2026-2027 NFL Week 9 Recap

Hello everyone!

We’re past the halfway point of the season wrapping up the first 9 weeks. We are also at the trade deadline and honestly - it was kind of dull. There were some movement - but are you really excited about Keenan Allen or Josh Downs? The biggest fantasy relevant splash is probably Kirk Cousins to the Vikings and having Mendoza as QB1 for the Raiders - but overall I was pretty disappointed by the deadline. No JT move - no Barkley - no BTJ. Philly didn’t fully blow it up - the Rams are just going to run out Mumpfield and Atwall as WR1/WR2. I thought we would see some more fireworks but alas.

What a few weeks by the Bengals! Conversely - what is happening with the Vikings? Wentz probably had one of the worst games I’ve ever seen on Monday night and just completely torpedoed Jefferson and the running game. That said, I hope some of you played Goldfish Memory or Projectile Dysfunction - would have had some good points there. I’m excited honestly to see how Cousins does in Minnesota. They have the defense to really make some noise and he knows the players and the system. I think the Vikings could surprise some people on offense in the next few weeks.

Let’s take a look at the summary stats for the past week though. This is utilization 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
Brock Purdy	Jahmyr Gibbs	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	George Kittle	Will Reichard	HOU D/ST
Joe Burrow	Bijan Robinson	Justin Jefferson	Brock Bowers	Brandon Aubrey	SEA D/ST
Malik Willis	Jonathan Taylor	Drake London	Trey McBride	Tyler Bass	NYG D/ST
Josh Allen	Jonah Coleman	Puka Nacua	Colston Loveland	Spencer Shrader	ARI D/ST
Jared Goff	Kenneth Walker	Ja’Marr Chase	Tyler Warren	Eddy Pineiro	JAX D/ST

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

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
12th Man
Golden Arm
A Seabird’s Confidence
Extra Credit
Starting RB
Moneyball Capologist
Run CMC
Special Teams Ace
E-L-G-S-E-S Eagles!
Starting WR

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

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Myles Price	Special Teams Ace	27.2 pts
Joe Burrow	Golden Arm	12 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Run CMC	0 pts
Brock Purdy	Golden Arm	8 pts
Brandon Aubrey	Extra Credit	6 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	Starting RB	6.7 pts
HOU D/ST	E-L-G-S-E-S Eagles!	40 pts
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Starting WR	2.5 pts
Joe Burrow	12th Man	12 pts
Jahmyr Gibbs	A Seabird’s Confidence	3 pts

And now, we’re on to Week 10! Games are open so make sure you set your lineups before games start. Make sure you throw an entry or two into the Air Raid tournament. Good luck!