It's time to get really freaking serious about your playoff run. This is a super heavy bye-week and the smart money is preparing multiple weeks into the future, including the fantasy football playoffs. I grabbed 2 team defenses this week, Buffalo and Washington. Buffalo will be used this week against Chicago. From here to week 16 I'm pretty much set at defense now, based on best available in my league. Miami is also a great pickup this week vs the Jets. For those of you holding the Baltimore team defense there is hope for you as Big Ben has a finger injury. Even so, the Ravens are on a terrible slid and will depend on their defense to point the compass north. I gave them a vote of confidence by keeping them in the top 10 this week.
The Week 9 Rankings
| Rank | Team DST | Opp |
| 1 | Chicago (CHI) | at BUF |
| 2 | Dallas (DAL) | vs. TEN |
| 3 | Kansas City (KC) | at CLE |
| 4 | Carolina (CAR) | vs. TB |
| 5 | Houston (HOU) | at DEN |
| 6 | Denver (DEN) | vs. HOU |
| 7 | Buffalo (BUF) | vs. CHI |
| 8 | Miami (MIA) | vs. NYJ |
| 9 | Baltimore (BAL) | vs. PIT |
| 10 | Minnesota (MIN) | vs. DET |
| 11 | New York (NYJ) | at MIA |
| 12 | Oakland (OAK) | at SF |
| 13 | San Francisco (SF) | vs. OAK |
| 14 | Tennessee (TEN) | at DAL |
| 15 | Washington (WAS) | vs. ATL |
| 16 | Pittsburgh (PIT) | at BAL |
| 17 | Seattle (SEA) | vs. LAC |
| 18 | Los Angeles (LAC) | at SEA |
| 19 | Detroit (DET) | at MIN |
| 20 | New England (NE) | vs. GB |
| 21 | Los Angeles (LAR) | at NO |
| 22 | New Orleans (NO) | vs. LAR |
| 23 | Atlanta (ATL) | at WAS |
| 24 | Cleveland (CLE) | vs. KC |
| 25 | Tampa Bay (TB) | at CAR |
| 26 | Green Bay (GB) | at NE |
The Week 9 Streamers
- Dolphins vs Jets
- Buffalo vs Chicago
- 49'ers vs Raiders
- Raiders vs 49'ers
- Notice they're all home teams.
