis, RB, Jets (9% rostered)

Wide Receivers To Add In Week 9 Waivers

  • Jayden Higgins, Texans (27% rostered)
  • Malik Washington, Dolphins (15% rostered)
  • Tre Tucker, Raiders (38% rostered)
  • Jack Bech, Raiders (2% rostered)

Tight Ends To Add In Week 9 Waivers

  • Colston Loveland, Bears (22% rostered)

Defenses (DSTs) To Add In Week 9 Waivers

Below are Jonathan Fuller's top three DST Streamers for Week 9 to target on the waiver wire.

  1. Los Angeles Rams DST
  2. Baltimore Ravens DST
  3. Jacksonville Jaguars DST

Speaking of streamers, John Laghezza broke down the best Week 9 streamers.


Curious what the masses are thinking? There's no better way to see what the consensus is up to than to browse CBS' roster trends page, where you can see the most viewed players. To preview some of them for Week 9 ....

Most Viewed:

  1. Tyrone Tracy, RB, Giants
  2. Zonovan (Bam) Knight, RB, Cardinals
  3. Troy Franklin, WR, Broncos
  4. Christian Watson, WR, Packers
  5. Tyjae Spears, RB, Titans
  6. Joe Flacco, QB, Bengals
  7. Cam Skattebo, RB, Giants
  8. Rams DST
  9. Lions DST
  10. Kyler Murray, QB, Cardinals

Dwain McFarland's Favorite Waiver Wire Adds For Week 9

Similarly, below are Dwain McFarland's waiver wire adds from his Week 9 Utilization Report. You'll notice some duplicate names, highlighting just how strong they are as adds with both Kendall and Dwain on board.

  • J.J. McCarthy, QB, Vikings (23% rostered)
  • Dylan Sampson, RB, Browns (13% rostered)
  • Tank Bigsby, RB, Eagles (17% rostered)
  • Emanuel Wilson, RB, Packers (5% rostered)
  • Samaje Perine, RB, Bengals (3% rostered)
  • Isaiah Davis, RB, Jets (9% rostered)
  • Devin Neal, RB, Saints (4% rostered)
  • Troy Franklin, WR, Broncos (37% rostered)
  • Chimere Dike, WR, Titans (8% rostered)
  • Christian Watson, WR, Packers (16% rostered)
  • Jayden Higgins, WR, Texans (27% rostered)
  • Colston Loveland, TE, Bears (22% rostered)

That all being said, there are bear cases to be made against a number of these waiver wire adds, which Gladys Louis Tyler broke down in her Players To Drop In Week 9 Fantasy Football column.