Fantasy sleepers NFL Week 9: DK Metcalf among 10 high-upside lineup plays

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Congratulations on making it through Byemageddon. One way or another. The week wasn’t all that bad. We got surprise performances from Joe Flacco and Tua Tagovailoa. National Tight Ends Day was goofy, productive fantasy fun. Well, not for you, Jake Ferguson. But for everybody else.

Now, we’re back to a regular, good ol’ fashioned four-team bye week. As the Fantasy Gods intended.

That doesn’t mean this week doesn’t come with its share of headaches. A pair of top 10 quarterbacks, two RB1s and two more wideouts in the top 10 all get the week off. And that’s before we get to the “will he or won’t he?” portion of practice injury reports.

What’s a beleaguered fantasy manager to do?

Well … read the Sleepers column for starters. Once again, we’re here to offer some alternate options to get you through the week. Maybe they’re on the bench or on the waiver wire. But they could be a key player in the lineup. If you’d only let them.

By the way, check when your league’s trading deadline is. It’s worth peeking ahead at future schedules to see if any of this week’s sleepers could be next week’s trade target.

Just a thought. Anyway, here are some names.

Dallas Cowboys

Murray lives in a tiny house. This is not a commentary on his physical stature. His fantasy floor has been an uninspiring 14 points. The ceiling rises all the way to a mediocre 18 points. The result is a quarterback who is functionally unstartable for fantasy managers.

But we are blessed by the Dallas Cowboys. While the world frequently changes around us, one constant has been the ungoodness of the Dallas defense. Its Gandhi defense has been generous to opposing quarterbacks both home and away.  Bo Nix  is the latest signal-caller to take advantage of Dallas’ benevolence with a four-touchdown performance in Week 8. Murray hasn’t been a big touchdown passer in the past few years. But based on the matchup alone, he should be able to set a new high-water mark for the fantasy season.

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