Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings: Lineup Advice for Every Position

Eight weeks of fantasy football have passed. For most of you, it’s time to prepare for the home stretch and a run at the fantasy postseason.

From here on out, it’s going to be increasingly important to make the right lineup decisions and waiver-wire moves and to keep the foot on the proverbial pedal. Week 9 is only days away, and there are sure to be some difficult decisions ahead—especially with the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals on bye.

We’re here to help you prepare with our Week 9 positional rankings. We’ll take a look at our projected top players at each position for the coming week and examine risers and fallers at the skill positions. We will base our decisions on factors such as past performances, projected role, matchup and player health.

Rankings are based on points-per-reception scoring.

Quarterbacks

Up: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers battled through some struggles earlier this season, but he seems to have gotten back on track in recent weeks. He even had a vintage fantasy performance during Week 8’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons—246 yards and four touchdowns.

It’s helped that Rodgers seems to have newfound chemistry with wideout Davante Adams. He, Randall Cobb and Jordy Nelson form a quality receiver trio (though Cobb didn’t play against Atlanta).

Rodgers has completed at least 69 percent of his passes in each of the past three weeks and has just one interception in that span. If this level of play continues in Week 9, Rodgers should be one of the better starting options.

His opponent, the Indianapolis Colts, are rated dead last in overall defense and in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus.

Down: Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor can be a quality fantasy starter because of his ability as a dual-threat signal-caller. However, his value has slumped in recent weeks due in no small part to a dwindling receiver corps.

Sammy Watkins is injured, while receiver Robert Woods and tight end Charles Clay have both battled injuries. The Bills had just four healthy wideouts for last week’s game against the Patriots.

The end result for Taylor was 183 passing yards, 48 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

“I think it might be fair to judge him when you have everyone out there,” Bills head coach Rex Ryan said of Taylor, per Tim Graham of the Buffalo News. “It’ll be nice one day to sit back and have a full roster.”

While the receiving corps may be healthier this week, the Bills won’t have Watkins back. They’ll also be …

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