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We are eight full weeks into the 2025 NFL season, and with that, you are eight weeks into your fantasy football season. Injuries have ravaged the fantasy football landscape so far, but you can catch back up to your leaguemates—or stay ahead of them—with these Week 9 waiver wire pickups.
With byemageddon out of the way after six teams were on by in Week 8, your roster will (hopefully) be close to fully staffed heading into Week 9. While there are still plenty of big names nursing injuries, we are getting into the part of the year where you need to make the moves to solidify yourself in playoff contention.
The following list includes players who are rostered on fewer than 50 percent of all ESPN rosters, making the chances you can pick them up pretty high. Heading into Week 9, try your best to button up the edges of your roster as you look to start the season strong
1. RB Tyrone Tracy Jr., New York Giants
41.9% Rostered
With the unfortunate, season-ending injury suffered by rookie Cam Skattebo, second-year back Tyrone Tracy Jr. steps back into the spotlight as the RB1 for the New York Giants. Having spent his rookie season as the team’s starter down the stretch, this role isn’t going to be anything new for the former Purdue Boilermaker.
While it isn’t necessarily an easy upcoming schedule for the Giants, Tracy will be the lead guy, with Devin Singletary stepping into the backup role.
2. WR Troy Franklin, Denver Broncos
43.5% Rostered
Troy Franklin seems to have fully ascended into the WR2 role for the Denver Broncos, and his two-touchdown showing in Week 8 marks the second consecutive week he found paydirt. Franklin’s rapport with Bo Nix dates back to their days at Oregon in college, and that relationship seems to be continuing in the NFL.
Franklin gets to face the Houston, Las Vegas, and Kansas City secondaries before Denver’s Week 12 bye, pretty solid matchups as Franklin looks to hold weekly WR3/FLEX value.
3. RB Tyjae Spears, Tennessee Titans
36.4% Rostered
It has been a tough go of things this year on the ground for the Tennessee Titans, but Tyjae Spears has been a bit of a flash that this offense has been missing over the past few weeks. While Tony Pollard remains the starter, Spears has been making an impact in the passing game, hauling in at least three receptions in each of his past three games.
Tyjae Spears all the way down to the ONE
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Facing the Los Angeles Chargers before their Week 10 bye, the Titans will likely be throwing a lot again, putting Spears on the FLEX radar next week.
4. WR Tre Tucker, Las Vegas Raiders
45.7% Rostered
The trade rumors surrounding Jakobi Meyers continue to circulate for the Las Vegas Raiders, and any move would elevate Tre Tucker...
