Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 9 (2023)

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Welcome to our nineth Waiver Wire article at Fantasy In Frames for the 2023 fantasy football season!

Here are my Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 9 (2023) recommendations. May these players aide in marching you towards your league’s playoffs and championship!

 This list consists of players rostered in less than 50% of leagues on Sleeper.

1. Will Levis – 7% rostered on Sleeper

• Titans have 7 passing TDs on the season; 4 of them were in Levis’s 1^st game.
• Tannehill has been one of the worst QBs this season in almost every major category and has no upside. Take the gamble on Levis. He’s arguably the best still available.

2. Sam Howell – 46% rostered on Sleeper

• Leads league in passing attempts and TDs since Week 5. He’s got weapons plus their DST isn’t stopping anyone.
• Finished Top 15 in 6 of 8 games this season which could easily be Top 10 with four teams on bye and all the injuries at QB.

3. Baker Mayfield – 33% rostered on Sleeper

• Tampa Bay leads the league in Pass Play % over the past 3 games after a concerted effort to get the ball to their playmakers 
• Bye week passed, and exploitable matchups for ROS starting with Texans, Titans, Colts and a recently suspect Niners DEF.

1. Zach Charbonnet – 48% rostered on Sleeper
   • 10.6 yards per carry and 2 receptions last week against a great Browns DST
   • Kenneth Walker’s has been an injury risk all season which could catapult Charbonnet to RB1 status if he missed time.

2. Leonard Fournette – 18% rostered on Sleeper
   • Dual-threat who finished RB14 overall on a terrible run-blocking offense last season.
   • Latavius Murray and Damien Harris (IR) have been underwhelming, providing an opportunity for Leonard to be the #2 option or starter if Cook is injured. 

3. Jeff Wilson, Jr. – 44% roster on Sleeper
   • Averaged a respectable 4.6 Yards per Carry and caught 2 of 2 targets in his 1^st action of the season.
   • De’Von Achane is slated to return Week 11 but this isn’t guaranteed; especially with a knee injury and his smaller frame. Either way, Wilson should still be involved.

1. Michael Wilson – 23% rostered on Sleeper

• Big-play threat averaging 16 Yards Per Reception and an increase in Targets each of the last four weeks.
• Will be #1 WR waiver wire add when Kyler Murray returns so add now. 

2. Quentin Johnston – 35% rostered on Sleeper

• Increase in Snap% and Targets each of the past three weeks including a season high in target and receptions last week.
• Injuries to Joshua Palmer and Gerald Everett have potential to keep this trend going. 

3. Demario Douglas – 6% rostered on Sleeper

• Kendrick Bourne out for season, Devante Parker stays injured and Ju-Ju stays ineffective paves the way for upside as Pats’ de facto WR1.
• Favorable schedule over the next few weeks against the Commanders, Colts, Giants, and Chargers who all have suspect coverage units.

1. Trey McBride – 28% rostered on Sleeper 

• #1 waiver wire add overall. Tied Ceedee Lamb, Diontae Johnson and DK Metcalf with 14 targets last week. Doesn’t even sound right. 
• Ertz is on IR and could return in three weeks, but the succession plan will be activated early with the Cardinals record 1-7 record

2. Taysom Hill – 42% rostered on Sleeper 

• Top 5 TE finishes the past two weeks and TE12 Week 6, the Saints have figured out they have to get Taysom the ball
• Even if you subtract the receiving yards he loses because of the return of Juwan Johnson (in theory), Hill still has 81yds and 3 TDs rushing the past two games. Ride the hot hand.

3. Chigoziem Okonkwo – 20% rostered on Sleeper

• DEEEEP sleeper here but Chig actually had a respectful 4 Receptions on 6 Targets in Will Levis’ 1^st game.  
• Last season, he led all TEs with 14.1 Yards Per Reception (min. 11 Rec) The upside is there if he and Levis develop chemistry.

1. Atlanta Falcons – 34% rostered on Sleeper

• Easily one of the slowest and lowest scoring games of the week with Cousins out, and huge upside for turnovers with Jaren Hall or new acquisition starting.
• Falcons DST has one of the best ROS schedules including Saints twice, Cardinals, Bears, Colts, Panthers and Jets.

2. Cincinnati Bengals – 11% rostered on Sleeper

• Top 10 finishes in the past three weeks with Burrow playing better.  
• Tough match-up against the Bills this week, but they do give-up sack and turnovers. Plus Bengals have a favorable schedule including sketchy weather in Cincy and no dome games ROS.

3. Los Angeles Chargers – 20% rostered on Sleeper

• Take out their game against the Chiefs, the Chargers have been a fringe Top 10 DST since Week 3. 
• Chargers have four games with 4+ sacks and four with at least one interception. Lovin those numbers against Zach Wilson and Jets. Schedule after is streamable most weeks.