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Set your fantasy football lineups for success by targeting these favorable matchups in Week 9.
Chase Brown vs. LV
Brown continues to see a larger role in the Bengals offense. In Week 8, he earned a season high 67% of the team’s carries. This resulted in 14 Brown touches for 34 yards and a score. It wasn’t his most efficient day, but it was a difficult matchup against the Eagles where the Bengals played from behind for most of the game. Zack Moss played 52% of the snaps in Week 8 due to the game script. The Bengals still trust him more in pass protection, but Moss only handled 28% of the team’s carries according to Fantasy Life. This appears to be Brown’s backfield on early downs; he’s handled 68% of the teams carries the past three games.
This week Brown gets a beneficial matchup against the Raiders. The Bengals are seven-point favorites which sets up nicely for Brown to earn plenty of second-half touches. Las Vegas also ranks dead last in the NFL in tackling according to PFF. This is important because Brown has the fourth-highest broken tackle rate in the NFL via Player Profiler. Start Brown with confidence this week.
Courtland Sutton vs. BAL
In Week 7, Sutton earned zero targets despite the Broncos putting up 33 points against the Saints. This was strange but Sutton bounced back in a major way in Week 8, earning a team-high 11 targets and producing 100 yards on eight catches. Sutton is quietly seeing solid usage in the Broncos offense this season. He currently has 19 cheat code targets; the cheat code usage can be defined as deep targets of 20+ yards and red zone targets. These targets lead to big fantasy plays and Sutton ranks top five among all WRs in total cheat code targets this season.
It also helps Sutton that Bo Nix has played well the past month. He ranks top 10 in PFF grades during this time completing nearly 70% of his passes. This week Sutton gets another favorable matchup against a Ravens secondary that allows the most receiving yards per game….
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Publish date : 2024-10-31 14:06:51
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