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Week 9 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Leonard Fournette, Trey McBride, Jahan Dotson, Jeff Wilson Jr.

Leonard Fournette - Fantasy Football Rankings, Waiver Wire Pickups, NFL Injury News

Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 9 of the 2023 NFL season. Top free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Hey, RotoBallers! Week 9 snuck up on us, and it's time to hit the waiver wire and start prepping for your upcoming Week 9 fantasy football matchups.

Fantasy managers will have to go through another bye gauntlet again with the Jaguars, Lions, Broncos, and 49ers all off this week, and plenty of NFL injury updates to keep up with. But we are here as always to help managers make those tough waiver decisions with our Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire rankings for the 2023 NFL season. 

One of the industry's sharpest fantasy football minds, Nick Mariano brings you his weekly waiver wire rankings and priority adds for the top 60 options potentially available. For this week's list, we'll take a look at where key waiver wire pickups rank for Week 9, including Jahan Dotson, Trey McBride, Jeff Wilson Jr., Leonard Fournette, and Khalil Shakir.

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Week 9 Waiver Wire Articles

Each week, our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? Waiver wire player comparison tool. Here is a quick rundown of our articles. First up is our overall waiver wire article by Robert Lorge and the famous waiver wire express article compliments of Nick Mariano. These give a nice overview of the waiver wire pickup options each week. Then we look at FAAB waiver wire bidding recommendations from Nick Mariano as well. We also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles:

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 9?

Below, you'll see our weekly rankings for the relevant waiver wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). Quarterbacks and Defenses (D/ST) are grouped together at the bottom of the list:

Rank Player Name Pos. % Ros. Baller Move
1 Chuba Hubbard RB 59 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
2 Josh Downs WR 63 Add in 10+ Team PPR Leagues
3 Jahan Dotson WR 51 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
4 Darrell Henderson Jr. RB 45 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 59 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
6 Tank Dell WR 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Cam Akers RB 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Tyjae Spears RB 50 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
10 Leonard Fournette RB 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Zach Charbonnet RB 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Logan Thomas TE 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Taysom Hill TE 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Roschon Johnson RB 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Rashid Shaheed WR 36 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
16 Trey McBride TE 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Brandin Cooks WR 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Ezekiel Elliott RB 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Devin Singletary RB 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Justice Hill RB 39 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
21 Jake Ferguson TE 58 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
22 Emari Demercado RB 36 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
23 K.J. Osborn WR 52 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
24 Royce Freeman RB 22 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
25 Tyler Boyd WR 48 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
26 Quentin Johnston WR 19 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
27 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 43 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Michael Wilson WR 15 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Demario Douglas WR 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
30 Elijah Moore WR 51 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
31 Michael Mayer TE 18 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
32 Khalil Shakir WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
33 Jayden Reed WR 17 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
34 Joshua Kelley RB 28 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
35 Antonio Gibson RB 48 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
36 Latavius Murray RB 19 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
37 Chigoziem Okonkwo TE 27 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
38 Julio Jones WR 7 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
39 DJ Chark Jr. WR 10 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
40 Jonathan Mingo WR 6 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
41 Marvin Mims Jr. WR 16 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
42 Rico Dowdle RB 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
43 Jamison Crowder WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
44 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 10 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
45 Mack Hollins WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
46 Craig Reynolds RB 6 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
47 Jake Bobo WR 2 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
48 Jalin Hyatt WR 6 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
49 Kyler Murray QB 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Baker Mayfield QB 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Will Levis QB 4 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
52 Sam Howell QB 45 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
53 Gardner Minshew QB 17 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
54 Desmond Ridder QB 13 Add in 2QB Leagues
55 Bryce Young QB 12 Add in 2QB Leagues
56 Pittsburgh Steelers DST 59 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
57 Las Vegas Raiders DST 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
58 Atlanta Falcons DST 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
59 New England Patriots DST 27 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
60 Los Angeles Chargers DST 27 Add in 14+ Team Leagues

 

Week 9 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Chuba Hubbard
Darrell Henderson Jr.
Jeff Wilson Jr.
Cam Akers
Tyjae Spears
Zach Charbonnet
Roschon Johnson
Ezekiel Elliott
Devin Singletary
Justice Hill
Emari Demercado

 

Week 9 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Josh Downs
Jahan Dotson
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Tank Dell
Rashid Shaheed
Brandin Cooks
K.J. Osborn
Tyler Boyd
Quentin Johnston
Michael Wilson

 

Week 9 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Logan Thomas
Taysom Hill
Trey McBride
Jake Ferguson
Michael Mayer

 

Week 9 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 6:

Kyler Murray
Baker Mayfield
Will Levis
Sam Howell
Gardner Minshew

 

Week 9 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 6:

Pittsburgh Steelers
Las Vegas Raiders
Atlanta Falcons
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Chargers



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