Have to clean up your fantasy roster? These three gamers stay obtainable in most leagues and must be thought of high targets for Week 9.
1. Bo Nix, QB, Denver Broncos (rostered in 25% of Yahoo leagues)
It appears 15% of fantasy gamers took our recommendation by including Nix in Week 6. Again then he was obtainable in 90% of leagues, now he’s on 25% of rosters. That’s nonetheless fairly low for a quarterback with seven touchdowns, one interception and a mean of 17.74 fantasy factors in his final 5 video games.
Nix set profession marks with 28 completions, 284 yards and three touchdowns in opposition to the Panthers on Sunday ending with the second-most fantasy factors (29.76) of any quarterback.
This week he’ll face a Baltimore crew permitting a league-worst 291.4 yards passing per sport. In final week’s 29-24 loss to Cleveland, they gave up 334 yards, three scores and 23.56 fantasy factors to backup quarterback Jameis Winston.
With the Ravens permitting the third-most fantasy factors per sport (21.72) to opposing quarterbacks, Nix stays an excellent choice for fantasy managers.
2. Matthew Stafford, RB, Los Angeles Rams (rostered in 39% of Yahoo leagues)
Not snug beginning a rookie like Nix? How a couple of 36-year-old, former Tremendous Bowl champion? Stafford doesn’t have nice fantasy numbers this 12 months however he hasn’t had a lot to work with both.
After main the Rams with 1,486 yards as a rookie, large receiver Puka Nacua missed 5 video games after struggling a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in opposition to the Lions in Week 1. Cooper Kupp, the crew’s main receiver from 2019-22 additionally missed 5 video games with a sprained ankle.
Each had been again to face the Vikings in Week 8 and to the shock of nobody, had a optimistic impact on Stafford’s numbers. Together with his high two playmakers again within the fold, Stafford had a area day, throwing for 279 yards and a season-high 4 touchdowns.
