# Fantasy Football Week 9

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321 "2008-10-30T21:14:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321/1 "2008-10-30T21:14:19Z")

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I’ve been streaming defenses in one league and I’m in a bind this week. I’ve currently got the Colts starting but I’m not a fan of the matchup and nothing on the waiver wire jumps out at me.

If you had to start a crappy defense, who would it be?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321/2 "2008-10-30T21:27:49Z")

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Cards.

That’s who I’m going with, anyway. The Browns are tempting too.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321/3 "2008-10-30T21:58:00Z")

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Who the hell is available?

I like Houston, Atlanta and Buffalo.

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321/4 "2008-10-30T22:15:49Z")

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Well I didn’t want to list them all since they’re universally mediocre but here they are:

Atlanta  
Cincinnati  
Cleveland  
Dallas  
Denver  
Detroit  
Houston  
Indianapolis  
Kansas City  
Miami  
New York Jets  
Oakland  
St. Louis  
Seattle  
Washington  
It’s a 10-team league…too many teams are holding on to 2 defenses.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-week-9/470321/5 "2008-10-31T02:33:37Z")

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I has a conundrum.

My backs are Clinton Portis, Michael Turner, Willie McGahee and Steve Slaton. I need to start two.

I’m pretty much dead set on starting Turner and benching Slaton this week - their matchups (@ Oakland, @ Minnesota) are just too good and bad to ignore. I can’t decide on the other starter, though. Portis has been a beast but is banged up and plays Pittsburgh; McGahee is banged up but gets Cleveland.

Right now, I’m leaning toward Portis, just because his worst game so far was 86 yards and no scores against the Giants… and that was in Week 1. Still, having seen what the Steelers did to Brandon Jacobs last week, and keeping in mind that Cleveland has given up 140 yards per game and 8 touchdowns, McGahee does look mighty tempting.

I’m not sure it will matter all that much because I have Kurt Warner going against the Rams, and he’s a virtual lock for 300 yards and 3 TDs, barring injury.

Did I mention I’m 8-0 and have scored the most points in 5 of 8 weeks?