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Fantasy Football Week 9: By the Numbers (2019)

Fantasy Football Week 9: By the Numbers (2019)

Week 9 was a rough bye week, with plenty of fantasy star-studded teams taking the week off and leaving gargantuan holes in your lineup as a result. Regardless, it was still a very high scoring fantasy week that saw the continuation of some trends that we’d identified previously as well as the creation of some others. You’ll see it below, but I’m still trying to process these Christian McCaffrey numbers. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

I do feel the need to point out that, since his return, Melvin Gordon has been featured regularly here because he’s been wildly inefficient and seemed to just be ruining the Chargers completely. Unfortunately, he landed at exactly 4.0 yards per attempt in Week 9, so I cannot bring myself to criticize him as he managed to be perfectly average instead of slightly disappointing this time. I’ll see you next week, Melvin. You can take that to the bank.

Here is your Week 9 by the numbers:

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50%
The percentage of Steelers receptions that went to Jaylen Samuels. Samuels had 13 receptions out of the 26 completions on the Steelers, and those receptions went for 73 yards – an average of 5.6 yards per attempt. That’s pretty indicative of a very conservative Mason Rudolph-led offense, but it’s a good story for those owners that grabbed Samuels, at a minimum.

67%
The percentage of Patriots receptions that went to Julian Edelman or Mohamed Sanu, who both had ten receptions each. This is most concerning for Phillip Dorsett, who seems to have taken a fairly established seat behind Mohamed Sanu on the depth chart. Further, Sanu led the Patriots with 14 targets.

One
I feel like I’ve included this every week for the last three or four weeks. Do you know what it is? Correct! It’s the number of touchdown passes that Baker Mayfield threw on Sunday, which is the same amount that he’s had in every game this year except a 31-3 49ers blowout where he had zero. It’s just getting weird at this point.

Two
Touchdown passes for Brandon Allen against Baker Mayfield’s Browns on Sunday, which is, as you just read, more touchdown passes than Baker has thrown in a single game all season. Further, Allen did it on only 12 completions.

Three
Games this season in which Ezekiel Elliott had less than 105 rushing yards. Zeke is quietly having an extremely dominant rushing season, averaging 92.7 yards per game and an average of 3 receptions per game on top of that. The other stud running backs seem to take the headlines more often, but Zeke is almost as good as it gets.

Five
Touchdown throws by Mitch Trubisky… this season. In seven games, Trubisky has five touchdowns, and those five touchdowns came across two games, so he has five games with zero touchdown passes. The only members of the Bears offense that you can consider trusting are Allen Robinson and David Montgomery, and both of those have a very easy path to a dud any given week. It’s a mess.

Nine
The difference in carries between Devin Singletary (20) and Frank Gore (11). Singletary seems to be pulling away as the lead back in Buffalo, and he should be entering weekly RB2 consideration in the right matchups. His 20 carries turned into 95 rushing yards and a touchdown, and he also added three receptions for 45 yards.

Ten
Targets for Hunter Henry, the most on the Chargers by a large margin. Mike Williams, Keenan Allen, Melvin Gordon, and Austin Ekeler each had four targets while Henry seemed to be the main target. He’s a locked-in TE1 for the rest of the season.

13
Total touchdowns for Christian McCaffrey so far this season. He’s only gone one game without scoring at least one touchdown, and that was Week 2. This next stat isn’t a typo. Christian McCaffrey has two games this season with less than 155 scrimmage yards. Two Games. 155 Scrimmage Yards. His production this season is completely absurd, and you should make offerings to the fantasy gods hourly if he’s on your squad.

25
Touches for Le’Veon Bell, which he turned into 111 yards and, in the process, restored faith to his fantasy owners, particularly those in PPR leagues. Bell is probably going to hover between a low RB1 and high RB2 for the rest of the season unless something drastic changes in how the Jets offense functions (or doesn’t function if we’re being honest).

34
Combined targets for Tyler Lockett (18) and Mike Evans (16) in the Bucs-Seahawks game, which was basically just a 1v1 statistical battle all afternoon. Lockett had 13 receptions for 152 yards and two touchdowns, while Evans had 12 receptions for 180 yards and one touchdown. That game had 713 combined passing yards, and it made plenty of fantasy owners quite happy.

36
Total scrimmage yards for Tevin Coleman in Week 9. Just when we thought Coleman had the workhorse running back job locked down in Week 8 after a 118-yard, four-touchdown performance, he posted a dud while Matt Breida posted 92 scrimmage yards on just three more touches. It seems to still be just as frustrating as it has been in weeks past.

58
Receiving yards for Laquon Treadwell, which led the Vikings and happened to be 54 yards more than the four yards that Stefon Diggs posted. Treadwell benefited from Adam Thielen’s early dismissal from the game, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up moving forward. I can’t simply dismiss 3+ years of under-performing just like that.

160
Rushing yards for Carlos Hyde, which no one seemed to really care about. Hyde had an extremely efficient 160 yards on 19 carries, an average of 8.4 yards per attempt. He, unfortunately, had zero receptions and lost a fumble too. He only has one catch since his game on October 6th, so he really doesn’t offer much aside from his rushing yardage, and he can’t crack massive upside unless he scores at least once.

1,112
Passing yards for Matthew Stafford over the past three weeks, an average of 370.7 per game. He also has ten touchdowns and three interceptions over that span. Stafford very rapidly became the overall QB6, and he has a few decent matchups on the horizon as well.

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