2026 fantasy football · Week 9
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FLEX · Close call12.0–12.0
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Start Ashton Jeanty over CeeDee Lamb
LV vs. SFNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.5–11.5
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Start Nico Collins over Zay Flowers
HOU vs. LACNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call17.8–17.8
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Start Malik Nabers over Tee Higgins
NYG vs. PHIFull Participation in PracticeOpen decision →FLEX · Close call11.5–11.5
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Start George Kittle over Zay Flowers
SF vs. LVNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.6–11.5
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Start Chris Olave over Nico Collins
NO vs. CLENo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call16.7–16.6
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Start Puka Nacua over Ja'Marr Chase
LAR vs. WASDid not practiceOpen decision →FLEX · Close call16.8–16.7
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Start Trey McBride over Puka Nacua
ARI vs. SEANo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call11.9–11.8
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Start Breece Hall over George Pickens
NYJ vs. KCFull Participation in PracticeOpen decision →WR · Close call11.7–11.6
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Start Drake London over Chris Olave
ATL vs. CINNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.6–11.5
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Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers
NO vs. CLENo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call20.6–20.5
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Start Christian McCaffrey over Jaxon Smith-Njigba
SF vs. LVFull Participation in PracticeOpen decision →RB · Close call13.2–13.1
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Start Javonte Williams over Chuba Hubbard
DAL vs. INDNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call12.0–11.9
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Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson
DAL vs. INDNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call14.6–14.5
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Start Bijan Robinson over Brock Bowers
ATL vs. CINNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call12.0–11.9
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Start Ashton Jeanty over Christian Watson
LV vs. SFNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call7.7–7.5
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Start Malik Washington over Adonai Mitchell
MIA vs. DETNo current-week designationOpen decision →TE · Close call5.6–5.4
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Start Oronde Gadsden over AJ Barner
LAC vs. HOUNo current-week designationOpen decision →TE · Close call11.0–10.8
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Start Sam LaPorta over Tucker Kraft
DET vs. MIANo current-week designationOpen decision →QB · Close call17.0–16.8
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Start Caleb Williams over Dak Prescott
CHI vs. TBNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call16.8–16.6
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Start Trey McBride over Ja'Marr Chase
ARI vs. SEANo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.7–11.5
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Start Drake London over Nico Collins
ATL vs. CINNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.7–11.5
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Start Drake London over Zay Flowers
ATL vs. CINNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.9–11.7
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Start Christian Watson over Drake London
GB vs. NELimited practiceOpen decision →FLEX · Close call17.8–17.6
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Start Malik Nabers over Bucky Irving
NYG vs. PHIFull Participation in PracticeOpen decision →FLEX · Close call12.0–11.8
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Start Ashton Jeanty over George Pickens
LV vs. SFNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call17.8–17.6
