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NFL 2026 Week 9 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em
Stack Malik Willis and Caleb Douglas for Week 9 fantasy success.
In brief
Stack Malik Willis and Caleb Douglas for Week 9 fantasy success. Fantasy managers should start Malik Willis and Caleb Douglas for NFL 2026 Week 9 to maximize scoring potential. Originally reported by NBC Sports.
Week 9 Fantasy Targets
Week 9 is underway with shootouts to redeem the week for fantasy managers.
Quarterback Start: Malik Willis
Willis gets a lions defense that has given up the fifth-most catches for the sixth-most yards on throws 10+ yards downfield.
Quarterback Start: J.J. McCarthy
McCarthy leads the league in deep throw rate at 20.4 percent with second in ypa and completion rate on downfield throws.
Quarterback Sit: Baker Mayfield
The bears rank 12th in epa per dropback allowed on the year and 10th in pressure rate with a five percent jump in week 8.
Quarterback Sit: Bryce Young
Young has fallen off over the past few weeks with the broncos seventh in the league in epa per dropback and sportsbooks like them to shut down the panthers.
Running Back Start: Jadarian Price
Price ran 41 percent of the routes and earned a 10 percent target share with a 10 percent route rate in week 8.
Running Back Start: Jonah Coleman
Coleman saw over half of the team’s designed carries and ran exactly half of the routes with four of five goal line carries.
Running Back Sit: Saquon Barkley
Barkley logged a 32 percent snap share and a 1.5 percent route rate in week 8 with a 52 percent carry share.
Running Back Sit: Kenneth Gainwell
Gainwell had seen 14 percent of the bucs’ carries before their rushing explosion with 52 attempts per game.
Wide Receiver Start: Caleb Douglas
Douglas earned 20 percent of miami’s targets with a team-high 34 percent air yards share.
Wide Receiver Start: Omar Cooper
Cooper has run 64 percent of his routes from the slot compared to 20 percent for mitchell with a week 8 zero.
Wide Receiver Sit: Chris Godwin
Godwin is averaging a pitiful 1.1 yards per route run and hasn’t hit 50 yards in a single game.
Wide Receiver Sit: Ladd McConkey
McConkey earned a modest 17 percent target share and was targeted on 15 percent of his routes with a 10th-worst offense.
Tight End Start: Greg Dulcich
Dulcich is up to a 21 percent target share over his past three games with the lions giving up 27.9 points per week to tight ends.
Tight End Start: Eli Raridon
Raridon is averaging 1.75 yards per route run with a target rate of 18 percent contingent on hunter henry being ruled out.
What it means
Fantasy managers should start Malik Willis and Caleb Douglas for NFL 2026 Week 9 to maximize scoring potential.
