Fantasy Football Week 9 QB Rankings: Will Patrick Mahomes Return?

Getty Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings for Week 9 of the 2019 NFL regular season. This week we may be gifted by the return of superstar Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs lineup, as the reigning MVP returned to practice last week while making his way back from a knee injury. We will, however, not see the return of Cam Newton, as Panthers coach Ron Rivera has made it clear that the team will stick with Kyle Allen for at least one more week.

This week’s byes don’t handicap us too much, besides the fact that we once again lose Drew Brees from our lineups just one week after his return to the playing field. The byes in Week 9 do, however, remove three of the eight worst defensive units against fantasy quarterbacks, limiting the amount of cupcake matchups for our signal-callers.

Reminder: These rankings are based on standard league scoring formats where quarterbacks are rewarded with 4-points per passing touchdown.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 9 QB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

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Quarterback Outlook Week 9

Gardner Minshew (QB8) started out the season as a great story. He’s a player who, while performing admirably for a rookie quarterback, was being overshadowed by his quirky personality and cult-like following. However, the gun-slinger from Wazzu is no longer a flash in the pan. Minshew has averaged nearly 20 fantasy points in seven of his eight games this season, as well as 21+ points in three of his previous four contests.

To further hammer in Minshew’s brilliance, he’s thrown at least two touchdowns four times over the past five weeks of play. Minshew’s opponents this week, the Houston Texans, have allowed an average fo 25.94 fantasy points to the QB position over the past four weeks with no opponent tossing fewer than three touchdowns in any game over that span.

Since Week 4, Matthew Stafford (QB9) has quietly been the fifth-highest scoring player at his position on a points per game basis with an impressive 22.2 point average. Stafford should continue his brilliant play in Week 9 against a horrendous Oakland secondary. The Raiders have surrendered a whopping average of 35.76 fantasy points and seven total passing touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks over the past two weeks.

Just two weeks ago Kyler Murray (QB13) was the seventh-highest scoring fantasy quarterback on the season. However, since Week 7 he’s plummeted his way out of the list of fantasy elites and into fantasy mediocrity. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner has averaged just 8.6 fantasy points over his past two games.

To make matters worse, Murray will take on the 49ers on a short week this Thursday. San Francisco, who was the second-best defensive unit against fantasy quarterbacks entering Week 8, held Kyle Allen to just 3.32 points this past Sunday. The crazy thing is Allen’s showing in Week 8 was the best a QB has had against the ‘9ers over the past month, as they’ve allowed an average of just 1.88 points to signal-callers in their last four games.

Week 9 Fantasy Rankings: Quarterbacks

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