Fantasy Rankings vs. ECR: Week 9
Bradley Stalder Fantasy Rankings for Week 9
Week 9 is already off to a strong start in the Fantasy Pros Accuracy Rankings Contest . AJ Brown might have scored a TD against the Houston Texans, but his 13.9 fantasy points would've ranked as WR21 last week. I ranked Brown as WR12 despite his WR7 consensus. Only three rankers in a field of over 200 were lower than me on AJ Brown, while only 20 rankers were lower than me on Jalen Hurts. I kept Dallas Goedert at TE3, was +10 spots on Phillip Dorsett, was +10 spots on Chris Moore, but missed on the Houston Texans TE4 Teagan Quitoriano-- though to be fair only 11 rankers even had him ranked. Overall, a successful Thursday Night Football for rankings.
Last week, I finished 117th overall in the contest. Entering Week 9, I'm 36th overall in accuracy out of 211 fantasy rankers year-to-date, including 12th most accurate ranker for wide receivers. As time is running out, I am starting to find myself rank more aggressively on players, trying to squeeze out every edge so that I can finish in the top-10 this season.
Just a reminder that I also take part in advising FantasyData's weekly Rankings. They're an excellent resource for anyone looking to win their league along with their player projections and advanced metrics.
Follow me on this journey as I highlight a few players I want to be higher or lower than the consensus for Week 9.
Higher Ranked QB
Trevor Lawrence - While the results of Andy Dalton last week weren't satisfying, the process still worked out as he scored 17 fantasy points, threw for 2 TDs, and threw for 220 pass yards despite the Las Vegas Raiders doing nothing on offense to push the Saints into more aggressive play calling. I'm looking to target the Las Vegas Raiders defense against this week when Trevor Lawrence the Jags square up against them. The Raiders still allow 21.6 fantasy points per game to the QB position, and haven't allowed fewer than 17 fantasy points, 2 pass TDs, and 220 pass yards . Elite finishes are also not uncommon for Trevor Lawrence. Lawrence has finished as a top-7 QB three times so far this season and a top-4 QB twice in eight games. Lawrence is a top-10 QB and a strong streaming option this week.
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Bradley Stalder
Bradley Stalder has over twelve years of fantasy football experience in auction, dynasty, redraft, and bestball formats. Before developing the Fantasy Football Fanalysts Podcast (@FFFanalysts) with Billy Muzio (@FFMuzio), he also wrote fantasy football articles and created comprehensive player and team projections for 3CoSports.com. He earned his BS in Mathematical Science from Franciscan University and MEd with focus in Mathematics Education from the University of Notre Dame. He lives near Detroit, Michigan with his wife and three daughters. He teaches Math by day to 7th and 8th graders. You can follow him on Twitter at @FFStalder.