Let’s take a look at players that had strong Week 8 performances, but our analysts aren’t buying it as they look ahead to Week 9 and beyond. Here are a few players to avoid when making your Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire pickups.
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Fool’s gold
Zach Wilson threw for 355 yards and two TDs in Week 8, but he completed fewer than half of his passes, he tossed three interceptions, and he racked up a lot of his yardage in garbage time of a 22-17 loss to the Patriots. Going into Week 8, Wilson had thrown only one TD pass in four 2022 starts. He’s not worth your attention.
Demarcus Robinson had 6-64-0 on eight targets Thursday night in a 27-22 win over the Buccaneers. There might be some mild interest in Robinson this week if it looks as if injuries might keep Ravens TE Mark Andrews and WR Rashod Bateman out of Baltimore’s Week 9 game against New Orleans. But aside from Andrews, the Ravens’ passing game is such an ad hoc affair that it’s unwise to chase any of their pass-catchers.
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