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Fantasy football is a game of skill that also requires a little luck. For the most part, fantasy managers utilize the players they drafted and hope those players live up to their expectations. Drafting solid running backs and wide receivers is crucial to a team’s success. But the quarterback position is viewed with less importance on draft day.
That is because the difference between QB6 and QB12 is normally only a couple of points per game. Yet, you can draft the 12th quarterback several rounds later. Whereas the point differential between a low-end RB1 and waiting a few rounds could be gigantic.
That generally leaves thousands of fantasy football managers to stream quarterbacks. Well, I am here to help. Let’s dive into the NFL Week 9 quarterbacks you can stream and others you should avoid.
Chicago Bears starting quarterback Caleb Williams has been Jekyll and Hyde this season. He has three top-10 weekly fantasy finishes, with 37 points in Week 3 being his high-water mark. But Williams has also put up a couple of duds, including a four-point effort against the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago.
But I am here to tell you that he will garner another strong performance this week.
Chicago faces a hapless Cincinnati Bengals defense. That same defense that allowed Justin Fields to look like an All-Pro last week, as the New York Jets scored 39 points. On the season, the Bengals have allowed the seventh most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks.
Some people may push back, pointing at his 11-point effort against the Baltimore Ravens last week. Entering Week 8, the Ravens had been bludgeoned by quarterbacks. But as I pointed out in last week’s column when I suggested benching Williams, it was also the first time all season that the Ravens had all 11 starters on defense. They were also playing for their season, at home.
But another reason to really like Williams here is the line of the game. The Bears are a 3-point favorite at Cincinnati. Joe Flacco has provided stability on offense, allowing Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to flourish once again. The over/under of this game is 50.5 points. So, there will be plenty of scoring.
This is all more than reason enough to insert Williams into your lineup.
Detroit Lions signal-caller Jared Goff might be the most disrespected quarterback in fantasy football.
He is having another phenomenal season, having tossed 15 touchdowns to just three interceptions. That puts him on pace for 35 TD’s this year, to go with 3,800 yards. But his home/road splits have been well documented.
When the Lions are at home on that turf, the offense seems unstoppable.
This week, they face a middling Minnesota Vikings secondary, allowing the 19th most fantasy points to quarterbacks. But the last two weeks, we have watched Jalen Hurts get right against them, and Justin Herbert walk through their defense.
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