Fantasy Football: Week 9 position by position rankings
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The top three fantasy football tight ends for week eight were just as everyone expected: Ryan Griffin, Darren Fells, and Jonnu Smith. Although I did have all of them ranked, and two of them in the top 17, no one saw these guys being the top trio of tight ends.
Behind them, though, were the usual customers: Austin Hooper, Travis Kelce, George Kittle, and Evan Engram. Then we had more surprises with Tyler Eifert, Charles Clay, and Demetrius Harris who all have shown promise but had failed to come through for fantasy football players until last week.
After another weird and unpredictable week for fantasy football tight ends, I’ll try to throw some darts for week nine.
- George Kittle SF vs AZ
- Darren Waller OAK vs DET
- Hunter Henry LAC vs GB
- Evan Engram NYG vs DAL
- Travis Kelce KC vs MIN
- Mark Andrews BAL vs NE
- Zach Ertz PHI vs CHI
- Chris Herndon NYJ vs MIA
- Eric Ebron IND vs PIT
- Greg Olsen CAR vs TEN
- T.J. Hockenson DET vs OAK
- Darren Fells HOU vs JAC
- Jonnu Smith TEN vs CAR
- Dallas Goedert PHI vs CHI
- Vance McDonald PIT vs IND
- Jimmy Graham GB vs LAC
- Jack Doyle IND vs PIT
- Jason Witten DAL vs NYG
- O.J. Howard TB vs SEA
- Noah Fant DEN vs CLE
- Trey Burton CHI vs PHI
- Dawson Knox BUF vs WAS
- Kyle Rudolph MIN vs KC
- Cameron Brate TB vs SEA
- Jordan Akins HOU vs JAC
- Mike Gesicki MIA vs NYJ
- Ryan Griffin NYJ vs MIA
- Ed Dickson SEA vs TB
- Ricky Seals-Jones CLE vs DEN
- Josh Oliver JAC vs HOU
One of the best tight ends in the league (who’s healthy) against the Cardinals defense? Has to be number one for me. I think Darren Waller will bounce back against Detroit and Hunter Henry should be a solid option against the Packers.
I also like Evan Engram against the Cowboys in primetime, Chris Herndon if he finally plays vs MIA, Greg Olsen vs TB, T.J. Hockenson vs OAK, and Darren Fells vs JAC.
Zach Ertz has been disappointing this year with Dallas Goedert often outscoring him. I would sit him if I had another viable option or at least temper expectations against the Bears this week. I also don’t love Jimmy Graham this week and Jason Witten has not been close to pre-retirement Jason Witten this year for fantasy football players.