Fantasy Football Week 9 Start and Sit

Hello Heat Seekers, welcome to episode 110 of Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast, I am your host, I am Rob Sullivan. Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast is a proud member of the RotoHeat family of podcasts.

We are entering Week 9 this week and as a result we are at the unofficial midway point of the fantasy season. Clearly this has been a wacky season with the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the massive amount of injuries to key fantasy assets.

I have a Fantasy Football Midway Point Top 12 series currently on our RotoHeat website. I am reviewing the top 12 at each position and giving my 2 cents on where I see them finishing at seasons end. In the process of putting these pieces together I have come across some surprises in these positional rankings.

At the QB position, Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert are two pleasant surprises. On the flip side Lamar Jackson and Ben Roethlisberger have been a disappointment. Burrow has looked great averaging 19.36 fantasy points a game, and Justin Herbert has looked even better with his 25.33 point average. Herbert has played 2 less games than Burrow and is only 2.88 points behind him.

In terms of Lamar Jackson, what can I say he is QB14 with an average of 20.69 points a game. I ranked Jackson as QB2 entering the season, I really wanted to move him to three behind Dak Prescott but I didn’t have the stones to do it. Lamar Jackson season to date has scored 5.18 more fantasy points than Dak, and Dak hasn’t played since the middle of Week 5. Big Ben what can I say I thought he would be better. He is QB22 averaging 17.67 points a game. I ranked Ben at 14 in the preseason and expected much better.

In terms of the running backs, Mike Davis and James Robinson have been a fantasy blessing and Kenyan Drake and rookies not named Clyde Edwards Helaire have been a disappointment. Wide Receiver there is no bigger surprise to me than Robby Anderson. The rookie class has been a pleasant surprise as well. On the disappointing side, Mike Evans at WR19 and Juju Smith Shuster at WR29 have let their managers down.

The Tight Ends, Robert Tonyan came out of nowhere and Rob Gronkowski is the Undertaker coming back from the dead. Honorable mention to Jimmy Graham who thinks this is 2012. Mark Andrews is killing me this season and Tyler Higbee’s productivity this season is why I feared him entering my drafts.

Alright different week same drill, 2 starts and 2 sits at each position and we fire this up with the Quarterbacks.

Quarterback

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – NOVEMBER 02: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to facing the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on November 02, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Fantasy Football Week 9 Start and Sit

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Tom Brady – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sully’s Rank QB9

Tom Brady has re-emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in fantasy land, and he’s a virtual must-start when the Buccaneers host the Saints in a battle of Hall of Fame quarterbacks. New Orleans has been vulnerable to the position, as a total of six QBs this season have scored at least 19.2 fantasy points against them. That includes three who have scored at least 22 fantasy points. An added motivation for TB12 is the all-time passing touchdown record that Brady and Brees are passing back and forth.