Chris Sweet – Senior Fantasy Analyst: The Wagner Wire
It’s time to get down once again. The fantasy performances were a little uneven in Week 9. We are down to the home stretch in most leagues with only 4 weeks left to make the playoffs. Here are 69 things I took away from Week 9.
- Holy smokes, Carson Wentz is gonna win a lot of people Fantasy Titles.
- Jay Ajayi looked impressive on only 9 carries.
- Alshon Jeffery is emerging a little. Even so, this was only Jeffery’s second game with more than 4 receptions.
- The Cowboys have quite the young Quarterback as well in Dak Prescott. He is a true Fantasy Stud.
- Terrance Williams caught all 9 of his targets for 141 yards. He will be a top waiver wire add this week. I wouldn’t chase that stat line.
- We finally have closure on Zeke. Maybe? Hell, I don’t know anymore.
- Evan Engram has at least 4 catches for 60 yards and a TD in each of the 3 games since Odell Beckham Jr has been out.
- The Redskins predictably did not have a lot of fantasy stars in Seattle.
- Rob Kelley managed 2 TDs. He totaled only 18 yards on 14 carries on the day.
- Zay Jones had his best game as a pro but was injured late. He did not practice Monday.
- Tyrod Taylor showed that he can come through in Garbage Time. Looking at the Bills upcoming schedule he may have more opportunities for that.
- Smokin Jay Cutler looked really good on Sunday Night. It was the Raiders defense though. Proceed with caution.
- Kenyan Drake and Damien Williams both produced in the backfield.
- Matt Forte was the most productive Jets RB in Week 9. None of the 3 can really be trusted in any given week.
- Robby Anderson has scored a TD in 3 straight games.
- The Patriots get a humiliated Denver Defense coming off of the bye.
- Brady has struggled in Denver in his career.
- The Bears are going to ride Jordan Howard down the home stretch.
- With Zach Miller out for the year, keep an eye on rookie Adam Shaheen.
- Over the last 4 weeks, the #1 WR in ppr scoring is Marvin Jones Jr. That’s including his bye week.
- Golden Tate joins Marvin Jones in the Top 10 WRs in ppr scoring for the season.
- Monday Night makes 3 straight games of over 300 yards for Matthew Stafford.
- Nobody is more valuable to their team than Aaron Rodgers. Just watch Brett Hundley play.
- Aaron Jones left a lot of Fantasy owners needing just a few more points on Monday Night.
- The Vikings are supposedly going to activate Teddy Bridgewater this week. I’d save him for next year.
- Case Keenum has actually played well and has won 4 games in a row.
- The Ravens head to their bye and not a moment too soon.
- Pick up Danny Woodhead this week before the rush.
- AJ Green has a home in the WWE when football is over.
- Joe Mixon still has yet to break out.
- The Browns come off their bye this week. That’s too bad.
- Isaiah Crowell will look to build on his best outing of the season.
- Pittsburgh may feel like they’ve gotten 2 bye weeks in a row when they face Indianapolis this week.
- Martavis Bryant is running with the 1s again in practice.
- Just thinking about the Atlanta Offense gets me angry.
- Julio Jones is still on pace for 1300 yards but he does not feel like a first rounder this year.
- Matt Ryan is really not startable right now.
- Christian McCaffery is starting to look as good as people say he is.
- The nice thing about Cam Newton is every few games he’ll give you RB1 numbers along with whatever he does through the air.
- Is it getting hot in here or is it just me? I love me some Alvin Kamara.
- Alvin Kamara has been the top rookie RB scorer in PPR 3 times. That’s the same amount as times Kareem Hunt has been the top rookie RB scorer.
- The Saints have two studs at RB and it has really limited Drew Brees ceiling.
- Nobody expected the Tampa Bay Bucs to be a dumpster fire, but here we are.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick could be a sneaky DFS option this week against his old team.
- DeAndre Hopkins owners survived Week 1 of the Tom Savage Garden experience.
- Will Fuller owners did not survive Tom Savage.
- Jacoby Brissett is still available in 76% of Yahoo leagues.
- This was one of those weeks where we were reminded that you can never sit TY Hilton.
- Leonard Fournette returns this week in a juicy matchup with the Chargers poor run Defense.
- Marqise Lee may be the Jags WR to own going forward. If you really need to own one.
- The Titans have not been very impressive yet they are right in the AFC South race.
- Corey Davis made a nice play last week. Look for him to get more involved against Cincinnati.
- Demarco Murray is dealing with a knee injury. Derrick Henry could have a ton of value down the stretch.
- Adrian Peterson now has 314 yards rushing in 3 games as a Cardinal.
- Drew Stanton looked fine in Week 9 but he gets an angry Seahawks Defense in Week 10.
- Todd Gurley topped 1000 yards from scrimmage in his first 8 games.
- Robert Woods should be picked up in every ppr league this week.
- Jared Goff is still available in 25% of leagues.
- The Seattle run game is still not worth starting.
- Russell Wilson is reclaiming his spot as a top Fantasy QB.
- Carlos Hyde leads the 49ers with 40 receptions.
- Garrett Celek is a cheap dfs option this week.
- Brock Osweiler is still bad at football.
- Demaryius Thomas is targeted more with Brock at QB.
- It’s time to worry about Kareem Hunt. Just a little.
- Only DeAndre Hopkins and Antonio Brown have more fantasy points than Tyreek Hill at the WR position.
- Travis Kelce would actually be the WR3 if he wasn’t a TE.
- The Chargers passing offense has a brutal match-up with the Jags secondary coming off of their bye,
- Marshawn Lynch could start seeing a lot of TDs.
That’s it for that 69 tip. Meet me back here next week so we can continue pushing towards the playoffs.
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