Here are my Week 9 fantasy football notes.

Houston at New York Jets

C.J. Stroud has posted only three impact-caliber games this season. That isn’t likely to change on Thursday night versus a stout Jets secondary, and that goes double with Stefon Diggs out for the year. It’s a solid idea to get Tank Dell in lineups due to his target volume, but otherwise this is a game to avoid many Texans fantasy prospects.

 

Dallas at Atlanta

Don’t get overconfident in the Falcons passing game, as most of the upside from last week occurred due to playing the abysmal Buccaneers secondary. Drake London, Bijan Robinson and Kyle Pitts are still must start candidates, but have muted expectations for Kirk Cousins and Darnell Mooney.

 

Denver at Baltimore

Bo Nix is the real deal. He’s scored 20+ points in three out of the past four games and 19+ points in four of the past six games. He rushes the ball quite well and Sean Payton is finding all manner of favorable pass situations for him. Merge that with the Ravens having awful pass coverage metrics this year and it results in strong QB1 status for Nix. He’s available in just under 50 percent of ESPN leagues, so put a waiver/free agent claim in for him if Nix is available in your league.

 

Miami at Buffalo

Raheem Mostert may not have starter-caliber value this week, but he is still receiving a platoon level of work in the Miami backfield. That has plenty of rest of season value, so if he is available for a trade low offer, make that offer, as it could provide plenty of ROI down the season stretch.

 

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