BSB Fantasy Rankings: Week 9

Last week was incredibly eventful fantasy-wise, and if you played against Calvin Johnson you probably were contemplating drowning yourself after the 1 o'clock games. Don't feel bad, I played against him in my work league so I share in your pain. This week doesn't get any easier in terms of bye weeks. Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, the Giants and San Francisco are all being lazy bums and taking the week off. It has turned what would have been an epic QB battle in my game this week (Stafford v. The Good Manning) into a Flacco v. a possibly hurt RGIII match-up. Thrilling. (Sidenote: I bet a friend of mine who's a Redskins fan that RGIII would get injured again before he runs for a 75 yd. game. Took me all of 3 quarters to win that bet.) You may need to get by on scrubs this week just to fill out your team. If Donald Brown is available in your league I do wanna remind you that he is now on a committee with Richardson and getting more looks, definitely a low-end RB2 this week because of all the byes. If Marvin Jones is available I'd also snag him to fill WR holes. Good luck.

QB                                                   Opp.
1. Drew Brees NO                           NYJ 
2. Cam Newton CAR                        ATL
3. Aaron Rodgers GB                      CHI 
4. Tony Romo DAL                          MIN
5. Philip Rivers SD                           WSH
6. Robert Griffin III                           SD
7. Russell Wilson SEA                       TB 
8. Andrew Luck IND                        HOU 
9. Matt Ryan ATL                             CAR 
10. Andy Dalton CIN                       MIA
11. Tom Brady NE                           PIT
12. Terrelle Pryor OAK                   PHI

RB                                                  Opp. 
1. Jamaal Charles KC                     BUF 
2. Adrian Peterson MIN                DAL 
3. Matt Forte CHI                            GB 
4. Marshawn Lynch SEA                  TB
5. LeSean McCoy PHI                    OAK
6. Eddie Lacy GB                            CHI
7. Alfred Morris WSH                      SD
8. Le'Veon Bell PIT                          NE
9. DeMarco Murray DAL                MIN
10. Fred Jackson BUF                      KC
11. Ray Rice BAL                             CLE 
12. Darren McFadden OAK            PHI 
13. Zac Stacy STL                             TEN

WR                                                 Opp.
1. Dez Bryant DAL                         MIN -Thought his tantrum was good, it lit a fire under Romo's ass.
2. Jordy Nelson GB                        CHI
3. A.J. Green CIN                           MIA
4. Brandon Marshall CHI               GB
5. DeSean Jackson PHI                  OAK
6. Andre Johnson HOU                  IND
7. Josh Gordon CLE                       BAL
8. Pierre Garcon WSH                    SD
9. Antonio Brown PIT                    NE
10. Steve Smith CAR                      ATL
11. Vincent Jackson TB                  SEA
12. Terrence Williams DAL           MIN
13. Torrey Smith BAL                    CLE
14. Harry Douglas ATL                  CAR
15. James Jones GB                       CHI
16. T.Y. Hilton IND                        HOU
17. Denarius Moore OAK              PHI
18. Keenan Allen SD                      WSH
19. Jarret Boykin GB                      CHI
20. Marques Colston NO               NYJ -Still a believer. I think his week is coming.

TE                                            Opp.
1. Jimmy Graham NO              NYJ
2. Rob Gronkowski NE            PIT
3. Jordan Cameron CLE           BAL
3. Antonio Gates SD                WSH
5. Tony Gonzalez ATL              CAR
6. Jordan Reed WSH                 SD  
7. Jason Witten DAL                 MIN
8. Martellus Bennett CHI         PHI 
9. Heath Miller PIT                   NE 
10. Greg Olsen CAR                 ATL 

D/ST                                             Opp.
1. Seattle Seahawks                       TB -Tampa doesn't play well away...or at home for that matter.
2. Kansas City Chiefs                    BUF
3. New Orleans Saints                  NYJ
4. Dallas Cowboys                       MIN
5. New England Patriots              PIT
6. Indianapolis Colts                   HOU 
7. Tennessee Titans                      STL
8. Carolina Panthers                    ATL
9. Baltimore Ravens                    CLE
10. Cincinnati Bengals                 MIA
11. St. Louis Rams                        TEN -Robert Quinn is a monster.
12. Cleveland Browns                  BAL

Kicker
1. Greg Zeurlein STL
    -He's back in the #1 spot, if not for no other reason than a self-esteem boost. That 50-yarder looked good to me. If you listen to the Adam Carolla Show (which I don't expect, but it's a good podcast) you know his feelings about raising the goalposts another 10 feet, which I whole-heartedly support. Legatron finished with 9 points, but if he had made that 50-yarder, which I kinda think he did, he would have ended up netting your fantasy team 17 points (the highmark for the week) and the Rams would have won. I thought the Rams would never see the red zone again with Kellen Clemens at the helm. But Clemens actually looked competent. Don't for a second mistake that with good, he's not good...but competent...maybe.

*For the record, I'm basing these off a 0.5 PPR format.  Feel free to sound off in the comments about how awesome and/or moronic these are.  Good luck in Week 9. 

By: Ben Lebo (Updated: Oct. 30, 2013)
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