Hello and welcome to the Week 9 edition of Hoppen to Conclusions! This is where I, Sam Hoppen, will share some of my favorite charts, which are designed to give you an overview of the NFL landscape. These charts, along with the commentary that I provide, aim to help you make start or sit, DFS lineup construction, betting picks, or any other fantasy football decisions. There can be a lot of noise in fantasy football analysis, but these charts have been carefully selected to give you some of the most relevant and useful decision points. Here are all of my takeaways for Week 9. And below we dive into a few notable players.
Hello and welcome to the Week 9 edition of Hoppen to Conclusions! This is where I, Sam Hoppen, will share some of my favorite charts, which are designed to give you an overview of the NFL landscape. These charts, along with the commentary that I provide, aim to help you make start or sit, DFS lineup construction, betting picks, or any other fantasy football decisions. There can be a lot of noise in fantasy football analysis, but these charts have been carefully selected to give you some of the most relevant and useful decision points. Here are all of my takeaways for Week 9. And below we dive into a few notable players.
Fantasy Football Trends & Takeaways
Team Pass Rates
- The Bengals, and their PROE, are on the rise. Cincinnati posted a season-high 22.4% PROE in the week before their bye, only to follow it up with an 11.2% rate against the 49ers defense in an upset victory. Joe Burrow has attempted at least 30 passes in every game this season, going over the 40-attempt line in three of them. Not only are they passing more, but they’re getting more efficient, too. Over Cincinnati’s last four games, they’ve posted a passing success rate of at least 50% in all four. Burrow is back to bonafide QB1 status for the rest of the season and all the pass catchers will see a major boost.
- Action: buy Joe Burrow and the Bengals’ passing attack
Quick Hops
- Chuba Hubbard now seems like the RB1 in Carolina. Coming off of a bye (and missing the previous game due to a shoulder injury), Miles Sanders was demoted to backup duties with just two carries on 12 snaps. Meanwhile, Hubbard saw all three of Carolina’s green-zone touches and tied his season high with five HVTs.
- Michael Mayer has now run a route on over 50% of dropbacks in each of the last three games after failing to do so in his first five games. While he’s still struggling to get targets (averaging just four targets per game in that three-game span), it’s encouraging to see the Raiders are starting to favor him over veteran Austin Hooper.
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