Jake Ciely speed run wrap-ups the Week 9 fantasy football takeaways and news
Game on. You ducks! Time for the week nine speed round wrap up. Cowboys at Falcons Rico Dowdle. Yes! He is freed. Rico! Free! Rico. It'll be exciting for that. But the Dak Prescott injury clouds it a little bit. And of course Ezekiel Elliott could always be activated next week and back into the mix. But at least for one week we can get excited. And hopefully this is here to stay. And we'll be in the RB two conversation depending on what we get on news wise with Dak and everything else on the Falcons side. You saw Drake. London was hurt. makes Darnell Mooney take another step up, probably to the wide receiver two range. Hey, I apologize, it was a bad matchup for him, but really wasn't expecting the London injury or that massive pick play that didn't get called and freed him on that one. That was nice to see, but Ray-Ray McCloud could step up on waivers. He'll probably be in the column depending on the London injury. Dolphins at Bills Devon Chan continues to pull away from Raheem Mostert. Which I mean, look, you're starting a chain anyway, no question about that. But it makes Mostert more of a touchdown gamble looking for upside and shootouts potentially or maybe games. We think they could be leading by a lot. But he was going to need a touchdown to enter the RB two conversation on the bills side. Keon Coleman just three targets in this game and moved him up the ranks with no Amari Cooper. But as we've seen the inconsistency of Keon Coleman this is a matchup. The Dolphins defense not amazing exploitable against the pass. But sometimes they can be tough against the pass as well. And Josh Allen just didn't need to go to Keon Coleman as he kind of got locked up for a good part of this game. He'll have better days going forward, maybe a buy low depending if someone's going to panic in your league thinking that was the end of the fun. Raiders at Bengals Alexander Madison lost some work. And I'm laughing because hopefully you haven't been chasing the Raiders running backs. But Alexander Madison lost some work to Ameer Abdullah and Zamir White getting the goal line carry we might have Desmond Ridder time at quarterback will be interesting to see. Look still Jakobi Meyers and Brock Bowers. That's all we care about on the Bengals side. Chase Brown in the RB one conversation even if Zach Moss comes back, which sounds like it might not even happen because of the neck injury. And I mean, we're talking 90% workload for Chase Brown. Very enticing going forward. Chargers at Browns Quentin Johnston is back and all he does is score touchdowns Quentin Johnston Ladd McConkey are balling out for Justin Herbert. We knew about Ladd McConkey Quentin Johnston a little bit gamble but I think he's still going to be a wide receiver for boom or bust. Kind of a touchdown. Not complete reliant but big play and touchdown reliant. So there could be some down games some up games. Kind of like he's a wide receiver four keep him in your lineup. So you get the good you're going to get some bad with it. Nick Chubb good buy low opportunity. Quiet game hasn't been averaging a ton, a ton on the ground. They have a bye next week, but then guess what happens after the bye? They get the Saints. So yes go buy low on Nick Chubb. Patriots at Titans. Seems the Patriots are finally set with their top three wide receivers watching this game. Keyshawn booty, Kendrick Bourne and Demario Demario Douglas are the top three. Douglas the slot option. Drake Maye having some fun out there, but until he has some consistency with the wide receivers, going to be tough to trust them. But it looks like he's putting it together as the season progresses. That should be good. I would pick up booty off waivers I did in my home league. Titans Tony Pollard with no Spears again, just dominates. But as mentioned before, if Spears does come back, a little bit of a threat. If they have to play from behind and it is the Titans, they get the Chargers next week, which is tough. Vikings Texans Washington. And then you get Jaguars Bengals Indy Jaguars to finish things out. So you could possibly pull the old double cell high then buy low for the same player if possible. Commanders at Giants. Not much to say about the commanders. It's a lot of fun. Even when Terry doesn't get a lot of yards. He got two touchdowns on the Giants side of things. Buy low on I mentioned this on the podcast last week. Malik Nabers has one of the best, if not the best, wide receiver schedules the rest of the way. And the tight ends are the same thing. Theo Johnson Deeper leagues tight end fliers. If you have been playing that hopeful prayer for a touchdown kind of situation, maybe Theo Johnson's role will continue to increase for the rookie. And then Tyrone Tracy is the guy cleared for this game coming off the concussion top 20 going forward. The only thing limiting him is the offensive line in this offense inconsistency wise. Saints at Panthers the Saints they're about to be a