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BIG WEEK 9 RECAP THREAD

Below, find 1-2 observations for each team from Week 9 as I work on Week 10 projections

Let's start with Arizona

Chase Edmonds went down early, and James Conner was an absolute BELL COW

Conner- 52 snaps, 21 carries, 15 routes, 5 targets (cont.)

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for a 19% tgt share, and 5 RZ opportunities

Eno Benjamin played 17 snaps, had 9 carries, and ran 2 routes with no targets

Eno is a priority pickup due to his all-purpose skillset and Conner's lengthy injury history

Edmonds out most, if not all, of the FF season

On to ATL ⬇️⬇️

ATL routes (targets) breakdown:

Russell Gage - 26 (8)
Tajae Sharpe - 26 (1)
Kyle Pitts - 23 (7)
Cordarrelle Patterson - 20 (6)
Olamide Zaccheaus - 16 (3)
Hayden Hurst - 11 (3)
Mike Davis - 9 (2)

It's unlikely Tajae Sharpe is the routes run leader again after this showing...⬇️⬇️

Lamar Jackson finally has a LEGIT receiving trio

Marquise Brown - 71 snaps, 36 routes, 12 tgt, 9 rec, 116 yds, 82 air yds, 20.6 PPR
Mark Andrews - 65 snaps, 24 routes, 10 tgt, 5 rec, 44 yds, 71 air yds, 9.4 PPR
Rashod Bateman - 61 snaps, 31 routes, 8 tgt, 5 rec, 52 yds, ⬇️⬇️

79 air yds, 10.2 PPR

I'd expect 1-2 of Hollywood/Andrews/Bateman to be very fantasy relevant each week

Lamar Jackson is now my rest of season QB1 (!)

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On to BUF⬇️

Stefon Diggs is suffering the same fate as DeAndre Hopkins.. the other WR talent is TOO good

Through Week 9:

Diggs - 262 routes run, 23.9% tgt share, 588 recYds, 828 air yds, 15.6 PPR/game
Beasley - 229 rr, 21.9% tgt, 446 recYds, 398 air, 12.7 PPR/g
Sanders - 266 rr, 16.7% tgt

share, 478 recyds, 891 air yds, 12.6 PPR/game

I see no indication that Gabe Davis will be fantasy relevant without an injury to 1 of these 3, and I also don't expect Diggs to pull away from Beasley/Sanders when both are healthy

Moving to CAR ⬇️⬇️

QB incompetence in CAR has taken its toll on DJ Moore

DJ Moore Weeks 1-4: 35.5 routes/g, 10.8 tgt/g, 7.5 rec, 99.5 recYds/g, 110.5 airYds/g, 22.4 PPR/g

DJ Moore Week 5-9: 34.8 routes/g, 9 tgt/g, 4.6 rec, 55.8 recyds/g, 99 airYds/g, 10.1 PPR/g

PJ Walker unlikely to save him⬇️⬇️

CHI:

Week 9

David Montgomery - 49 snaps, 13 carries, 20 routes, 2 tgts, 3 RZ opportunities
Khalil Herbert - 12 snaps, 4 carries, 3 routes, 0 tgts, 0 RZ opps

Also, 3rd week in a row of encouraging Fields usage
29 passAtt, 441 air yards, 8 rush attempts (1 RZ)

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Alright, back to the thread. Here's the Bengals ⬇️⬇️

Ja'Marr Chase will be just fine

Week 9, he had 6 receptions for 49 yards, lost a fumble, and finished with 8.9 PPR pts

But the usage was elite

46 routes, 13 targets, 159 air yards, and 2 carries

Also, Mixon
13 carries, 21 routes, 5 tgts, 28 fantasy points
🔔🐄

CLE ⬇️⬇️

CLE WRs

Landry - 30 snaps, 19 routes, 5 tgt (2 RZ), 4.1 PPR
Peoples-Jones - 28 snaps, 14 routes, 3 tgt, 16.6 PPR
Anthony Schwartz - 27 snaps, 15 routes, 1 tgt, 2.5 PPR
Rashard Higgins - 4 snaps, 2 routes, 0 tgt

If you don't have FAAB for DPJ, grab Schwartz for a min bid

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Not much to take away from Week 9 after DAL was crushed by DEN

Positively, when DAL went down, they turned into the wild 2020 DAL before Dak got hurt

In comeback mode in Week 9, Dak had 39 passAtt for a whopping 506 air yards

Better days ahead

On to their opponent, DEN ⬇️⬇️

DEN is a 53/47 committee

Week 9
Javonte - 31 snaps, 17-111 (ground), 10 routes, 0 tgt, 11.1 PPR
Gordon - 36 snaps, 21-80-1 (ground), 12 routes, 3 tgt, 17.5

