Week 9 DraftKings DFS Picks & Fades (2025 season)

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The theme of this week is how weird fantasy football is. We're coming up on the halfway point of the regulars season and, looking back at my priors, things feel so much more random than they've been in recent years. Maybe some of it was predictable, like a few of these rookie breakouts, but others? They still don't make sense.

It's a good thing that this game is one week at a time, because it allows us to reset our expectations and look simply at what's in front of us for these single games. If it wasn't...I would've told you that you were a liar with the pricing the way it is on some of these guys.

Here are my week 9 DraftKings DFS picks & fades that I'm considering for my lineups.

Week 9 DraftKings DFS Stack of the Week

New York Giants: QB Jaxson Dart ($5,200) + WR Wan'Dale Robinson ($5,100) + WR Darius Slayton ($4,100)

Pricing feels somewhat tight this week, so finding value spots is a high priority for me, and this Giants team feels like Exhibit A for a cheap stack to target. Wan'Dale has been doing Wan'Dale things, maintaining a high floor with solid target share in most games, and his price reflects that. Meanwhile, Darius Slayton can still act as the boom/bust candidate on the offense, which certainly would've looked like a boom last week had his long touchdown not gotten called back on a pretty soft call. The 49ers defense isn't one that I'm shying away from, and there's natural bring-back candidates on that side of the ball, too. Plug it in.

Week 9 DraftKings DFS Picks

RB Kimani Vidal, Los Angeles Chargers ($6,300)

What universe is this? Kimani Vidal was basically undraftable in even the deepest leagues, a potential cut candidate on his own team. And yet! It's week nine, the season is chaos, and Kimani Vidal is the ninth-highest-priced RB on the slate in a smash spot as basically the only back getting work going against the lowly Tennessee Titans. Fantasy football is weird. There's no other analysis needed.

WR Michael Pittman Jr., Indianapolis Colts ($5,900)

Now having back-to-back weeks with nine targets, Michael Pittman Jr. looks to be the clear top option out wide for Daniel Jones - who, speaking of weird, was in a QB battle to begin the year where it looked for a while like he was losing. Also notably, he's up to six touchdowns now, which is a bit surprising given their propensity to just give the ball to Jonathan Taylor near the goal line. Pittsburgh has been hemorrhaging yards to receivers most of the season, and outside of this game getting out of hand, I don't see a likely scenario where Pittman fails to be involved.

TE Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs ($4,600)

Can I just take a moment to, once again, emphasize how weird fantasy football is? Oronde Gadsden II is $700 more than Kelce and the third-highest-priced TE on the slate after being considered an intriguing rookie but buried behind returning veteran Will Dissly and free agent signee Tyler Conklin on a "run-first" offense.

Back to Travis Kelce. The return of Rashee Rice hasn't meaningfully cut into his target share - he did only have three targets in week 7, but that game was out of hand early - and this matchup versus the Bills is already being, well, billed as a possible preview of the AFC Championship game. (Yes, I am fully aware the Patriots are leading the AFC East, I'm not the legacy media.) I'd expect Mahomes to get going early and often, and Kelce is a major component of that game plan. I like this as a high-volume spot with a shot at a touchdown.

Week 9 DraftKings DFS Fades

RB Woody Marks, Houston Texans ($5,400)

This is one spot where going cheap probably doesn't make sense. The game script will likely favor Woody Marks being on the field more than backfield mate Nick Chubb, with Woody taking the passing down work, but that's only helping him maintain a semblance of a floor, not chasing a ceiling. It's a tough matchup overall, and sure, Woody seems capable of breaking one, but I'd rather make my bets elsewhere at the position that feels like it has the most opportunity cost attached to it this week.

WR Kendrick Bourne, San Francisco Giants ($5,000)

Unlike Travis Kelce, Kendrick Bourne's targets actually have cratered with players returning, limiting him to just six targets in the last two games. And yet his price remains at an elevated level ahead of all of the teammates that just returned. Add on top of that the #narrative of a west coast team going east for an early kickoff game? This is not the guy I'm bringing back in my Jaxson Dart stacks.

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