huge mess Chris Olave with the concussion again. I would expect to be without him for some time. And we know the strife going on with Derek Carr. Not even the Michael Thomas part of it, but just Derek Carr. I mean, might just get benched at this point. Dennis Allen might be fired by the time you listen to this. It's about to be Alvin Kamara and nobody else. Well maybe Taysom Hill at tight end. But that's about it on the Panthers side. It's nice to see Bryce Young play mostly well in this game. It was a lot of short to intermediate, but ask them to make small improvements and we could see it going forward. Don't know if that means any. Dalton's going to get the start if healthy against the Giants in Germany, but at least some hope here. Jalen Coker I know I'm excited for him, especially some of the fantasy analysts out there, but he's not yet atop the depth chart. Still, a stash wouldn't drop him unless there's a clear option out there, which there might be again in waivers, but he's not atop the depth chart just yet. Broncos at Ravens got some confidence in Bo Nix. Wasn't a great game, but hey, he went into Baltimore. Didn't completely fall flat on his face. Just half kind of fell on one side. So some hope going forward for Bo Nix and maybe a streaming option on the Ravens side. Deontay Johnson, barely involved as expected, actually didn't even get the targets, but he was out there for a handful of snaps. Probably increase. But again, if you didn't already sell high, it's probably too late. I really don't expect them to be more than a nuisance for Zay Flowers and Mark Andrews. I don't think he's going to have a lot of standalone value by himself, which, all that being said, Zay Flowers, coming off this game we've seen the inconsistency of Zay flowers, a potential sell high. Bears at Cardinals. DeAndre Swift rotates more was ranked too high by most everybody as an RB. One gets New England next week. So good bounce back game. But if he has a big game. Packers. Vikings. Lions 40. Niners Vikings. Lions. Seahawks to finish out the season. So maybe a sell high after next week. This is the stuff we were talking about earlier in the season with DeAndre Swift on the Cardinals side. Trey Benson worked in more. It'd be interesting to see James Conner might be losing some of that Bell County ness that he has that really makes those high weeks high. So something to be concerned about? Possibly, but not panicking just yet. Marvin Harrison falls back a little bit. This is the inconsistency that we continue to see with Kyler Murray and Marvin Harrison, as they have inconsistent rapport. I would expect a better game and a bounce back. Lions at Packers Gibbs. Similar to Swift, the lesser workload is there again in the 40% range, but it works for the Lions and he scored a touchdown. But just know that he might have some floor games that are in the RB two three conversation because they just don't need them. They don't they don't need a lot of things because just everything works for the Lions. And on the Packers side, the Jordan love I this is why I said they shouldn't play him. This is why. Because he was limited. Clearly wasn't 100% whether a side wasn't 100% and they get the bye. Fortunately that's a nice time for him and Josh Jacobs. But on the wide receiver side, I remind you again, Donovan Wicks and Christian Watson continue to rotate that number three role. I don't want to have to use either one of them. As we finish this up a shorter week. We still have the two games that we'll talk about on the waiver show with the Colts, Vikings and Buccaneers Chiefs. And if you're thinking about the Chiefs game, just as a quick aside, if Jalen McMillan is out there, I would consider him a wide receiver three slash for upside and some risk with this matchup. Potentially shoot out for Baker Mayfield, which increases the upside but not the best matchup. If there is no Jalen McMillan. And there's Sterling Shepard I guess if you're desperate I think Rakeem Jarrett would just be the one I would shoot for the ceiling. But back to Rams at Seahawks as we close this out. If you didn't see you probably saw the news, but just in case Puka Nacua was fine. Looked fine injury wise, but he was ejected for throwing a punch. They get the Dolphins next week and then on the Seahawks side. Hey what do you know. You throw the ball downfield to Jaxon Smith-njigba. He can do good things. He was obviously ranked too low. But that's because the Seahawks finally realized this is what they should be doing. Here's the issue. The Seahawks head to a bye and then they get the 40 Niners. And DK Metcalf will be back. So potential sell high if you can during a bye for Jaxon Smith-njigba and back for the waiver show special guest as I said before. So stay tuned for that. Hopefully one week nine. Hopefully you didn't deal with all these issues that I did in my home league because just like you, things can go bad for me and my teams. Jamaar chase you, let me down
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