Earlier in the week, the Fantasy Football Today staff had several rankings debates like we typically do. One of them had to do with Jacoby Brissett, and I was on the side of starting Brissett at Pittsburgh. With T.Y. Hilton hurt that argument becomes tougher to make.
Brissett was actually pretty successful in his only game without Hilton this season. He threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns, but there are several caveats. He was facing the Raiders at home, and threw 46 passes. This week he'll be on the road against a Steelers defense that has been outstanding since acquiring Minkah Fitzpatrick. Not one quarterback has topped 18 Fantasy points against the Steelers since Week 2.
As a general rule you should sit Brissett for anyone you've heard us talking about this week. Well, except Sam Darnold — I haven't bought into him.
Gardner Minshew and Derek Carr are the first two you should look for but unfortunately they're now rostered in more than 70% of leagues. There is one guy below 70% ownership I'd start over Brissett and he leads off the waiver wire section below.
Week 9 QB Preview
- 74.8 - Sam Darnold's passer rating since he entered the league. That's about 10 points worse than Case Keenum's since the start of last year.
- 450 - Attempted air yards for Mason Rudolph in Week 8. That was second only to Jameis Winston.
- 10.8 - Intended average air yards for Winston. He leads the league in both intended and completed air yards per attempt. Even a small decrease in turnovers would make him a must-start quarterback.
- 2.4% - Touchdown rate for Kyler Murray. That's going to get better, I just wouldn't bet on it happening this week against San Francisco.
- 1,262 - Passing yards for Matthew Stafford in his past four games. Detroit's dreams of being a run-heavy team have been vanquished and Stafford looks like a top-10 quarterback.
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Matt Moore has scored 30 Fantasy points in a little more than six quarters since he took over for Patrick Mahomes. He's at home and has one the most talented sets of weapons in the league. The Vikings are a good defense but they've allowed 24 or more Fantasy points to two of the past three quarterbacks they've faced.
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The price difference between Stafford and Wilson is enough to push the cheaper guy over the top in Week 9 due to the tight pricing. The Lions don't have a run game any longer and they're facing a Raiders defense that is among the worst in the league. I want to to use both quarterbacks in that game in DFS.
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Moore has been surprisingly good since taking over for Mahomes. This is a bad matchup against the Vikings, but he's at home and has a great price point. That's more important this week because the pricing seems particularly tight.
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Rank | QB | FPTs |
1 | Russell Wilson | 29.32 |
2 | Dak Prescott | 28.75 |
3 | DeShaun Watson | 28.32 |
4 | Lamar Jackson | 28.14 |
5 | Matthew Stafford | 27.06 |
6 | Aaron Rodgers | 26.81 |
7 | Gardner Minshew | 26.20 |
8 | Carson Wentz | 23.61 |
9 | Daniel Jones | 23.14 |
10 | Derek Carr | 22.99 |
11 | Josh Allen | 22.93 |
12 | Jameis Winston | 22.77 |
13 | Matt Moore | 22.71 |
14 | Tom Brady | 22.68 |
15 | Philip Rivers | 22.32 |
16 | Kirk Cousins | 21.53 |
17 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 21.12 |
18 | Jacoby Brissett | 20.97 |
19 | Sam Darnold | 20.48 |
20 | Kyler Murray | 20.21 |