Sunday, Feb 8th — Late
Bye Week:
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Waiver Targets 9.25

Your weekly roadmap to the wire. Each Tuesday, Tony Kneepkens highlights the top adds across positions — complete with FAAB recommendations and context to help you prioritize based on your league size and format.

These are the top players to consider adding from waivers this week. Unless otherwise noted, all players below are available in greater than 50% of Yahoo leagues (as of Sunday evening). Priorities and FAAB recommendations are meant to differentiate between some of the options available and are assuming 12-team, single-QB, fantasy formats.

Week 9 teams on bye: Buccaneers, Browns, Eagles, Jets

Roster/bench management feel a little easier this week with four teams on bye compared to the six from last week. Even so, I don’t see as many widely available spot starting options to be picked up this week, either. Another significant RB injury opens up a high-priority, spend-all-the-FAAB waiver recommendation and beyond the top of the market, there are several more RB options to consider for spot starts or longer stashes. I only have two medium-priority recommendations, or higher, who aren’t RBs this week.

QB Pickups

J.J. McCarthy, MIN, Week 9 at DET
  • Carson Wentz is set for season-ending shoulder surgery and JJM is rumored to be set to return from his ankle injury this week on the road in Detroit. McCarthy still has everything going for him that made him a fantasy sleeper before the season, including an elite coach/playcaller and one of the top WR duos in the NFL to throw to.
  • Low-priority add. The waiver wire is pretty thin at QB and the four starting QBs on bye include an elite QB option and two more who have been in starting consideration for much of this fantasy season. McCarthy is my favorite widely available QB for both an immediate spot start and as a longer-term stash.
  • 5% or less of FAAB.
Other QB spot-start options ::
  • Sam Darnold (SEA) – Seattle is coming off of its bye and plays on the road against a Washington team on a short week off of MNF.
  • Trevor Lawrence (JAX) – The Jags are favored on the road against the Raiders in a game that both teams are coming into off of their bye.

RB Pickups

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