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Another week, another round of crucially important start/sit decisions. To help you make them, here’s a look at six players with bust potential in Week 9.
Something to keep in mind as you’re reading: a “fade” or “bust” designation doesn’t automatically mean you should sit a player, depending on the depth of the rest of your roster or available options on your waiver wire.
QB Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals
Kyler Murray’s expectations were sky-high heading into the 2024 season, another year removed from a torn ACL that ended his 2022 campaign and armed with a new weapon: rookie Marvin Harrison Jr.
Unfortunately, despite Murray’s standing as the QB8 on the season, it’s been a bumpier ride than expected. He’s fallen outside of the top-10 weekly QBs in five of eight weeks, including three finishes as QB18 or worse. Though he’s had plenty of rushing upside this season with five games off 45+ rushing yards (2 TDs), Murray has shown more volatility as a passer; he’s had fewer than 215 passing yards in six of eight games and just two multi-passing-TD showings.
This week, the Cardinals will face the Chicago Bears — a top-five coverage unit with a 76.3 PFF grade through eight weeks of the season. They are allowing the 12th-fewest passing yards per attempt (6.81), the eighth-fewest yards after the catch per completion (4.9) and a league-low 2.2% touchdown percentage and NFL passer rating (76.2) allowed with the eighth-highest interception rate forced (3.1%).
Yeah … they’re good.
Expect a potentially disappointing week for Murray up against the defense that held star rookie Jayden Daniels to a QB11 finish just last week despite 378 total yards on the day.
Heat check 🔥 Consider Murray a “Fade Lite” this week. He’s still being started in fantasy lineups, but this could be one of the more volatile weeks that we’ve seen so far for the QB still seeking week-to-week consistency.
RB Bucky Irving, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Second-year RB Bucky Irving made a big-time statement when given…
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Publish date : 2024-10-31 17:51:36
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