The worst was confirmed on Monday, as Kraft’s season now comes to an end. The third-year tight end will now land on IR with his injury. Kraft was on pace for the best season of his career, and already had two 100-yard games on his resume through the first nine weeks of the season. Kraft was on a 17-game pace for his first 1,000-yard season and will now set his sights toward another high-end season in 2026. Backup tight end Luke Musgrave is now expected to step up in Kraft’s absence, and has caught just nine passes for 88 yards this season on 10 targets. He won’t replicate the production we saw from Kraft, but Musgrave could prove to be sneaky waiver wire add in fantasy for managers still looking for a dependable option.

These negative X-rays confirm that Daniels did not suffer any kind of fracture when he went down in Sunday night’s game against the Seahawks. The MRI, however, will determine what, if any, ligament damage occurred and how severe it is. There’s still a lot to learn here, but this news, coupled with an earlier report from Rapoport that said “there is a chance this is not a season-ending injury” for Daniels, is a very encouraging sign. We’ll likely know more before the day is over, but it goes without saying that Daniels is out for the foreseeable future, putting Marcus Mariota back in the starting role.

The only thing Smith-Njigba failed to do in this one was find paint, with both Elijah Arroyo and Cody White scoring their first professional touchdowns and rookie Tory Horton tacking on two more. Smith-Njigba remains one of the premier receivers in the game and continues to lead the league in receiving yards through the midway point in the season, now having gone over 100 yards through the air in six of his first eight games. He’ll look to continue his torrid start to the season when the Seahawks host the Cardinals in Week 10.

Darnold set a career high with 17 straight completions, 15 of which occurred in the first half as the Seahawks jumped out to a 31-7 lead while scoring on all five possessions before the break. His second incompletion of the evening was his only real mistake as he attempted a cross-body throw over the middle of the field that led to an interception. He eventually gave way to Drew Lock with just over six minutes remaining to play in the fourth quarter. The convincing win sends the Seahawks to a tie atop the NFC with a 6-2 record, and they have now won 11 of head coach Mike Macdonald’s first 12 road games since the start of the 2024 season. Up next for Darnold and the Seahawks are the Cardinals at home in Week 10.

Jeanty was bottled up on the ground, averaging 3.2 yards per carry and posting the week’s fourth worst rush yards over expected, per NextGen Stats. Jeanty got it done in the pass game, however. He ran a pass route on 34 of Geno Smith’s 47 drop backs and scored on a 15-yard reception. No other Raiders running back saw a rushing attempt against the Jaguars. With a death grip on the backfield workload, Jeanty should remain in fantasy lineups next week against a tough Broncos defense.

Lawrence struggled to get anything going against a middling Vegas secondary. He was without Travis Hunter (knee, IR) and lost Brian Thomas to an ankle injury in the second half. Lawrence was quick to pull the ball down and take off after one or two reads. One of his rush touchdowns came on a designed run inside the ten; the other came on a QB sneak at the half yard line. Week 9 marked Lawrence’s second multi-touchdown rushing performance of 2025. He now has nine touchdown throws through eight games and profiles as a desperation fantasy option for Week 10 against the Texans.

Brock Bowers was finally back from his early-season ankle injury and Geno peppered his game-breaking tight end with 14 targets, connecting with Bowers for three scores on the day. Geno was sacked twice and had plenty of time to operate in a clean pocket against a Jaguars pass rush that ranks as one of the league’s worst. Coming into Week 9, Smith had eclipsed the 200-yard mark just once over his past four games, struggling with accuracy in the short and intermediate areas. Bowers’ return could make Smith usable in superflex formats going forward. He’ll face the Broncos in Week 10.

McCaffrey was injured on the opening kickoff as a defender landed with all his body weight on the receiver’s shoulder. He was tended to on the sideline before being ruled out for the remainder of the game. Veteran journeyman Chris Moore is likely to be asked to step up considering the team is already playing without top wide receiver Terry McLaurin.

Etienne was, as usual, inefficient with his opportunities. In fact, only two running backs across the league this week had a lower rate of rush yards over expected than Etienne. He was stuffed at the goal line four times, a troubling trend this season. Rookie RB Bhayshul Tuten punched in a goal line carry in the first half and saw nine total rushes for 29 yards. Etiene logged a pass route on about half of the Jaguars’ drop backs while Tuten ran just eight routes and was not targeted. Etienne’s pass game involvement could keep him afloat as a top-24 fantasy play next week against a stingy Houston defense. Etienne managed 56 yards and a touchdown in Week 3 against the Texans.

Williams never broke a run longer than 15 yards, but he consistently churned through contact, picking up one helpful gain after another. This is Williams’ first time rushing for 100-plus yards in a game this season. On the Rams’ third drive, Saints CB Alontae Taylor hid behind EDGE Chase Young before knifing through the interior offensive line, tackling Williams for a five-yard loss. Aside from that play, the Saints failed to bottle up the Rams’ ground game. Williams is a locked-in RB1 against a 49ers defense that may have lost yet another front-seven defender, EDGE Mykel Williams (knee), to injury.