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Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season is bringing several challenging wrinkles to the fantasy football landscape, particularly at the running back position. The main wave of waiver wire action has long passed, but there are still several serviceable streaming options remaining in most leagues.
Four teams are on bye in Week 9, removing Saquon Barkley, Quinshon Judkins, Bucky Irving, Breece Hall and Rachaad White from fantasy football lineups. The bye week slate is not as intense as Week 8, but several managers are still forced to look elsewhere for the most important position in the game.
A few new injuries have also recently surfaced to further complicate the situation for fantasy managers. Rhamondre Stevenson has already been ruled out, clearing the way for a potential TreVeyon Henderson breakout performance.
The Chicago Bears’ D’Andre Swift, the Kansas City Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco and the Atlanta Falcons’ Tyler Allgeier top the list of players in danger of missing Week 9. Swift’s potential absence could be huge news for rookie Kyle Monangai, who would have an RB1 ceiling if he gets the start.
Josh Jacobs, Woody Marks and Alvin Kamara are also listed as questionable, but appear likely to play.
The chaotic state of running back should have caused the position to dominate the weekly waiver wire. Players like Henderson, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Zach Charbonnet and Kareem Hunt should now be owned in all leagues.
Managers still in need of running back assistance are typically forced to grasp at straws at the end of the week. However, there are still multiple intriguing players worthy of a fantasy football spot start who are available in most leagues ahead of Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season.
Cam Skattebo‘s season-ending injury caused fantasy managers to flock to Tyrone Tracy Jr. on the waiver wire. Tracy is the clear No. 1 beneficiary as the team’s full-time starter in 2024.
However, with Devin Singletary still in the mix, the situation might not be so black and white. Although Singletary has been a distant third-string all year, he began the 2024 season as the team’s starter and has still occasionally been a part of the offensive game plan.
Singletary enters Week 9 having played just 15 total offensive snaps over the last three weeks. Yet, he logged a 25 percent snap share in each of the New York Giants’ three games before that. Even if he is a clear No. 2 behind Tracy, Singleary should still see at least 25 snaps against the San Francisco 49ers.
Without Skattebo, Singletary should also be the Giants’ de facto goal-line back. He is a much more physical runner than Tracy, a converted wide receiver who has had fumbling issues before.
Tracy is still the preferred option, as Singletary will likely need a touchdown to record a meaningful fantasy stat line. The odds of that happening are just much higher than he is getting credit for.
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