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Start Tee Higgins over Bucky Irving
CIN vs. ATLNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call11.7–11.5
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Start Drake London over George Kittle
ATL vs. CINNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call12.0–11.7
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Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London
DAL vs. INDNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call12.0–11.7
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Start Ashton Jeanty over Drake London
LV vs. SFNo current-week designationOpen decision →RB · Close call18.4–18.1
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Start D'Andre Swift over James Cook
CHI vs. TBNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.8–11.5
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Start George Pickens over Nico Collins
DAL vs. INDQuestionableOpen decision →WR · Close call11.5–11.2
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Start Nico Collins over Amon-Ra St. Brown
HOU vs. LACNo current-week designationOpen decision →FLEX · Close call11.8–11.5
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Start George Pickens over Bhayshul Tuten
DAL vs. INDQuestionableOpen decision →WR · Close call11.5–11.2
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Start Zay Flowers over Amon-Ra St. Brown
BAL vs. JAXNo current-week designationOpen decision →WR · Close call11.9–11.6
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Start Christian Watson over Chris Olave
GB vs. NELimited practiceOpen decision →RB · Close call13.1–12.8
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Start Chuba Hubbard over Derrick Henry
CAR vs. DENNo current-week designationOpen decision →More Week 9 start/sit comparisons
James Cook or Malik Nabers? →James Cook or Tee Higgins? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Bhayshul Tuten? →Stefon Diggs or DK Metcalf? →CeeDee Lamb or Chris Olave? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Chris Olave? →Ashton Jeanty or Chris Olave? →Derrick Henry or Javonte Williams? →Christian Watson or Zay Flowers? →Christian Watson or Nico Collins? →Christian Watson or George Kittle? →Bhayshul Tuten or Christian Watson? →Trevor Lawrence or Jayden Daniels? →Ja'Marr Chase or Kenneth Walker? →Justin Jefferson or Saquon Barkley? →Ashton Jeanty or Chase Brown? →Ashton Jeanty or Nico Collins? →Ashton Jeanty or Zay Flowers? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Drake London? →Ashton Jeanty or Bhayshul Tuten? →CeeDee Lamb or Nico Collins? →CeeDee Lamb or Zay Flowers? →Bucky Irving or James Cook? →Bijan Robinson or Jonathan Taylor? →Kenneth Walker or Puka Nacua? →Brock Bowers or Kyren Williams? →Breece Hall or Chase Brown? →D'Andre Swift or Tee Higgins? →Chase Brown or Christian Watson? →Javonte Williams or Kyren Williams? →Chase Brown or Javonte Williams? →Chase Brown or George Pickens? →Bijan Robinson or Kyren Williams? →Brock Bowers or Jonathan Taylor? →Kenneth Walker or Trey McBride? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Christian Watson? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or CeeDee Lamb? →Chase Brown or Drake London? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Ashton Jeanty? →Nico Collins or Parker Washington? →CeeDee Lamb or Derrick Henry? →Bhayshul Tuten or Parker Washington? →George Pickens or Michael Wilson? →Ashton Jeanty or Derrick Henry? →Chuba Hubbard or Kyren Williams? →Bucky Irving or Trey McBride? →Bucky Irving or D'Andre Swift? →Jonathan Taylor or Kenneth Walker? →Chase Brown or Chris Olave? →Bucky Irving or Jaylen Warren? →Josh Jacobs or Trey McBride? →Christian Watson or Derrick Henry? →Rome Odunze or Marvin Harrison Jr? →Chase Brown or Nico Collins? →Chase Brown or Zay Flowers? →Tee Higgins or Trey McBride? →Bucky Irving or Ja'Marr Chase? →Malik Nabers or Trey McBride? →Bhayshul Tuten or Chase Brown? →George Pickens or Parker Washington? →Derrick Henry or Kyren Williams? →Jaylen Warren or Tee Higgins? →Derrick Henry or Drake London? →CeeDee Lamb or Chuba Hubbard? →Ashton Jeanty or Chuba Hubbard? →Malik Nabers or Puka Nacua? →Ashton Jeanty or Javonte Williams? →Breece Hall or Chuba Hubbard? →CeeDee Lamb or Javonte