2025-2026 NFL Week 9: Data Summary

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Hello everyone!

We are officially halfway through the 2025-26 NFL regular season and there are so many teams still in the mix. Top teams still have holes and bottom teams have shown some incredible flashes – it really is the year for league parity. If Week 8 was blowouts – Week 9 saw a ton of close games. Patriots/Falcons and Jaguars/Raiders both came down to a single point – Broncos/Texans, Panthers/Packers, and Vikings/Lions were all decided by a field goal. 4 other games were within 1 touchdown scores. A ton of great games and close games!

Here is the Week 9 data including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB RB WR TE K DEF
Josh Allen Jonathan Taylor Puka Nacua Jack Ferguson Brandon Aubrey GB D/ST
Matthew Stafford Josh Jacobs Emeka Egbuka Tucker Kraft Matt Prater PHI D/ST
Jayden Daniels Christian McCaffrey George Pickens Tyler Warren Chase McLaughlin CLE D/ST
Jalen Hurts Bijan Robinson Rome Odunze Darren Waller Cameron Dicker PIT D/ST
Dak Prescott Javonte Williams Jaxon Smith-Njigba Travis Kelce Michael Badgley IND D/ST

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
Golden Arm
12th Man
A Seabird’s Confidence
Extra Credit
Starting RB
Chess Piece
Hellacious Halfbacks
Divided Loyalties
Starting WR
Run CMC

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player Card Points
Christian McCaffrey Chess Piece 14pts
Chimere Dike Special Teams Ace 13.2pts
Josh Allen Golden Arm 8pts
Puka Nacua Book Club 3pts
Brandon Aubrey Extra Credit 6pts
Jonathan Taylor Starting RB 9.8pts
Puka Nacua Starting WR 1.4pts
Matthew Stafford Golden Arm 4pts
Matt Prater Extra Credit 4pts
Jonathan Taylor Bruising Bellcow 21pts

And now, we’re on to Week 10! Set your lineups before games start and good luck!

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