Fantasy Football: Week Nine Start Or Sit

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Before I get to my Week Nine selections, let’s check last week’s picks for accuracy. 

Good Starts from Week Eight:

Brett Favre, QB (MIN): Favre continued to turn heads with four touchdowns on 244 passing yards against his former team last week.

LeSean McCoy, RB (PHI): In Brian Westbrook’s absence, McCoy rushed for 82 yards and scored a touchdown against a good Giants defense.

Ladainian Tomlinson, RB (SD): Tomlinson found the end zone twice on 56 rushing yards against the Raiders.

Bad Starts from Week Eight:

Correll Buckhalter, RB (DEN): Buckhalter was a big part of the offense last week, but didn’t produce enough to make him a good start.

Kenny Britt, WR (TEN): Britt was non-existent in the Titans offense, recording only one reception for seven yards.

Good Sits from Week Eight:

Andre Johnson, WR (HOU): Johnson was questionable entering Week Eight, and finished the game with only 63 yards receiving and no touchdowns.

Eli Manning, QB (NYG): Manning had his second bad game in a row, throwing only one touchdown and two interceptions.

Matt Ryan, QB (ATL): Ryan had a horrible game last week, throwing three interceptions and recording only one touchdown.

Bad Sits from Week Eight:

Steve Smith, WR (CAR): Smith didn’t have a great game, but recorded three catches for 56 yards and a touchdown.

Julius Jones, RB (SEA): Jones had 87 total yards of offense, which wasn’t great, but still solid for fantasy.

Here is my Week Nine list of who to start and who to sit: 

Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons                                         

Start: Clinton Portis, RB (WAS)

Explanation: Though the Falcons have been able to stop the run this year, Portis should be able to have himself a good game.  The Redskins will go to the ground game often as their offense is still looking for an identity.

Sit: Tony Gonzalez, TE (ATL)

Explanation: The Redskins haven’t played the best football this season, but their defense has been able to limit tight end production thus far in 2009.  Though it’s hard to sit Gonzalez, he will have problems this week, so go in a different direction if it’s possible.

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