Matthew Berry's 10 Facts For Week 9 Fantasy Football: D'Andre Swift, Brock Purdy & More
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Matthew Berry's 10 Facts For Week 9 Fantasy Football: D'Andre Swift, Brock Purdy & More

Matthew Berry reveals his 10 Facts you NEED to know before Week 9 of the fantasy football season kicks off.

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10 Facts You Need To Know Before Week 9

  1. There are only two quarterbacks in the NFL with a higher TD rate than … Brock Purdy.
    1. So far this year, no team in the NFL has allowed more TD passes than … the Las Vegas Raiders.
    2. In Week 9, Brock Purdy faces the Raiders.
    3. The 49ers’ implied team total of 31 points is the highest of any team this week.
       
  2. In the 4 games Kyle Monangai has missed this season, D’Andre Swift is averaging 21.8 PPG.
    1. During that stretch, Swift ranks as the RB4 in utilization score – averaging 22 touches and a 12% target share.
    2. Kyle Monangai is once again expected to miss this week.
       
  3. In the 2 games since he returned from his hamstring injury, Saquon Barkley is averaging a 24% snap rate.
    1. And he’s seen just 38% of the Eagles' running back touches.
    2. In Week 8, Saquon Barkley played 16 fewer snaps than Elijah Mitchell.
       
  4. In Week 8, Mike Washington led the Raiders backfield with a 67% snap rate.
    1. And he out-touched Ashton Jeanty 25 to 5.
    2. Washington also saw all six of the team’s goal-line rush attempts.
    3. Washington finished the game with 8.3 fantasy points, 2 fewer than Jeanty.
    4. Washington’s expanding role is concerning, but Jeanty’s usage in the passing game is keeping him afloat, and the Raiders are two-score underdogs this week.
       
  5. Over the past 2 weeks, Tony Pollard has scored five touchdowns.
    1. That’s the same number of touchdowns Pollard scored in 17 games last season.
    2. It’s also the same number of touchdowns he scored in 2024 when he played 16 games.
       
  6. In his first game since RJ Harvey was placed on IR, Jonah Coleman out-snapped J.K. Dobbins 38 to 12.
    1. Coleman saw 100% of the team’s RB red zone touches.
    2. That included 5 goal-line rushes.
    3. Coleman’s 17% target share ranked 2nd on the team behind only Jaylen Waddle.
       
  7. In Week 8, Ladd McConkey led the Chargers in route participation (92%).
    1. And target share (20%).
    2. For the season, he’s averaging 11.9 yards per target.
    3. That’s the second-highest mark among WRs who have seen at least 20 targets.
    4. In Week 9, McConkey faces a Texans secondary that’s allowed the third-largest fantasy boost to WRs so far this season.
       
  8. In Week 8, Adonai Mitchell ran the same number of routes as Omar Cooper.
    1. And he saw a 29% target share.
    2. In fact, 8 of his 9 targets came on deep passes. He totaled 225 air yards.
    3. It was the third-most air yards a WR has seen in a game this season.
    4. By the way, Mitchell has now reached 60 receiving yards in all 3 games this season where he’s run over 55% of the routes.
       
  9. In his first game since Terry McLaurin was placed on IR, Antonio Williams saw a team-high 26% target share.
    1. He led the Commanders in routes and receptions.
    2. More importantly, 6 of his 7 targets came in the slot.
    3. In Week 9, Williams faces a Rams secondary that ranks bottom 12 in fantasy PPG allowed to slot WRs.
       
  10. In four of his past five games, Greg Dulcich has seen at least a 19% target share.
    1. In those games, he’s averaging 55 receiving yards.
    2. And 10.5 fantasy points.
    3. In Week 9, Dulcich faces the Detroit Lions.
    4. This year, the Lions have allowed at least 13 fantasy points to NINE different tight ends.
    5. The Lions have only played seven games this year.

So there you have it, the 10 facts you need to know before Week 9, presented by our friends at Xfinity. Before you go, just a few housekeeping notes. 

We continue to have a great time on “Pregame with Matthew Berry” on Roku and The Roku Channel from noon to 2 pm. An hour of fantasy football talk every single day – also available as “Fantasy Football Happy Hour” wherever you get your podcasts, or you can check us out on the podcast tab on the Matthew Berry YouTube channel … I keep bringing the Roku show up because it’s the most ambitious thing I’ve ever done and it’s important to me. Important to me and important to Fantasy Life, so, if you like me and/or us and want to support what we are doing, I’d love for you to check it out. 

It repeats from 3 pm to 5 pm ET and then again from 8 pm to 10 pm ET, but is also available on demand. Just go to Roku or the Roku Channel app on your Non-Roku TV or on a tablet/phone, and search for it in the Sports Zone. And if you have neither a Roku TV nor a Roku Channel app, you can also check it out on www.therokuchannel.roku.com. Go to Browse, then Sports, then scroll to Top Sports on The Roku Channel … 

We have a lot of fun every day, and I promise to make you a smarter fantasy player/sports fan and a much dumber person. It’s 100% free to watch. And, of course, again, many, many clips of the show are available on my YouTube channel.

I also highly, and I mean highly, recommend joining the Fantasy Football Happy Hour Discord, where an amazing group of folks talks fantasy football all day, asking and answering questions along with commenting on my show. It’s a welcoming, smart, and hilarious group, and I can’t tell you how much I enjoy them. I also spend a decent amount of time in the Discord, so it’s definitely the easiest way to get a hold of me if you’re so inclined to do so. 

Final plug: A reminder that every Sunday morning I do Fantasy Football Happy Hour: Last Call at Noon ET with Alex Cupps on my YouTube channel ... come and get your questions answered. 

Now … let’s go get you a win in Week 9!

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