We’re hurtling into Week 9 weekend action in the NFL, and we have a return to the byes. We lose the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers to byes, and if any team needed a rest, it’s the 49ers. The injuries have been brutal for the defending NFC champs.
We won’t have any overseas games this week, but — spoiler alert — we have another one next week.
We have four divisional games on the schedule this week, and the good news is that the weather should be rather nice all across the NFL. However, in one of the more anticipated divisional games between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, the forecast calls for inclement weather. We’ll get temperatures in the low 50s with a 90% chance of rain with winds whipping up at 12-16 mph.
With QB Jordan Love nursing a groin injury, it might be in the team’s best interest in not risk having their franchise quarterback from aggravating his injury on a slippery field, perhaps costing him additional time. If he is out, that affects the fantasy value of the team’s receivers, while perhaps boosting the value of RB Josh Jacobs.
In Week 9, we’ll see another wideout make a team debut, as the Baltimore Ravens traded for WR Diontae Johnson, freeing him from the disaster that is the Carolina Panthers.
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