Fantasy Football Week 9 Quarterback Preview: Streaming free-for-all, injury replacements, DFS plays, and more

A few years ago the most fashionable view to espouse as a Fantasy analyst was that you should wait on quarterback in your Fantasy drafts. The reason was that the position is so deep that you won’t have any trouble at all streaming good production on a weekly basis.

Well, I do have some streaming options I feel pretty good about in the article below. But how I feel about them has nothing to do with them and how low the bar suddenly is to be a top-12 QB. With Kirk Cousins out for the season, and Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Trevor Lawrence, and Russell Wilson all missing from the Week 9 projections, quarterback is anything but deep.

Put another way, there are 12 QBs who have started at least two games and are averaging at least 20 Fantasy points per game this season. Seven of them are playing this week. What that means is you should expect more competition for streaming options than normal. It’s up to you whether that causes you to bid more for your top option, or bid the same on several options. I favor the latter.

Sam Howell projects to keep the momentum going in this week’s matchups and you can find more in my weekly projections over at SportsLine.

Let’s get to the rest of the preview:

Week 9 QB Preview

• 16.2% — Joshua Dobbs 16.2% off-target rate is the second-highest in the league. He may stabilize things in Minnesota but it’s still an enormous downgrade from Kirk Cousins.
• 5 — Brock Purdy has thrown five interceptions in his last three starts. He threw four in his first 11.
• 43 — Joe Burrow ran for a season-high 43 yards in Week 8. He’s all the way back.
• 1.3% — Daniel Jones owns a league-worst 1.3% touchdown rate. Even for a QB who has always struggled to get into the end zone, that number should double. Once he’s 100% he’ll be a borderline starter again.
• 20 — Jordan Love hasn’t scored 20 Fantasy points in a game since Week 3 despite some matchups that look pretty fantastic on paper.
• 11.7% — Sam Howell has been sacked on 11.7% of his dropbacks, the third-highest mark in the league.
• 7.6 — Bryce Young averaged 7.6 yards per pass attempt in his first game after the bye. That’s a full yard better than any game before the bye.

My full set of Week 9 Fantasy Football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don’t live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 9. Projected stats for all starting quarterbacks are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.