Williams? →Ja'Marr Chase or Malik Nabers? →Ja'Marr Chase or Tee Higgins? →Christian Watson or Chuba Hubbard? →Chris Olave or Derrick Henry? →James Cook or Trey McBride? →Brock Bowers or Javonte Williams? →Christian Watson or Javonte Williams? →Jonathan Taylor or Kyren Williams? →Derrick Henry or Nico Collins? →Derrick Henry or Zay Flowers? →Bhayshul Tuten or Derrick Henry? →James Cook or Puka Nacua? →Chase Brown or Kyren Williams? →Bijan Robinson or Javonte Williams? →Chuba Hubbard or Drake London? →Brock Bowers or Chuba Hubbard? →Ja'Marr Chase or Jonathan Taylor? →Ja'Marr Chase or James Cook? →Bijan Robinson or Kenneth Walker? →Drake London or Javonte Williams? →Jonathan Taylor or Puka Nacua? →Chris Olave or Chuba Hubbard? →Bucky Irving or Kenneth Walker? →Bijan Robinson or Chuba Hubbard? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Derrick Henry? →Chris Olave or Javonte Williams? →D'Andre Swift or Trey McBride? →Chuba Hubbard or Zay Flowers? →Chuba Hubbard or Nico Collins? →Christian Watson or Tetairoa McMillan? →Brock Bowers or Kenneth Walker? →Jonathan Taylor or Trey McBride? →Bhayshul Tuten or Chuba Hubbard? →Dalton Kincaid or Tyler Warren? →Javonte Williams or Nico Collins? →Javonte Williams or Zay Flowers? →D'Andre Swift or Puka Nacua? →Brock Bowers or Derrick Henry? →Kenneth Walker or Malik Nabers? →Bhayshul Tuten or Javonte Williams? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Justin Jefferson? →Bijan Robinson or Derrick Henry? →Chase Brown or Parker Washington? →D'Andre Swift or Ja'Marr Chase? →Ashton Jeanty or Kyren Williams? →CeeDee Lamb or Kyren Williams? →George Pickens or Saquon Barkley? →Omarion Hampton or Parker Washington? →Christian McCaffrey or Jahmyr Gibbs? →Chris Olave or Tetairoa McMillan? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Chuba Hubbard? →Breece Hall or Kyren Williams? →Isaiah Likely or Travis Kelce? →Jahmyr Gibbs or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →James Cook or Kenneth Walker? →Brock Bowers or Chase Brown? →Christian Watson or Kyren Williams? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Javonte Williams? →Javonte Williams or Jonathan Taylor? →Bijan Robinson or Ja'Marr Chase? →Brock Bowers or Ja'Marr Chase? →Bhayshul Tuten or Justin Jefferson? →Bijan Robinson or Puka Nacua? →Justin Jefferson or Zay Flowers? →Chuba Hubbard or Jonathan Taylor? →Drake London or Kyren Williams? →Kenneth Walker or Kyren Williams? →Brock Bowers or Puka Nacua? →Christian McCaffrey or D'Andre Swift? →Chris Olave or Justin Jefferson? →Bijan Robinson or Trey McBride? →Trey McBride or Brock Bowers? →Chris Olave or Kyren Williams? →Drake London or Justin Jefferson? →Aaron Jones or Braelon Allen? →Ladd McConkey or Emeka Egbuka? →Jonathan Taylor or Derrick Henry? →Tetairoa McMillan or Matthew Golden? →Michael Mayer or Hunter Henry? →Kyren Williams or Zay Flowers? →Kyren Williams or Nico Collins? →George Pickens or Justin Jefferson? →James Cook or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →Bhayshul Tuten or Kyren Williams? →Brenton Strange or Oronde Gadsden? →Ashton Jeanty or Brock Bowers? →Christian McCaffrey or James Cook? →Brock Bowers or CeeDee Lamb? →D'Andre Swift or Josh Jacobs? →Chase Brown or Saquon Barkley? →Bijan Robinson or CeeDee Lamb? →Brock Bowers or Christian Watson? →Jonathan Taylor or Malik Nabers? →Ashton Jeanty or Justin Jefferson? →CeeDee Lamb or Justin Jefferson? →Ja'Marr Chase or Kyren Williams? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Kyren Williams? →Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Malik Nabers? →Brock Bowers or Drake London? →Kyren Williams or Puka Nacua? →Jaylen Warren or Kyren Williams? →Christian McCaffrey or Malik Nabers? →Kyren Williams or Trey McBride? →Brock Bowers or Chris Olave? →James Cook or Jonathan Taylor? →Javonte Williams or Kenneth Walker? →Brock Bowers or Nico Collins? →Brock Bowers or Zay Flowers? →Chase Brown or Justin Jefferson? →Bijan Robinson or Zay Flowers? →CeeDee Lamb or Jonathan Taylor? →Dallas Goedert or Juwan Johnson? →Derrick Henry or Kenneth Walker? →Brock Bowers or Tee Higgins? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Brock Bowers? →Tetairoa McMillan or Trey McBride? →Brock Bowers or Malik Nabers? →Ja'Marr Chase or Javonte Williams? