Fantasy football rankings Week 9: Dave Richard's tough start/sit calls clear up your toughest flex decisions - CBS Sports
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It's Week 9 of the NFL season, and for your Fantasy football squads, this is a pivotal week. With more teams on bye and major injuries to starting quarterbacks around the NFL, the fringe plays are now more mainstream and for good reason. Your stat/sit decisons have just gotten a lot more difficult and the matchups play an even more important role now than ever.
That's where Dave Richard's Week 9 matchup breakdown comes in. From defensive coverages and pass-rush pressure to backfield workloads and target distribution, we'll examine the factors that matter most to help you identify trustworthy starters, avoid potential disappointments and make the best possible lineup decisions.
Dave Richard's Week 9 rankings: Top 150 | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
Joe Fagnano has extensive college experience (starting at Maine for four years before transferring to UConn for two more years) and has proven to be a reliable, quick-game pocket quarterback. Asking him to be anything more than that might be problematic, even if his pass protection won't be too rough. Last year at UConn he connected with Skyler Bell on a ton of quick throws, but not necessarily all short throws, for huge numbers. My best guess is that the Ravens scheme up a slew of targets to Zay Flowers against the Jaguars' zone-heavy defense with the hope he breaks a couple of plays for big yardage. The Jaguars happen to rank bottom-five in both yards per attempt and average depth of throw allowed to receivers on throws under 2.5 seconds, but it's not like they've been crushed on quick passes -- Darius Cooper had a long touchdown against a coverage bust and Keenan Allen had a lot of quick-game volume to help push their numbers to decent totals. Tight ends like Foster Moreau and Mike Gesicki have had more success, so maybe…
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