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Fantasy Football Week 9 Guide: Rankings, Start/Sit and Everything You Need To Win Your Matchup

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Week 9: Sleepers | Busts | Buy-Low, Sell-High players

Note: All rankings below are for PPR leagues.

Quarterbacks

Quarterback rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Josh Allen

BUF

at MIN

2

Joe Burrow

CIN

at ATL

3

Trevor Lawrence

JAC

at BAL

4

Jared Goff

DET

at MIA

5

Dak Prescott

DAL

at IND

6

Drake Maye

NE

vs. GB

7

Patrick Mahomes

KC

vs. NYJ

8

Brock Purdy

SF

vs. LV

9

Jayden Daniels

WAS

vs. LAR

10

Kirk Cousins

LV

at SF

See our full quarterback rankings 1-30 here.

Quarterback start/sit recommendations for Week 9

  • Fabs's start of the week: Jared Goff
  • Fabs's sit of the week: Bryce Young

See the rest of his quarterback start/sit recommendations here.

Running backs

Running back rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Jahmyr Gibbs

DET

at MIA

2

Bijan Robinson

ATL

vs. CIN

3

Kenneth Walker III

KC

vs. NYJ

4

Christian McCaffrey

SF

vs. LV

5

Chuba Hubbard

CAR

vs. DEN

6

Javonte Williams

DAL

at IND

7

James Cook

BUF

at MIN

8

Kyren Williams

LAR

at WAS

9

D'Andre Swift

CHI

vs. TB

10

Bucky Irving

TB

at CHI

See our full running back rankings 1-60 here.

Running back start/sit recommendations for Week 9

  • Fabs's start of the week: Chase Brown
  • Fabs's sit of the week: Derrick Henry

See the rest of his running back start/sit recommendations here.

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Wide receivers

Wide receiver rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

SEA

vs. ARI

2

Puka Nacua

LAR

at WAS

3

Ja'Marr Chase

CIN

at ATL

4

Malik Nabers

NYG

at PHI

5

Amon-Ra St. Brown

DET

at MIA

6

CeeDee Lamb

DAL

at IND

7

Chris Olave

NO

vs. CLE

8

Christian Watson

GB

at NE

9

Drake London

ATL

vs. CIN

10

Tee Higgins

CIN

at ATL

See our full wide receiver rankings 1-60 here.

Wide receiver start/sit recommendations for Week 9

Fabs's start of the week: Parker Washington
Fabs's sit of the week: Michael Wilson

See the rest of his wide receiver start/sit recommendations here.

Tight ends

Tight end rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Brock Bowers

LV

at SF

2

Trey McBride

ARI

at SEA

3

Isaiah Likely

NYG

at PHI

4

George Kittle

SF

vs. LV

5

Sam LaPorta

DET

at MIA

6

Colston Loveland

CHI

vs. TB

7

Tucker Kraft

GB

at NE

8

Tyler Warren

IND

vs. DAL

9

Harold Fannin Jr.

CLE

at NO

10

T.J. Hockenson

MIN

vs. BUF

See our full tight end rankings 1-32 here.

Tight end start/sit recommendations for Week 9

  • Fabs's start of the week: Sam LaPorta
  • Fabs's sit of the week: Dalton Kincaid

See the rest of his tight end start/sit recommendations here.

Kickers

Kicker rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Brandon Aubrey

DAL

at IND

2

Will Reichard

MIN

vs. BUF

3

Ka'imi Fairbairn

HOU

at LAC

4

Matt Gay

LV

at SF

5

Cam Little

JAC

at BAL

6

Jason Myers

SEA

vs. ARI

7

Cairo Santos

CHI

vs. TB

8

Evan McPherson

CIN

at ATL

9

Jake Bates

DET

at MIA

10

Spencer Shrader

IND

vs. DAL

See our full kicker rankings 1-30 here.

Kicker start/sit recommendations for Week 9

  • Fabs's start of the week: Matt Gay
  • Fabs's sit of the week: Tyler Bass

See the rest of his start/sit recommendations here.

Team Def./ST

Defense/special teams rankings for Week 9

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Jaguars

JAC

at BAL

2

Seahawks

SEA

vs. ARI

3

Texans

HOU

at LAC

4

Broncos

DEN

at CAR

5

Chiefs

KC

vs. NYJ

6

Bears

CHI

vs. TB

7

Bengals

CIN

at ATL

8

Lions

DET

at MIA

9

Saints

NO

vs. CLE

10

Giants

NYG

at PHI

See our full team defense rankings 1-30 here.

Team D/ST start/sit recommendations for Week 9

  • Fabs's start of the week: Texans
  • Fabs's sit of the week: Vikings

See the rest of his start/sit recommendations here.


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