FanDuel NFL 2017: Week 9 lineup

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When entering FanDuel NFL contests for Week 9, here’s a lineup to think about deploying to cash in.

Before I shift to Week 9 with my FanDuel lineup, let’s do an accountability session for Week 8.

Quarterback: Carson Wentz-18.14 points
Running Backs: Le’Veon Bell-13.1 points, Joe Mixon-10.4 points
Wide Receivers: Keenan Allen-8.1 points, Amari Cooper-7.7 points, Mohamed Sanu-16.4 points
Tight End: Jason Witten-4.6 points
Kicker: Wil Lutz-10 points
Defense: Cincinnati Bengals-14 points

There’s not a lot to note here, from a decidedly mediocre showing all-around. Bell, Mixon, Allen and Witten all disappointed to some degree, and Wentz simply underachieved.

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Without further ado, here is my FanDuel lineup for Week 9. As usual, I’m using this lineup in a contest this week (Sunday-Monday).

Quarterback: Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams-$7,600

Goff went into a Week 8 bye with zero or one passing touchdown in three straight games, though he did save his fantasy day (19.7 FanDuel points) with a rushing touchdown in Week 7. A road trip to take on the New York Giants is coming this week, but it’s not as daunting a matchup as it may seem at a glance.

Heading into their own Week 8 bye, the Giants allowed over 330 passing yards and/or multiple passing touchdowns in four straight games. Overall this season, they’ve allowed 19.1 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks (ESPN scoring; tied for fifth-most). Now No. 1 cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been suspended for at least Week 9, after being late coming back from the bye week.

With Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers on a bye this week to thin the upper tier, it’s worth going to the bargain basket at quarterback on FanDuel. Traveling cross-country is never easy, but Goff is hard to dismiss based on that.