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Football > 2012 > Week 9 > Rankings

Week #9 Who to Start Rankings / Projections

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Fantasy football projections are based on the following scoring system:
  • Pass Yards: 25/1pt
  • Pass TD: 4pts
  • Pass INT: -1pt
  • Rush/Rec Yards: 10/1pt
  • Rush/Rec TD: 6pts
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The following teams are on a bye this week:
Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, New York Giants, San Francisco
Players not listed due to injury or suspension:
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Rank Player NFL
Team
Opp. Injury
Status
Average Points
& Fantasy
Consistency
Head to
Head
Stats?
Fantasy
Pts
1Jason Witten DAL@ATL   7.6 / B Yes 10.9
2Tony Gonzalez ATLDAL   8.8 / B Yes 10.0
3Antonio Gates SDKC   6.4 / C Yes 9.5
4Jimmy Graham NOPHI Prob - Wrist 10.1 / B Yes 9.2
5Owen Daniels HOUBUF   7.2 / A Yes 9.1
6Greg Olsen CAR@WAS   7.1 / C Yes 6.7
7Martellus Bennett CHIPIT   5.8 / C Yes 6.6
8Jermichael Finley GBARI   4.9 / B Yes 6.4
9Brandon Pettigrew DET@JAX   5.7 / A Yes 6.4
10Jermaine Gresham Profiled this Week CINDEN   6.5 / A Yes 6.3
11Brent Celek PHI@NO   5.0 / B Yes 6.0
12Jared Cook STLCHI IR 5.9 / A Yes 6.0
13Kyle Rudolph Profiled this Week MIN@SEA   6.5 / C Yes 6.0
14Heath Miller PIT@NYG IR 8.6 / A Yes 5.7
15Logan Paulsen Profiled this Week WASCAR   2.8 / C Yes 5.7
16Brandon Myers Profiled this Week NYGTB   6.5 / C Yes 5.5
17Marcedes Lewis JAXDET   5.2 / C Yes 5.4
18Dennis Pitta BAL@CLE   6.8 / C Yes 5.3
19Scott Chandler BUF@HOU IR 6.2 / C Yes 5.0
20Jacob Tamme DEN@CIN   4.5 / B Yes 4.5
21Kellen Davis CLE@TEN   2.5 / C Never 4.5
22Joel Dreessen DEN@CIN   4.1 / C Yes 4.5
23Ben Watson NOBAL   4.3 / C Yes 4.2
24Anthony Fasano KC@IND   4.0 / C Yes 4.1
25Zach Miller SEAMIN   3.6 / C Yes 4.1
26Dwayne Allen INDMIA   4.7 / A Yes 3.5
27Tony Scheffler DET@JAX   3.8 / B Yes 3.3
28Tony Moeaki KC@SD   3.7 / C Yes 3.3
29Luke Stocker TB@OAK   1.9 / C Yes 3.3
30Ed Dickson BAL@CLE   2.0 / C Yes 3.0
31Steve Maneri CHI@SD   1.1 / F Yes 3.0
32Tom Crabtree TBARI   4.8 / C Yes 2.8
33Robert Housler ARI@GB IR 3.2 / B Yes 2.6
34Garrett Graham HOUBUF   3.4 / F Yes 2.5
35Alex Smith CINBAL   0.6 / F Yes 2.2
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