Season

Javonte- 95 carries, 466 rushYds, 135 recYds, 92.1 PPR
Gordon- 109 carries, 478 rushYds, 163 recYds, 118.1

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The Jordan Love experience - 55.9% comp, 5.6 Y/A, 190 passYds, 262 airYds

Adams - 55 snaps, 33 routes, 14 tgt, 6 rec, 42 yds (139 air), 10.2 PPR
Lazard - 50 snaps, 29 rts, 5 t, 3-50 (12 air), 9 PPR
MVS - 33 sn, 19 rts, 2 tgt, 2-19 (18 air), 3.9 PPR
Cobb - ⬇️⬇️

34 snaps, 22 routes, 5 tgt, 3-50 (62 air), 8 PPR

This was against the KC defense, who rank bottom 5 in DVOA 😬

HOU ⬇️⬇️

Tyrod Taylor & small sample sizes

Week 1/2
70.45 comp%, 3 TD, 0 INT

Week 9
55.8 comp%, 0 TD, 3 INT

Brandin Cooks was a wealthy man's Robby Anderson in Week 9: 13 tgt, 6 rec, 56 yds (118 air), 11.6 PPR

IND ⬇️⬇️

Wentz-Taylor-Pittman is a viable stack in DFS 🤯

Week 9

Wentz - 30 passAtt, 272 passYds, 269 airYds, 4 carries (2 RZ), 24.2 PPR
Taylor - 19 carries, 172 rushYds, 2 TDs, 15 routes, 2 tgt, 2 rec, 28 recYds, 34 PPR
Pittman - 29 routes, 6 tgt, 5 rec, 64 recYds, 1 TD, 17.4 PPR

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JAX receiving usage

Marvin Jones - 26 routes, 5 tgt, 3-21 (51 air), 5.1 PPR
Shenault - 24 routes, 4 tgt, 4-24 (4 air), 6 PPR
Jamal Agnew - 20 routes, 5 tgt, 3-27 (6 air), 6.8 PPR
DAN ARNOLD - 23 routes, 7 tgt, 4-60 (50 air), 10 PPR

Arnold should NOT be on waivers

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KC RB room

Darrel Williams - 33 snaps, 19 carries, 11 routes, 4 tgt, 6 RZ opportunities, 10.7 PPR
Jerick McKinnon - 21 snaps, 0 carries, 14 routes, 3 tgt, 0 RZ, 5.6 PPR
Derrick Gore - 9 snaps, 3 carries, 5 routes, 1 tgt, 0 RZ, 2.9 PPR

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Now, let's turn to LAC

Chargers won me a nice stack of cash in DFS on Sunday, because people turned on Justin Herbert due to 2 bad games (a small sample size)

Herbert is the perfect boom/bust QB for DFS

Week 1: 14.4 pts (QB26)
W2: 16.7 (QB21)
W3: 30.8 (QB2)
W4: 21.3 (QB12)
W5: 42.8 (QB1)
cont...⬇️⬇️

W6: 12 (QB22)
W7: BYE
W8: 15.8 (QB15)
W9: 31.6 (QB2)

LAC is fast-paced, pass-heavy, and has a consolidated target tree for stacking

Keenan Allen - 26.7% tgt share, 16.1 PPR/g
Mike Williams - 21.5% tgt, 16.7 PPR/g
Ekeler - 14.7% tgt, 20.6 PPR/g
Jared Cook - 13.7% tgt, 9 PPR/g
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Cooper Kupp has been historic this year

But Robert Woods has been just fine himself, go out & trade for him before the deadline

Woods in 2021 - 21.5% tgt share, 32.6 routes/g, 61.8 recYds/g, 62.3 airYds/g, 15.2 PPR/g (WR23 per game)

11+ PPR in 8 of 9 games this year, too

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I know, crazy Week 9 game for LAR against TEN

In case you're curious

Henderson - 44 snaps, 11 carries, 22 routes, 4 tgt, 0 RZ opportunities, 8.8 PPR
Michel - 30 snaps, 7 carries, 21 routes, 3 tgt, 4 RZ opps, 10.6 PPR

Let's dive into the Raiders now ⬇️

Week 9 without Ruggs

Waller - 39 routes, 11 tgt, 7-92-0
Renfrow - 33 routes, 9 tgt, 7-49-1
Edwards - 41 routes, 4 tgt, 0-0-0
Zay Jones - 42 routes, 4 tgt, 1-20-0
Drake - 21 routes, 8 tgt, 6-70-0
Willie Snead - 14 routes, 2 tgt, 1-6-0
Jacobs - 12 routes, 4 tgt, 4-19-0

