Week 8 Fantasy football standouts: Early Week 9 waiver wire adds to boost your rest-of-season rosters — SkimNews
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- Cam Ward threw 304 yards and two touchdowns for the Titans in his first career 300-plus-yard passing game, adding 41 rushing yards on seven carries; the Titans have a Week 9 bye.
- Tyler Allgeier rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and added 44 receiving yards and a touchdown on five catches after Jeremiyah Love left with another ankle injury.
- Adonai Mitchell caught seven passes for 142 yards and a touchdown on nine targets, repeatedly drawing one-on-one coverage while the Jets tried to take away Garrett Wilson.
- Gardner Minshew took over after the Cardinals benched Jacoby Brissett, provided a spark and helped Arizona stage one of the NFL season's most improbable comeback wins.
- Emmett Johnson finished as Kansas City's third-down back with more than 100 receiving yards, including a 73-yard touchdown, while serving as Ken Walker's featured fantasy handcuff.
- Harold Fannin Jr. caught 10 of 12 targets for 154 yards as the Browns again used his yards-after-contact ability to extend their run game, rising as a top-five tight end in PPR formats.
- Bucky Irving rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries as the Buccaneers made him the foundation of the offense and put more on his plate.
Why it matters: For fantasy managers, the material change is roster urgency: Allgeier has become the Cardinals' clear rushing option while Love is hurt, and Minshew has displaced Brissett after a comeback win. Ward is a monitoring target despite a Week 9 bye, while Fannin's 154-yard game and Irving's 170-yard game strengthen existing lineups.
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