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Bijan Robinson? →Bijan Robinson or James Cook? →Javonte Williams or Puka Nacua? →Drake London or Jonathan Taylor? →Javonte Williams or Trey McBride? →Brock Bowers or James Cook? →Chuba Hubbard or Trey McBride? →Jonathan Taylor or Nico Collins? →Bucky Irving or Kyren Williams? →Puka Nacua or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →George Kittle or Pat Freiermuth? →Christian McCaffrey or Trey McBride? →Derrick Henry or Ja'Marr Chase? →Blake Corum or Jaylen Warren? →Christian McCaffrey or Puka Nacua? →Brock Bowers or D'Andre Swift? →Derrick Henry or Puka Nacua? →Ja'Marr Chase or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →Kyren Williams or Malik Nabers? →Christian McCaffrey or Ja'Marr Chase? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Jonathan Taylor? →Derrick Henry or Trey McBride? →CeeDee Lamb or Kenneth Walker? →Ashton Jeanty or Kenneth Walker? →Chase Brown or Ja'Marr Chase? →James Cook or Kyren Williams? →Chase Brown or Puka Nacua? →Chase Brown or Trey McBride? →Malik Nabers or Tetairoa McMillan? →Bucky Irving or Javonte Williams? →Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Kenneth Walker? →Drake London or Kenneth Walker? →Josh Jacobs or Zay Flowers? →Christian McCaffrey or Kenneth Walker? →Chris Olave or Kenneth Walker? →D'Andre Swift or Kyren Williams? →Parker Washington or Jameson Williams? →CeeDee Lamb or Ja'Marr Chase? →Ashton Jeanty or Ja'Marr Chase? →Javonte Williams or Malik Nabers? →Kenneth Walker or Zay Flowers? →CeeDee Lamb or Puka Nacua? →Ashton Jeanty or Puka Nacua? →CeeDee Lamb or Jaylen Warren? →Ashton Jeanty or Trey McBride? →CeeDee Lamb or Trey McBride? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Kenneth Walker? →Drake London or Ja'Marr Chase? →James Cook or Javonte Williams? →Christian Watson or Trey McBride? →Chris Olave or Ja'Marr Chase? →Drake London or Puka Nacua? →Derrick Henry or Malik Nabers? →Chris Olave or Puka Nacua? →Drake London or Trey McBride? →Ja'Marr Chase or Zay Flowers? →Ja'Marr Chase or Nico Collins? →Bhayshul Tuten or Ja'Marr Chase? →Rashee Rice or Tee Higgins? →Chris Olave or Trey McBride? →D'Andre Swift or Javonte Williams? →Nico Collins or Puka Nacua? →Puka Nacua or Zay Flowers? →Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Jonathan Taylor? →Derrick Henry or James Cook? →Nico Collins or Trey McBride? →Trey McBride or Zay Flowers? →Chase Brown or Tee Higgins? →Chase Brown or Malik Nabers? →DJ Moore or Christian Watson? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Ja'Marr Chase? →Christian McCaffrey or Jonathan Taylor? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Puka Nacua? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Trey McBride? →Chase Brown or James Cook? →Bucky Irving or CeeDee Lamb? →D'Andre Swift or Derrick Henry? →Jaylen Warren or Michael Wilson? →Ashton Jeanty or Tee Higgins? →Ashton Jeanty or Malik Nabers? →Bucky Irving or George Pickens? →CeeDee Lamb or Malik Nabers? →Jahmyr Gibbs or Puka Nacua? →Bijan Robinson or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →Chase Brown or D'Andre Swift? →Malik Nabers or George Pickens? →Sam LaPorta or Juwan Johnson? →Bijan Robinson or Christian McCaffrey? →George Pickens or Tee Higgins? →James Cook or Ashton Jeanty? →CeeDee Lamb or James Cook? →Brock Bowers or Christian McCaffrey? →Drake London or Tee Higgins? →Drake London or Malik Nabers? →Chris Olave or Malik Nabers? →Jared Goff or Justin Herbert? →Tee Higgins or Zay Flowers? →Nico Collins or Tee Higgins? →Bhayshul Tuten or Malik Nabers? →Malik Nabers or Zay Flowers? →Bhayshul Tuten or Tee Higgins? →Malik Nabers or Nico Collins? →CeeDee Lamb or D'Andre Swift? →Ashton Jeanty or D'Andre Swift? →Drake London or James Cook? →Chris Olave or James Cook? →Christian Watson or D'Andre Swift? →James Cook or Nico Collins? →James Cook or Zay Flowers? →Bucky Irving or Michael Wilson? →Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Kyren Williams? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Malik Nabers? →Christian McCaffrey or Kyren Williams? →D'Andre Swift or Drake London? →Chris Olave or D'Andre Swift? →Michael Wilson or Tee Higgins? