2025 Fantasy Football Week 9 Injury Report, Game by Game Notes, Streaming DST

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WEEK 9 INJURIES

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Week 9 RB Injuries

• Aaron Jones (shoulder) — Exited Game

• D'Andre Swift (Groin) — DNP

• Isiah Pacheco (knee) — DNP

• Rhamondre Stevenson (Toe) — DNP

• Saquon Barkley (groin) — Bye Week 10

• Quinshon Judkins (shoulder) — Bye Week 10

• Hassan Haskins (hamstring) — Placed on IR

Week 9 WR Injuries

• Puka Nacua (chest) — Exited Game

• Kayshon Boutte (Hamstring) — Exited Game

• Matthew Golden (shoulder) — Exited Game

• Luke McCaffrey (shoulder) — Exited Game

• Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle) — Exited Game

• Dyami Brown (Concussion) — Exited Game

• Marvin Mims (Concussion) — DNP

• Dontayvion Wicks (calf) — DNP

• Calvin Ridley (Hamstring) — DNP

• Joshua Palmer (knee, ankle) — DNP

• Terry McLaurin (Quad) — DNP

• Ricky Pearsall (Knee) — DNP

• Luther Burden III (concussion) — DNP

• Cooper Kupp (heel, hamstring) — DNP

• Cedric Tillman (hamstring) — Estimated Week 10 Return

• Brandon Aiyuk (Knee) — Estimated Week 10 Return

Week 9 TE Injuries

• Tucker Kraft (Knee) — Likely OUT FOR SEASON

• Daniel Bellinger (neck) — DNP

Week 9 QB Injuries

• Kyler Murray (Foot) — Expected OUT; Brissett Will Start

• Jayden Daniels (Elbow) — OUT for weeks, maybe Season

• C.J. Stroud (Concussion) — Exited Game

• Brock Purdy (Toe) — DNP

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WEEK 9 RB Opportunities

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Desperation Week 10 Streaming DSTs

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1. CAR vs NO

2. NO at CAR

3. NYJ vs CLE

4. NYG at CHI

WEEK 9 GAME-BY-GAME FANTASY NOTES

CHI/CIN:

Ben Johnson was in his bag, and that was good to see. Sort of. Kyle Monangai was the workhorse and is a real threat to D’Andre Swift’s value moving forward, but DJ Moore and something known as a Brittain Brown had rushing TDs. Oh, and Caleb Williams had multiple receptions ... Joe Flacco funnels 31-of-45 targets to his three trusted players (Chase, Higgins, and Brown): this is the most concentrated offense in the league, and Flacco is more than happy to lean into it.

MIN/DET:

JJ McCarthy can light it up for 15 minutes at a time with the best of them. Four full quarters? Not so much. Realistically, Justin Jefferson is the only member of this team that I’m playing in season long: there are DFS pieces to get cute with, but nothing stable enough for your year-long stuff ... Jameson Williams gets the long score late, but a sub 17% target share in a game where there was some volume to be had because of a backwards game script isn’t exactly encouraging.

CAR/GB:

I don’t want to overreact, but Chuba Hubbard can be dumped. This is a team that won’t be operating in a positive game script very often, but this is clearly Rico Dowdles' backifed (25-130-2), something that Dave Canales hinted at during the week ... Josh Jacobs, even with Emanuel Wilson getting annoying usage due to the nagging calf injury, scored, something he’s done in 15 of his past 16 games. Romeo Doubs seems to have separated from the pack in terms of WR1 duties, but once you bank on any pass catcher in this offense, you put yourself in a position for letdown.

LAC/TEN:

Kimani Vidal falls super flat, with none of his 12 carries gaining more than seven yards. We can’t have that for a player that has yet to clear 15 receiving yards in a game this season ... This offense does nothing for me. Tyjae Spears is interesting, but until the Titans agree, he can’t be near fantasy lineups.

ATL/NE:

Bijan Robinson is held in check on the ground (12 for 46), and that means that the Patriots still haven’t allowed an RB to run for 50 yards. Robinson gets there because he caught eight balls, but for any RB lacking versatility, you can’t justify stepping in front of this matchup ... TreVeyon Henderson led the Pats in rush attempts, but he only got 14 of 33 (11 for Terrell Jennings and 8 for Drake Maye). DeMario Douglas hit the 100-yard bonus, but I’d rather not trust any of these pass catchers.

SF/NYG:

Mac Jones looked great early (14/14 in the first half), and even still, there’s not a WR/TE that finishes with even 45 receiving yards. George Kittle is a starter because of the position he plays, but I can’t imagine playing a 49er not named Christian McCaffrey with confidence until this crew gets healthier ... Jaxson Dart joins Jahmyr Gibbs and Todd Gurley as the only first-round picks to have four straight games with a rush TD during their rookie season since 2015. A late garbage-time TD pass helped inflate his numbers a bit, but he’s a fantasy asset due to the versatility and the likely game scripts.

IND/PIT:

The Colts were an absolute mess, but our guy, Alec Pierce, reached double-digit targets for the second time in three games, and given his skill set, that puts him on our radar every week ... This was a nice result for the Steelers, but you still can’t sell me on these guys for fantasy. Jaylen Warren is the bellcow, and the volume makes him a starter, but the DK Metcalf work is low octane, and I can’t trust any of these TEs.

DEN/HOU:

Bo Nix was good enough for Bronco fans, but his inability to string quarters together makes him a tough weekly play. RJ Harvey is earning the trust of Sean Payton and even if that just means a focus on third downs, there might be some “bail me out” flex appeal here ... Nico Collins has now gone consecutive games without a second-half reception: the script entering the game is fine, but they’ve been unable to keep him involved. Davis Mills looked his way initially, but that faded with time. The backfield is a mess here: it’s Dalton Schultz and Collins, that’s all I’d roster from this team.

JAX/LV:

Dyami Brown (concussion) left, and that opened up the door for Parker Washington (34.7% reception share) to basically be Travis Hunter. I think you can flex him in a PPR scam sort of way: not every week comes against the Raiders, but this offense can funnel targets to a short route runner, and that’s where Washington can thrive for us ... Well, Brock Bowers is back. He scored 3 times and was the only Raider to hit 50 receiving yards. He had 127. It’s still Geno Smith leading this offense, but there might be hope yet for those Bowers teams that you thought were dead.

NO/LAR:

I’m not exactly sure what the vision was here in the Tyler Shough era, but at least a 37.5% target share for Rashid Shaheed is something (I’m grasping for straws here) ... Nearly half the targets and three-of-four TDs went to Nacua or Adams. Matthew Stafford is the WR king for a reason, and both of his ace receivers are live DFS plays every single week. He’s no Joe Flacco, but even 90% Flacco is viable these days.

KC/BUF:

Kareem Hunt proves to be the only RB worth our while with Isiah Pacheco on the shelf, and the targets are spread pretty evenly among the pass catchers, giving us hope that Xavier Worthy can rebound from a rough stretch (team-high 23.3% target share) ... Dalton Kincaid hits the 100-yard bonus and Khalil Shakir catches seven-of-eight targets. Buffalo can put points on the board, but they make it reasonably easy for us to see how they will get there.

SEA/WAS:

Sam Danrold joined Sam Darnold and Drake Maye as the only QBs with perfect first half passer rating games this season and JSN cleared 100 yards in those first 30 minutes as Seattle jumped out to a 24-point halftime lead ... There wasn’t a reliable (healthy) member of this Washington team in terms of flex players prior to the Jayden Daniels injury and now they are on the list of teams with no players you can realistically rely on right now.