Anthony Davis
NBA - C - LAL
NBA Anthony Davis
Brian Branch
NFL - DB - DET
NFL Brian Branch
Christian Koloko
NBA - C - LAL
NBA Christian Koloko
Matt Roy
NHL - D - WAS
Oftentimes, the best pickup of a fantasy football season isn’t a player who went undrafted. Instead, it’s someone who was originally selected or added early in the season but later dropped by an impatient manager after a bad week or two. It’s important to keep an eye on players being dropped in your leagues, but sometimes valuable players can slip through the cracks.
There's nothing more fun than making a fantasy football trade. However, it can often be hard to know which players to target and which of your own you can get good value for.
It’s time for another backfield breakdown story, this time looking at week 9.
This should be one of the most fun games we get on Thursday Night Football this year.
31. New Orleans SaintsLast Week: 26 The Saints somehow lost to the Bryce Young-led Panthers despite getting Derek Carr back. Their seventh straight loss was enough to get their head coach fired. To make matters worse, they are losing players to injury non-stop and traded away their best defensive player.
We have seen Herbert flash in the past and produce impressive fantasy numbers while also underwhelming with other opportunities. He had fallen out of favor in Chicago, becoming an afterthought after slipping behind both D'Andre Swift and Roschon Johnson in the running back hierarchy. Barring a rash of injuries, this should have little to no impact on the Bears' offense or any relevant fantasy player they might have.
After 22 teams were in action yesterday, we have just three games on Wednesday, providing fantasy owners only six starting goalies from which to choose. Like every position in every fantasy sport, goalies are at the mercy of their opponents as much as their own skills.
With just three hockey games today, we have less fantasy options than usual. That affects the number of stars, but it takes away from the streaming options even more. Every team has a handful of stars at most; there are at least 10 other rotation players on each squad who are available in most fantasy leagues.
With no NBA games yesterday, I went through my process for determining fantasy basketball teams to target: I look at the top 10 teams in pace and the bottom 10 in defensive rating and find the squads who show up on both lists. I’m looking for teams that play fast and have bad defenses.
Perhaps the most powerful tool available here at Fantasy SP is Predictive Analytics, courtesy of the Fantasy Assistant. Today, I'm going to be talking about my favorite of those Predictive Analytics: Expected Waiver Interest.
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| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Derrick Henry BAL RB | 34.75 |
| Saquon Barkley PHI RB | 34.23 |
| Bijan Robinson ATL RB | 31.45 |
| Alvin Kamara NO RB | 30.52 |
| Justin Jefferson MIN WR | 30.48 |
| CeeDee Lamb DAL WR | 30.35 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs DET RB | 28.97 |
| Kyren Williams LAR RB | 28.47 |
| Ja'Marr Chase CIN WR | 27.88 |
| Breece Hall NYJ RB | 27.71 |
| De'Von Achane MIA RB | 27.52 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown DET WR | 27.38 |
| Garrett Wilson NYJ WR | 26.94 |
| Joe Mixon HOU RB | 24.62 |
| James Cook BUF RB | 24.37 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic DEN C | 38.95 |
| Luka Doncic DAL PG | 37.55 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL PF | 37.14 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG | 34.25 |
| Victor Wembanyama SA PF | 32.48 |
| Domantas Sabonis SAC C | 32.02 |
