Week 9 Trade Targets
Bad weeks create cheap prices. Every player below has a frustrated manager in your league, and the underlying usage says now is the time to make the call.
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WR: Drake London (ATL)
London’s 1-catch, 8-yard dud has his managers at a boiling point, and that’s exactly why you should be calling them.
Week 8 was a washout in every sense: torrential rain, four Michael Penix interceptions and only eight completions
Even in that mess, London held a 26% target share and ran a route on 96% of dropbacks
Before Sunday, he had gone for at least four catches and 60 yards in every Penix start, and he ranks 5th in the NFL in target share
One soggy afternoon doesn’t erase a true alpha role, so buy the volume before the box score catches back up.
RB: Kenneth Walker (KC)
Two quiet weeks have made Walker look mortal, but the schedule ahead is about to make him look like a league-winner again.
Through his first five games he averaged 27.6 PPG on 21 carries, 133 rushing yards and a touchdown per game
The slump came against Seattle (one of the toughest run defenses in the league) and Denver, and he still drew 21 carries and five targets in Week 8 while Emmett Johnson carried just once
Next month: the Jets, Falcons, Cardinals and Bills, with Arizona and Buffalo among the four weakest defenses in the NFL against running backs
Johnson’s 73-yard touchdown grabbed the headlines, but the workload never left Walker. Pay for the next month, not the last two weeks.
WR: Parker Washington (JAX)
Washington’s 3.6-point stat line looks ugly until you see that nobody in Jacksonville had a chance to produce.
Trevor Lawrence threw only 14 passes in a 42-7 blowout, and no Jaguar saw more than three targets
Washington drew 20 targets over his previous two games, including a 30-point, two-touchdown day against the Eagles
He owns the single easiest remaining schedule for receivers, closing with Houston, Dallas and Washington in the fantasy playoffs (Dallas has been the most generous defense in the NFL against WRs)
Box-score watchers see a dud, but you should see the Jaguars’ top target with a playoff path built for a title run.
Still to come: a bell-cow back whose manager may be itching to cash out, and a QB coming off his quietest day of the year against the toughest pass defense in football.
WR: Garrett Wilson (NYJ)
Teammates have stolen the Jets’ headlines lately, giving you a window to grab the guy defenses still game-plan around.
After a 3-target disaster in Week 7, the Jets made a clear, intentional commitment to him in Week 8, feeding him 12 targets (6-83)
He still commands the most defensive attention, which is why Adonai Mitchell and Omar Cooper Jr. are finding space
The Jets have shut down trade talk entirely, and he already has 100-yard games and a 10-catch, 13-target performance on his 2026 résumé
Week 9 against Kansas City (the second-toughest defense in the league against WRs) could push his price down further, so strike before a softer Buffalo matchup and the stretch run into his Week 13 bye.
RB: Tony Pollard (TEN)
Pollard has been the overall RB1 for two weeks running, yet many managers are treating him as a fluke to sell.
129 yards and three touchdowns against Cleveland, then 117 yards and a 40-yard score against Cincinnati
With Tyjae Spears sidelined, he handled a 28-opportunity workload and was the only Titans back to touch the ball in Week 8
That tracks with last season, when he averaged 23.5 touches per game with Spears out versus just 16.0 with Spears active
Tennessee’s Week 9 bye and the swirling trade rumors make this the moment to pry loose a bell cow; just keep a close eye on Spears’ knee before you pay full price.
QB: Jared Goff (DET)
QB trades are mostly for the superflex bros, but Goff’s 176-yard, one-interception afternoon was the worst of his season, and it came against the defense that makes everyone look that way.
Minnesota has been the toughest defense in the NFL against quarterbacks, and Goff was sacked four times while facing pressure on seemingly every dropback
It was his first game under 200 yards this year and only his second without multiple touchdown passes; he’d topped 300 yards in three of his first six
Detroit’s own defense has been one of the two most generous to QBs, fueling shootout scripts, and next up is a Miami defense that ranks among the more forgiving against the position
He’s been a top-10 fantasy QB in four straight seasons, so take advantage of one bad matchup to land a high-floor starter at a discount.
That’s the list. Making a play for any of these players could change your whole season.
-Joe
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