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Myles Gaskin in Week 9👀

Gaskin - 57 snaps, 20 carries, 30 routes, 6 tgt, 15.7 PPR
Ahmed - 11 snaps, 4 carries, 4 routes, 0 tgt, 0.6 PPR
Laird - 7 snaps, 0 carries, 0 routes, 0 tgt, 0 PPR

Gaskin has been a total workhorse the past 3 weeks 🔥

On to MIN ⬇️⬇️

MIN pass attack is CONSOLIDATED

Week 9
Jefferson - 24 routes, 5 tgt, 3-69-1
Thielen - 28 routes, 7 tgt, 2-6-1
Tyler Conklin - 17 routes, 7 tgt, 5-45-0
KJ Osborn - 18 routes, 2 tgt, 1-20-0

Season
Jefferson - 24% tgt
Thielen - 23.3% tgt
Conklin - 15.5% tgt
Osborn - 14.1% tgt

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Midsummer, I noticed that no Patriots skill player projected for difference-making fantasy ppg

Through 9 weeks:
Damien Harris - 12.2 PPR/g
Jakobi Meyers - 10.6 PPR/g
Bourne - 9.9 PPR
Henry - 9.9 PPR
Agholor - 7.6 PPR
Jonnu - 5.4 PPR
Bolden - 6.4 PPR
Rhamondre - 6.8 PPR
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Saints:

Monitor Adam Trautman in deep leagues

Juwan Johnson was a Week 9 heathy scratch

Week 9 Trautman
35 routes, 7 tgt (3 RZ), 4-47-0

Week 8 Trautman
26 routes, 6 tgt (1 RZ), 2-4-0

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On to NYG in Week 9⬇️⬇️

NYG:

Week 9 receiving

Golladay - 17 routes, 2 tgt, 2-28-0
Toney - 17 routes, 1 tgt, 1-9-0
Slayton - 16 routes, 1 tgt, 0-0
Engram - 23 routes, 3 tgt, 3-38-1
Booker - 16 routes, 3 tgt, 3-23-0

With NYG on bye in Week 10, dare I say you can drop Golladay cc @DFBeanCounter

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NYJ:

Week 9
Michael Carter - 49 snaps, 32 routes, 13 carries, 2 tgt, 9.6 PPR
Ty Johnson - 25 snaps, 20 routes, 4 carries, 3 tgt, 12.1 PPR

Week 8
Carter - 15 carries (5 RZ), 27 routes, 14 tgt, 32.2 PPR
Johnson - 4 carries, 13 routes, 6 tgt, 19.6 PPR

Corey Davis return probably

tempers the outrageous pass game usage for Carter/Johnson, but it's no guarantee

Carter a must-start each week, Johnson a weak flex/priority stash going forward

Let's talk about Philly ⬇️⬇️

3 players had 94% of Jalen Hurts' targets against LAC in Week 9

Devonta Smith - 6 tgt (37.5% share), 5-116-1 (105 air yds)
Dallas Goedert - 6 tgt (37.5%), 3-43-0 (67 air)
Quez Watkins - 3 tgt (18.8%), 2-9-0 (36 air)

Reagor had the only other target for -6 recYds 🤯

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Big Ben is ruining this PIT pass offense
30 passAtt, 205 passYds, 151 airYds

Diontae - 29 routes, 6 tgt, 5-56-0 (38 air)
Claypool - 22 routes, 5 tgt, 3-30-0 (36 air)
Freiermuth - 23 routes, 6 tgt, 5-43-2 (28 air)
Washington - 21 routes, 3 tgt, 1-42-0 (55 air)

Turning to SEA⬇️⬇️

Seattle didn't play in Week 9, but Russell Wilson is expected to return

Great news for these 2 ⬇️⬇️

Let's move on to the train wreck that is SF...

The SF Big 3 in Week 9

Deebo - 51 snaps, 41 routes, 9 tgt, 5-63-0, 11.3 PPR
Kittle - 41 snaps, 32 routes, 8 tgt, 6-101-1, 20.1 PPR
Aiyuk - 53 snaps, 40 routes, 8 tgt, 6-89-1, 18.7 PPR

With Jeff Wilson returning, Sermon was a healthy scratch (Wilson played 0 snaps btw)

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TEN 3-way committee vs LAR was 🤮

Adrian Peterson - 18 snaps, 10 carries, 5 routes, 1 tgt, 3 RZ opps, 1 TD, 9.6 PPR
Jeremy McNichols - 23 snaps, 7 carries, 11 routes, 3 tgt, 2 RZ opps, 6.5 PPR
D'Onta Foreman - 12 snaps, 5 carries, 0 routes, 1 RZ opp, 2.9 PPR

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That's all 28 teams that played in Week 9

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