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Sinking Our Fangs Into Last Night 🧛🏻‍♂️

Like all the Friday the 13th sequels, Lamar Jackson’s return to the field turned into Tight End Day II. Jackson threw daggers into the Miami secondary, connecting with tight ends on three of his four TD passes in a 28-6 victory over the Dolphins on Thursday night.

• Layoff? Jackson put his Superman cape on and did everything but leap tall buildings in a single bound.

• He’s back! Yup, Mark Andrews keeps coming back. And coming back.

• Charlie Kolar all but wore his Mark Andrews costume on this TD catch.

• BADADADADADADADADA, BATEMAN!

• King Henry back to striking fear into defenses.

• Waddle, waddle, waddle. But no penguin outfit.

Hello again, Kiddies!! It’s time now for Tales From The Editors, a ghoulish delight not for the weak of spirit. In this segment, we highlight some players who may be GORED, some receivers to fade, and a Bear who might be walking into a trap. I call this one: Click … or be sick aaaahahahahhahhhhaaaaahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

🎃 Your Spooky Starts and Sits For Week 9

It's Week 9 in these fantasy football streets, and it is a great time to remind you of the famous quote made popular by one of the greatest movies ever made, The Shawshank Redemption: “Get busy living or get busy dying!”

Let’s get into Gene Clemons’ and John Laghezza’s starts and sits …

🎃 START: Alec Pierce, WR, IND

LAGHEZZA: As long as Indianapolis keeps steamrolling its opposition on offense, it’s at least a little bit of a surprise the NFL’s top-scoring team boasts just two top-10 WR finishes on the season. Yes, my personal MVP Jonathan Taylor looks like Jim Brown and Barry Sanders rolled into one right now, but still IND’s sixth in passing yards/game, and it’s got to be going somewhere.

The Colts will look to keep things rolling in the Steel City this weekend with a surprisingly high 50-point game total on the board. Pittsburgh’s projected to score +23 on its own—and Indy’s shown a propensity to air the ball out when getting pushed. 

Since returning from injury, Alec Pierce leads all Colts’ pass catchers in routes run (93), receiving yards (215) and yards/route (2.15) on a ridiculous +158 air yards/game—second to only superstar Jaxon Smith-Njigba in that timeframe.

Pierce’s archetype matches up well against the Steelers as well—whose typically man-heavy, Cover-1 approach lends itself to one-on-one matchups on the outside. As the Colts’ team leader in targets (11) and weighted opportunity (69.7%) versus man coverage, we’re in line for a few deep shots that can move the needle in one play.

🎃 SIT: Dalton Kincaid, TE, BUF

CLEMONS: This would not register as a bold sit, but it is a sit nonetheless. Kincaid has been slumping in fantasy lately despite playing against subpar competition. He started the season up and down, scoring double digits in PPR formats Weeks 1, 3 and 5, but only single digits in Weeks 2 and 4.

He missed Week 6 and had a bye in Week 7, but returned in Week 8 only to score 3.3 points against a Panthers squad that surrenders over 10 points per game in fantasy on average this season. There is no alpha receiver on this team, so any one of the pass catchers could be teed up for a good game. The problem seems to be that Kincaid does not participate in many routes. In the first five weeks, he participated in 55.5% of routes, and in Week 8, he took only 13 offensive snaps. It is probably best to see what the deal is before putting him back in your lineup. Even when he was scoring points, he was dependent on touchdown passes, and those have seemed to dry up.

🧙 Late-Week Waiver Wire Help

We are essentially halfway through the fantasy football season. It's cliché, but the time really does fly. The fantasy playoffs are coming into focus, and in most leagues, you have only six weeks remaining to solidify your spot, which means it is time to get your roster in order.

This makes for a great dynamic on waivers, where some teams are playing a weekly game and doing whatever it takes to win and stay in the playoff hunt. Other teams have the luxury of planning ahead and targeting ascending players without being worried about their Week 9 production. Regardless of what you are looking for, Jonathan Fuller has you covered with some late-week waiver adds to improve your team for Week 9 and beyond ...

🧙 Bhayshul Tuten, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars—31% rostered

I am willing to admit that Travis Etienne has been better than I expected this season, but I still believe Bhayshul Tuten is one of the better RBs to stash right now. The rookie has shown flashes of playmaking ability this season, but hasn't had a consistent role. There is a chance that could change coming out of Jacksonville's bye if the coaching staff wants to get the players they selected more involved.

The Jaguars also traded away Tank Bigsby, which made Tuten the clear backup in Jacksonville and was a vote of confidence in their depth at the position. Rookie breakouts can happen quickly, so I want to be ahead of the curve by already rostering a player like Tuten before we see a big game from him.

» For more late-week players to add that may have slipped through the waiver cracks, click below! ⬇️

The latest ghoulish fantasy news, notes, tricks and treats from around the NFL.

🦇 Ian flying around like a bat, plus rankings risers and fallers.

👻 Matthew scares up some Week 9 predictions and rankings.

🧛🏻‍♂️ Also, he has his 10 Things You Need to Know for Week 9.

👀 Kyler Murray is downright scary when he goes back to Jerry World.

🫘 What does Emanuel Wilson have to do with a bean bush? Jake Trowbridge explains!

🧛🏻‍♂️ Pete’s Week 9 DFS JAM—sleepers, chalk and everything in between. Muahahaha!!!

🚑 There are some players returning to strike fear like Freddy Krueger. And some we’re afraid are going to sit out.

👺 Bench Courtland Sutton? That’s a devilish idea.

🎃 The NFL Trade Deadline is around the corner. Keep up with the latest rumors and trades.

🤯 These Bold Predictions will leave you shaking.