Top 4 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterbacks (Week 9)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Quarterback

QUARTERBACKS

Written by Derek Brown

Matthew Stafford (LAR): 39% rostered

• Next Opponents: @SEA, MIA, @NE
• True value: $4
• Desperate Need: $6
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: With Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp back in Week 8, Stafford carved up the Vikings’ secondary, completing 73.5% of his passes with 279 passing yards and four scores. Entering Monday night football, Stafford was the QB4 in fantasy scoring for Week 8. He has wonderful matchups in two of his next three games (SEA, NE), facing pass defenses that have allowed the 13th-most and 12th-most fantasy points via passing (per Fantasy Points Data). Stafford will be a fringe QB1 in weekly rankings and a stout streamer in both matchups.

Bo Nix (DEN): 25% rostered

• Next Opponents: @BAL, @KC, ATL
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Good lawd! Nix is on a roll. He has finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback in three of his last four games (QB8, QB9, QB2). Yes, if you are watching the games, it isn’t nearly as pretty as his fantasy scoring would suggest, but we care about fantasy points around here. Sometimes it’s function over fashion. This week, Nix gets to face the Ravens’ pass-funnel defense, which Jameis Winston just ripped in half. Entering Week 8, Baltimore had allowed the second-most fantasy points via passing and the most passing yards in the NFL.

Aaron Rodgers (NYJ): 47% rostered

• Next Opponents: HOU, @ARI, IND
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: To say that Rodgers has been disappointing this season would be selling it short. The Jets are dancing on the edge of dumpster fire territory. The addition of Davante Adams hasn’t panned out as anyone had hoped to this point, but better days could be ahead in Weeks 10 and 11. Rodgers could finally surpass 19 fantasy points in one of these matchups, which he hasn’t done yet this season. The Cardinals and Colts field two of the worst pass defenses in the NFL. You can use Rodgers in one or both of those games as a streamer or bye-week replacement. Arizona has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points in the passing game, while Indy has coughed up the 11th-most fantasy points through the air.

Jameis Winston (CLE): 6% rostered

• Next Opponents: LAC, BYE, @NO
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: In Week 8, Winston did his best 2023 Joe Flacco impersonation in leading Cleveland to victory, as the Browns’ passing game came alive. Winston torched the Ravens’ pass-funnel defense with 334 yards through the air and three scores. While Winston is a feel-good story for Week 8, and his elevation to the starter’s chair means better days are ahead for these pass catchers, he’s not a high-priority streamer or pickup this week. While he has a juicy revenge game in Week 11 against New Orleans, Winston faces the Chargers this week (third-fewest fantasy points allowed via passing) and then has a bye. Also, his matchups in Weeks 12-15 are beyond brutal, with two dates with Pittsburgh while also squaring off against Denver and Kansas City. If you pick up Winston this week, it should be specifically with an eye toward his matchup with New Orleans. (Fantasy teams with Kyler Murray or Baker Mayfield, I’m staring at you.)