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A lot unfolded in Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season, leaving even more to digest ahead of Week 9 for fantasy football managers. The waiver wire situation is practically a crapshoot at this point in the season, but it is becoming clearer which players fantasy football managers can feel safe dropping.
With six teams on bye in Week 8, the returning players will resurface atop the waiver wire. Perhaps nobody of value was dropped, but managers might have forgotten about players like Parker Washington, Colby Parkinson or Bam Knight, who should all be rostered ahead of Week 9.
Four more teams go on bye in NFL Week 9. The Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will all be out of commission.
Then comes the injury situation, which only continues to get worse. The New York Giants’ injury curse continued in Week 9 when star rookie Cam Skattebo suffered a gruesome season-ending dislocated ankle. Skattebo had quickly become a fantasy football star, but is unfortunately now the top drop candidate after being ruled out for the remainder of the year.
Skattebo was the only significant fantasy football injury of the week, but he is not the only player managers need to drop ahead of Week 9. Many leagues are won or lost on the waiver wire at this point in the season, making it the single-most important factor in the game.
The best ride of the 2025 fantasy football season is unfortunately over. Giants running back Cam Skattebo was a gift for managers who took a shot on him as a late-round pick, but a dislocated ankle unfortunately cut his sensational rookie season short.
Skattebo had emerged as a bona fide RB1 in recent weeks, but the Giants remain one of the most cursed organizations in the league. His presence helped mask the fact that New York had already lost Malik Nabers to a torn ACL, but the team is now entirely in shambles.
Skattebo’s season ends with 410 rushing yards, five rushing touchdowns, 207 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. He led all rookie running backs in total yards at the time of his injury, but the experience has come to an end, at least for now.
Skattebo is still an obvious hold in dynasty leagues, but he has no further value in redraft formats. He is expected to be ready for the start of the 2026 season, when he should be an early-round fantasy football draft pick. Until then, expect Tyrone Tracy Jr. to reclaim the backfield and become a priority Week 9 waiver wire pickup.
Nothing is working out for Matthew Golden in his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers. The first-round pick seemed like the frontrunner to immediately become Jordan Love’s top receiver in the preseason, but it is clear that he is an apparent afterthought in this extremely run-dominant offense.
Golden has not been productive...
