Week 9 Fantasy Football Trade Targets: Buy-Low Candidates at Every Position

With the fantasy regular season more than half over, owners are running out of time to make big improvements to their rosters. There will be waivers who keep emerging due to injuries and teams making changes as they fall out of the playoff race, but swinging a big trade is the fastest way to improve the fortunes of your team.

Let's look at one player at each offensive fantasy position who is worth targeting in a trade as we head into Week 9. Most stats are from NFL.com, and fantasy points and rankings are from FantasyPros.

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Quarterback

Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers

Our trade value chart here at FantasySP offers a grade for every player's remaining schedule, trying to project their fantasy outlook. Love has an A schedule the rest of the way, but that splits into two sections. Between now and Thanksgiving, Green Bay faces the Patriots, Vikings, and Rams, with their bye between the latter two games. Minnesota and Los Angeles are among the five best in yards per pass attempt allowed, while New England is right near the middle.

After Thanksgiving week, the Packers play the Saints, Bills, Dolphins, Bears, Texans, and Lions. Buffalo and Detroit are close to the middle in yards per attempt allowed, but the other four teams are all among the 10 worst right now. Love is set up for a strong finish to the season, especially during the fantasy playoffs (Miami, Chicago, and Houston from Weeks 15-17).

Love is QB5, and though he hasn't had his bye, factoring that in still leaves him as a top-10 fantasy player at the position. Most owners probably didn't draft Love as a weekly starter, so he might be expendable if that owner has another high-level player. Love could likely be had for a decent running back or wide receiver.

If you have a surplus at one of those positions while struggling to fill QB, Love could be your answer. There will be a few slower weeks coming up, and maybe you wait until Love potentially has a weaker game or two, but this is a good forward-thinking move if you don't have a solid quarterback.

Running Back

Ashton Jeanty, Las Vegas Raiders

Has there been a lower point in Jeanty's fantasy value than right now? He has struggled to find efficiency when running the ball through his entire short career, but Week 8 was the first time that Jeanty played fewer snaps than another running back on his team. It would make sense if he was dealing with an injury, but Jeanty was still on the field as a third-down back and was involved in the passing game.

I'm never a fan of teams taking a running back early in the draft. A guy who was drafted sixth overall, like Jeanty, has to play like one of the best RBs in football to live up to his contract, and if he does, the next step is to sign him to a huge contract, which generally doesn't provide value. Suffice to say, Jeanty hasn't lived up to that billing so far.

It doesn't seem likely that he will be turned into a secondary player forever, though. The Raiders made a big investment in him, and though coach Klint Kubiak wasn't around when that pick was made, it's unlikely that Las Vegas would totally abandon a guy who was seen as a top-line draft talent.

While he may never live up to his draft status, Jeanty will probably get more chances to lead the backfield. He has shown to be an effective receiver, and getting to just an average efficiency level when running would make him valuable. Christian McCaffrey averaged just 3.9 yards per rush attempt last season, but no one was arguing when he added over 900 receiving yards.

From a trade perspective, Jeanty's owners might be considering dropping him. If you come in and offer a useful player at another position, that owner is likely to jump at the chance to get something in return. Offering your third or fourth receiver or second quarterback, for instance, might be enough.

There's a low floor if Jeanty continues losing opportunities, but there's also upside if he can get back on track. Our trade value chart rates his remaining schedule as a B+, so there could be better days ahead. He's unlikely to succeed the next two weeks, as San Francisco and Seattle are two of the best run defenses in football, but the schedule lightens up from there on, as all their opponents from Weeks 11-17 are average or worse in yards per rush attempt allowed.

While there is no guarantee of success, this is a chance to buy low on a player who was drafted in the second or third round in most leagues. The Raiders have a decent offense and could give him chances to put up numbers, but Jeanty also might not bounce back.

Wide Receiver

Parker Washington, Jacksonville Jaguars

Washington started the season strong, building on a successful end to 2025. Before their Week 7 bye, Washington had at least three receptions and 40 yards in five of six games and was over 80 yards in three of those contests. He only had one reception for 16 yards and a rush attempt for 10 yards on Sunday, so Washington's owners might have a little current frustration.

There's a caveat on that performance, though: Trevor Lawrence only threw 14 pass attempts, as the Jaguars beat up on Indianapolis in a 42-7 win. No player on the team caught more than two passes, and Jakobi Meyers was the only wide receiver with multiple catches. There will be better days ahead.

The schedule is a main reason to target Washington, and our trade value chart grades his remaining slate as an A+. Jacksonville has games remaining against Baltimore, Tennessee (twice), Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Washington, and Indianapolis again in Week 18. There are likely to be some big performances in there, and Washington could fight for top-10 WR status the rest of the season.

This is the time to try to grab Jacksonville's top receiver. There is competition for targets, but Washington has stood out as the guy who has been looked to most often. His owners won't just give him away because of one bad statistical game, but this could be the one chance to pry him away if you can deal from a strength at running back, for instance.

If you don't want to spend as much, it's not a bad idea to target Meyers as a WR3/4/flex option or even pick up Brian Thomas Jr. off the waiver wire just in case he starts to figure some things out (and there's a lot of talk about him being traded).

Tight End

Isaiah Likely, New York Giants

Likely has been a revelation for the Giants, ranking second behind Malik Nabers in targets, receptions, and yards while leading the team with five touchdowns. He is TE3 in both standard and PPR behind just Brock Bowers and Trey McBride; that's some pretty good company.

With J.J. McCarthy stepping in and playing good football for five quarters, there is some upside to New York's offense. Nabers will be WR1, but Likely is probably the guy who will act as WR2, and with the running game struggling to make a real impact, those two guys might carry the load most games.

The schedule is also heavily in Likely's favor, as we currently grade it as an A. The 49ers and Seahawks will be tough in the first two weeks of December, but the Giants otherwise play the Commanders, Jaguars, Colts, Browns, Lions, Cowboys, and Eagles twice (this week and in Week 18). That's a fantastic set of matchups for the tight end and could keep him among the top five at the position.

He also just had his bye, so you don't have to worry about him missing a week; there's not much downside here outside of those two tough matchups, and even then, he will probably still see targets.

Likely won't come cheap, maybe requiring a decent running back or wide receiver, but if you have an abundance at those positions and have struggled to find production at TE, it could be a worthy move.