The NFL schedule is moving into Week 9 after the Seattle Seahawks and the Rams play in St. Louis and that means another week in fantasy football and some of the top names includes Marvin Jones, Andre Ellington, Kenny Stills, Darren Sproles and Giovani Bernard.
Marvin Jones had the biggest week of anyone in fantasy football and he helped embarrass the Jets big time, scoring four touchdowns in the game, snagging them from Andy Dalton, who finished the day with five in the dominating victory. One catch was very impressive with Jones clearly dragging his second foot as he was pushed out of the endzone and he is now a bonafide second receiver option alongside AJ Green with the way he is playing this season and he makes the offense very dangerous in the AFC North moving forward. The Bengals are starting to pull away from the Ravens and the rest of the division and if he keeps playing like this, the team will be a very scary one to face.
Jones came into the game having scored in his past two matchups and he trumped that on Sunday, catching all eight of his targets for 122 yards and four touchdowns, yes you read that right, four touchdowns to set a team record. Jones was excellent, making a 45-yard reception and looking very explosive at times and now this could help boost AJ Green even more, as the play by Jones means he now has to have attention from the defense as well. This season he has been very consistent, not missing on more than two of his targets in each of the past four weeks and that shows a WR and his quarterback on the same page.
Jones has good hands and solid speed and now he has six touchdowns in his past three games to go along with 12 catches and 14 targets and he should continue to produce and he is a solid pickup and sleeper option going forward. He had 57 yards last week and 71 the previous game and now he has 369 yards for the season with seven touchdowns to rank fifth in the league and keep an eye out for him as a player to keep moving forward as well.
Sproles did not do much against the Bills this week, but he is a very good option for PPR leagues and he already has 36 catches this season for over 360 yards and he could have a big game coming up this week. Drew Brees will always throw at him and this season the team has continued to be very productive on offense and Sproles could continue to be a factor in the passing game. If the team trades away Mark Ingram, he also could get some more rushing yards the rest of the way.
Brees connected in a big way with Kenny Stills, as he had two touchdowns in the win with 129 yards on three catches and he now has three in his past two games. Brees loves to spread the ball around and now Stills appears to be a new option for the team and for fantasy owners he could be very solid leading into the rest of the season. Brees has tons of weapons, but Stills showed off some speed and skills on Sunday that could be big this year. Andre Ellington and Giovani Bernard are very solid options and he had 154 yards on Sunday and a touchdown, his second in three games and he now should be the starting back the rest of the way most likely.