| Jayson Tatum BOS SF | 31.64 |
| Ja Morant MEM PG | 30.62 |
| Anthony Davis LAL C | 30.36 |
| Joel Embiid PHI C | 29.88 |
| Anthony Edwards MIN SG | 29.51 |
| Trae Young ATL PG | 29.43 |
| Jalen Brunson NY PG | 29.38 |
| LeBron James LAL SF | 29.21 |
| Devin Booker PHO SG | 28.41 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Shohei Ohtani LAD DH | 34.80 |
| Aaron Judge NYY CF | 32.34 |
| Juan Soto RF | 30.28 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B | 22.10 |
| Tarik Skubal DET SP | 21.37 |
| Zack Wheeler PHI SP | 21.29 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS | 21.01 |
| Brent Rooker OAK DH | 20.07 |
| Jose Ramirez CLE 3B | 19.67 |
| Luke Weaver NYY RP | 19.34 |
| Yordan Alvarez HOU LF | 18.66 |
| Kyle Schwarber PHI DH | 18.50 |
| Mookie Betts LAD SS | 18.44 |
| Ketel Marte ARI 2B | 17.89 |
| Marcell Ozuna ATL DH | 17.43 |
| Player | RATING |
|---|---|
| Nathan MacKinnon COL C | 15.72 |
| Nikita Kucherov TB RW | 14.21 |
| Brady Tkachuk OTT LW | 13.53 |
| Kirill Kaprizov MIN LW | 13.29 |
| Sam Reinhart FLA C | 13.05 |
| Artemi Panarin NYR LW | 12.87 |
| Kyle Connor WPG LW | 12.87 |
| William Nylander TOR RW | 12.74 |
| Cale Makar COL D | 12.30 |
| Jake Guentzel TB LW | 12.16 |
| Mikko Rantanen COL RW | 12.14 |
| Auston Matthews TOR C | 12.12 |
| Travis Konecny PHI RW | 12.01 |
| David Pastrnak BOS RW | 11.60 |
| Leon Draisaitl EDM C | 11.29 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Mike Gesicki CIN TE | +22.6 |
| Steelers DST PIT DST | +11.2 |
| Jets DST NYJ DST | +8.9 |
| Mike Williams PIT WR | +7.6 |
| Packers DST GB DST | +5.2 |
| Cam Akers MIN RB | +5.0 |
| Jake Moody SF K | +4.8 |
| Giants DST NYG DST | +4.7 |
| Titans DST TEN DST | +4.5 |
| Quentin Johnston LAC WR | +3.9 |
| Falcons DST ATL DST | +3.7 |
| Patriots DST NE DST | +3.5 |
| Chargers DST LAC DST | +2.8 |
| Noah Brown WAS WR | +2.7 |
| Trey Benson ARI RB | +2.6 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Peyton Watson DEN SF | +16.1 |
| Julian Champagnie SA SF | +12.0 |
| Goga Bitadze ORL C | +10.3 |
| Ochai Agbaji TOR SG | +6.3 |
| Brandon Boston Jr. NO SG | +6.2 |
| Bub Carrington WAS PG | +6.1 |
| Ayo Dosunmu CHI PG | +5.6 |
| Zach Edey MEM C | +4.4 |
| Guerschon Yabusele PHI PF | +4.2 |
| Russell Westbrook DEN PG | +4.1 |
| Keldon Johnson SA SF | +3.9 |
| Davion Mitchell TOR PG | +3.9 |
| Onyeka Okongwu ATL C | +3.2 |
| Gradey Dick TOR SG | +2.9 |
| Payton Pritchard BOS PG | +2.8 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Jacob Gonzalez CHW SS | +15.4 |
| Denzel Clarke OAK CF | +12.5 |
| Johnathan Rodriguez CLE RF | +12.5 |
| Landon Sims ARI SP | +12.5 |
| Marco Luciano SF SS | +12.5 |
| Brayden Taylor TB 3B | +12.5 |
| Daniel Espino CLE SP | +12.5 |
| Robert Calaz COL OF | +12.5 |
| Griffin Conine MIA RF | +12.5 |
| Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B | +8.8 |
| George Springer TOR RF | +5.5 |
| Paul Goldschmidt 1B | +5.2 |
| Dansby Swanson CHC SS | +5.2 |
| Jorge Soler LAA DH | +4.8 |
| Brice Turang MIL 2B | +4.8 |
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Alex Vlasic CHI D | +7.5 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev VGK LW | +7.0 |
| Cam Talbot DET G | +6.7 |
| Ryan Donato CHI C | +5.0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen COL LW | +3.7 |
| Dylan Strome WAS C | +3.4 |
| Nic Dowd WAS C | +3.4 |
| Brett Howden VGK C | +3.3 |
| Petr Mrazek CHI G | +3.2 |
| Logan Thompson WAS G | +3.1 |
| Colton Parayko STL D | +2.9 |
| William Karlsson VGK C | +2.9 |
| Rickard Rakell PIT LW | +2.8 |
| Aliaksei Protas WAS C | +2.6 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk WAS D | +2.5 |
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