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or James Cook? →D'Andre Swift or Zay Flowers? →D'Andre Swift or Nico Collins? →D'Andre Swift or George Kittle? →Drake Maye or Brock Purdy? →Ja'Marr Chase or Justin Jefferson? →Jahmyr Gibbs or Jonathan Taylor? →Christian McCaffrey or Javonte Williams? →Justin Jefferson or Trey McBride? →Derrick Henry or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →D'Andre Swift or Parker Washington? →Christian McCaffrey or Derrick Henry? →Jahmyr Gibbs or Bijan Robinson? →Joe Burrow or Caleb Williams? →Chase Brown or Christian McCaffrey? →Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers? →CeeDee Lamb or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →CeeDee Lamb or Christian McCaffrey? →Ashton Jeanty or Christian McCaffrey? →Christian McCaffrey or Christian Watson? →Christian McCaffrey or Drake London? →Chris Olave or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →Chris Olave or Christian McCaffrey? →Christian McCaffrey or Nico Collins? →Christian McCaffrey or Zay Flowers? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? →Amon-Ra St. Brown or Christian McCaffrey? →Jaylen Waddle or Tee Higgins? →Derrick Henry or Jahmyr Gibbs? →D'Andre Swift or David Montgomery? →Tank Bigsby or Brian Robinson? →Travis Etienne or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? →A.J. Brown or Davante Adams? →Mike Evans or Terry McLaurin? →Garrett Wilson or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or Garrett Wilson? →Davante Adams or Garrett Wilson? →Omarion Hampton or De'Von Achane? →DeVonta Smith or Omarion Hampton? →Jeremiyah Love or Justin Jefferson? →Garrett Wilson or Justin Jefferson? →Deebo Samuel or Tre Tucker? →Davante Adams or Michael Wilson? →A.J. Brown or Michael Wilson? →Garrett Wilson or Michael Wilson? →Jeremiyah Love or Michael Wilson? →DeVonta Smith or Zay Flowers? →Jeremiyah Love or Nico Collins? →Jeremiyah Love or Zay Flowers? →Garrett Wilson or Nico Collins? →Garrett Wilson or Zay Flowers? →Davante Adams or Zay Flowers? →Bhayshul Tuten or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or Bhayshul Tuten? →Bhayshul Tuten or Garrett Wilson? →Chris Olave or Jeremiyah Love? →Chris Olave or Garrett Wilson? →Drake London or Jeremiyah Love? →Drake London or Garrett Wilson? →DeVonta Smith or George Pickens? →George Pickens or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or George Pickens? →Garrett Wilson or George Pickens? →Breece Hall or DeVonta Smith? →Christian Watson or Garrett Wilson? →Ashton Jeanty or Jeremiyah Love? →Ashton Jeanty or Garrett Wilson? →CeeDee Lamb or Garrett Wilson? →CeeDee Lamb or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or Ashton Jeanty? →Ashton Jeanty or Davante Adams? →Chase Brown or Jeremiyah Love? →Chase Brown or Garrett Wilson? →Chase Brown or Davante Adams? →A.J. Brown or Chase Brown? →Kyler Murray or Sam Darnold? →Chuba Hubbard or DeVonta Smith? →Garrett Wilson or Javonte Williams? →Javonte Williams or Jeremiyah Love? →Garrett Wilson or Tetairoa McMillan? →Jeremiyah Love or Kyren Williams? →Garrett Wilson or Kyren Williams? →Brock Bowers or Jeremiyah Love? →Brock Bowers or Garrett Wilson? →Ja'Marr Chase or Garrett Wilson? →Ja'Marr Chase or Jeremiyah Love? →A.J. Brown or Ja'Marr Chase? →Garrett Wilson or Puka Nacua? →Jeremiyah Love or Puka Nacua? →Davante Adams or Jaylen Warren? →Garrett Wilson or Jaylen Warren? →Jeremiyah Love or Trey McBride? →Garrett Wilson or Trey McBride? →A.J. Brown or Bucky Irving? →Bucky Irving or Jeremiyah Love? →Bucky Irving or Davante Adams? →Patrick Mahomes or Jalen Hurts? →Jeremiyah Love or Tee Higgins? →Davante Adams or Tee Higgins? →Garrett Wilson or Tee Higgins? →Jeremiyah Love or Malik Nabers? →Garrett Wilson or Malik Nabers? →A.J. Brown or Malik Nabers? →A.J. Brown or Tee Higgins? →D'Andre Swift or Davante Adams? →D'Andre Swift or Garrett Wilson? →D'Andre Swift or Jeremiyah Love? →Christian McCaffrey or Garrett Wilson? →Christian McCaffrey or Jeremiyah Love? →Josh Allen or Jalen Hurts? →
How the lean works
A projection with guardrails, not a hot take.
Recorded fantasy scoring establishes the baseline. The latest snaps and opportunities move it within a limited range. The opponent's positional defense applies a second bounded adjustment.
An injury or practice designation changes the estimate only when it belongs to Week 9. Older reports never silently lower a current-week projection.
After both players finish, each page publishes the actual score and grades the original lean.