Fantasy Football Outlook: Christian Watson, Jordan Addison, Jahan Dotson (Week 9)

Here are my fantasy football rankings and tiers for Week 9. As always, feel free to use these tiered rankings as a tiebreaker for your difficult lineup decisions. Beneath the tiers, I’ll offer a few brief thoughts on some of the borderline start/sit guys and some other interesting cases.

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Christian Watson is averaging 44 receiving yards per game, has scored only one touchdown and has caught only 11 of his 24 targets. He’s produced 33 or fewer receiving yards in three of his four games. Granted, Watson’s numbers have been discouraging, and so has the recent play of Packers QB Jordan Love. Still, I’m sticking with my initial read on Watson and continuing to start him in most circumstances. I’m not anxious to give up on a 6-4 receiver with sub-4.4 speed who scored eight touchdowns over a four-game stretch as a rookie.

Jordan Addison has been WR2 in PPR fantasy scoring the last two weeks, with 7-123-2 against the 49ers and 7-82-1 against the Packers. Dare we bench a red-hot receiver due to a QB downgrade? Yeah, I think it’s worth considering. Kirk Cousins was having a banner season before tearing his Achilles last week, and he was leading the league in pass attempts. The Vikings are sure to dial down the passing volume this week with rookie Jaren Hall, a Day 3 draft pick, making his NFL debut. Addison will run most of his routes against either A.J. Terrell or Jeff Okudah, who form a tough outside CB duo for the Falcons. I have Addison ranked WR36 and worry that his floor is no longer sturdy without Cousins as his target-delivery mechanism.

As much as I’d like to think Week 8 was the long-awaited 2023 coming-out party for Jahan Dotson, I’m skeptical. Dotson had 8-108-1 against the Eagles last week. It was the first time all year he’s had more than 40 receiving yards in a game and the first time all year he’s gotten into the end zone. Dotson’s big day came against a Philadelphia defense that’s been letting opposing WRs go wild. The Eagles have given up the most fantasy points per game to WRs in 2023. This week’s matchup against the Patriots isn’t as appealing, and I can only get so excited about a receiver with a 17.1% target share.